Curriculum Vitae

     UNIVERSITY DEGREES.

 

     University of California, Berkeley, California

     * Ph.D. track in South Asian Studies (Sanskrit),

     * M.A. in South Asian Studies (Sanskrit)

     Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

     * M.T.S. (Master of Theological Studies)

      University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

     * B.A. in Political Science.

    * B.A. in Religion (2nd).

 

 UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty, South and Southeast Asian Studies N51, “Intro Topics in Religious Studies: The Yoga Tradition in Theory and Practice,” University of California, Berkeley, Summer 2008.

Creator, Director, Instructor, Religious Studies/Art Practice 198A, “Meditation, Mysticism, and the Mind,” University of California, Berkeley, 2002-2008.

-With over 2,500 students enrolled over 7 years, this course was the most continually attended course at the University of California during its tenure. The course taught mysticism and meditation from many of the world’s religious traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Christianity, Kabbalah, Shamanism, and more. 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjunct Faculty, Religion and Society 58, “Hinduism,” Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA, Spring 2005.

Adjunct Faculty, Religion and Society 53, “Mystical Traditions,” Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA, Fall 2004.

Adjunct Faculty, Religion and Society 58, “Hinduism,” Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Spring 2004.

Adjunct Faculty, South Asian Studies R5A: “Great Books of India (up to 1600 c.e.),” University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2003.

Adjunct Faculty, Religion and Society 53, “Mystical Traditions,” Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA, Spring 2003

 

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Since 2007 Christopher has presented on Sanskrit and the history and evolution of the Yoga in ancient and medieval India before more than 15,000+ students on 3 continents worldwide  in public Yoga-based events, conferences, and teacher trainings. His particular focus is on the little known yoga-based rituals of Tantric Shaivism.

He has also taught numerous tele-classes classes to date attended  by an international body of students online.