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Kaïlūkuän School of Indigenous Science

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Kaïlūkuän School of Indigenous Science

Combat and healing arts from the Philippine ilukung region • Cultural and spiritual upliftment

10/24/2025

We were born from a vision to reclaim ancestral knowledge, reweave cultural memory, and create a space where Indigenous science could live, breathe, and guide us forward. That vision took root here, and together we built something meaningful.

Now, after years of dedicated work, we announce with bittersweet confidence that the Kailukuan School of Indigenous Science will formally close at the end of January 2026.

As part of this closure:
• All active memberships will conclude at the end of January 2026
• A special Graduation Ceremony will be held at the end of Jan 2026 to honor all who have completed the program, and to celebrate a new beginning
• Our physical studio in Walnut, CA in will remain
• Collaborations, studio rentals, workshop and event offerings are still welcome and encouraged!!

will continue his teachings of the martial and healing arts of the Philippines in a renewed form at a future location, where he will carry forward his decades of sacred work in ancestral combat and healing arts. Students previously and currently enrolled in the Ablon Certification Program will remain supported and mentored throughout their practitioner journey.

From now until Jan 2026, the space will be in transition as it transforms into the *KIN Global Arts Collective*, led by co-founder . Kin Global Arts Collective will connect, empower, and inspire artists from all backgrounds through transformative creative expression, cultural exchange, and community-building — fostering a global network where art bridges cultures and generations. This next chapter will carry forward the values of cultural restoration by honoring the wisdom that has survived and thrived within all Global Indigenous cultures.

We sincerely thank each of you who walked with us, who studied, practiced, and healed within this circle. The heart of its mission will live on through the continued work of its founders, dedicated staff and all our exceptional students.

To all who have walked alongside us and felt the impact of our school’s teachings, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

10/01/2025

We're offering 25% off our rates!! 🌾 This is an open invitation for all of you - if you’ve wanted to collab with us we whole heartedly welcome you. Whether you want to host an event, reserve the studio for a private one, or put on a workshop, we would love to collab with you. Our special space is open for you to rent and use. Your event will be advertised on our IG, website and newsletter - we’d love to have you. This also helps keep us going! 🔗🔗 Click the link in bio for Co-Op info or email kelsey@kailukuan.com 🐊⛰️❤️

09/27/2025

The deadline to apply for our LAST Ablon (Hilot) Program Cohort is tomorrow! If you need more time send us a message. Few spots left! 🌾🌾

Come bring traditional Filipino medicine to the people 🌾 This will be the LAST time we'll be offering this specific program until further notice while we restructure! We'd absolutely love for you to join us!

Learn from Manursúro and his decades of experience and research in the indigenous arts of the Philippines to bring this traditional medicine to the people.

For more information on tuition, course descriptions, required in person and virtual class dates, FAQs + more, visit our website, or even DM us!

Our studio is located in Walnut, CA - our program offers both virtual livestream and required in person hands on training. Folks can take the first three modules at their own pace via our Sadíri Self Study Digital Lectures (which is currently offered at a discount) and join their cohort for the in studio classes - we offer flexible learning to accommodate you. This program requires commitment and dedication, and if you've been called to learn the ancestral art of Ablon Manual Medicine, whether in California or across the globe, come join us.

Link in bio to apply !

Pictured are some amazing students performing Ablon Seated Therapy, module 4 in our curriculum.

09/11/2025

Come bring traditional Filipino medicine to the people 🌾 This will be the LAST time we'll be offering this specific program until further notice while we restructure! We'd absolutely love for you to join us!

Learn from Manursúro and his decades of experience and research in the indigenous arts of the Philippines to bring this traditional medicine to the people.

For more information on tuition, course descriptions, required in person and virtual class dates, FAQs + more, visit our website, or even DM us!

Our studio is located in Walnut, CA - our program offers both virtual livestream and required in person hands on training. Folks can take the first three modules at their own pace via our Sadíri Self Study Digital Lectures (which is currently offered at a discount) and join their cohort for the in studio classes - we offer flexible learning to accommodate you. This program requires commitment and dedication, and if you've been called to learn the ancestral art of Ablon Manual Medicine, whether in California or across the globe, come join us.

Link in bio to apply ! Deadline is 9/28!

08/21/2025

Come join us this Sunday, August 24 for a special webinar taught by Manusuro Virgil, author of Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings of the Philippine Ancestral Tradition (2010, North Atlantic Books)

EARLY CONCEPTS OF THE SOUL
11:00-12:30pm PST
Virtual or in person or register to receive a recording if you can't make it live.
Sunday Lecture Series 🌾🌾

While we know the living triad of body, mind, and spirit - the ancients believe(d) the soul is an entity that lives on with or without connection to the physical body. This lecture will explore the early Filipino indigenous concepts of the soul and touch on things like: linguistic cognates, cosmic worlds, soul states, its four levels of its existence, soul journeying, loss, left pain-transference, and more!

Link in bio to register!

08/18/2025

EARLY CONCEPTS OF THE SOUL
Sunday August 24th, 11:00-12:30pm PST
Virtual or in person, or recorded link options
Cultural Heritage Sunday Lecture Series 🌾🌾

While we know the living triad of body, mind, and spirit - the ancients believe(d) the soul is an entity that lives on with or without connection to the physical body. This lecture will explore the early Filipino indigenous concepts of the soul and touch on things like: linguistic cognates, its four levels of its existence, soul journeying, loss, pain-transference, storytelling and more.

Link in bio to register ! Bring a friend! Spread the word!

Image: The Soul Book (1991) GCF Books

08/14/2025

Private sessions from Manusuro himself are on sale for 25% off! Promo code: ABLON25. Link in bio to book! 🌾

From the Philippines comes the healing art of Ablon/Hilot Manual Medicine, which is an ancient, indigenous, spiritually-based healing art that has been passed down to Virgil M. Apostol from his ancestral bloodlines of traditional healers, as well as from master practitioners of Philippine martial arts. His practice involves the evaluation, treatment, and care for patients dealing with issues on physical, mental, and spiritual planes. Ablon is based on natural laws governing the human body by using spiritual, physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods.

Through Apostol's extensive research and clinical practice, Ablon has gained a favorable reputation amongst medical physicians, physical rehabilitation specialists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and others practicing integrative medicine. The following are some of the ailments or concerns that people come to see Apostol for:

• Neck problems

• Shoulder tension

• Lower back pain

• Stress and anxiety

• Headaches

• Repetitive strain and other injuries

• Sprains

• Nerve imbalances

• Sport injuries

• Physical rehabilitation

• Stagnant energetic flow

Other indigenous forms of healing that Apostol includes in his practices are: Aglupos (spiritual energetic or bioelectromagnetic balancing) and Pangtugawan nga Ablon (Ablon Seated Therapy)

Session takes place in our studio in Walnut, CA and are 80-90 mins long.

08/11/2025

EARLY CONCEPTS OF THE SOUL
Sunday August 24th, 11:00-12:30pm PST
Virtual or in person
Sunday Lecture Series 🌾🌾 taught by Manusuro Virgil Apostol, author of Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions (2010)

While we know the living triad of body, mind, and spirit - the ancients believe(d) the soul is an entity that lives on with or without connection to the physical body. This lecture will explore the early indigenous concepts of the soul and touch on things like: linguistic cognates, its four levels of its existence, soul journeying, loss, pain-transference, storytelling and more.

Link in bio!

07/29/2025

ANITO: From the Austronesian “ani” (soul or spirit)
and Malay “to” or “toh” (resident of the head).

Shamanic practices around the world are based on the concept of animism, which is the attribution of a soul to animate and inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. It is the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe. This is evident in the Philippine and the rest of the Austronesian belief in the “anito” that, firstly, refers to the soul of an ancestral spirit. It is the basis of the old practice of headhunting. Its meaning eventually broadened to include various spirits or entities, as found in plants, rocks, trees, bodies of water, carvings, and amulets.

The ancient belief of the anito residing in the head is/was a major influence and tied with certain customs, even in the development of material culture. We will explore various practices, focusing on headhunting and the sibrong.

This short lecture is led by Virgil Apostol, author of Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions (North Atlantic Books, 2010).
This is part two on our discussion around ANITOS. Previous attendance at our first one is not required.

Sunday, August 3rd @ 11am PST

$33 registration - link in bio

Offered via Zoom livestream and in-studio.

You can purchase his book as an optional supportive text for this course anywhere online.

07/03/2025

THIS SUNDAY 7/6 at 11am PST - join us virtually or in studio for our next lecture!

ANITO: From the Austronesian “ani” (soul or spirit)
and Malay “to” or “toh” (resident of the head).

Shamanic practices around the world are based on the concept of animism, which is the attribution of a soul to animate and inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. It is the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe. This is evident in the Philippine and the rest of the Austronesian belief in the “anito” that, firstly, refers to the soul of an ancestral spirit. It is the basis of the old practice of headhunting. Its meaning eventually broadened to include various spirits or entities, as found in plants, rocks, trees, bodies of water, carvings, and amulets.

This short lecture led by Virgil Apostol, author of Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions (North Atlantic Books, 2010) will review the history and origins of anitos, their significance, touch on a few historic practice and rituals, and engage dialogue on how to live in harmony with the anitos in your daily life.

This will be a two-part series.

Sunday, July 6th @ 11am PST

and Sunday, August 3rd @ 11am PST

$33 registration

Offered via Zoom livestream and in-studio.

You can purchase his book as an optional supportive text for this course anywhere online.

**illustration by Roberto Feleo from The Soul Book by Francisco R. Demetrio

06/22/2025

ANITO: From the Austronesian “ani” (soul or spirit)
and Malay “to” or “toh” (resident of the head).

Shamanic practices around the world are based on the concept of animism, which is the attribution of a soul to animate and inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. It is the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe. This is evident in the Philippine and the rest of the Austronesian belief in the “anito” that, firstly, refers to the soul of an ancestral spirit. It is the basis of the old practice of headhunting. Its meaning eventually broadened to include various spirits or entities, as found in plants, rocks, trees, bodies of water, carvings, and amulets.

This short lecture led by Virgil Apostol, author of Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions (North Atlantic Books, 2010) will review the history and origins of anitos, their significance, touch on a few historic practice and rituals, and engage dialogue on how to live in harmony with the anitos in your daily life.

This will be a two-part series.

Sunday, July 6th @ 11am PST

and Sunday, August 3rd @ 11am PST

$33 registration

Offered via Zoom livestream and in-studio.

You can purchase his book as an optional supportive text for this course anywhere online.

06/21/2025

Langá: form // Dumadangádang: warrior 🐊🐊 we came together to learn from Manusuro , to ground, channel, strengthen, by way of the Langat' Dumadangádang : The 20 Warrior Postures of Didya Mudgara Warrior Club Calisthenics.

Langat’ Dumadangádang (Langá ti Dumadangádang) involves a series of “Warrior Postures” with various sidadáän (still, yet alert) movements that stretch (innát), contract (kukót), and twist (tirítir) the torso and limbs of the body. The effective ex*****on of these movements are governed by conscious awareness (nákem) and the breath (ánges) that involve inhalation (palang-áb) and exhalation (pasang-áw). After the initial position, (a) Ready Posture, they will then transition into: (b) Plant Life, (c) Animal Life, (d) Armament, and (e) Community, thus embodying aspects of the microcosm and macrocosm. Each of these langá are to be done a minimum of one minute each.

During times like these, we feel so lucky to share a powerful yet safe space with these beautiful humans !! Thank you for coming out !!

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18754 Amar Road
Walnut, CA
91789

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Monday	10am - 3pm
Tuesday	10am - 3pm
Wednesday	10am - 3pm
Thursday	10am - 3pm
Friday	10am - 3pm
Saturday	10am - 3pm

Telephone

+16262253154

Website

http://www.Kailukuan.com/

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