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New blog entries below. If you are interested in reading about my travels, check out my other blog, Among Buddhas & Babas


Rapeh: The Sacred Healing Tobacco
It's hard to describe the love I feel for this sacred medicine and its profound impact on my life. The first time I tried rapeh, I was...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Oct 9, 20246 min read
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The Day My Parents Died
September 28, 1994. Tallinn, Estonia. I woke up from the sound of the phone ringing in the hallway. Rousing from a deep slumber, I...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Sep 27, 20246 min read
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The Healing Power of Shamanic Plant Medicines
As many of you know, I have been exploring shamanic and plant medicines for the last year or so, and they have seriously changed my life....
Kristi Saare Duarte
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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50 is the New 30: Embrace Your Age with Confidence
Are you tired of society's constant obsession with youth and unrealistic beauty standards? Are you ready to ditch the anti-aging creams,...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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Embarking on the Sacred Highway to Awakening
The Journey of Spiritual Evolution: Patience, Practice, and Sacred Medicines On the winding road to enlightenment, we often yearn for a...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Feb 21, 20243 min read
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The Practice of Loving Kindness
Many years ago, my sister and I were talking about how to achieve enlightenment. “We are supposed to love everybody,” she said, and we...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Jan 18, 20243 min read
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How to Understand Any Language You Don’t Speak
The door on the back street in Xi’an stood wide open, casting a glow of fluorescent light onto the pavement. From inside came the sound...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Jan 18, 20242 min read
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Life Lesson: Never Judge and Never Compare
The first lesson I learned from the spirit of Ayahuasca was to never judge and never compare. This vital life lesson has served me well...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Jan 5, 20243 min read
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Gratitude = The Key to Happiness
A few years ago, coming home from a five-month trip around Asia (see my travel blog HERE), I believed I had found the key to happiness:...
Kristi Saare Duarte
Dec 6, 20233 min read
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