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....
Understanding Death
Welcome to TFL Hmong shamanism, conversations on spirituality, topics of the universe, and Hmong shaman healing. Ultimately all religions...
Scary Dream 4/5/20
I looked up and saw the mountains in flames. The mountains came burning down as if chocolate piles being melted on a hot burner. Trees...
Updates 3/31
Hello to my friends, family, and readers. I just want to give everyone an update on my absence. A few of you continue to write me letters...