Casa Teóco
Casa Teóco

Sacrificing my old life for new gifts

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Acts of Love
Acts of Love

Letting Love Lead the Way

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INDIA, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyActs of Love Canada, Acts of Love India, Munira Nagji, Jivapur, Gujarat, Charity work India, Canadian charity, Calgary Alberta, seva in Gujarat, Baroda, Vadodra, intergenerational poverty, dalit india, untouchables of india, untouchable caste, india, yamuna flaherty, yamuna flaherty travel writing, yamuna flaherty social justice, volunteer work india, heart calling, saving children, early childhood education, travel in time of corona, sahara home baroda, montessori india, poor kids india, live to serve, munira nagji, deepak gadhia, storytelling, travel memoir, charity worker, volunteer india 2021, volunteer india gujarat, calgary charity, divine orchestration Comments
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
A Connemara Girl
A Connemara Girl

Re-membering my Irish Roots

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MEMOIR, TRAVELOGUES, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna Flahertyfamily pilgrimage ireland, travels in ireland, yamuna flaherty, yamuna flaherty travel writing, book of kells, library of trinity college dublin, ring of kerry, ring of kerry ireland, county galway, connemara gaeltacht, gaelic speakers, the flaherty family ireland, faery folklore, leprechauns ireland, o'flaherty, poulnabrone dolmen ireland, neolithic portal tomb, cliffs of moher, camus uachtair, camus oughter, st mary's chapel glasgow, robert the bruce, rajinikanth, o'flaherty's bar dingle, dingle county clare, ua flaitbeartaig, druids, celtic mysteries, mazz o'flaherty, dingle's smallest record shop, a connemara girl, famine memorial dublin, dublin city docklands, great starvation ireland, potato famine, ireland travel photography, irish ancestry, genealogy trip to irelandComment
The Warden of Waitabit
The Warden of Waitabit

A Retired Sawmill Worker Finds Peace in the Forest

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TRAVELOGUESYamuna Flahertywarden of waitabit, waitabit creek campground, backcountry camping bc, backcountry camping, camping canada, storytelling, yamuna flaherty, golden bc, camping in golden bc, canadian writer, canadian explorer, camping in canada, dan lavoie, sawmill accident stories, backcountry camping canada, backcountry camping BC, british columbia canada, louis real canada, canadian travelogue, pandemic travel canada, summer 2020, spiritual healing, nature heals, yamuna flaherty travel writing, travel memoir, travel writing canadaComment
Travelling Light
Travelling Light

Learning What’s Essential on the Road and in Life

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MEMOIR, TRAVELOGUESYamuna Flahertysouth east asia, backpacking life, backpacking south east asia, taiwan travel, taipei, dalat highlands, luang nam tha, backpackers life, travelling light, yamuna flaherty, travel memoir, travelogue, transformation, gypsy spirit, calgary author, calgary photographer, canadian explorer, canadian writer, what's essential in life, travel light, what to pack for a trip, ghoom west bengal, angkor wat, cambodia angor wat, nusa tenggar indonesia, vikrama shila buddhist institute, tibetan refugee, film photography, 35mm, machapuchare, annapurna, taipei taiwanComment
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
On the Way to Somewhere Else
On the Way to Somewhere Else

Appreciating beauty in the mundane

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TRAVELOGUESYamuna FlahertyMemoir, Travel, Brazil, Amazon, Amazonas, Boca do Acre, Ceú do Mapiá, Mapia, Santo Daime, ayahuasca, spirituality, street photography, purus river, acre river, confluence, friendship, journey, traveling, travelogue, writer, photo essay, travel memoir, travel photography, brazil, jungle, gratitude, explorer, storytelling, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, traveling in the Amazon, calgary photographer, canadian explorer, travel to brazil, adventure in the amazon, travel tips, backpacking life, canadian writer, slow travel brazil, amazon rainforest, ayahuasca amazon, where to travel in brazil Comments
The Holy Road Less Traveled
The Holy Road Less Traveled

A pilgrimage to Phugtal Monastery

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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
Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth

Searching for Jesus in Ethiopia

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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