Author, Interfaith Minister, and Columnist at Patheos
Gudjon Bergmann is the author of more than twenty books, an Interfaith Minister, a columnist at Patheos, the creator of Experifaith, a mindful yoga and meditation teacher (E-RYT 500), and a prolific speaker. This website serves as a portal and provides links to several other pages and resources.
Books
Bergmann is both a novelist and nonfiction author. His novels are spiritual but not mindlessly positive, mysterious but don't revolve around criminal elements, and philosophical but not so deep as to put the reader to sleep. His nonfiction books are practical and to the point. He has written extensively about self-development and spirituality, including books on yoga, meditation, smoking cessation, stress management and more.
Amazon Author Page (books, ebooks, audio books, reviews)
Goodreads (book excerpts and reviews)
Recent Books
Experifaith: At the Heart of Every Religion
Premature Holiness: Five Weeks at the Ashram (A Novel)
The Meditating Psychiatrist Who Tried to Kill Himself (A Novel)
Trans-Rational Spirituality: A Rational Approach to Spirituality
Premature Holiness: Five Weeks at the Ashram (A Novel)
The Meditating Psychiatrist Who Tried to Kill Himself (A Novel)
Trans-Rational Spirituality: A Rational Approach to Spirituality
Interfaith Ministry
After a lifetime of exploring firsthand spiritual practices, Bergmann decided to try a different approach in his quest to understand religion and spirituality. He entered All Faiths Seminary to become an Interfaith Minister. During his studies, he unveiled Experifaith, an interfaith model that shows how all the world’s religions are connected through experience. Now he offers workshops, spiritual consultations, lectures, and dialogue facilitation on the topics of experiential faith and interfaith. He also gives talks, performs weddings and serves at funerals, on request. His mission is to facilitate interfaith harmony and interspiritual explorations.
Experifaith Website (individual spiritual exploration and interfaith communications)
Experifaith (on Amazon.com)
LinkedIn Profile (ministerial services)
Meditation & Yoga
Bergmann has been a meditation and yoga teacher since 1998. He studied with two Indian masters, Yogi Shanti Desai (1997-present) and Sri Yogi Hari (2004 and 2005), and is registered at the highest level with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). He has written several books about yoga and meditation and has personally trained more than 80 yoga teachers. He currently teaches meditation and private yoga classes in Central Texas, and is on the faculty for the Living Yoga Program in Texas where he instructs future yoga teachers about philosophy and postures.
Baby Steps to Meditation (meditation training for groups and individuals)
Baby Steps to Meditation (on Amazon.com)
Living Yoga Program (Bergmann is part of the faculty)
Kyle/Buda Private Yoga Sessions (Facebook page for Central Texas services)
Yoga Books by Bergmann
Living in the Spirit of Yoga: Take Yoga Off the Mat and Into Your Everyday Life
Know Thyself: Yoga Philosophy Made Accessible
Create a Safe Space: An Inspirational Guidebook for Yoga Teachers Who Want to Further Serve Their Students
Know Thyself: Yoga Philosophy Made Accessible
Create a Safe Space: An Inspirational Guidebook for Yoga Teachers Who Want to Further Serve Their Students
Professional Speaking
Bergmann has been actively speaking, training and teaching since 1996. He has taken the stage hundreds of times for audiences ranging from single digits to over a thousand. He offers well structured talks on stress management, interfaith and the Experifaith model, meditation, yoga philosophy, and much more. Those who are interested can also search his books for topics as many of his nonfiction books were written based on years of speaking and lecturing.
