UPDATED DECEMBER 2025

Currently Ligaya is offering her services to the community. Ligaya has been a practicing Pagan and witch for almost 25 years, and a practicing the pre-colonial beliefs and practices of the Philippines for almost 15 years. She is knowledgable in the pre-colonial history, traditions, and culture of the Philippines and works with her guides, the anito, and diwata in healing the body, mind, and soul through traditional herbal medicine. She has also been teaching pre-colonial Filipino history, culture, and our mythologies for more than 10 years through her blogs.

CONTACT:

If you are interested in my services you can contact me @thepinaywriter on IG or through email at thepinaywriter@gmail.com

↞ Workshops

Current topics I am open to teaching and discussing are:

• Pre-colonial History & Culture
• Palaanito: The Precolonial Beliefs and Practices of Our ancestors
• Traditional Herbal Medicine and Spiritwork

My workshops include a presentation slide to go along with my discussion, together with participation through song, dance, music, games, art, and crafts as learning methods and materials. Each workshop will open up with a short prayer to the Anito, Diwata, and my Umalagad. For workshops that are 3 hours or more this will include a short opening ritual to them presented with offerings by me, however participants may also give their offerings.

If the event is outside of the NYC/Long Island area transportation and accommodation must be provided.

➼ PRICING:

• 1 hour = includes powerpoint presentation and discussion. = $175
• 2 hours = includes presentation, discussion, and interactive methods of learning based on the topic, age group, and materials. (Ex: games developed for a younger or older audience, creating art, etc.) = $250
• 3 hours = includes presentation, discussion, interactive methods of learning, and a short ritual to the Anito and Diwata. = $400 + extra $75 per extra hour

➼ SCHOOL/COLLEGE:

For students interested in me teaching and holding a workshop for a school or college related event, prices differ. I can hold a workshop for 1-2 hours with a presentation, discussion, and interactive learning for $100 for an hour and $175 for 2 hours.

➼ VIRTUAL:

If you would like to have a virtual workshop we can do this as well.

↞ Sensitivity Reader & Cultural Consultant

Status: CURRENTLY OPEN

Writing a book, short story, or a comic inspired by or based on the pre-colonial beliefs and practices of the Philippines? If you are looking to have your story as accurate as possible with respects to our ancestors and want me to read over your draft or comic to edit and give suggestions, we can discuss my service and fee’s. When reading, I look at physical descriptions of characters and places, stereotypes, tropes, and historical accuracy on beliefs and cultural practices.

Please have a draft already written and finished that has been proofread at least once. If it is a comic, you must have an outline for your chapters and story available. Files must be as a Google Doc or .xdoc or PDF. You may also mail me the rough draft, which I will mark and send back to you with my notes. I will be reading over the draft or outline, highlighting, and writing my comments as I read through your draft.

➼ PRICING:

• 5000 words or less: $50 flat rate
• 5001 to 10,000: $60 +(# words) x ($0.005 per word)
• 10,001 to 50,000 words: $150+(# words) x ($0.002 per word)
• 50,001 and over: $200 +(# words) x ($0.001 per word)

So for example, if you have a 60,000 word count it would be $200 + (60,000 x 0.001) = $260.

➼ GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS:

• Turn around will be between 2-4 weeks once I receive your draft and payment. You will receive an email confirmation from me stating that I have started to read and go over your draft.
• You will receive the draft of your outline back with my comments on Google Drive along with a 2-5 page edit letter for my suggestions and feedback.
• Accepting your draft to read and consult, does not guarantee my direct endorsement of it.
• Payment is accepted only via Zelle or Venmo.
• Full payment is expected prior to service and consultation.
• I do offer a payment schedule if you have any financial issues that may hinder you from paying in full. This can be discussed along with deadlines for payments.
• Payment is non-refundable, unless for some reason or another I can’t finish reading your manuscript. If so, I will email you to let you know and issue a refund.

↞ Content/Article Writer

I’ve been blogging and writing articles for more than 10 years on Filipino history, culture, pre-colonial history, mythology, and folklore from running the old Pinoy-Culture blog and currently this blog. I have also had experience writing for a digital magazine by running my own called, Kapwa Magazine that focused on Filipino history, culture, and our stories.

If you are looking for content writers on these topics for your magazine, blog, newspaper, etc. feel free to contact me.

➼ PRICING:

My freelance writing rates do differ based on the content I am writing, how many words, and any historical research involved in writing an article.

My standard set rate is $0.18 per word. So a 500 word article would be $90.

↞ Palaanito Mentorship

While I do offer my classes for Palaanito (the Tagalog term for theindigenous animistic and polytheistic beliefs), I also offer personal one to one mentorship. This can be in person or virtual through Zoom. This mentorship will be focused on reviving the pre-colonial and ancestral beliefs of our ancestors based on historical research and current practices. We will also be working on developing your own personal relationship with the spirits, your own ancestors, and the diwata. Further mentorship on traditional healing through herbal medicine and rituals such as pagtawas can also be provided if needed.

Pricing is based on the individual’s needs and circumstances and will be discussed. Mentorship is available only to those who are 18+.