Swami Bodhi Vinod  (Bodhi  Vinod: “Ecstatic Joy of Awareness”) has been studying, practicing and teaching shamanism for 25 years. He trained in Shamanic healing in Glastonbury and Devon, UK from 1994-1997. He also completed several courses in Body Electronics, healing with raw food, during that time. He was then drawn to the jungles of Thailand, and practiced as a Shamanic healer in The Sanctuary in 1998.

He spent several years in Pune, India, where he practiced Meditation, Dance and Movement at the Osho Commune International. At the Osho Multiversity he completed The Path of the Mystic training, and assisted twice the Tantric Pulsation group. In the Himalayas he became attuned into Reiki energy healing to Master level. 

In 2005 he completed the Ayurvedic Yoga Massage Training , as well as learning Lomi-Lomi, a shamanic Hawaiian massage. 
 Vinod worked and led workshops in Master Mantak Chia's Tao Garden retreat centre in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand for a year from 2008-2009 and is now a Universal Healing Tao Certified Instructor.

Vinod has been teaching Shamanic Healing workshops in Asia and Europe  for eight  years, as well as offering sessions and treatments.

Vinod is praised for his ability to teach in a playful manner. His aim is always to empower the individual; to help others reveal their own wisdom, their own inner guidance. His enthusiasm for life shines through all that he does; and attracts others to share this with him.