This practice is not about fixing or healing, but about listening and allowing ourselves to return inwards.
The body is a living archive, holding memory and story. Through somatic mapping, intuitive touch and gentle guidance we help create conditions for the body to speak in its own language: through pulse, breath, tension, flow or stillness.
This intuitive work is rooted in Filipino traditional practices such as hilot, Western approaches such as craniosacral therapy and other forms of care. We approach its knowledge and wisdom with deep respect, without claiming mastery.
We find importance in acknowledging & embracing a lifelong journey of that we are learning and evolving. What we offer is a space for co-witnessing, where one can meet oneself with tenderness and where care is practiced as a mutual and relational act.
Evolving Practitioners
We may call ourselves Students of Life, or evolving practitioners because we believe this work cannot be complete or “finished” in this lifetime. Just as tides shifting and the moon embodying her cycles, so too does the journey of care, memory and creation. And so we remain in continuous study: With our teachers, ancestors, our own bodies and with the communities we serve.
We also refrain from calling ourselves healers. We believe in the profound intelligence of the body and its ability to hold memory, to speak its own language, and to find pathways of repair. Our role is not to cure, but to deeply listen, witness, and to simply hold space.
Together, we are weaving together threads and remnants of the past, re-rooting what may have been displaced, so we can reimagine a future where tradition continues to be honoured.
ARUGA’s bodywork offerings are grounded in the deep knowing that our well-being is intertwined. Part of what we receive through our sessions is extended to Sagip Kapwa, a community-led mutual aid initiative that supports families and local communities in the Philippines.
This is a reciprocal act, a return of energy and care to the lands and people who continue to teach and sustain us. Through this cycle of giving and receiving, we remember that care is collective and a shared responsibility.