"I came of age in the 1960s and participated in the consciousness and cultural evolution of those years. I became involved in the Human Potential movement and  gradually and painfully became aware that I was longing for something more than worldly success. Bioenergetic and Gestalt therapy and Tibetan Buddhism helped me crack the door and catch the first glimmer of embodied inner fulfillment.  

"By 1980, I wanted to go deeper in my exploration and began to study  Reichian character analysis, breath, body and movement therapy with Wilhelm Reich's protégés Al Bauman and Sylvia Tropp Goodman. Sylvia encouraged me to become a Reichian oriented therapist. This work became the basis for my masters degree in Somatic Psychology. In 1971, I began to study Tantric Buddhism with Chogyam Trungpa and later became a student of the controversial Indian mystic Osho. From 1976 until 1998, I taught an integral transformative Tantra influenced by these teachings, psychology and embodied processes. During this time I began to study the couples and sexuality approach of David Schnarch, the Imago couples therapy of Harville Hendrix, and the psycho-spiritual approach of John Welwood. This integration was the focus of my doctoral dissertation on Relationship as a Spiritual Art.  

"Beginning in 1998, the Diamond Heart and Logos psycho-spiritual approach of Hameed Ali and Faisal Masqauddam became a strong influence in my personal life and has impacted my professional work. I was introduced to the non-dual teachings of Kashmiri Tantra in 1995 and they too have become a strong presence in my life and teaching. Through the years I have presented workshops and trainings for small groups and groups of several hundred people using an integrative approach to healing and transformation. These include: The International Imago Therapy Conference, The Human Awareness Institute, The International Congress on Psychology and Spirituality, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving, The Center for Passionate Living, The New School of Relationship. In 2000, I wrote a best selling modern guide to sexual love based upon ancient Indian texts: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra."

-- Johanina Wikoff PhD