Posts in CULTURE
The Evil Eye and The Stone Baby
The Evil Eye and The Stone Baby

Finding Our Courage to Be Seen

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ANCESTRAL HEALING, MEMOIR, CULTUREYamuna Flahertysoul calling, authenticity vs social acceptance, evil eye, stone baby, lithopedion, mythopoeia, storytelling, yamuna flaherty, child loss, why your creativity matters, tamil nadu evil eye traditions, superstitions of india, ancestral healing, ancestral threads, hand of fatima, kolam tamil nadu, neem leaves for evil eye, evil eye and envy, jealousy, creativity, creative expression, anima mundi, world soul, archetypal language, you can change your life, rewriting your story, self criticism, shine your light, cultural superstitions, the 46 year pregnancy, facing your fears, memoir, chilli and lime for evil eye, ward away evil, the heros journey, the herione's journey, joseph campbell, archetypal storytelling, ancestral wounds, self empowerment blog, rewrite my storyComment
In Pictures: The Uyghurs of Xinjiang
In Pictures: The Uyghurs of Xinjiang

Slow travels on the Silk Road

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SOCIAL JUSTICE, CULTUREYamuna Flahertyuyghur, uighur, xinjiang, china, asia, ethnicminority, ethnic cleansing, terrorism, stopchina, humanrights, muslim, islam, westchina, portrait, politics, storytelling, photo essay, travelogue, travel photography, culture, kashgar, urumqi, hotan, east turkestan, nan bread, silk road, silk road china, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, sacred life, uyghur people, uyghur news, uyghur people china, canadian writer, canadian explorer, backpacking life, social justice, chinese communist party, silk road culture Comments
The Holy Road Less Traveled
The Holy Road Less Traveled

A pilgrimage to Phugtal Monastery

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIA, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyzanskar, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, india, himalayas, padum, leh, road trip, monastery, monks, portrait, portraiture, travel photography, street photography, buddhist monk, buddha, isolation, dalai lama, prayer, landscape, mountains, phugtal gompa, phugtal, prayer wheel, pilgrimage, trekking, suitcase mag, holy road, pilgrim, travelogue, travel memoir, traveler, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, sacred living Comments
Mohkinstsis
Mohkinstsis

How a protest camp unified Calgary’s First Nations

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CULTURE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna Flahertymohkinstsis, first nations, indigenous, native indian, blackfoot, siksika, tsuu t'ina, paul band, calgary, alberta, canada, truth and reconciliation, healing, tipi, spirituality, storytelling, photo essay, portrait, portraiture, residential school, colonization, soaring eagles, protest, activism, cash starlight, justice, racism, aboriginal, dehumanization, elbow river, addiction, red road, drumming, drum, creator, round dance, justin trudeau, treaty 7, stereotypes, settler culture, culture, social stigma, roots, decolonization, traditions, slow living, slow down, political activism, sacred living, ancestral threads, ancestral healing, intergenerational trauma, intergenerational healing Comments
If You Miss the Train
If You Miss the Train

An Ancestral Journey through the Nilgiris

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIA, MEMOIR, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna Flahertyindia, south india, mettupalayam, tamil nadu, ooty, nilgiris, travel, taxi, family vacation, portrait, portraiture, street photography, photo essay, silver lining, indian history, colonization, hill station, unesco, monkey, chai, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, ancestral threads, ancestral healingComment
Salaga Slave Market
Salaga Slave Market

Tracing the roots of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna Flahertyghana, transatlantic slave trade, slave trade, gonja, dagomba, tourism, hausa, portrait, history, black history, africa, identity, salaga, northern region, portugeuse, black lives matter, black bodies, racism, intergenerational trauma, healing, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, ancestors, ancestral threads, blm, saidiya hartman, lose your mother, lose your mother saidya hartman, lose your mother slaveryComment
Ritual Head Shaving
Ritual Head Shaving

Offering my hair at a temple in India

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CULTURE, INDIA, MEMOIR, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna FlahertyIndia, photo essay, street photography, documentary photography, ancestors, rituals, traditions, culture, tamil nadu, tiruvanamalai, head shaving, tonsure, tonsuring, sacred hair cut, letting go, spiritual transformation, release, Tribe de Mama, slow travel, slow living, slow down, conscious living, spirituality, annamalayair temple, sacred living, head shaving stories, tonsure stories, head shave woman, mundan ceremony, tonsure ceremony, head shave woman india, ancestral healing, ancestral threads, headshave india, headshave stories, headshave stories women, headshave stories india, hair sacrifice india, tamil nadu tonsure, temple offering indiaComment
The Brokpa People of Dah
The Brokpa People of Dah

Where nature inspires beauty

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIAYamuna Flahertyindia, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, travel, tribal, beauty, traditions, brokpa, dah hanu, dah, costumes, flowers, portrait, portraiture, documentary photography, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, brokpa culture, brokpa people, alexander the great lost army, aryan people, aryan india, brokpa people india, brokpa tribe india, brokpa himalaya, brokpa tribe ladakh, dah ladakh, alexander the greatComment
The High Life in Harar
The High Life in Harar

Slow travel in an ancient Islamic City

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TRAVELOGUES, CULTUREYamuna Flahertyethiopia, africa, harar, islam, chat, qat, narcotic, intoxicant, market, horn of africa, portrait, portraiture, black and white, street photography, documentary photography, slow living, slow travel, conscious living, slow down, intentional living, harar ethiopia, harar ethiopia jugol, harar ethiopia tourism, harar ethiopia information, harar ethiopia map, travel writing africa, photo essay africa, photo essay ethiopiaComment