Galaw Nilay-Creative Collective

13/08/2025

'Ginhawa and our Sacred Ecologies' is an exhibit enframed within the diverse expressive aesthetics of ginhawa, and the necessities of its existence – of deep ease and balance, one that welcomes sacred rest, regenerative quiet, reflective moments and time-out in order to ‘tune in’ to our inner and outer sacred ecologies – as pathways to reclaim our self-autonomy and sovereignty in an increasingly discordant, autogenerated, digital-based world. Through acts of slow-existence, the sacred silence and ginhawa that co-mingle in these works, we are reminded how the multidisciplinary arts can offer us vital spaces to just be, to breathe, to gather back life, within ourselves and our vital ecoscapes – and perhaps forego, even for a while, the burgeoning tyranny of the digital, the instant but fleeting notifications of our times.

Works
Dindo Pilareja
Frank Alexi Nobleza
Keina Sabay
Kat Casapao
Ally H. Publico
Antonne Santiago

Performances
Dulambuhay Philippine Playback Theatre, Inc.
Galaw Nilay Collective
Yeyette San Luis
KontraGapi

02/08/2025

Sa pagtigil at paghinga, sabay-sabay nating damhin ang ginhawa. Ngayong Agosto at Setyembre, samahan kami sa aming Ginhawa Walk at Exhibit. Handog ng Galaw Nilay Collective, UP Department of Art Studies, in cooperation with UP Institute of Biology at Dulambuhay Playback Theater. ❤️🌿🌈

01/07/2025

Embodied Reflections: In movement, song and color, how was your past month?🧚‍♀️🧜‍♀️🦚

We're about to begin the third quarter of the year, but before it starts, we invite you to look back on the past month with these embodied reflections.

27/06/2025

Nature Mandala

Our community mandala was created out of the fallen foliage from our walk across the UP Forest Lagoon. We took time to reflect on how these pieces from nature might symbolize our current feeling states and intentions. We also took time for some breath work, a dance improv, some sandpaper art.

Noticing, feeling, reflecting, crafting, sharing. Being in the now. Being with nature. Being with others.

All these gifts that surround us.

(Photos by Candice Reyes Talampas, Rachel Tan Siringan, John Maverick Alviar)

27/06/2025

KAHAPON, isang mabining araw ang bumati sa amin sa unang Ginhawa Walk. (Kahit tag-ulan...salamat haring araw!)

Naglakad, nagmasid, huminga, nakisalamuha, at bumalik sa sariling ginhawa. Sumayaw, lumikha at gumawa rin kami ng community mandala. Nagbahaginan ng mga damdamın at personal na sadya.

Natutunang muli na ang pagbabalik sa sarili, and pagkilala sa kalikasan, ang paglikha ng sining, at ang pakikipag-kapwa sa iba ay bahagi ng ating ginhawa.

Nawa'y may nagising sa ating kalooban upang mapagibayo ang ginhawa sa sarili at sa ating komunidad.

Salamat sa maaliwalas na simula ng Ginhawa Project! Nawa'y magkita tayong muli sa susunod na Ginhawa Walk.

Ginhawa, galak at gaan para sa lahat!

(Photos by Kylie Hubilla)

25/06/2025

Bukas na, ika-26 ng Hunyo, ang unang Ginhawa Walk! Kita-kits! 🐦🌻
Our Itinerary:

3:45pm Registration/orientation at Quezon Hall
3.45-4.30pm Ginhawa Walk Route: Quezon Hall to IBG-KAL
4.30--5.30pm Community Gathering at IBG-KAL Lobby (in front of Molave Residence Hall)

What to expect:

- unplugged/offline (no phones / cameras)
- guided walk
- gentle movements
- art making, journaling and community dance

What to bring:

- own water bottle/tumbler
- umbrella or raincoat
- wear light clothing
- change of clothes (optional)
- journal and pen

Guidelines:

1. Please clean as you go.

2. Keep your phones and cameras off or in your bags, so you can fully enjoy the activities.

Please register via:
https://bit.ly/GinhawaWalk1

Organizers: UP Department of Art Studies, Galaw Nilay Collective
Partners: UP Institute of Biology, Dulambuhay Philippine Playback Theatre, Motherland PH

A Free community event made possible through the VCA50 Creative Grant and UP Extension Grant

15/06/2025

Halina't makidaloy!

GINHAWA Walk is a free participatory walk with a set of devised movements, which you can practice as part of your daily self-care routine.

Through our Ginhawa Walk Series, we invite everyone to build habits of self-care and ecological mindfulness, starting with practices that we can use in our daily life.

After the walk, we will head for a community gathering with artmaking, dance improv and story-sharing at the IBG-KAL.

Date: June 26, 2025, Thursday

3:45pm Registration/orientation at Quezon Hall
3.45-4.30pm Walk from: Quezon Hall to the Lagoon
4.30--5.30pm Community Gathering at IBG-KAL Lobby

Snacks and simple art materials will be provided.

Limited to 30 slots only.

Organizers: UP Department of Art Studies, Galaw Nilay Collective
Partners: UP Institute of Biology, Dulambuhay Philippine Playback Theatre, Motherland PH

Please register via:
https://bit.ly/GinhawaWalk1

A FREE community event made possible through the VCA50 Creative Grant and UP Extension Grant

10/06/2025

Get unplugged with GINHAWA Walk, a free participatory walk with devised movement score, set in the eco-spaces of UP Diliman. Together, we will find ways to reclaim body movement in our increasingly sedentary lives, and create communities of care for the self and the environment.

Organizers: UP Department of Art Studies, Galaw Nilay Collective
Partners: UP Institute of Biology, Dulambuhay Philippine Playback Theatre, Motherland PH

A free event for the community with the support of University of Melbourne VCA50 Creative Grant and UP Extension Grant

Please register via:
https://bit.ly/GinhawaWalk1

06/06/2025

We just discovered that this poem of ours, "Sa St. Kilda Beach, Melbourne," around 2 years old, came out in Mountain Beacon.

One of my odes to that time in Melbourne, my safe, sacred harbor.

Ahh, to just be, to breathe, to heal.

29/05/2025

Life is better when we dance together. 💜💃

We had the chance to teach a dance improv class at Miriam College ILAW Center.

To move and flow from within is always a liberating experience!

Salamat, ILAW Center!

24/05/2025

Breathe, relax, and keep yourself grounded in virtues. :)

Our cards are spreading calm and joy at Aluminak in Santiago, Ilocos Sur.

Thanks to sound artist, Ms Yeyette San Luis, who uses them in her workshops.

13/05/2025

Inviting you to our "Poetry Collage for the Soul" workshop this weekend at Craft MNL! ✨

See you!

(Inclusive of all collage materials.)