Christopher Tompkins

Christopher is the co-creator and director for the University of California’s (Berkeley) renowned class, “Meditation, Mysticism, and the Mind” (meditate.berkeley.edu). Chris and his team of instructors have now taught over 2,500 students the practice of meditation and mystical philosophy. Chris has been studying and practicing Yoga for 20 years. He has three degrees in Religion, including a Master’s Degree from Harvard and a Master’s in Sanskrit from UC Berkeley. His dissertation is on the Tantric origins of Yoga. Chris has taught seminars on Yoga philosophy and practice throughout the country in Universities and at numerous Yoga schools/centers. He is the co-founder of the recently inaugurated Yoga Foundation (www.yogasthana.org), a teaching center committed to encouraging instructors to offer Yoga philosophy and meditation as part of their curriculum in adherence to the true teachings of Yoga.