Welcome, my dear Sister!

I am so happy you are here

I believe that better world is possible when more women step into their power, heal trauma stored in the body, un-shame sexuality, and learn to love deeply who they are, establishing solid connection to the inner embodied wisdom and the world around.

I do not know why, but usually women are drawn to me, yearn for higher love. They are either single, looking to meet their one and only (not always a guy, but always monogamy-seeking other :)) or married, wishing to uplift their love relationship. In any case, I would like to start our journey from this video where I talk about 7 signs when it is actually time to leave the relationship, rather than to continue to invest more in it. It is very important to know what you should not, in my opinion, agree to. Never.
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Encounterland is a place
where people come to get closer to who they truly are. I lead personal quests for women, host couple retreats and sisterhood gatherings.

We humans are incredible beings of love and creativity when we learn to stay present to our heart and the truth of the body, in the now.

Here, on 5 acres of magical forest with outdoor sauna, cold plunge, cedar hot tub, delicious vegan menu and singing bowls you will have an amazing support for the deep emotional and mental work that our soul is asking us to do at this historic time of Great Turning from hate to love.

Please make sure to sign up here if you are interested in small group women retreats at Encounterland

Over the past 25 years I have studied human-bodied consciousness in hope to help myself and others find peace and bliss in this form. With it's limitations, mysticism, larger social and ecological influences and absolutely unique qualities that each and every one of us has.


Similarly to many healers, my interest in psychology came from desire to uplift my own suffering. Free-spirited and extremely sensitive half-Russian half-Jewish girl in Ukraine (then Soviets) of 80s, who relocated fleeing antisemitism (yes, in 1994.. and still) with her family to completely different culturally Israel as a teenager, I was chronically overwhelmed and a misfit on an international scale. Meaning, no matter where I went, I was different and experienced much of psychological aggression in my life. You know how is it - as humans we tend to project on others who stand out a lot of our own fears, dreams and desires.

When I discovered works of Freud at age of 15 it was a sip of fresh air. There were people who investigated their psyche as a profession!! I became psychology student and completed my doctorate in clinical psychology in 2011 at San Francisco (exploring possibility of inducing Ayahuasca-like state via neurofeedback). At the same time I began practicing yoga, set twice through 10-day Goenka's Vipassana silent retreat and did 14-day water fasting. Eager to discover the truth of my nature. I finally found (and lost) my Self in Tantra and find deepest joy today in empowering women and couples as certified Sex, Love and Relationship coach with Tantric Approach (since 2022).


Dr. Ira Kotlik is Ukrainian-Russian-Israeli modern witch with doctorate in clinical psychology who works with women and couples around the globe online and in her little forest retreat center "Encounterland" at Placerville, California