It’s been since 2019 when our Hilot Binabaylan of Lafayette, California had made request to learn Hilot Binabaylan Techniques and on February 5-14, 2024, that his dream of becoming a Hilot Binabaylan manifested. Though like what I always say during the training, we are not the one who makes an individual a Hilot Binabaylan ; just like in the Principles of Healing, that all of us has the ability to heal our selves. Our role as a trainer is just what Kai Bautista, which is our Hilot Binabaylan of Glendale, California have described, as trainer/teacher, we are like an alarm clock that awaken to knowledge of healing that sleeps within us; we are just like a guide that reminds an individual of the dormant knowledge of healing that lies within us all.
Such as on the case of Walter Sanches, he came with a knowledge of healing already as he work as a Massage Therapist on a Physical Therapy Clinic and Acupuncture Clinic in the US; so our Course that he took with us becomes a refresher and align his knowledge to the Philippine Indigenous Traditional Healing. All the skills of being a Hilot Binabaylan comes out naturally for him and he even take the challenge of doing Tandok or Hijama and did it to me.
Walter is courageous enough in performing Tandok which i am very happy for him and probably among other Hilot Binabaylan that train with us it is only Walter Sanches that could perform Tandok.
Congratulations Walter!
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