This website, and the School, have grown slowly and organically from my original YouTube channel on Body-based Therapy that began around 2016. In December 2019, I launched Bioenergetics – The Journey, a 52-week online course, in response to demand for deeper work from my YouTube following. It was, and remains, very intense.
To complete the whole year of content really is a “Journey,” as anyone’s who’s done it will tell you. But, some brave souls still wanted more. They wanted to learn how to facilitate Bioenergetics sessions, in person or online. They wanted to work with people and share these techniques. They wanted to hold space for others. So, in December 2020, I launched the Bioenergetics Facilitator Training Parts 2 & 3. These follow on from The Journey, which needs to be completed first, and comprise a complete 2-3 year training in how to lead Bioenergetics sessions.
This page lists those who have graduated from Part 2 or Part 3, as they will be offering workshops and sessions out in the world. Check them out and maybe drop one a line.
Graduates
Name: Martin Andersson
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Languages Spoken: Swedish, English
Level: Fully graduated
About Me: I have been interested in mind-body practices for a very long time, and when I travelled to the peruvian amazon and started working with plant medicines for about 10 years ago it became painfully evident to me the extent to which the body is a repository of trauma and stored emotional charges. Some time afterwards I discovered bioenergetics and the work of Devaraj which gave my own process the focus and structure I needed.
Working with Dev and bioenergetics for these past years have, albeit very slowly but surely transformed my life and I’m sure it can yours, too. I live with my children in Sweden and they are now very grateful to have a present and emotionally available father. I’m currently studying other therapeutic modalities that I hope can bring my own teaching and practice to a new level, especially in conjunction with plant medicines like ayahuasca.
Website:
Contact: pm.andersson80@gmail.com
Name: Jack McPhee
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Languages Spoken: English, Japanese
Level: Fully Graduated
About Me: I finished Part 2 of the Facilitator training in April 2022 and started Bioenergetics Scotland, offering bioenergetics workshops and classes in and around Glasgow, Scotland. I had been following Dev’s Youtube channel for a couple of years and decided to jump into his online course “The Journey” and haven’t looked back since. After years of jumping around various modalities, from karate, to yoga to tai chi I had finally found something that stuck and I could finally work through that gnawing anxiety that plagues so many of us. Most of us are so disconnected from our bodies and I’m really looking forward to helping get this practice out into the world and sharing the simple truth that by bringing our attention and awareness back to the body we can achieve so much, whether that be working our way through our traumas, anxieties and emotional blocks or moving towards the life we want to live. Apart from Bioenergetics I enjoy making music with my small collection of synthesizers and I have been known on occasion to sing old Scottish folk tunes. I lived in Japan for 10 years and have an interest in Eastern cultures and belief systems.
If you are in and around Glasgow or Scotland and have an interest in bioenergetics please get in touch!
Website: bioenergeticsscotland.com
Contact: jhmcphee@hotmail.com
Name: Alex Watson
Location: UK. Brighton & London
Languages Spoken: English
Level: Part 2
About Me: Having experienced severe anxiety and insecurity most of my life, my mind was constantly in motion trying to ‘fix me’. Having exhausted many mind-based approaches (affirmations, visualisation, talking-therapy etc.), I came to realise that it was impossible for the mind alone to heal me. This is when I discovered bioenergetics and the school of body-based therapy.
My name is Alex, I am a psychology graduate, currently living in Brighton where I study and practice psychotherapy and counselling at a postgraduate level. I enjoy meditation, boxing-training and Brazilian partner dancing, something that is very new to me.
I have been practising bioenergetics for a few years now and I have found that it has positively changed my life in many ways. It has allowed me to be more confident, better grounded in my being and to have a deeper connection to my authentic self.
I believe that anyone can create positive change with bioenergetics. Consistency, courage and patience is key when working with the body.
I enjoy sharing this work and supporting others to connect to their authentic and natural self.
Website:
Contact: alexander.watson453@gmail.com
Name: Jeremy McMahan
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Languages Spoken: English
Level: Part 2
About Me: Back in 2018, I discovered Wilhelm Reich and became incredibly fascinated by his theories about the relationship between muscular tension and mental health. I felt on an intuitive level that I had stumbled across a very deep truth that not many people know about. While reading about Wilhelm Reich and his work was fascinating, there was no way to easily access his or his students’ therapeutic techniques. Fast forward to the fall of 2019 and I discovered Devaraj’s Youtube channel, still the best online resource for this material. I eagerly jumped into doing his Bioenergetics routines and was thrilled when he announced The Journey, a 52 week intensive course. After finishing the Journey, I immediately began his Bioenergetics Facilitator Training which I completed August of 2022.
Like other facilitators on this list, I had tried several different “self-help” modalities, but Bioenergetics was the one that really stuck. Along with building a deeper awareness of the body and the feelings that reside in it, it has greatly improved my discipline in my exercise and mindfulness practices. Particular after the Covid Pandemic, I truly believe that body-based therapy is key to curbing the current mental health crisis we found ourselves in and that through bioenergetics and other related practices, we can reunite the mind and the body in a seamless way that will improve every aspect of life.
Website:
Contact: jeremyrmcmahan@gmail.com
Name: Joe Garces Teixeira
Location: London, UK
Languages Spoken: English, Portugese
Level: Part 2
About Me: My name is Joe and I have studied psychology and many self improvement tools throughout my life. I have had anxiety and tension throughout my entire life. I have used many tools (including but not limited to Hypnotherapy, NLP and Clean Language) to work through internal barriers. I had felt that there was a missing competent on my healing journey and what I could offer my professional clients. Once I discovered the practice of embodiment my healing accelerated to previously unknown levels (my anxiety has been reduced to zero, my confidence has skyrocketed and tension within my body continues to diminish). I’m so happy that I discovered Devaraj, Bioenergetics and the school of body-based therapy. Now I feel more ready (than ever before) to face challenges that would have totally intimated me before I started my journey.
I am looking forward to sharing my learnings. The clients and students I have had the pleasure to work with, they have noticed a marked improvement in their lives thanks to the tools and practices they have welcomed into their lives.
Website: embodiedcharisma.com
Contact: embodiedcharisma@gmail.com
