The "Pagsuyo: Courting the Indigenous Soul" study circle brings together our Kapwa from across the diaspora for a monthly virtual gathering featuring teachings, presentations, and breakout discussions supported by peer facilitators. The Pagsuyo book study focuses on writings, reflections, and research about decoloniality and re-Indigenization, anchored in the works of our lead teachers Leny Strobel and Lily Mendoza.

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Past Pagsuyo cohorts have focused on the books "Babaylan: Filipinos and The Call of the Indigenous" and "Back from the Crocodile's Belly." In 2026, Pagsuyo will embark on a journey to re-membering Kapwa through the framework of "Ethnoautobiography." 

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Ate Leny writes: "EA is a framework for getting to know our long body; this is a Haudenosaunee concept which is akin to the Filipino concept of kapwa."

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​The EA book (developed by Jurgen W. Kremer and R Jackson-Paton) was “midwifed” by Ate Leny by lending her classes to pilot test the framework. Ate Leny, in recognizing that her own classroom pedagogy has been influenced by Filipino Indigenous Psychology, found in the EA structure a useful tool that is capable of weaving the elements of our long bodies in a clear, gentle, and accessible way. She and Jurgen eventually team-taught an EA course that became the basis for the published workbook suitable for both academic and non-academic community settings. 

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Registration for the 2026 Pagsuyo cohort is closed. ​​