Mission, Vision, & Guiding Principles
History
What’s in a name?
Kilusan is a Pilipino word that is translated to mean “movement.” We can think of movement on different levels. In East Asian Medicine, when we experience pain or dis-ease or discomfort, it is because the circulation within our bodies is not flowing properly. So, at Kilusan Wellness, we lift up the importance of movement within our bodies.
We can also think of movement that happens between people. It's like when we hear a catchy song or feel the vibration of the drum, and before we know it, we all bobbing and moving and dancing to the beat—together, and we can lift up the rhythm of interpersonal movement as important, too.
And then, we can zoom out (way out) and think of movement on a larger (and larger) scale. We can see this with mass migrations, or in terms of organizing, in social justice movement work. We observe and honor the different ways that the concept of movement is understood, practiced, and held.
We can also think of movement that happens between people. It's like when we hear a catchy song or feel the vibration of the drum, and before we know it, we all bobbing and moving and dancing to the beat—together, and we can lift up the rhythm of interpersonal movement as important, too.
And then, we can zoom out (way out) and think of movement on a larger (and larger) scale. We can see this with mass migrations, or in terms of organizing, in social justice movement work. We observe and honor the different ways that the concept of movement is understood, practiced, and held.
Mission
The mission of Kilusan Wellness is to promote health, healing, and resilience in communities that have been historically underserved.
Guiding Principles
Kilusan Wellness is guided by the principle of Healing Justice, as articulated by the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective. Healing Justice is a whole-person centered framework, which is honoring of indigenous and ancestral ways of healing, especially with regards to the harm inflicted by systemic oppression and trauma throughout the generations. Kilusan Wellness is helping create the conditions where collective and individual healing and wholeness is interdependent and accessible. Within this framework, we uplift the practice of decolonization and integrative health equity as foundational.
Decolonization is another guiding principle at Kilusan Wellness. The active and intentional undoing of the harm caused by colonization and colonized mindsets is an everyday practice of resistance. We recognize that there are many entry points to this journey, and that the way to healing is rarely straightforward. We honor the complexity, the strength, the grace, and the vulnerability that decolonizing entails.
The principle of Integrative Health Equity advocates equitable access to Integrative Medicine modalities. Further, Kilusan Wellness recognizes that many indigenous and traditional ancestral healing practices pre-date the notion of Integrative Medicine by millennia, in fact. Our ancestors lived in comportment with the deep relationship that exists between the cosmos, the environment, the seasons, and health & wellness. Kilusan Wellness seeks to restore, re-mind, and re-member these practices with our community.
Finally, we are mindful of the way we do our work, because how we regard and approach the work we do in the world, truly, truly matters. We privilege rest and moving from wholeness as much as we privilege our quality work product. We endeavor to deliver every program, every event, every online offering from a sustainable and resourced place, because we believe that that kind of alignment makes the difference that makes a difference. We gratefully move at the speed of relationship and are becoming more and more practiced at weighing what is needed in the present moment, with what is actually available to be given, and acting accordingly. This sensibility is a guiding principle in how we cultivate our organizational culture of resiliency, excellence, depth, and sustainability.
Decolonization is another guiding principle at Kilusan Wellness. The active and intentional undoing of the harm caused by colonization and colonized mindsets is an everyday practice of resistance. We recognize that there are many entry points to this journey, and that the way to healing is rarely straightforward. We honor the complexity, the strength, the grace, and the vulnerability that decolonizing entails.
The principle of Integrative Health Equity advocates equitable access to Integrative Medicine modalities. Further, Kilusan Wellness recognizes that many indigenous and traditional ancestral healing practices pre-date the notion of Integrative Medicine by millennia, in fact. Our ancestors lived in comportment with the deep relationship that exists between the cosmos, the environment, the seasons, and health & wellness. Kilusan Wellness seeks to restore, re-mind, and re-member these practices with our community.
Finally, we are mindful of the way we do our work, because how we regard and approach the work we do in the world, truly, truly matters. We privilege rest and moving from wholeness as much as we privilege our quality work product. We endeavor to deliver every program, every event, every online offering from a sustainable and resourced place, because we believe that that kind of alignment makes the difference that makes a difference. We gratefully move at the speed of relationship and are becoming more and more practiced at weighing what is needed in the present moment, with what is actually available to be given, and acting accordingly. This sensibility is a guiding principle in how we cultivate our organizational culture of resiliency, excellence, depth, and sustainability.
Vision
We’ll know that Kilusan Wellness has completed our work when, as a world:
- We are equal parts truthful and kind.
- We know our indigenous lineages and practice our ancestral ways of healing.
- We are not afraid to ask forgiveness and offer amends.
- With regularity, we get good sleep, eat good food, laugh a lot with one another, and feel satisfied with what we do and what we have done.
- We have living relationship with kapwa and kuleana.