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A Mumbaki from Ifugao, Philippines..
A Mumbaki from Ifugao, Philippines..
Mamerto "Lagitan" Tindongan hails from the Ifugao tribe in the Northern Philippines. He is an 8th generation mumbaki (shaman/healer). He was initiated into the Baki Ifugao role by his father in 2011, though he grew up with the tradition since childhood. Baki is Ifugao's spirituality, which is a way of relating with nature spirits, deities, and ancestors. He was also initiated in the Earth Keeper Quero Peruvian tradition, as Laika, in 2005. And Paqo, 4th level Andean Priest in 2007.
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Visits can typically comprise any of following activities:
Baki (Ifugao Spiritual Practice)
Breathing Exercises
Visualization/Meditation
Tai Chi & Qi Gong
Sound Healing
Reiki/Kolaimni
Elemental Healing
Gathering Around the Fire
Story-Telling
and more..
Benefits:
Heal any physical, mental, emotional and/or ancestral trauma,
Find balance in the chaotic energies of today,
Connect with your inner self and inner voice, based on the sacred wisdom of our Ifugao ancestors and other global practices, and
In-Person consultation, learning, & experience.
He also typically offers..
The Ifugao Hut Home Within Me Visiting Retreat
Benefits:
Heal any physical, mental, emotional and/or ancestral trauma,
Have clarity on your connection to your inner self and inner voice,
Align with your spiritual self, and ancestors,
Experience the home that’s already within you with a sturdy foundation,
Enter 2023 with a rooted and strong foundation built on the sacred wisdom of our Ifugao ancestors and other global practices,
Expand your light to the community, the world, and beyond, and
In-Person consultation, learning, & experience.
Booking Energy Exchange is Income-based.
They help support the Ifugao Center for Living Culture.
Testimonials
Dagmar Whalerider
Dagmar Whalerider
Good thing : I'm learning to master my mind...and feeling and learning to be the change. Reconditioning. Thank you. I'm going to foodfast as well to be able to let go completely. Its a process. ALSO thanks to your exercises I'm back to normal. Feel like a baby. Everything super intense.
Kelly Pee
Kelly Pee
Wow… took me awhile to post because I am STILL processing and feel so soft so tender so sensitive from the experience I had spending time in Sante Fe, New Mexico at Rainbow Bride Village. 4 days felt like 4 lifetimes which also felt like only 4 seconds. Funny how time works when you’re healing.
When you’re working with Spirit..
The concept of time no longer becomes linear but rather circular.
There, I was in a circle of powerful Filipinos.
Healing with Kapwas.
Remembering.
Learning from Mamerto (Lagitan) Tindongan, an Indigenous Mumbaki (Shaman) and Elder of the Philippines from the Ifugao tribe. Who exudes familiar joyful loving paternal energy.
He taught us indigenous knowledge and practices to help us reconnect with the earth, heal, and live simply.
Lagitan is his indigenous name which means to make “dark.”
There I journeyed with what my eyes can only see behind my eyelids.
So humbling.
So much joy.
So many tears.
So much shedding.
So much uncomfort
So much comfort
So much remembering.
So much community.
So much healing..
The memories and connections made are held so close to my heart. I am full and grateful and reminded of the purpose as to why I choose this path that I am on.
I am so thankful for my teachers who guided me on this journey and look forward to the teachers I have yet to meet.
@empresskarenmrose , my Spiritual Herbalism Teacher who introduced to me what it means to truly heal when we connect with our Ancestors and are in community with plants. @jlcreator , my teacher who taught me about the Filipino history through a decolonized lens and connected me to a community of Filipinx.
No pill no medication no prescription from a doctor could ever bring the healing I’ve experienced at the retreat and from the teachings and wisdom of my teachers to always, walk with the Ancestors
Steve Manzano
Steve Manzano
"Guardian of the Highlands"
(FILIPINO)
Ang buhay ay patungkol sa pamumuhay
dumating man sa punto na maitanim sa hukay
mananatili itong punla na aagapay sa ating paglalakbay
ito ang ating palantandaan na sa lupa na ito tayo na buhay
Muling mabubuhay
Mabura man ang mga kasanayan
Magbago man ang kaugalian
May taong nakapagtabi ng mga piraso
Hangga't pinag-uusapan
Hangga't may nakikinig
Hangga't may interesado
May posibilidad na nabubuo
Ganito ko inilalarawan ang pananampalataya
Kahit hindi ko nakikita
Nararanasan ng aking kaluluwa
Hindi maipaliwanag na pag-ibig
at sarap na nadarama
Minsan kailangan mo lang talaga maging bukas na aklat
Dahil ang mga kwento ay may tamang tao
Iba't iba man ang pabalat ng libro
Iisa ang pinanggalingan ng nilalaman nito.
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P.S. Gusto ko lang ibahagi ang karanasan na ito. Isang napagandang karanasan na makakonek muli sa isang kultura. Hindi man ako nagmula dito, ako pa rin ay natuto at may posibilidad na nagbukas na may pag-asa.
At nakilala ko si Apu Mamerto "Lagitan" Tindongan Mamerto Tindongan. Isa sa mga importanteng tao sa kultura ng mga tiga Ifugao. Bilang isang steward ng tradition, and land ngayon sa panahon ng impluwensya ng colonization ay isang pagsubok and opportunity. Uncle Mamerto does his best to preserve culture, and educate young generation, and help reconnect his community to their culture. Kulang ang pahina na ito, to share my experience with him and in his community.
"Guardian of the Highlands"
(ENGLISH)
Life is all about living
even if it reaches the point where it will be planted in the grave
it will remain a bridge that will accompany our journey
this is our sign that on this earth we are alive
Will be alive again
Even if the skills are erased
Even if the habit changes
Someone put the pieces aside
As long as it is being talked about
As long as someone is listening
As long as someone is interested
There is a possibility in the making
This is how I describe faith
Even though I don't see it
My soul is experiencing it
Unexplainable love
And it feels good
Sometimes you just have to be an open book
Because stories have the right person
The cover of the book is different
Its content has only one source.
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P.S. Just wanted to share this experience. What a wonderful experience to reconnect with a culture. I may not have come from here, I still learned and possibly opened with hope.
And I met Apu Mamerto "Lagitan" Tindongan Mamerto Tindongan. One of the important people in Ifugao culture. As a steward of tradition, and land today during the influence of colonization is a challenge and opportunity. Uncle Mamerto does his best to preserve culture, and educate young generation, and help reconnect his community to their culture. This page is lacking, to share my experience with him and in his community.
Jacqueline Barco
Jacqueline Barco
Since returning from my visit to see Mamerto Tindongan and our diaspora community and relations at Bulalayaw, I noticed a true difference. I welcome and embrace this difference because I feel happy and at peace. Sometimes the difference scares me somewhat because I think this difference was about taming the fire within me that I have been using to survive and to feel, it’s been what has guided me to safety and strength. But thinking back, it has been very strong and maybe it has been destructive when not also combining this with cultivating an intentional relationship of also taking and controlling the fire at times… meaning to keep it going and lit but using it in a different way….
it does scare me a bit but i do trust what i’ve learned and will continue to cultivate amongst the other learnings and connections that were ignited during my visit.
forever blessed ~
learned the bolo knife and another lesson in healing with teacher Mamerto Tindongan, Mumbaki of Ifugao
learned from Ifugao Mumbaki, teacher Mamerto, about healing the land, the four elements including the earth which is part of my healing
tomorrow, i will say “hasta pronto” … maraming salamat for this amazing healing, learning, and connecting experience.
maraming salamat. thank you for, being there for me. helping me to self-heal. sharing knowledge about my own abilities. and about connecting and REMEMBERING….
@tindonganmamerto and kapwa
i will miss you.
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