Our Team
Virgil MAYOR Apostol, Co-FOUNDER AND MASTER TEACHER
Virgil Mayor Apostol descends from maternal and paternal bloodline of traditional healers from the Kaïlūkuän region of Northern Luzon, and has dedicated himself to the research, development, and promotion of his ancestral traditions. He is the co-founder of Kaílūkuan School of Indigenous Science, author of Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions"(North Atlantic Books, 2010) and co-author of Healing Hands of Hilot (1997).
As an avid researcher of both the combat and healing traditions of his Ilúko and Pangasinénse ancestry. Apostol has written several articles, spoken at various universities, and has conducted workshops and healing sessions in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and across the US. He has obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Bachelor in Metaphysical Science. He is also a certified Holistic Health Practitioner and has received the honorable title “Open Eye Master” from the founder of the School of Pyramids’ International Circle of Masters.
virgil@kailukuan.com
Ájarn Wu Hsih, CulturAL & linguistic ADVISOR
Ájarn Wu Hsih, a.k.a. Josefino Casco Jimenez is Kaïlūkuän's “Cultural, Linguistic, and Spiritual Advisor.” He is of Ilúko and Pangasinénse ancestry from Northern Tarlac. At the age of eleven, he had a mystical encounter that revealed his healing gifts. This led him on a lifelong journey to learning different healing modalities and spiritual practices.
In 1996, Ájarn obtained his Bachelor of Secondary Education at the age of nineteen. He then worked in a rural bank as a Marketing Assistant. He eventually left for Davao City where he immersed himself deeper in esoteric and metaphysical practices.
From 2009–2015, he taught at St. Neo Srichondaan School (now St. Maria) in Chon Daen Phetchabun, Thailand, assuming the title "Ájarn" and alias "Wu Hsih." His keen interest in languages motivates him to learn the inter-relation between Ilúko (Ilokáno), his mother tongue, and other world languages. He is also the creator and published author of Septon Poetry.
Ájarn continues his studies in mysticism. His name-title derives from the Thai "Achahn"(Ájarn) for teacher, which is derived from Sanskrit term "Ácárya" that means "one who teaches by example."
Janelle Corpuz Hethcoat, Co-Founder and CEO
Janelle Corpuz Hethcoat is a Master Akashic Sound and Energy healer, certified Breathwork Facilitator and the creator/author of Akashic Sound and Multidimensional Healing. Her ancestral lineage is Ilúko, from Sinait, Ilocos Sur. Her story, begins when she was placed in the care of her Ilúko grandmothers who enthralled her with indigenous folktales, the ways of nature spirits, and stories of family healers. It was believed by her elders that she was enchanted with spirits, the most notable case being when she mysteriously disappeared as a new born, only to be found over a few hours later underneath her crib.
Janelle has been a lifelong student of spirituality, esoteric, and metaphysical studies. As a professional creative for over two decades, Janelle exhibited natural clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient tendencies. She stepped into professional healing and teaching work in 2017 after overcoming an arduous battle with infertility which resulted in the miraculous conception and birth of her daughter Willow. She attributes her own self healing to the use of Sound and Ancestral medicine. Obligated to pay the world back for what God had allowed her to receive and with the desire to help others, Janelle founded Jupiter Soundscape in 2018, which later became a community-funded healing space in the heart of her hometown in Walnut, CA. in 2019. In the efforts to fortify her Ilúko roots, and to better understand the inner workings of her healing practice, Janelle ignited the concept and vision of the Kaïlūkuän School in Walnut, CA in 2020.
janelle@kailukuan.com
Kels Lacanilao, SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING MANAGER
Kelsey is a lesbian Aquarius sun born in Los Angeles by Philippine immigrants from all over Luzon - Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Pampanga, and Abra.
She is a multi-disciplinary creative whose practices and projects centers around art and creation, the body, being and radical holism. Her identity creates a trying ambition in every agency she has —toward discernment, fruitful commemoration, cultural preservation, and collective critical consciousness.
Kels has worked in arts administration and operations for more than 8 years, working with both small and large organizations as well as at a grassroots community level.
She is at Level II Tengnga a Tukád in the Kailukuan Combat Curriculum, also works full time in art preparation and installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, collects many things, writes, reads, and has a small business designing and making hertiage + earth inspired adornments called TULA DESIGNS.
kelsey@kailukuan.com