The Center for Babaylan Studies is committed to uplifting the wisdoms of Indigenous living traditions of the Philippines toward the pursuit of Indigenous sovereignty, individual and community healing, justice, and liberation.

Through study, practice, education, political activism, and community organizing, we explore the ways in which ancestral reclamation, healing, and political discourse through the lenses of decolonization and anti-oppression can support building a world centered in justice, love, life-affirming cultures, and right relations with the Earth and all living beings.

Click below to view a short documentary commemorating CfBS' 10-year anniversary (produced in 2019)

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ReVision Journal features essays
authored by CfBS elders

Essays from CfBS elders Leny Mendoza Strobel, S. Lily Mendoza, and Jim Perkinson are featured in the Spring 2023 edition of ReVision journal. The edition focuses on the theme "Ethnoautobiography: Creating Decolonial Islands."

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Maraming salamat!

Daghang salamat!

Agyamanak po!

In August, 2024, our kapwa community gathered in-person for the first time since the global pandemic. CfBS is grateful for about 100 beloveds who opened their hearts to immerse in teachings from CfBS elders about "Kapwa Nilalang: Becoming Good Kin, Recovering Our Earth-Honoring Traditions of Spirituality."

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ReVision Journal features essays authored by CfBS elders

Maraming salamat! Daghang salamat! Agyamanak po!

Support Our Work

ReVision Journal features essays
authored by CfBS elders

Maraming salamat!

Daghang salamat!

Agyamanak po!