Liana Shanti Truths
The True Cult Leader

Kaia Alline

The woman who created the hierarchy behind the cult narrative.

Her marriage to her half brother and the psychological torture Leilani describes.

“She made a point of calling people she did not approve of as dark, implying they were evil and to be weary of them.”Meagan · Letter from Meagan
Kaia Alline
Kaia Alline
Who is Kaia Alline?

Public praise. Behind-the-scenes accounts of harm.

Women who trusted Kaia describe psychological control, fear, and serious harm. Their accounts raise concerns about the authority she claimed, the services she sold, and what happened to vulnerable people in her care.

For more than a decade, Kaia publicly praised Liana, recommended her work, and credited her teachings with changing her life. But the women’s accounts describe another side of their experience with Kaia’s own conduct and services. Her praise is the backdrop. The harm they describe is the focus.

Stage 01

Trust turned into authority

  • A claimed connection that brought in clients. Meagan describes Kaia presenting herself as Liana’s right hand and close confidant, claiming Liana respected and endorsed her. That supposed connection helped persuade Meagan to trust and hire her. Meagan’s letter also describes what felt like hundreds of stories from community members who said they had been manipulated and harmed.
  • Public praise alongside private services. Kaia spent more than a decade praising Liana’s work and signed two statements supporting her in April 2023. During their dealings with Kaia, clients describe paying for Kaia’s own counseling, groups, and other services.
  • Her claimed authority was central to that trust. The accounts describe Kaia presenting her own judgments and rules as though they carried Liana’s authority.
Stage 02

The control behind the scenes

  • Calling people “dark.” Meagan describes Kaia labeling people she disapproved of as “dark,” implying they were evil and should be feared. Another correspondent describes shame and fear after a 2020 encounter involving Kaia and other women.
  • Rules, pressure, and fear. The accounts describe strict rules and directions about what people could and could not do. The control described came from Kaia’s own rules and directions, creating the cult impression later attributed to Liana.
  • The cost went beyond money. Meagan writes that Kaia’s work caused “extreme amounts of mental, spiritual, physical and financial harm.” Kealani describes paying for counseling while also helping with Kaia’s business, often without compensation.
Stage 03

Vulnerable people. Serious harm.

  • Leilani and Dharma inside Kaia’s house. The account of their time living there describes extreme psychological torture and harm so severe that it nearly drove them to suicide.
  • Therapy without a license. Further allegations concern Kaia continuing to practice therapy without a license and mentoring young people beyond her scope of practice.
  • Girls with severe anorexia. Those allegations include dangerous guidance to girls who needed hospital care. These concerns go well beyond disagreements over a teacher or a program.
Stage 04

The marriage and the court record

  • Kaia acknowledged she was married to her half brother for nearly 20 years. A January 25, 2023 Florida motion records a March 18, 2004 marriage in New York and alleges that the parties were half siblings with a common mother.
  • The records cited. Kaia’s half brother and ex-husband filed a motion citing birth and adoption records as evidence of the shared parent and asking the court to set aside the marital settlement.
  • The demand to recover payments. The respondent also seeks repayment of money paid from his retirement fund, plus costs and attorney’s fees. The filing and its requested relief have their own court-record chapter below.
Stage 05

The conduct later blamed on Liana

  • Kaia claimed the connection. Meagan describes trusting and hiring Kaia because she presented herself as Liana’s right hand and close confidant. That claimed closeness helped give Kaia’s own services credibility.
  • The rules and hierarchy were Kaia’s. The accounts describe Kaia’s judgments, pressure, and labeling people “dark.” These concerns center on her own conduct, groups, and services.
  • The distinction behind the cult narrative. The hierarchy, fear, and control described in these accounts are the conduct later attributed to Liana. The accounts locate those practices in people’s dealings with Kaia.
Chapter 01 · Timeline

The marriage, the public praise, and the accounts of harm

The dated documents trace the marriage, Kaia’s years of praise for Liana, her own businesses, and the accounts that followed. Alongside that public record are descriptions of claimed authority, control, and harm in Kaia’s own work.

The January 2023 motion records a marriage in New York on this date. Nearly 19 years later, the respondent would ask the Florida court to set aside the marital settlement on the ground that the parties were half siblings with a common mother. Read the court record

In her signed April 29, 2023 letter, Kaia dates her discovery of Rawganic Vegan to 2012–13. She describes following Liana’s research for a year and beginning to ask questions in 2013. Read her signed letter

Kaia’s later letter states that by 2016 the illnesses she had lived with were gone. She credits Liana’s teachings and HMI Nutrition School, describing a shift from pain and fatigue to energy and a thriving life.

In the material she signed on April 25, 2023, Kaia says her growth allowed her to retire from counseling in 2021. That statement sits alongside Kealani’s later account of hiring Kaia for divorce counseling; Kealani does not date those sessions. Read Kaia’s statement

The Florida motion in case 2016 DR 3811 alleges that the spouses were half siblings. It cites birth and adoption records, asks the court to set aside the settlement, and seeks repayment of money paid from the respondent’s retirement fund, plus costs and attorney’s fees. See the motion

Kaia signs a statement incorporating three submissions about Liana’s work. Her words are explicit: “I am a vocal proponent of all of Liana Shanti's teachings.” She says the teachings changed her life and that she would be forever grateful. Read the signed statement

Four days later, Kaia signs another letter to the federal judge. She identifies her businesses as Kaia Alline, LLC and Family Cult Recovery, describes a third divorce-coaching business in development, and credits Liana with changes in her health and life. Her own paid work and her public support of Liana appear in the same letter. Read the April 29 letter

Kealani signs her account of paying Kaia for divorce counseling, attending health groups, and helping with websites and marketing, often without compensation while continuing to pay for services. She also recalls Kaia praising Liana during their dealings and contrasts that praise with the later attacks. Read Kealani’s letter

The conduct behind the public record

The firsthand accounts describe what happened in Kaia’s own services and relationships. These experiences belong alongside the dated statements above.

Meagan describes Kaia positioning herself as Liana’s right hand and close confidant, claiming Liana respected and endorsed her. Meagan says that supposed closeness helped persuade her to hire Kaia six to eight months later. Read Meagan’s account

Meagan describes Kaia repeatedly invoking her connection with Liana and key community members, then calling people she disapproved of “dark” and creating division through gossip. The accounts concern Kaia’s own judgments and rules.

The account of their time living with Kaia describes extreme psychological torture and harm so severe that it nearly drove them to suicide. Concerns about vulnerable young people also include allegations of dangerous guidance to girls with severe anorexia who needed hospital care. Read the account

Meagan writes that after Kaia was removed from the community, what felt like hundreds of stories emerged from people who said they had been manipulated and harmed. She describes her own mental, spiritual, physical, and financial harm and says Kaia misrepresented herself for financial gain. Read her full letter

Chapter 02 · Her public words

Over 10 years of testimonials and praise of Liana’s work.

For more than a decade, Kaia publicly praised Liana’s work, recommended her programs, and credited her teachings with changes in her life. Her comments and testimonials preserve that history in her own words.

Kaia’s public reply crediting Liana with new career guidanceKaia’s words · 2022 image

“You walk what you teach and I'm grateful💜”

Kaia’s comment marking almost ten years in the communityKaia’s words

“It will be 10 years in 2025. So grateful I’ve been here for all of them.”

Kaia recommending the MMM program and saying she guided clients to Liana’s workKaia’s words

“I've guided clients to your work and will continue to.”

Public thread containing Kaia’s praise for MMMKaia’s words

“Everything feels different since MMM”

Public thread in which Kaia describes shifts after MMMKaia’s words

“Yes, layers of crud have peeled off, energy has shifted, abundance felt in all areas.”

Second capture of Kaia’s comment in a public threadRelated screenshot

Another view of the same public exchange.

Close crop of Kaia’s public MMM commentRelated screenshot

A closer view of Kaia’s comment.

Broader testimonial collage containing Kaia’s commentTestimonial collage

Kaia’s comment in a wider community thread.

Private message attributed to Kaia expressing support for LianaPrivate message

“Take a few minutes and feel all you've created. The lives saved and changed.”

Chapter 03 · Kaia’s signed statements

What she told the judge in 2023

Kaia signed two separate statements. The first incorporates three submissions she had made about Liana. The second gives a longer account of their history and of why she supported Liana.

“I am a vocal proponent of all of Liana Shanti's teachings. They have not only changed my life but saved me from where I was headed. I will be forever grateful to her.”Kaia Alline · April 25, 2023 statement
“For over a year, I have watched, at times pulled in, to this smear campaign of her teachings and offerings. I want to say that I have had many teachers in my life, and there has never been one who genuinely cares as Liana does.”Kaia Alline · April 29, 2023 letter
“The vast majority of us have had significant positive changes in our lives. We support her. We love her and are grateful that through her teachings, we are empowered, liberated, running our own businesses, and growing spiritually every day.”Kaia Alline · April 29, 2023 letter

Read the signed April 25 statementRead the signed April 29 letter

Chapter 04 · Court records

The marriage. The incestuous marriage Kaia acknowledged. The demand to recover payments.

The January 25, 2023 filing in Florida case 2016 DR 3811 names Delphine M. Herman and Markk Danko. Meagan’s letter identifies Kaia as “aka Delphene.” The motion alleges that the parties were half siblings and asks the court to set aside their marital settlement.

“The parties are related as half siblings with a common mother”Respondent’s allegation · paragraph 2 of the January 25, 2023 motion

The motion says the parties married in New York on March 18, 2004. It claims that birth and adoption records attached as exhibits establish a shared mother, invokes New York’s rule concerning marriages between siblings, and asks the court to dismiss a contempt motion and set aside the marital settlement.

The respondent requests an order requiring repayment of money paid from his retirement fund, plus costs and attorney’s fees.

First page of January 25, 2023 Florida motion alleging half-sibling relationshipCourt filing · page 1

The case caption, marriage date, and respondent’s allegation.

Florida motion listing requested relief, including repayment from retirement fundCourt filing · requested relief

The request to set aside the settlement and recover retirement-fund payments.

Copy of New York Domestic Relations Law section 5 attached to Florida motionExhibit D · cited statute

The New York provision included with the motion.

Chapter 05 · Firsthand accounts

The women who paid her describe the damage

Meagan and Kealani describe what happened when they trusted Kaia and paid for her services. Their letters are presented here in their own words.

The authority Kaia claimed

The accounts center on the authority Kaia claimed over people who trusted Liana. Meagan’s letter describes trusting Kaia because she presented herself as Liana’s close confidant and claimed Liana respected and endorsed her work.

The rules. The fear. Calling people “dark.”

The accounts describe Kaia telling people they were “dark,” imposing strict rules, and directing what they could and could not do while claiming to speak for Liana. The conduct described is attributed to Kaia; her claimed authority is not evidence that Liana authorized those actions.

Therapy without a license—and guidance to vulnerable girls

The allegations include continuing to practice therapy without a license and mentoring young people beyond her scope of practice, including dangerous guidance to girls with severe anorexia who needed hospital care.

Meagan: trust, control, and “extreme amounts” of harm

Meagan says she first encountered Kaia through Liana’s community, later hired her, and believed Kaia’s claim of a particularly close connection with Liana.

“She positioned herself almost as Liana’s right hand, and close confidant, and thus, I trusted her, because Liana's work is so filled with love, how could anyone ‘close to her’, who she claimed Liana deeply respects and endorses, be unsafe?”Meagan · Letter from Meagan
“She made a point of calling people she did not approve of as dark, implying they were evil and to be weary of them.”Meagan · Letter from Meagan
“While I am not claiming any of this is her fault, as I am responsible for my life, I am claiming that her work caused extreme amounts of mental, spiritual, physical and financial harm.”Meagan · Letter from Meagan

Read Meagan’s full letter

Kealani: paying for counseling while helping her business

Kealani describes paying Kaia for divorce counseling and participating in some of her health groups. She says she also helped with Kaia’s business, sometimes without compensation.

“I hired Kaia Alline for divorce counseling and had several sessions with her, and was in some of her health groups. I even helped her with her business, including some of the editing on her websites and creation of email marketing, often uncompensated (with the exception of a couple of trades of services), while I continued to pay her in cash for the work I was hiring her for.”Kealani Cerys · September 18, 2026 letter
“During the time that Kaia and Amanda were in Liana's community, and during the time that I was communicating with them, they were always singing Liana's praises on how important she was to them and what a difference she had made their life”Kealani Cerys · September 18, 2026 letter

Read Kealani’s full letter

A third correspondent

In an April 2025 email, another community member describes a 2020 encounter involving a group of women, including Kaia, after which she felt ashamed and afraid she was “dark.” She also says she later joined Kaia’s divorce group, book club, and a health session, and did not recall Kaia speaking negatively about Liana in those settings. The email contains private information about several other people, so it is summarized here without republishing the correspondence.

Chapter 06 · Leilani & Dharma

The House of Horrors

Leilani & Dharma describe their experience living with Kaia

The account of Leilani and Dharma’s time at Kaia’s house describes extreme psychological torture. The harm is described as so severe that it nearly drove them to suicide.

Their experiences are central to the concerns about Kaia’s conduct and the power she allegedly exercised over vulnerable people.

Original sources

Read the underlying letters

Kaia’s April 25, 2023 statement

Three submissions about Liana’s work, signed by Kaia.

Kaia’s April 29, 2023 letter

Her account of discovering Liana’s work and defending her publicly.

Meagan’s letter

A first-person account of hiring Kaia and participating in her groups.

Kealani Cerys’s letter

Her account of hiring Kaia and assisting with her business.
Chapter 07 · Full letters

Kaia’s signed statements in full

The full April 25 signed statement

Honorable Judge Susan Oki Mollway
Judge of U.S. District Court of Hawaii
300 Ala Moana Blvd C-388
Honolulu, HI 96850

Your Honor,

I submit to you the following statement about how the work of Liana Shanti (Liane Wilson) has helped me change my life. I submitted this story of my own free will, uncoerced, with no conditions or promise of financial gain, compensation or other reward, directly to Aaralyn Shiri, who is the moderator of a page called, "Liana Shanti Saved My Life" on Instagram.

Aaralyn Shiri is a 10+ year student of Liana Shanti, having had weekly one on one phone consults with Liana for many years. Aaralyn started the instagram page to serve as a space for the women and men who have benefitted from Liana Shanti's work to share their experiences and testimonials. I now wish to submit my personal story, in my own words, on behalf of Liana Shanti (Liane Wilson).

My submission to the “Liana Shanti Saved My Life” Instagram account:

Submission #1:

Whether I am writing about family cults, narcissism, toxic families, relationships, repressed emotions, death, autoimmune disorders, brain health, or how to improve your overall health, it is with a passion for understanding as I have experienced all of it. I'm also invested daily in healing my soul.

I grew up in a family cult (that also was enmeshed in a religious Catholicism cult) and also filled with narcissism, toxicity, and abuse (sexual, emotional, and physical), which led to everything else that I listed above.

The repressed emotions were buried deep. They were protecting me from what my inner children couldn't handle and did not want to remember. Our brains will do all they can to protect us from 0-7, and knowing all I do today, I am grateful God created our brains to be as they are.

A pattern in my family cult was pain and suffering. I learned it well. As I had no skillset to understand how to release all I was holding onto emotionally, plus add in all that I had repressed, sooner or later, illnesses would happen.

I learned about how the body stores everything during my studies withHealth Mastery Institute and with individual work with Liana Shanti. Comically, inner children and their importance were hardly touched in my master's or doctorate programs in Mental Health.

Most professors I came across didn't have any understanding of inner children, nor did they choose to learn. I did. I am grateful as that is what began my healing process.

It takes courage to become aware and heal. If you are looking for awareness, understanding, or to find tools to heal, I am glad you found this page. That is part of my service work.

To guide others to be their best and ultimately choose to heal their souls. I will not say it is easy to do any of this, but I can say if you do, the changes in your life will be amazing. I am living proof of that.

Often we do not believe we grew up in a family cult or that our illnesses are tied to our childhood. I get it. I struggled with this too. It's because our ego wants proof right now. We live in a society of quick fixes. I can say with honesty that awareness and healing will most likely not happen overnight. It will be the choices you make every hour to heal. Only you can decide.

If you are looking for guidance beyond what is offered on my pages or what you see on Liana Shanti pages, let me know. Check out our programs and offerings and educate yourself on what you deserve and what it takes to reach the place of peace, joy, happiness, and ultimately freedom.

Submission #2:

Show me an angry person, and I’ll show you a person that has been hurt. The angrier the person, the more hurt they’ve endured.

When there is healing, I'll show you a person that has tremendous love, care and compassion, beginning with loving themselves.

Thank you God for the hurt for leading me to healing (TY Liana Shanti for your teachings, programs, and friendship), for it has shown me how to forgive myself, others, take accountability and love unconditionally.

Submission #3:

Ten years ago, I was searching for nutritional guidance and came across Liana Shanti and Rawganic Vegan. Her teachings in nutrition, then her online nutrition/health coaching program began the journey of me healing my body, mind, and spirit.

I had been sick for nearly 30 years living with the remnants of autoimmune and chronic illnesses when I found Liana. She guided me to more profound healing, and we developed a friendship I cherish.

As she grew into her online presence, many in her community encouraged (gently pushed) her to share all of her gifts. Her connection to Jesus was heard and felt in everything she taught and shared. She created programs for her students to heal their traumas and wounds. She encouraged us to heal and empower ourselves.

Many of us did. In the beginning, I questioned everything she said that didn't align with my beliefs and education. Yet, when I listened first, everything she said sounded familiar and meant for me. The more I listened to her programs and did the healing work, my life changed. I began to get better. I no longer had any leftover effects from autoimmune diseases or chronic illnesses.

One of the autoimmune disorders was secondary progressive MS. It had caused havoc with my body. I had stopped all meds before finding Liana, but aspects were still lingering in my system. Her protocols in nutrition cleansed and purged layers of toxins. My body and mind were clearing. I no longer needed any assistive devices. I was healing. I went deeper. I looked at my family of origin in a new way. Liana's teachings showed me layers that I was never introduced to in studying clinical mental health counseling. I have both a master's and doctorate degrees in the field. Yet, it was Liana's teachings that guided me to the layers of narcissism, addiction, sexual abuse, incest, and more.

I began seeing layers of events I had blocked. Add in generational secrets in the family, many I was threatened with, and I clearly saw the family cult I was born into. Those lies led to many more, including my partner's relationship, continued abuse in the next generation, and more. The more I uncovered, the more I knew this path of healing was for me. I left my relationship, then the family cult. I began healing codependency and enabling with my son. I changed every aspect of myself and continued to heal.

Liana has guided me to start businesses. One of my businesses is focused on health and wellness, autoimmune disorders, repressed emotions, grief/trauma, and more. The growth allowed me to retire from counseling in 2021. This year Liana brought to me a business/program to create. It was perfect for me. Family Cult Recovery was born and blossoming in a couple of weeks. It's growing steadily. My healing continues.

I am a vocal proponent of all of Liana Shanti's teachings. They have not only changed my life but saved me from where I was headed. I will be forever grateful to her. My life is blessed, and it's #lifeproof her teachings work.

Thank you for your time.

Kaia Alline

Signed April 25, 2023

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The full April 29 letter

Honorable Judge Susan Oki Mollway
Judge of the US District Court of Hawaii
300 Ala Moana Blvd C-388
Honolulu, HI 96850

Your Honor:

My name is Dr. Kaia Alline. I hold a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision. I have advanced training certificates in trauma, psychodrama, grief and loss, and the court system.

I own two, soon be three businesses, Kaia Alline, LLC and Family Cult Recovery. The third business is a partnership; our business model is divorce coaching, emphasizing domestic violence and protective parenting education. We are educating both the public and members of the court.

I had lived with four autoimmune diseases and two chronic illnesses for over 30 years, from the early 1980s until 2015. One of those diseases, secondary progressive MS, had at one point had me on 30+ medications, using a scooter or wheelchair, and in a constant state of pain and fatigue. I had a near-death experience in 2005, leading to many of the medications being removed as my body rejected them.

Living became a daily gift. I tried everything I could get my hands on, but nothing was working. I am writing this letter today on behalf of Liana Shanti. I found Liana in 2012-13 while searching for a nutrition program. I found her page Rawganic Vegan. The information she was sharing inspired me as it was all researched based. Not just one study but many. I followed and read the research she shared and learned in silence for a year. In 2013, I began asking questions and then detoxing my body.

By 2016 all traces of the illnesses I had lived with were gone. My health changed because of Liana’s teachings and what I was learning at HMI Nutrition School. My life shifted from one filled with pain, fatigue, and inflammation to one where I was thriving and learning to live with energy. As Liana added more programs in nutrition and spirituality, I added them to my life.

What I enjoyed the most about her programs was the connection of mind, body, and spirit. Looking at the human as a whole. This was a point I felt was lacking in all of my training. I knew that to heal, one must look at their childhood and unravel all that was repressed or embedded in the beliefs bestowed upon us by our families and other systems we were raised in.

My family was filled with sexual abuse, lies, and secrets. Liana’s programs beauty is that she teaches us the importance of science and the lacking areas. She teaches us to use our intuition and trust the body’s signs. She recommends books such as The Mind Body Prescription, The Surrender Experiment, Man’s Search for Meaning, and others. Hence, we have tools to use along with her teachings.

She teaches the words of Jesus, the power of prayer, and the importance of standing up for yourself and what you believe in, even if you are the only person standing. She shares her gift of dissemination as she has the uncanny ability to read more research than anyone I know and break it down for anyone in her audience with understanding and clarity. She teaches us to be accountable for what has happened in our lives and to hold others responsible for what has been done to us.

For over a year, I have watched, at times pulled in, to this smear campaign of her teachings and offerings. I want to say that I have had many teachers in my life, and there has never been one who genuinely cares as Liana does. She readily shares enormous amounts of her teachings for free and then has her paid programs. Each individual has the choice of where they are on the spectrum of their educational offerings and what interests them.

Liana’s offerings are all done through links to the programs and services. Each of us makes the decision to purchase or not. I feel blessed that through her teachings, my whole life has shifted from being sick and dependent to independent. I have a life I love with great friends and unconditional love. I am confident in all phases of my life, from decision-making to earning a living. Two areas I was dependent on for most of my life. I am now capable of speaking up without fear of being shut down. I would describe myself as confident and empowered. Two traits that every person can cherish.

I’ve seen much of what has been said about Liana that is derogatory, and I challenge them to look inside. Have they done any of Liana’s programs? Do they read what her students say? The vast majority of us have had significant positive changes in our lives. We support her. We love her and are grateful that through her teachings, we are empowered, liberated, running our own businesses, and growing spiritually every day.

Please explain to me how that isn’t helping society.

Thank you for your time,

Kaia Alline, MA, EdD

Signed April 29, 2023

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