How To Spiritually Cleanse Your Home
When bad energy surrounds you, it seems as if no matter what you do you can't escape it. The constant bad luck, tiredness, declining...
Best & Worst Days To Ask A Shaman
Odd number days are the best days to ask a shaman for help and to perform rituals. Hmong shamans go according to the Hmong Lunar Calendar...
Protect Your Body So You Can Protect Your Spirit
It's almost September and things haven't gotten better. As the pandemic worsens and more people continue to die, we are given an...
Taking A Mini Break
Hi Friends and Family. What a year! I hope there is so much peace and love with everyone going through something this year. Some of us...
Thoughts 6.21.20
There's a quote that says, life isn't measured by the breaths you take but by the breathtaking moments. Life is but various transitions...
Scary Stories: A Recollection
The Rest Stop. Some night in the summer of 2019, I had to pick my sister up from the Chicago O'Hare Airport. It was going to be a late...
Hmong Souls
The Hmong believe each person has more than one soul. A person has a multitude of many souls and when these souls are frightened, lost,...
If Only Life Could Be Like A Shaman's Kuam...
I wish life could be as easy as a shaman's kuam... a simple toss and it gives you the answers to all of life's questions. A simple toss...
Herbal Medicine
Most Hmong shaman altars will have two sections. One section for the shaman spirits and one section for Yum Vaj or the medicine altar. If...
Dream 4.25.20
I was in a Hmong village, probably somewhere in Laos or Thailand because the house was made entirely from hay straws and banana leaves....