Biography

Jonathan is a Maui-based Author, Spiritual Teacher, Energy Healer, Shamanic Practioner, and Spiritual Counselor. He is a graduate of Harvard University and The University of Michigan.

Jonathan is a certified Master Teacher in Shamanic Reiki, Usui and Karuna Reiki. He is on the Advanced Graduate Studies Advisor for Shamanic Reiki Worldwide and an ordained Alaka’i (teacher/guide) in the Hawaiian Shamanic tradition through Aloha International. He teaches classes in Shamanism, Energy Healing, Reiki, Huna and Ho’oponopono at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, The One Spirit Learning Alliance and other major venues around the world.

Jonathan has completed four years of training in Inter-Spirituality and Spiritual Counseling at the One Spirit Learning Alliance, and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister in 2008. He is now a faculty member at One Spirit, and the founder and facilitator of the monthly shamanic circle there as well.

He has training and certifications in Cherokee Bodywork, Huna and Ho’oponopono (Hawaiian Shamanism), and he completed all core curriculum from the Foundation of Shamanic Studies. He has also been initiated through the Minoan Fellowship in Wicca.

Internationally, Jonathan has facilitated spiritual retreats in Costa Rica, Bali, Nicaragua, Peru, and Mexico. He has studied shamanism, meditation, energy healing and the chakras with some of the most prominent teachers and healers in North and South America; as well as apprenticeships with shamans of Brazil, Bali, Nicaragua, Mexico and Hawaii. Before moving into his work in holistic health, Jonathan had a successful career as an award-winning actor appearing on Broadway and Television.

Jonathan is deeply committed to empowering and healing people by bringing indigenous earth-wisdom and Aloha into the modern world in practical and usable ways. His first book about contemporary shamanism and the spiritual traditions of Hawaii called The Shaman’s Mind – Huna Wisdom to Change your Life is available where books are sold.