Ka Ta See

Ways of the Eastern Andes

Ken Robinson

Ken Robinson is a healer and teacher in a 30,000 year-old unbroken lineage of teachers of Ka Ta See, the Ways of the Eastern Andes as taught by Domano and Chea Hetaka, elders of their tradition.

Ka Ta See means "setting the world in balance" and is an extraordinary Peruvian medicine story-telling tradition that was long-protected by a remote indigenous people of Peru. It is well over 30,000 years old. It is not a religion but a profound knowledge of awakening and bringing healing to the planet.

Domano and Chea Hetaka were Kala Keh Nah Sehs - healers, seers, and teachers, who brought Ka Ta See to America. They traveled to California in the early seventies to fulfill a tribal prophecy to share their knowledge with western society when the world was growing dangerously out of balance.

Through a thirteen year apprenticeship, they passed on their teachings to Kay Cordell Whitaker, author of The Reluctant Shaman and Sacred Link. Kay was a California college student at the time, living in Santa Cruz. The books describe the story of her unusual tutelage with the Hetakas.

Ken Robinson began his extensive twelve year apprenticeship in Ka Ta See in the mid-nineties. During his advanced studies with Kay, he began teaching Ka Ta See and providing energy healings. In 2006 he founded the Ka Ta See Counseling Program. He teaches the Sacred Link Level One Class, leads introductory Ka Ta See classes and Song Gatherings, and provides Individual Studies and counseling.

Prior to studying Ka Ta See, Ken was invited into Native American Ways and Medicines. He was active in inter-tribal and cross-culture healing and community-building ceremonies and co-lead conference workshops with a Lakota healer.

Ken founded and directed the Camp of the Turtle from 1993 to 1999, a wilderness camp in Montana. The camp provided year-round experiences and education for youth and adults in the areas of personal growth, nature awareness, relationship-building, and ancient cultural understanding.

From 1988 to 1993, while teaching at a California middle school, Ken created and taught an Environmental and Nature Studies Program. Inspired by strong and enthusiastic student and community involvement, the program grew to include two elective classes and two after school clubs, which sponsored school wide recycling and other awareness-raising events.

Ken also has been formerly employed as a therapist and counselor, working in various settings including mental health centers and public and private schools.