One Mongolian man in the back of the room seemed to embody the group's collective resistance towards both our presence as well as the mission we outlined for them. While he was quite young, others had turned to him for guidance although his only contributions were terse, reluctant responses in a heavily accented Mandarin. Like the other herders, he was dressed in a worn and stained blue deel with a faded yellow sash. Broad-shouldered and powerfully built, he sat in the last r

I dedicate Mongol Healer to my parents, to the spirit of Inanna Rising and to Wise Woman healers in the world, and to you , the readers and listeners. The first and third dedications are self-explanatory but...to the spirit of Inanna Rising? To a spirit? I wish blogs allowed me to use emojis. I'm only now realizing how much I rely on them. The organization that offers the patient equity fund that Mongol Healer supports is called Inanna Rising. The ancient Sumerian myth of I

At the time of this writing, the US has just started an illegal and completely unjustifiable war with Iran. It's not just this single event, however. This is the continuation of a long history of imperialism, exploitation and violence, and a glance at the headlines on any given day reminds us that we are living at a critical time in human history, a watershed moment. The way things have been operating in the world are not working for the vast majority of humanity--or for the