Personal Development

 Sect Involvement 

1967 aged 12 years of age my mother gets me involved in the notorious Melbourne Australia Sect called “The Family”

Fortunately, I was not one of the children adopted by the cult leader.

This introduced me to meditation and Eastern spiritual philosophies. I read “Autobiography of a Yogi” by Paramahansa Yogananda and ” Science of Breath” by Yogi Ramacharaka

The Family

www.cultofthefamily.com/about

Swami Muktanada

1974 aged 19 years old I met Swami Muktanada from India in Melbourne Australia. I acquired an alternative way of living based on Indian chanting, philosophy and vegetarian food.

www.siddhayoga.org/baba-muktananda

Five visits to India 

1975 – 2 months 

Staying in the Ashrams/ spiritual communities of

1/ Ramana Maharshi Tiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu State South East India

www.sriramanamaharshi.org

2/ Swami Muktanada Ganeshpuri Maharashtra State India

www.siddhayoga.org/baba-muktananda

3/ Nisargadatta Maharaj  Mumbai Maharashtra State www.realization.org/p/nisargadatta/nisargadatta.html

1976 – 2 months 

1/  Swami Muktanada Ganeshpuri Maharashtra State  India

www.siddhayoga.org/baba-muktananda

1977 – 8 months 

1/ Swami Muktanada Ganeshpuri Maharashtra India

www.siddhayoga.org/baba-muktananda

2/ Ananda Moyi Ma  6 months Haridwar Uttarakhand state  North India www.anandamayi.org/

3/ Ramakrishna and Ma Serada Devi Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) West Bengal  www.ramakrishna.org/ramakrishna.html

www.ramakrishna.org/saradadevi.html

4/ visited the family home of Paramahansa Yogananda and met the last living relative of Yogananda. Sanada Lal Gosh, Yogananda’s youngest brother  Kolkata West Bengal State www.yogananda.org/a-beloved-world-teacher

5/ visited the ashram of Yogananda’s Guru, Sri Yukteshwar Puri Odisha State  East India

www.sriyukteswar.com/#bio

1996 – 1 month

1/ The Mother and Sri Aurobindo Pondicherry Tamil Nadu State South-East India

www.sriaurobindoashram.org/mother/

www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/

2/ Sathya Sai Baba

Puttaparthi, Andrah Pradesh State

www.sathyasai.org/sathya-sai/life-and-legacy

3/ Mata Amritanandamayi  Amritapuri Kollum Kerala State

www.amritapuri.org/amma

www.amritapuri.org/ashram

4/ revisited Ramana Maharshi Tiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu State South East India

www.sriramanamaharshi.org

I visited in 1979, 1981(7 months), 1992 and 1996

1985 L.R.T. Loving Relationship Training by Sondra Ray

www.sondraray.com/programs-seminars/the-new-loving-relationships-training/

1994 Fire walking twice  Sunshine Coast Queensland

2000 Tantra training 1 week residential in  Byron Bay NSW Australia with Margot Anand www.margotanand.com/

2000 David Deida 12 day workshop Byron Bay NSW Australia https://deida.info/

2000-2002 Core energetics body psychotherapy  www.energeticsinstitute.com.au/articles/what-is-core-energetics/

2011 M.K.P. Mankind Project  https://mankindproject.org.au/about-mankind-project-australia/

2015 Joel Bauer I attend ProfitPoint 20 KL Malaysia March 9-15 2015 conducted by Joel Bauer  Mastering the art of presence, pitch and persuasion  www.joelbauer.com/

2015-2018 H.A.I. Human Awareness Institute Levels 1-6  https://www1.hai.org/organization/

2018-2020  Native American sweat lodges with Michael Walks the Wind

2019 Dr Reggie Ray American Tibetan Buddhist

I studied with Reggie who teaches body descent meditation.  www.dharmaocean.org/reginald-a-ray/