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stuart sovatsky
Title: convener
Gender: Male
Location: Richmond, CA 
About Me:
Initiating Coconvener of the World Congress on Psychology and Spirituality, Delhi India, January 5-8, 2008 with Prime Minister of Tibet-in-exile, Lama Samdhong Rinpoche, BKS Iyengar, Stan and Christina Grof, Robert Thurman (expected), Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and presenters from 20 countries. see www.WorldCongressPS2008.org
Publications (partial list)
Your Perfect Lips (Pariyanga South Indian Tantra) iUniverse, 2006, recommended by John Welwood
“Hinduism in America” in Columbia University Reference on Eastern Religion (ed. R Thurman, contracted)
“Pariyanga, Erotic Joy” in Writings on Joy (ed. D. Deslaurier, in press)
Words From the Soul: Time, East/West Spirituality and Psychotherapeutic Narrative
SUNY Press, Recommended by Ken Wilber
Eros, Consciousness & Kundalini . Inner Traditions, two editions; Indian edition, Motilal Banarsidas,
Russian edition (2006). Endorsed by Ken Wilber, Georg Feuerstein
Chapters in Indian Psychology textbooks: “Goddess Worship and Child's Consciousness,”
“Sacred Family Psychology”
Introduction to Timothy Leary's Psychedelic Prayers. (online) Ronan Press
Interviewed in Yoga Journal Spiritual Psychotherapy, Kundalini Yoga
“Eros as Mystery: Toward A Transpersonal Sexology/Procreativity” JTransPsy 1985
“Clinical Forms of Love” JTransPsy 2005
“Spirituality & Psychotherapy: The Matter of Separation Anxiety” in Inter J Transp Studies
“Psychopathology & Religious Issues” in Rev Existential Psychiatry & Psychology invited submission
“Tantra Yoga” in Yoga Actuel (Germany) invited submission
“Energetic Origins of Hathayoga” for Yoga Research Institute (www.yrec.org)
“Clinical Contemplations on Impermanence” Review of Existential Psychology & Psychiatry
“Yogic Alchemy”, “Kundalini: Breakthrough or Breakdown?” in Yoga Journal
Grants: 1978 Socialization of Chronic Psychiatric Patients, $30,000; 1978 Psychiatric
Deinstitutionalization, $57,000; 1977 Meditation in Inner City Schools, $3000
“Sahaja Yoga” http://www.yrec.org/
Presentations, Academic Distinctions, Recordings (partial list)
Co-convener with Robert A F Thurman, Indic Wisdom Roundtable, Columbia University, 2002
Chief Convener/Fundraiser, World Congress on Psychology and Spirituality, BKS Iyengar, SS Ravi Shankar keynoters, India, 2008
Europe Spiritual Psychology Conference, Loire, France, Pariyanga Tantra Yoga, 2006
Europe Spiritual Psychology Conference, Moscow, Russia, Tantra Yoga, Marriage Therapy, 2005
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Guest Lecturer on Kundalini Yoga, 2003
Private Audience with the President of Unallied Nations of the World, 2003
Sponsored Paper, “Goddess Worship and Child's Consciousness,” University of Pune, India, 2005
Advisor, Presenter, “Rare Tantric Ritual Arts,” Kerala, India, 2004
Recording “Indra's Net” 2nd in world www.soundclick.com Fusion list, May 2006
Consultant, Yoga Psychology Task Force, Pondicherry, India, 2002
Lead Inaugural Panelist, 13th International Vedanta Conference, University of Miami-Ohio, 2002
Convener, first International Prison Yoga & Meditation Conference, 2001
Co-President of Association for Transpersonal Psychology 2001-08
Research Fellow, Transpersonal Graduate Consortium; Faculty Research Award, JFK University
MA Thesis: Yoga & Delinquency excerpted in Inside Out Ram Dass Prison Ashram Project
Princeton University, Senior Thesis: Nietzsche and Buddhism: Self and No-Self
Princeton Club of Rochester four year academic scholarship, 1967-71
PhD dissertation Eros as Mystery published as lead article in J Transpersonal Psychology
Ram Dass Prison Yoga Project, First Candidate, Clinical Director, 1977
NJ Law Enforcement Grant for first use in US of yoga with incarcerated youth, 1975
Assistant Professor, Clinical Supervisor, California. Institute of Integral Studies, 1987-present
Funded Conference Presentations
“Goddess Worship and Child's Consciousness,” University Pune, India
“Kundalini & Consciousness,” University of AZ, Tucson, Science of Consciousness
“Psychosis & Meditation” Hyderabad, India
“Grihasta, Family Life as Spiritual Path,” Kharagpur India (in absentia)
“Buddhism and Yoga,” Kripalu Center
“Yoga and Consciousness,” Chennai, India
“Culture of Enlightenment,” Menla Institute (Robert Thurman, Convener)
Trustee, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1986-87, 1991-present
Peer Referee, State University of New York Press. Review MS by Ram Dass, C. Basch
Advisory Board Member, Georg Feuerstein's Yoga Research Institute
1994-99 Vice-President, International Kundalini Research Network
Marital Therapist with 30 years experience
Axis Mundi chantmaster, axismundi@jps.net">axismundi@jps.net for CDs
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