ABOUT PETER'S TEACHERS
I am grateful to my teachers, who with their diverse backgrounds provided the foundations for me to share Tantra in a way that transcends cultural barriers and is simple, direct and effective.

My life-path has been a search for Liberating teachings and practices.
For several years I taught meditation, while also working with many holistic modalities (including Shamanic energy-work, massage, Tummo Reiki and Vortex Healing).

As the "White" or "Right-hand" Tantra revealed itself more and more in my life through my spiritual and meditative practices, the mysteries of Kundalini became clearer and clearer.

As the "Red" or "Left-hand" Tantra revealed itself more and more both through my practices and spontaneously through my relationships and my exploration of the forbidden, Tantra was becoming clearer to me than anything that I had read. or heard before.. or so I thought.

Actually, as I discovered in this tradition more and more depth and an extraordinary potency, I gradually realized that sometimes directly and sometimes in subtle ways my teachers had each given me the seeds and the fertile soil for what has become my path.
One of the ways that spiritual growth, humility and deep spiritual aspiration was cultivated traditionally in ancient times was by hearing the stories and the teachings of the "spiritual heroes", the masters, or saints.


My own path has been inspired both by ​my personal teachers and also by the stories of the ancient saints and masters.
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To do justice to these teachers and traditions that have touched me - to speak of their dedication, their love and their power to transform people's lives would require a whole book, which I do intend to write to share the inspiration that these stories can provide.


For now, this page is dedicated to just a selection - a few of the key teachers from whom I have received teachings, guidance, or initiation, and whose blessings have illuminated or even shaped my path.

Together with these I want to acknowledge, honour and give thanks to my parents, my wife, my son, and my wider family of blood and of spirit.
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Everything has contributed and in some sense led to this moment.

For this I am grateful, as I am grateful for sharing this moment, and the possibility of a deeper exploration, with you.

More about my teachers:

Paramahamsa Hariharananda
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I was blessed to receive Kriya Yoga initiation and teachings first from Baba Hariharananda and Paramahamsa Prajnanananda in 1995.

I knew very little about Kriya Yoga at the time, but I had read translations and commentaries of the Upanishads, a few years before when my spiritual search had led me to Indian spiritual culture, so I was familiar with key elements of the Yogic teachings.

I was introduced to Kriya Yoga by an older friend who spoke to me of his 'Guru'.

At the age of 16 I had read the life-story of the Buddha and soon after I started to feel the call to find a living master.

So I took the opportunity to receive the Kriya Yoga initiation when Hariharananda visited the ashram in Holland.

It was only years later that I read Yogananda's book and became aware of how fortunate I had been to receive initiation into Kriya Yoga from a lineage-holder so close to the source of the tradition.

Yogananda's world-famous book 'Autobiography of a Yogi' was published in 1946 and has been a best-seller, year after year, introducing many Westerners to Yoga and to Indian spiritual culture.
'Autobiography of a Yogi' has been considered one of the 100 best spiritual books of all time.

The teachings and initiations were given together by Hariharananda with his disciple Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, who became head of this branch of the Kriya lineage upon Hariharananda's passing in 2002.
​Paramahamsa Prajnanananda

I received the initiation into Kriya Yoga in Holland from Paramahamsa Prajnanananda together with Paramahamsa Hariharananda in 1995.

I was struck by the feeling of being in the presence of a true, radiant saint.

I was happy to meet him again in 2000 in London.
Master Mantak Chia
Founder of the Healing Tao system

I began to study the Taoist practices in 1994 with Kris Deva North.
These, together with Kriya Yoga became my most important personal practice.

I studied with Master Chia later in 2002, including the Fusion of the 5 Elements training.

I now have intermediate-level certification to teach Qigong.
​Kris Deva North

I began studying Taoist practices with Kris around 1994 in London.
​This inspired me to later also study with Master Mantak Chia.

In 2015 I received Kris and his partner Anamarta at my home training centre (Senhora D'Azenha) in Portugal for the Qigong teacher training.
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Yogi Ramaiah
Marshall Govindan (M.G. Satchidananda)
Disciple of Yogi Ramaiah, of the Tamil Siddha tradition and teacher of Babaji's Kriya Yoga.

I received initiation from Satchidananda into the Tamil lineage of the Siddhas and Babaji's Kriya Yoga in 1998 and have studied with Satchidananda on several occasions, including a pilgrimage to India in 2001.

I received the 3rd level initiation into Babaji's Siddha teachings and practices in 2006.

I am deeply grateful for the connection that was established with the Tamil Siddhas such as Boganathar (shown in the painting) Thirumoolar, and Agastyar.

According Yogi Ramaiah, Satchidananda's guru, Babaji (known as Mahavatar Babaji) had an incarnation in Tamil Nadu where he was initiated by Boganathar and Agastyar into the Kundalini practices of the Siddhas of the South.

I draw much of my inspiration from this powerful tradition of Liberation teachings.

I am very grateful for the work done by Yogi Ramaiah and by Satchidananda to preserve the teachings of the Siddhas.

Part of the revenue from my own trainings is donated to support the Siddha Research Project.

The Siddha Research Project had its origins around 1961 when Babaji gave Yogi Ramaiah instructions to collect and preserve the teachings of the Tamil Siddhas.
The work of preservation, translation and publishing texts and new commentaries is carried out in association with the Yoga Research and Education Centre which was directed by the great Yoga and Tantra scholar Georg Feuerstein.
Find out more here: 
SIDDHA RESEARCH CENTER
Leonard Orr
​Founder of Rebirthing Breathwork

I have been profoundly touched by the effects of Rebirthing Breathwork.

I met Leonard Orr in 2008, and trained to teach Rebirthing.
In 2015 I had the pleasure of receiving him in my home, where he gave the intensive Breath Master Training.

To my knowledge I am one of the only 3 people in Portugal to have received the Breath Master Training.
​Amma - the "Hugging Saint"

Amma has been been an inspiration since encountering her powerful presence and compassion and witnessing her profound and far-reaching humanitarian projects.

On several occasions I have received her blessing hug and received her teachings that she shares so generously and tirelessly around the world.
​Shibendu Lahiri
​Lineage-holder of the family line of Kriya Yoga transmission going back to Lahiri Mahasaya.

I have met Guruji on several occasions since 2009, and received from him the Kriya Yoga teachings from the family lineage of Lahiri Mahasaya.

I had the honour of receiving Shibendu in my home.

His insistence on authenticity and his strong criticism of paths that do not serve people's best interests has made him controversial, but I deeply appreciate his passion and the clarity of the Advaita wisdom expressed in his teaching.