A student and practitioner of shamanism since 1997, he has taught workshops at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY, The Open Center, Shantigar, Journeys to the Soul, Spirit Hollow, Kirkridge, Easton Mountain, Menla House, Dawn Manor, and SFR Soul Haven.
He studied shamanic traditions with Michael Harner, Sandra Ingerman, Tom Cowan, Christina Pratt, Nan Moss and David Corbin, Uncle Angaangao, Ailo Gaup, and indigenous shamans of Nepal, and North and South America; ecstatic dances and movement with Gabrielle Roth, Emilie Conrad and Alessandra Belloni; tai chi and qigong with Sharon Smith, Juan Li and Mantak Chia; and Vipassana Meditation with Insight Meditation Society.
A participant of indigenous Sacred Dances throughout the United States, a Grail Reiki Master, graduate of Sandra Ingerman’s Teacher Training Program, a member of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Society of Shamanic Practices (SSP), ShamanicTeachers.com, and a SSP Shamanism Without Borders Community Leader, in 2014, he walked the Camino de Santiago de Compostela across northern Spain, and since 2007 he has hosted a monthly Shamanic Drum Circle in Greenwich Village where he lives, conducts classes, and sees clients.