Five Elephant Healing Sessions

“Five Elephant” began as a playful combination of two things I love deeply: the elephant—my favorite animal—and the Chinese Five Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.

The Five Elements describe dynamic, ever-changing phases of energy that shape our bodies, emotions, relationships, and the natural world. They are foundational to both Chinese Medicine and Ba Zi astrology, offering a language to understand patterns, cycles, and transformation.

The elephant, for me, represents something just as important—matriarchal wisdom, ancestral remembrance, devotion, and a deep honoring of both nature and our inner knowing.

What these sessions are

These sessions are integrative, ritual-based healing experiences that bring together insight and embodiment.

Drawing from my background in East Asian Medicine, bodywork, and my studies in pre-colonial Indigenous Filipino practices, I bring together multiple modalities to create space for both reflection and grounded, body-based integration.

This work centers ritual and ceremony—not as something separate, but as a way of slowing down, listening deeply, and honoring what is present.

You do not need to identify as spiritual to participate. This work is about connection—whether that’s to your ancestors, your body, your intuition, or simply a deeper awareness of yourself.

What a session might include

We begin by creating space to honor your ancestors, often through simple altar offerings or intention-setting.

From there, sessions may include:

• Insight practices like Tawas Diagnostics—Ancient medicine of the philippines that involves interpretation of shapes via paper or candle wax

• Gentle conversation and reflection through Ba Zi astrology

• Body-based care such as acupuncture, manual therapies, and somatic support

• Energetic and ritual practices like smoke cleansing (Tuob), Foot Massage (Dagdagay), and more

Each session is collaborative. We move at your pace, co-creating an experience that feels supportive, spacious, and attuned to your needs.

These sessions are unhurried and spacious, typically lasting 2.5 hours. The pacing allows for depth, care, and integration rather than rushing through the experience.

Sessions are offered at $400 with a sliding scale for those in need of one. They are held in Oakland, CA.

If you feel called, I encourage you to bring altar offerings (i.e. picture of ancestors, stones, crystals, etc.)

Before booking

To make sure this work feels aligned, we’ll start with a short check-in call to co-create what combination of modalities would be most supportive for you. This is a space to:

• Share what’s bringing you in

• Ask any questions you may have

• Get a sense of how I work and what to expect

Who this is for

This offering is open to all, while intentionally centering People of Color and Filipinx/a/o folks. The ritual elements are informed by my studies and mentorships in pre-colonial Indigenous Filipino medicine and are offered with care, respect, and intention.