Manifesto

The journey into wellbeing is not ahead of you — it is within you.

The name

Kalikara

kah · lee · kah · rah

“Friend of the liberating darkness.”

Kalikara is a curated sacred space of immersive healing experiences designed to facilitate radical transformation. You may enter carrying what has weighed on you — and re-emerge renewed. The darkness here is not to be feared; met as a friend, it is where liberation begins.

Katherine Anne Kaplan
  • Celtic Medicine Woman
  • Founder, KA Method®
  • Official Guide, Hill of Uisneach
  • Author, Inner Illumination
  • IPHM Accredited Practitioner
The founder

Katherine Anne Kaplan

Every Kalikara offering was developed by Katherine after she first walked the paths she now guides. Her work is informed by more than a decade of training across Vibrational Science, BioGeometry Energy Balancing, Spiritual Science, Daoist Stone Medicine, Yoga, Shamanism, crystal technologies and subtle energy healing.

Her studies include a private year-long mentorship with Dr. Robert J. Gilbert, founder of the Vesica Institute for Holistic Studies; priestess initiations with Nicki Scully of Shamanic Journeys Ltd; and a six-year initiatory path as a Celtic Medicine Woman in Ireland under the guidance of an Elder mentor. She serves as an official Guide of the Hill of Uisneach — the sacred centre of Ireland.

Alongside her formal training, Katherine’s path has been shaped by a near-death experience — a conscious journey beyond and back that expanded her view of multidimensional reality — and by healing her own past. She has lived what she guides.

Katherine founded the KA Method®, the energy healing modality at the heart of her 1:1 work, received in 2020 and refined through years of client practice. She leads with a commitment to peace and sovereignty, supporting your return to embodiment, power, purpose — and the most unapologetic expression of your authentic self.

As a Guide, I lead in friendship — we are all walking each other home.

Lineage & training

A decade of initiatory study

Celtic wisdom, Egyptian mystery traditions, Daoist stone medicine, vibrational science, shamanism and yoga — every strand informs the work.

  • 2021–2026 Celtic Medicine Woman Training & Initiation Six-year initiatory path with Midie Corcoran, Celtic Medicine Man · Ireland
  • 2024–2025 Celtic Shamanism Practitioner Certification Martin Duffy, Dunderry Park · Meath, Ireland
  • 2024 Rahanni Celestial Healing Practitioner Certification Cormac Noonan, Wolf Academy · Sligo, Ireland
  • 2019–2020 Egyptian Mystery School of Isis & Thoth · Priestess of Ma’at Nicki Scully & Normandi Ellis · Bend, OR
  • 2019–2020 Shamanic Training & Initiation as High Priestess of Ra Private mentorship with Nicki Scully, Shamanic Journeys Ltd · San Diego, CA
  • 2019–2020 Magdalene Lineage of the Rose · Shamanic Priestess Initiation Caroline Padgett, Mystery School of the Earth & Sky · Asheville, NC
  • 2018–2019 Vibrational Science, Spiritual Science & Crystal Technologies Mentorship · BioGeometry Advanced Certification Private year-long mentorship with Dr. Robert J. Gilbert, The Vesica Institute for Holistic Studies · Asheville, NC
  • 2018–2019 Daoist Stone Medicine · Stones for Spirituality & Alchemy Jeffrey Yuen, 88th-generation Daoist priest, Jade Purity School · Tucson, AZ · and the 8 Extraordinary Meridians with Sarah Thomas, Upper Clarity School of Stone Medicine
  • 2018–2019 Visionary Craniosacral Work · Aromatherapy Level 1 Ellen Lenson & Hugh Milne · The Aromatic Institute of New York
  • 2015–2021 Yoga Teacher Trainings & Atma Kriya Initiation Yoga London · The Tristhana Method, Jamaica · Bhakti Marga, Venice, CA
Accredited International Practitioner of Holistic Medicine · IPHM
The book

Inner Illumination — A Pilgrimage Within to Remember Who You Are

Katherine’s book is the written companion to this work — a pilgrimage that needs no plane ticket, guiding you inward to the self that was never lost, only waiting to be remembered.

One body of work

Three houses, one intention

The hub · You are here

Kalikara

1:1 healing sessions and Sacred Ireland Pilgrimages — the immersive experiences at the heart of the work.

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KA Method®

The energy healing modality Katherine founded — receive it in session, or train to carry it yourself through the three-level, IPHM-accredited pathway.

Visit kamethod.com
 

Kalikara Crystals

Sacred crystal grid technologies for home and land — so the healing you carry within is mirrored in the space around you.

Visit kalikaracrystals.com
Walk with Katherine

Ready to begin?

Begin with a 1:1 session, walk the sacred land of Ireland, train in the KA Method®, or bring the healing home.