At 14 years of age, while in boarding school, I had an experience that was transcendental in nature. It was a subjective inner experience in which a kind of communication was occurring without the use of words, a sense of a complete understanding   -yet totally beyond concepts- of my nature as a living being, a full blown, expanded awareness of myself in relationship to all living things, my oneness with the universal life all around me, and God. This experience of profound love, joy and illumination became the beacon, a sort of “inner guidance system” that I would use during pivotal moments in my life to make crucial decisions that would affect the rest of my life.

At 18, thirsty to deepen into my barely scratched surface of the invisible inner realm, I met my first teacher, Guru Mahara Ji,  or  Prem Rawat, and I am initiated into Knowledge, a series of ancient technics from India, passed on from master to master through the generations.  I decide to dedicate my life to the path of devotion of my Guru and his teachings and I promptly move into an ashram (monasteries in India). I spent 5 years practicing the path of the discipline of Knowledge, which included satsang, service and meditation. Many hours were spent in absolute quiet and deep meditation, listening to the teachings and doing service. Those years became the cornerstone for my daily practice. Meditation and contemplation continue to this day to be a medium for recalibration of the inner guidance system in my heart and mind, as well as deep communion with the divinity in all things.

In 1983 I left the ashram life to move to the United States, where I was introduced to many different healing modalities including Rebirthing, through “The Loving Relationships Training” with Sondra Ray. This breathing technique comes form an ancient breathing practice in India and was adapted in the west to be used principally as a psychotherapeutic tool to gain access to blocked experiences and emotions as well as negative experiences from birth and infancy. In 1986, after training with Phillip and Mikela Tarlow,  I became a Licenced Rebirther.