Recognized internationally as a master drummer/percussionist, educator, and healer, Christo facilitates human potential by creating products and experiences that blend principles of rhythm and sound awareness, energy healing, and expressive movement for personal expression, growth and well-being.
Christo is a Certified Tama-Do practitioner, and an Instructor of Tao Yin Fa Series I Chi Gong, and Kototama. He completed his second level Tama – Do training in 2002.
Across his diverse career as a social worker, classroom teaching artist, music teacher, and energy healer, Christo specializes in quality expressive and healing arts services for schools, retreats, and conferences through unique experiential classes, seminars, ceremonies, and play-shops. His has facilitated events for retreats world wide, including the Men’s Center of Los Angeles, LIVE Yoga/ Wellness, the California Academy of the Healing Arts, as director of the Earth and Sky lodge healing arts center, and with the TAMA-DO academy.
Christo has extensive film, TV and international concert performance credentials with a variety of World, Rock, R&B, and Devotional Singing music artists including Air Supply and Mary Wells. He is a regularly featured festival performer at the World Festival of Sacred Music, Esalen, and Bhakti Fest. He has performed with the esteemed LUNA NEGRA ballet. And scores of dance companies internationally.
Christo is currently the music director and lead drummer for the esteemed “SACRED DANCE LIVE” movement meditation theatre specializing in world music sound-scapes.
As a recording artist, he produced 3 critically acclaimed “Soundscape Pyramids” world/ambient albums on his SOUNDFORMATION label.
Christo is an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church and is affiliated with many community service and non-profit organizations providing services for at risk youth and people with disabilities. Christo studies music with various teachers in Africa, Brazil, India, and Bali, and his interests and passions include Kriya Yoga, world music, poetry, teaching children, sacred geometry, and traveling the world. He maintains personal wellness and music instruction practices in Los Angeles, CA.
Other energetic healing arts certifications include: B.S. Therapeutic Recreation Penn State University; Certified Theta Healing(tm) Practitioner; Certified Reconnective Healing(tm) Practitioner; Certified REMO Health Rhythms tm Drum Circle Facilitator; EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique(tm)) Practitioner; Rekei Master.