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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


Kristi Saare Duarte
Oct 9, 20246 min read
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...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
Dec 5, 202311 min read
When Happiness Comes from a Cactus
My first experience with the medicine of Huachuma (the San Pedro cactus) was one of the best days of my life. The second time, not so...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
Mar 31, 20239 min read
Holy Sananga! This plant medicine stings!!!
At my last Kambô session, the medicine woman suggested I might want to do a 21-day dieta with Sananga. No way, I thought. Why would I...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
Mar 10, 20238 min read
Kambô – Surrendering to the Giant Monkey Frog Medicine
The first time I was given Kambô, I didn’t quite know what to expect. I knew it was poison from a giant monkey frog that is administered...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
Feb 14, 20236 min read
Going Full Throttle: My Third Night of Ayahuasca
On the third night, I decided to go “full throttle.” I wanted to experience what some of the other people had the previous night. The...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
Jan 23, 20235 min read
My First Ayahuasca Experience
On a dark November night, in a ceremony hall somewhere in the hills near Manresa, Spain, I sat down in a circle with seventeen other...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
Jan 6, 20233 min read
When Mama Ayahuasca Comes Calling
I first heard of Ayahuasca during a visit to Pucallpa in the Peruvian Amazon fifteen years ago when my husband and I were traveling...
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