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When accusations of cultural appropriation complicate genuine spiritual study

I've been studying with a Hawaiian healer for five years but I'm white and people keep telling me I'm appropriating culture, which makes me question everything I've learned and whether I should continue.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

External judgment is undermining your confidence in a learning relationship that feels authentic and transformative to you.

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“Where Are You with Indigenous healing traditions — Americas and Pacific?”

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