Rite of passage ~ 1:1 mentorship program
For the ones in the in between - learning to navigate the liminal space of who you are and who you are becoming. Unlearning generations of belief systems. Re-membering the power and magic that you actually come from.
For the weavers of ancient wisdom & new possibilities, connectors of the Earth & the ethereal, bridges between the ancestral realm & the physical realm, and holders of diasporic grief & joy.
For the way show-ers, the path finders, the dreamers, the change makers, the visionaries, and trail blazers...
The ones pioneering a new way (or remembering the way) for themselves and their lineage.
I see you. I see you. I see you.
Rite of Passage is a 1:1 mentorship program dedicated to restoring the ancestral memory and magic that lives in our bones, our DNA, our dreams and our intuition. It is the journey of learning to trust our bodies as our first teacher, our inner compass, and the vessel in which our healed and honorable ancestors are guiding us from beyond this physical realm.
Through a combination of coaching + rituals that honor both life + death - the mentorship will serve as your personal Rite of Passage for you to reclaim your power so that you can create the life many of our ancestors could only dream of.
photo by Midori of Sanctuary Studio
Like many children of immigrants, I have been so far removed from my native culture of the Philippines. When I was younger, I spent many years choosing to focus on all the reasons why I didn’t want to be Filipino. Shrinking myself and shape shifting to fit a mold of who I thought I was supposed to be according to western standards and ideals. It was in this journey of finding my way back to the beauty of my ancestry that started this healing work that I now have the honor of guiding others through.
After learning more about my ancestors and the colonial trauma they endured, I felt their pain so deeply, and I know now where my wounds of inferiority came from. But I wanted to remember my people through their joy, their wisdom, and their power. What I realized was that the root of our wounds are almost always ancestral, and so too, is the medicine.
“Who were we before we were told who to be?”
This is the guiding question that has rooted my work. This is the pre-colonial, ancient knowledge and power that my soul somehow still remembers. A subtle but undeniable knowing that is deep within. This is the spirit that has guided me.
If you arrived here on my page, what guided you here is probably the same subtle but deep knowing that guided me to my teachers and mentors, too. The knowing that your body and Spirit remember. A soul knowing that believes we are meant to live our lives fully expressed in our most authentic, whole, and multi-dimensional selves. A soul knowing that remembers the strength and power that our ancestors held is in us too.
Many of us in the diaspora have been disconnected from the magic of our ancestral blessings. We look everywhere-mostly outside of ourselves for answers, but we don’t realize how innate it is to our very being. We don’t have to look far to unlock this guidance and wisdom. It will take unwavering courage, deep listening, and self trust to excavate and dig up what has been lost, but it is possible. We only need to open our hearts to it.
Ancestral remembrance is the journey of learning to trust our bodies, our bones, our DNA, our dreams and our intuition, as our first teacher-the vessel in which our healed and honorable ancestors are guiding us from beyond this physical realm.
It is my honor to guide individuals on their journey back home to themselves and to help uncover this well of wisdom that has been buried under limiting beliefs and the conditioning of colonial capitalist, white supremacist, patriarchal values.
There is no better time than now to awaken to your gifts and harness them into a unique power that helps to shift society, heal & break intergenerational cycles, and usher in collective liberation. The world is ready to receive your truth and your voice, in ways that encompass your own individual essence.
Mentorship flow/process:
During our time together, we will be attuning to the Life/Death/Life cycle, inspired by author Clarissa Pinkola Estes' book, Women Who Run with the Wolves. (Although this is the general flow, we know by now that healing is not linear. Depending on where you are at on your journey and in each session-I will always leave room for flow and flexibility, checking in with you and Spirit to guide us in where we need to go.)
Life: Remembering your lineage ~
Reconnecting to your ancestors - familial, cultural, and societal
Restoring ancestral memory to remember what your ancient ancestors were like and the stories that were untold
Looking at family history to recognize what cycles you are breaking and what legacies you are continuing/creating.
Bringing light to what blessings and birthrights you have inherited from your ancestors so that you can awaken to the gifts that are uniquely you
Death: Honoring and paying reverence to Death as our teacher and emptying yourself to prepare for new life ~
Making space for ancestral/personal grief through a Grieving Ceremony
Allowing the parts of you (your own and inherited ways) that have kept you small to die with honor , in order for you to continue on your path.
Giving your pain a resting place (The pain of past versions of self, colonial wounding, diasporic grief, etc.)
Seeing your past self, along with its past belief systems and grief, as an ancestor that can now be laid to rest
As we tend to the grief and compost it, we can prepare for the new life/rebirth that will be regenerated from it
Life/Rebirth: Using the ancestral wisdom and guidance as a compass to help you bring life to the dreams and desires that are inside of you
Cultivating unwavering trust in yourself and your intuition in order to receive, follow, and embody the ancestral wisdom and guidance gifted to you
Moving through a self-initiation process as you step into your role as the first in your lineage (in recent generations) with the opportunity to self actualize
Equipping yourself with the rootedness that will support you through all life transitions (even after our time together) as you continue to evolve into who you are meant to be in this lifetime, remembering and knowing that you have the support of elevated ancestors holding you up along the way
Seeing yourself as an elevated ancestor that your future self and your future descendants (biological and/or chosen) can call on as well
Celebrating, celebrating, celebrating (!!!) the rebirth that awaits you
This mentorship is for you if you are:
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) in a space of transition, growing out of who you are and into who you are becoming
Committed to cultivating radical, unwavering trust in your self and your intuition in order to remember the ancestral power that you come from
Ready to do the transformative work towards unlearning and shedding generations of limiting beliefs in order to uncover your truest desires and step more fully into your unique expansion
Dedicated to identifying and breaking the generational patterns that are keeping you small and taking tangible steps towards creating the most abundant life many of our ancestors could only dream of
Devoted to reclaiming the lost legacies of your lineage and/or creating new legacies for those who will come after you
Desiring intimate support and guidance tailored for you as a rite of passage to step deeper into your unique path
My life will forever serve as a living testimonial for my work. My (sometimes stubborn) obedience to my calling, my birthrights, and my desires have stretched me beyond my own known limits. It’s brought out strength I didn’t even know I had. And I know that it is not only my own strength that has been invoked. There is something bigger than me supporting me. I’ve had the courage to make some of the hardest yet most pivotal and transformational decisions of my life because I know I do not walk alone. I have the backing and support of my healed ancestors behind me, holding me up along the way.
You, too, have access to this strength and support within you. It only needs to be remembered.
This life expands beyond your own. You are generations past, present, and future.
You are the one your ancestors prayed for.
My highest hope is that the healing work we do together will live on after us- that it will be continued even beyond our own lives and our own family lines. May it seep out and create the change we want to see in our greater communities and in the world.