Jen Maramba she/they

TULAY ARAW  MEANS SUN BRIDGE IN ‘PILIPINO’.

Tulay Araw is the name gifted to Jennifer Mae Maramba by her beloved elders and teachers during a retreat and ceremony with the Center of Babaylan Studies in New Mexico. Tulay Araw is a connector of many teachings, teachers and elders. She walks a path of light, sacred shadow, love and healing while connecting to her ancestors, being guided by her teachers and learning with future leaders & healers. Jen was recently gifted a new name through the Divination of Luntiang Aghama as Dayang Tala Pinagpalang Saksi which translates to Princess of the Blessed Witnessing Star as reclaimed by the Diwata Gugurang, Dalikmata and the Celestial Ones . This name is to bless Jen in her sacred path as a Sacred Witness and to walk with others in their own path to becoming a Sacred Witness to their Ancestors and community.

Jen currently lives with her family in so-called Guelph, the treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit and lands that the Anishinaabe, Hodinohso:ni, Lūnaapéewak and Wendat peoples have inhabited for centuries.

Jen and her family acknowledge that they walk and rest on lands that are home to many Indigenous Peoples residing under the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Treaty, that asserts all to peaceably share the land and its resources. Jen also acknowledges the Two Row Wampum and is a reminder of a Visayan (her mother's language) word "Dungan" which is described by her mother as two paths, side by side, moving in the same direction. A teaching that expresses that we walk in alignment with one another because we are interconnected yet, we must nurture our individual path.

Jen Maramba was born in Tkaronto/Turtle Island with ancestral roots from Iloilo and Pangasinan, sacred places from the islands currently known through the colonial name of the ‘Philippines’.

Jen is a mother to Kawayan and Kaleo, her most valued teachers and partner to Alex JR. Known as Mama Jen to many others in the community, she has been called from a young age to follow a healer’s path. Guided by her Lola Lilia (maternal grandmother) through dreams and mother Bonita, Jen has been blessed with the wisdom of her ancestors. Connected to the salt and bamboo lands of her paternal lineage, Jen seeks to also channel the healing gifts of all ancestors that live within her. 

As an artist and healer, Jen has developed and facilitated arts healing for community groups, organizations and individuals. “Art” was the pathway for Jen to explore her healing gifts and recover her ancestral knowing. Her current work in eco-art healing, creates space for individuals and groups to explore the healing power of nature and communicating with nature through a creative process of visual art, sound art and movement. Eco-art healing can be deep, spiritual, fun and revealing if one is open to the possibilities to developing their intuition, opening their own healing gifts and re-membering our shared language of nature. 

Jen also holds Sacred Circles for healers and individuals who need a loving and safe place to hold Ritual and Ceremony for sacred intention, release, healing and Re-Membering. With the state of our realities, Jen has been called to assist and work with individuals who are called to the healer’s path or to those who seek spiritual healing. Jen supports individuals with healing touch/energy work in connecting with guides, ancestors and past lives.

Jen is currently working with her guides and ancestors in journeying to heal one’s past lives and ancestors so that one may live their current life fully with the teachings and guidance of the past. Jen is a Siam Reiki Master and channels healing with and for the highest good ~ with what all this well, healthy and carries Universal Love + Healing!