Hilot

Hilot (/HEE-lot/) is an ancient Filipino art of healing. It uses manipulation and massage to achieve the treatment outcome, although techniques differ from one practitioner to another.[1] It emerged from the shamanic tradition of the ancient Filipinos with healers considering their practice as derived from their calling from visions or from having been born by breech.[2]

  1. ^ Oths, Kathryn S.; Hinojosa, Servando Z. (2004). Healing by Hand: Manual Medicine and Bonesetting in Global Perspective. Walnut Creek: Rowman Altamira. p. 141. ISBN 0759103925.
  2. ^ Calvert, Robert Noah (2002). The History of Massage: An Illustrated Survey from Around the World. Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press. p. 23. ISBN 9780892818815.