My therapeutic approach is influenced by the following teachers and teachings:

• G.I. Gurdjieff and Carlos Castaneda

• Byron Katie, Eckhart Tolle

• Non-dual teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Mooji, Adyashanti,, and Gangaji

• Buddhist teachings of The Buddha, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, The Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Zen Master Seung Sahn, Pema Chodron and Osho.

• Transpersonal Psychology of Stanislav Grof and Process Oriented therapy of Arnold Mindell

• Yogic teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda, Swami Vishnu Dev and The Mother.

• Expressive Arts Therapy approaches of Paolo Knill, Stephen & Ellen Levine, Natalie Rogers, Shaun McNiff and Anna Halprin.

• Sacred sexuality teachings of David Deida and Marina Romero

• Death & dying teachings of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Raymond A Moody

• The 5 Rhythms dance practice of Gabrielle Roth.

• The art of Valeria Troubina, Nicholas Roerich, Alex Grey, Andy Goldsworthy, Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo, Claude Monet, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Henri Rousseau, Katsushiko Hokusai, Ando Hiroshige and others.

• The films of Andrei Tarkovsky, Federico Fellini, Peter Greenaway and Kim Ki-duk.

• The prose of Herman Hesse, Victor Pelevin, Leo Tolstoy, Julio Cortazar, Vladimir Nabokov and Mikhail Bulgakov.

• The poetry of Hafiz, Rumi, Kabir, Mirabai, Mary Oliver, Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova.

For more information on these sources, please visit the Resources page.