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Is it Haunted? Let’s Go Inside Eastern State Penitentiary

Some say Eastern State Penitentiary is haunted. I don’t know if that’s true but it is haunting. Strong energy lingers and clings, calling for notice as you walk past empty, ruined cells. Block after block; these small, featureless rooms now hold only impressions of those who once dwelled there, locked in perpetual isolation. There’s a heaviness in those cell blocks; though hundreds walk through them daily, an eerie silence permeates everything. Like the people who used to be locked inside,...

colorful Xochimilco boats

10 Things to Do Near Mexico City

Mexico City is a land of enchantments. It’s seldom that you’ll find a place so filled with art, culture, food, people, and things to do. I spent two weeks in the city and barely touched the surface of all there is on offer. If you’re planning to visit, and like to have a lot to do, extend your time as much as you’re able and you’ll never get bored. Despite working remotely the entire time I visited, I was still...

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How to Find a Shaman in Mexico City

Finding a Shaman in Mexico City sometimes requires you to be in the right place at the right time. I found mine when 13 of us crawled out of the cave squinting in the light of the day. There, waiting for us, was the Shaman woman with an offer of a shamanic cleanse. I hadn’t started this day expecting to be inside a cave or to receive a shamanic ritual behind the Temple of the Moon in Teotihuacan, Mexico. But,...

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Finding Energy of Teotihuacán Pyramids

Looking back, it was the Teotihuacán Pyramids’ energy that drew me to Mexico City. At first, I thought it was art and culture, but in the end, it turned out to be ancient energy as old as time. My path led me to the pyramids of Teotihuacán, a sacred ritual in a cave, and finally to a shaman behind the Pyramid of the Moon. Teotihuacán Pyramids Tour According to Aztec tradition, the sun, the moon, and the rest of the...

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Energy Meditation in a Cave Behind the Temple of the Moon

After touring the ancient city of Teotihuacán near Mexico City, my tour guide Alejandro invited us to his house behind the Pyramid of the Moon for an energy meditation. There were 12 of us gathered around drinking Pulque, an ancient drink made with corn and cacao, and talking about the energy of the pyramids when Alejandro made a proposition. “Would you like to go to a cave for meditation?” (This is part 2 of a three-part story. Read part one,...

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Absorbing the Energy of the Immortal Redwood Trees

Redwoods are the closest thing to immortal that we have on this Earth. On my road trip from Oregon and along the California Coast, I made frequent stops to hike along the many redwood groves and absorb the energy these immortal trees give off. I’d heard of Redwood National Park and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, but somehow it didn’t occur to me that these magnificent trees would grow elsewhere, but they do. Many remain in small groves all...

Rene at Mount Rainier

Six Months a Nomad in the USA

I’m from the Midwest, or I was until I became a nomad. I’ve been traveling solo, living out of rented places and camping in my van on weekends. They used to say I was crazy; now they say I’m “living the dream.” Neither is wrong, but it took a lifetime to get here. When I was 17, I had a brief fantasy that I would get in my blue 1987 Camaro and head west without stopping until I felt like...