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How old words can reveal new meaning

Decolonizing the negative meanings of an old tradition

3 min readDec 18, 2020

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How old words can reveal new meaning

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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…

4 min readDec 18, 2020

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

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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…

9 min readJul 23, 2018

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The rock and the scary aswang

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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

6 min readJul 11, 2018

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

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Gone. But still…

I grew up without you

7 min readJun 17, 2018

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Gone. But still…

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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…

3 min readMay 27, 2018

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Sanskrit words in Philippines

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Thoughts on decolonizing

revisiting threads in the Pagbabalikloob YahooGroup

3 min readNov 2, 2017

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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…

5 min readOct 25, 2017

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Creativity as sparks of brilliance in dark times

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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…

6 min readOct 21, 2017

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Getting to the roots. Never mind the pain.

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Managing energy is madness.

I told the Universe I’m ready for anything.

1 min readOct 17, 2017

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Managing energy is madness.

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Omehra

Omehra

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

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