About
Ramana
Yukio‘Ramana,’ MA,
CCHT, started his study of meditation and psychology in 1967
with Zen meditation and Gestalt Therapy. His studies continued
through the 1970’s with a Taoist Master, Chu Fong Chu
in Berkeley, California, where he continued his studies in
Psychology and Taoist philosophy. In 1977, he was certified
as a biofeedback therapist and maintained a private practice
and lectured on biofeedback in Berkeley, California. He pioneered
a Rolfing/Biofeedback study which confirmed in 1977 that the
Rolfing work was stabilized with Biofeedback.
In the early 1980’s, he co-founded the Fellowship of Awakening
along with Shakti Gawain (author of 'Creative Visualization'),
Tolly Burkan (firewalking teacher to Tony Robbins) and Mark Allen
(publisher of Ekhart Tolle's, 'The Power of Now'), teaching
creative visualization, affirmation, rebirthing, biofeedback
and principles of clearing consciousness. He then obtained Master’s
degree is in Psychology and Transpersonal Studies from Norwich
University, New Hampshire.
In 1990, Ramana co-founded
and was the Education Director of the Transpersonal Hypnotherapy
Institute. Here, he brought his
skills as a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, an NLP Master
Practitioner Trainer’s Trainer, an Ericksonian Hypnosis
Master Practitioner, a Certified Biofeedback Therapist to help
make the training institute one of (then) top three hypnosis
and hypnotherapy professional training schools in the United
States.
Ramana has lectured
at the world famous Esalen Institute, the University Extensions
of San Francisco State and Davis University,
the University of Wyoming, and at the Association for Transpersonal
Psychology’s Annual Conference. He worked with the Denver
General Hospital’s Cancer Support Network, and became well
known in that group for some of the ‘miracles’ of
cancer recovery from people who worked with him.
In 1993, Ramana studied
with a great Indian saint, Hari Lal Pooja (affectionately known
as ‘Papaji’) in the Punjabi
district of India. Papaji was a direct disciple of one of India’s
greatest saints, Sri Ramana Maharshi. In turn, before Papaji
passed, gave Yukio the name ‘Ramana’, after his own
beloved master Ramana Maharshi, and encouraged him to carry the
message of truth to groups and individuals.
In 1997, Ramana combined
his years as a Transpersonal psychotherapist, hypnosis, NLP,
biofeedback, Taoist philosophy, creative visualization
with his studies of ancient Indian teachings (from masters throughout
India) to create “Radical Awakening and the Opening to
Heart Consciousness’ which precipitates an opening into
the true self of Being. He has found that when Being is in alignment
with the true self, the space of unbounded of love and energy
emerges, which sometimes opens deep healings at a physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual level.
Ramana has been teaching and maintaining a private psychotherapy
and healing arts practice since 1978. He now resides in both
New York and India. Since 1997, he has traveled full-time throughout
the United States, Canada and the East sharing his work, Radical
Awakening and the Opening to Heart Consciousness, and has trained
hundreds of practitioners to continue his work.
