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How old words can reveal new meaning

Decolonizing the negative meanings of an old tradition

Dec 18, 2020

How old words can reveal new meaning

Dec 18, 2020

What can the sweet potato tell us about our ancestors' worldviews?

Find the patterns and connect the subtle dots of the past, present and future…

Dec 18, 2020

What can the sweet potato tell us about our ancestors' worldviews?

Dec 18, 2020

The rock and the scary aswang

In the Philippines, the aswang is a fiendish, supernatural creature that will drink the blood of an unborn baby. One night, my cousin was…

Jul 23, 2018

The rock and the scary aswang

Jul 23, 2018

20 surprising benefits of saying “bahala na” as a mantra that you need to know

A Filipina yogini’s realization of how the Philippine saying means so much more

Jul 11, 2018

20 surprising benefits of saying “bahala na” as a mantra that you need to know

Jul 11, 2018

Gone. But still…

I grew up without you

Jun 17, 2018

Gone. But still…

Jun 17, 2018

Sanskrit words in Philippines

I began to be curious about Sanskrit words in Filipino languages when I started learning yoga and heard the words guru and mukha, which…

May 27, 2018

Sanskrit words in Philippines

May 27, 2018

Thoughts on decolonizing

revisiting threads in the Pagbabalikloob YahooGroup

Nov 2, 2017

Nov 2, 2017

Creativity as sparks of brilliance in dark times

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ~ Martin Luther…

Oct 25, 2017

Creativity as sparks of brilliance in dark times

Oct 25, 2017

Getting to the roots. Never mind the pain.

The ghosts and land spirits of my ancestral land paid me three visits. I dreamt of the long-gone aeta on the island of Buglas, dancing. I…

Oct 21, 2017

Getting to the roots. Never mind the pain.

Oct 21, 2017

Managing energy is madness.

I told the Universe I’m ready for anything.

Oct 17, 2017

Managing energy is madness.

Oct 17, 2017

Omehra

Omehra

mom, artist, writer, cultural activist—awakenings, connection, kinship, kapwa, decolonization, feminism, ancestral healing, pakikipagkapwa, & liberating madness

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