​I was a child of the Sixties, born and raised in the San Francisco bay area. This was a time of a cultural renaissance, and, awakening of consciousness,
 which later laid the ground for the New Age movement and holistic healing.

In 1968, I was immersed in Fritz Perl’s Gestalt Therapy, and was a diligent student of hippy spiritual teacher Stephan Gaskin. Steven pointed me to the first Zen master in the US, Suzuki Roshi, who to this day is still considered to be one of great Zen masters of the modern age.  I have been a Transpersonal Psychotherapist for over thirty years and has been teaching mediation for the past forty years.

I am one of the disciples of one of South India's greatest modern saints, Sri Ramana Maharshi through  my teacher Sri Poonja (affectionately known as Papaji). In 1997, Papaji bestowed the name of his master, Ramana to me, and requested that I  carry on the teachings of my namesake, Ramana Maharshi. I have been sharing Ramana's message exclusively since 1997 in the form of satsangs, private appointments and weekend meditation intensives.

​Out of my studies in psychology, Eastern philosophy, Kriya Yoga,  Rebirthing, Holotropic Breathwork, Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Visualization, NLP and Hypnosis, along with the teachings of my Indian masters, emerged a unique piece of work called "Radical Awakening" which is outlined in my Amazon #1 selling book, "The 7 Steps to Radical Awakening: Finding the Calm in the Storm of Overwhelm" (now available in Book, Kindle and will be available on Audible soon).

On a personal note, I have a great love of the arts which includes dance and music. Many decades ago I was in a jazz dance company, Moves Dance Theater , as well as taught jazz dance in Berkley, California.
I have recently taken up Hip-Hop, World Beat, African Dance (and recently became a certified teacher in U-Jam Dance program).
As well,  I have played guitar since 1974 (now exclusively on the electric guitar), and my favorite band , since 1967,  is still the good ol' The Grateful Dead. In spite of all my travels and life as a wandering spiritual dilettante, I remain a happy hippy at heart. 

My part-time residence for the past twenty-three years has been at the foot of the holy mountain Arunachala, as well as in San Diego, California.

For an in-depth look at my spiritual journey and personal accounts with my teacher Papaji, please download the pdf at the bottom of the page to read the the interview (I have been told by many it is a real page-turner)!

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