Curriculum Vitae of Avikal E. Costantino
Born in Palermo, Italy, 17.02.1950
Bachelor in Social and Economic Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy
Social and political involvement. Founder of Controradio FM 108 in Florence, Italy
Travels to India , Thailand , Malaysia and Indonesia.
January 1979 to December 1981 - Works as a field-anthropologist in Mexico sponsored by the Department of Anthropology of the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. Researches with the tribes Tzeltales ( Mayas of the state of Chiapas ) and Tarahumaras (state of Chihuahua ). In these years he comes in touch and studies traditional techniques of healing and consciousness development with various shamans.
1981 to 1982 ¯ Lecturer at the Faculty of Anthropology in the University of Puebla (UAP), Mexico
1981 ¯ Begins working as free-lance photographer.
December1981 to June 1982 Travels for Photo Magazines to India, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia.
March/June 1982 Training in Traditional Thai Massage in Bangkok, Thailand
Between July 1982 and 1996 he lives in Italy, USA and India
1982 to 1986 ¯ Training with Master Hideo Kobayashi in Italy. Training in Zen Shiatsu, Seitai Katzugen Undo and Iaido. Starts offering individual sessions of Shiatsu and Courses on Stress and Meditation .
1982 to 1997 Practice of Zen Meditation, Aikido and Aikiken with Master Iroshi Tada (Hombu Dojo, Tokyo ).
Teaching Aikido and Sword since 1987.
In 1983 becomes a disciple of Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh later known as Osho.
From 1989 to 1995 is Director of the School for Centering and Zen Martial Arts in the Multiversity at the Osho Meditation Resort in Pune, India. He spends there 4 to 6 months every year offering his work to the resort.
In the Multiversity in Pune and later all over Europe he teaches seminars centred on the HARA (considered in the eastern tradition the spiritual centre in man) with meditations, awareness techniques, personality maps etc.
Since 1992 he leads a retreat called ³The Awareness Intensive², a process where modern communication technique is applied while inquiring on ³Who am I?², ³Who is in?², ³What is Love?² and other existential questions, in the setting of a classic Zen meditation retreat called Sesshin. He leads the Awareness Intensive Process in India, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Israel, USA and Australia in a three-day format and in a seven-day format called ³Satori².
In 1992 he starts offering Consciousness Seminars and Mediation Retreats through different Institutes in Europe: UTA and ICEK in Germany, Osho Campus and Global Village in Italy, RISK in Denmark.
Since 1995 he leads Management Training and Life Coaching seminars on presence, leadership, awareness, conflict resolution, self-management, resilience and communication (Teta 1 and Teta Sword) with the IAK in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
As a management trainer and life coach he has been working with American and European Corporations such as: Bayer AG, Henkel Cosmetics, Gerling Conzern, Allianz, ECC Group, Enterprise IG, Geis Dialogmarketing, Microsoft, Schererteam, Coca Cola Communication Austria etc.
In 1996 starts being in training with Faisal Muqaddam founder with A.H.Almaas of The Diamond Approach to Self-Realization. He is now a senior teacher of the DiamondLogos leading workshops on Essence, the Superego and Diamond Guidance.
Since 2003 he lives in Australia
Publications
• La crisi dei militanti di professione. Rivista Ombre Rosse. 1976 Roma, Italy
• La fiesta del Carneval en tenejapa,with Daniela Tozzi, Centro de Investigaciones del Suereste, S.Cristobal de Las Casas , Mexico March 1980
• Diversity and integration: Shamanism and fertility rites in the Easter celebrations among the Tarahumaras, with Daniela Tozzi, Ed. Annales de Antropologia de la UNAM.1982
• Subversion through the Glass. The Creative Movement in Italy in 1977. Ed Revista de la Univesidad Autonoma Metropolitana de Xochimilco, Mexico City1980
• The theory of needs in K.Marx and A.Heller. Ed. Revista de Anthropologia de la UNAM , Mexico City 1980
• Development and collapse of the Textile Industry in the city of Puebla, 1876 to1924. Ed. Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, 1982. Produced also as a documentary in 8mm, with Fulvio Eccardi; sponsored by the University of Puebla. :
• Viaje en los Lugares Comunes de lo Masculino, FEM vol.V n.18 Mexico City , April 1981
• The Coast of the Sun and the Moon. Photo book. Introduction by Franco Zeffirelli, IKON Editions, Florence 1987, Italy
• The Osho Multiversity. Manual for courses, trainings and groups for the Osho Foundation International. 1992, Pune, India
• Shedding the Skin. Collection of poems. True Nature Publications. Pune, India
• Letters from the Soul. Collection of 200 Poets. Poetry.com Ed. 2003 USA
• Eternal Portraits. Collection of 200 Poets. Poetry.com Ed. 2004 USA
• Traces. CD of poems and music, with Murray Burns. Byron Bay, Australia 2002
• Theatre of the Mind. Collection of poets. Noble house Ed., London 2004
• La Pecora, la tigre e l'inchiesta, Re Nudo December 2003, Siena Italy
• Tackling the Medusa Within, Osho Viha March/April 2004, California USA
• This Passion of being myself, Osho Times Germany December 2003
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