This life has been lived in uncompromising and fierce
determination to find answers to the questions that arose at age 14. Witnessing the "death" of my brother I decided to use
my life to enquire about my Self and life. Who was he? Who am I? What happened to him? What is life about? What is death?
It's been an absolutely amazing adventure! Beautiful beings and teacher friends have helped this life unfold.
Now sharing its gifts is the greatest delight.
My academic background consists of three years of studies in Education, Psychology and Germanistic (Literature) at University
Hamburg, Germany. Pursuing an academic career wasn't really what I was looking for in life; I skipped the final exam and
spent the next two years studying Social work while being an educator with "delinquent youth's". I earned a Diploma (BA) in
Social work at the School for Social work in Zurich, Switzerland.
During this time I began to dive deeply into the Humanistic Psychology movement and continued my Self exploration by participating
in Primal, Gestalt, Encounter, Bio-Energetic, Tantra, Meditation and Massage groups.
I continued participating in Group Therapy explorations and again studied Psychology and Special Education at University
Zurich for the next three years while also doing a three-year Psychoanalysis Training. I felt increasingly incomplete in my
life's quest. After accidentally listening to an audiotape from OSHO titled "Therapy is a Function of Love", I left everything
during my final Semester in Zurich and went on to be with OSHO in India. That was in 1976.
Meeting my master OSHO and spending altogether four years with him and six weeks with PAPAJI (Sri
H.W.L.Poonja), transformed my life completely.
In 1977 I received a 9-month training in Massage, Energy work and Group Facilitation by Anne Parks in London.
After that I spend a year facilitating altogether 50 Gestalt, Primal, Encounter,Tantra and Massage groups in OSHO Meditation
Centers all over Europe. For a period of six years I attended workshops of BOB MOORE'S International Group for Healers and
Energy workers.
Since 1980 - 1988 I was a staff member and trainee at all of JERU KABBAL'S APT (Accelerated Personal Transformation)
Institutes in India, Germany, Holland and America, practising DeHypnotherapy. During two of these years at the APT Institute
I had the opportunity to study Bodywork and the Subconscious Mind with the Swedish master bodyworker ASHIKA.
In 1991 I had the good fortune to meet GANGAJI and ELI in Maui, Hawaii, and during 1992 - 1993 received over 500 hours
of instruction in Hypnosis and NLP participating in ELI JACKSON BEAR'S Leela Therapy Trainings.
Since 1994 I have been living at Harbin Hot Springs integrating massage with DeHypnosis and NLP - thus sharing my life's
gifts doing Integrated Body Work.
In 2005 I completed 5 levels of training at the Hypnotherapy Training
Institute of Northern California with Marleen Moulder and Randall Churchill and became certified by HTI as a Clinical Hypnotherapist,
and by the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners as a Hypnotherapist, Certification# HT 405-237.
In November 2007 I will follow an invitation to live
and work for a season in the lakeshore resort Villa Sumaya at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Flight training
In 2000 I began flight training and earned the Private Pilot License and one year later the Glider License.
In 2003 I obtained the Tailwheel Endorsement and began aerobatic training. In March 2005 I earned the qualification to fly
competitions in the Primary Aerobatic Category. In August 2005 I qualified for the Sportsman Category and experienced my first
flights in the Pitts S-2B!
On
March 18th 2006, at age 59, I flew the Pitts S-2B - after only altogether three hours in it - during the "Frost Bite Mini
Fest" - Competition in Reno/Stead in the Primary category. And finished on second place..
During the winter month 2006/2007 I practiced some of the Sportsman category
maneuvers with a glider and learned to fly aerobatic sequences in the glider trainer ASK 21..
In April 2007 I had my third six-flight training with Rich Stowell in the
Pitts S-2B and qualified to fly the maneuvers of the Intermediate Aerobatic Category!
Now, in fall 2007 learning the maneuvers of the Advanced Category..
Nirakar has fallen in love with the Pitts!
A training hour in the Pitts costs $200.- !
Perhaps there is a sponsor out there?
