UK Groups 1 and 2 are led by Sandra Maitri, with a team of assisting Diamond Approach teachers.
UK Group 3 is led by Joyce Lyke and Tejo Jourdan, also with the support of other teachers.
Sandra Maitri
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Sandra is one of the principal teachers of the Diamond Approach, and a member of its leadership council. She leads groups in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the founder of Ridhwan UK. She was one of the original students of Claudio Naranjo, MD, a trailblazer in Transpersonal Psychology and her background includes extensive work with Vipassana meditation and Tibetan Buddhism. Her books, The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram: Nine Faces of the Soul and The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues: Finding the Way Home, were published by Tarcher/Penguin in 2000 and 2005. |
Joyce Lyke
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Joyce is one of the senior and supervising teachers of the Diamond Approach. She has been teaching Diamond Approach groups for 18 years. She currently leads on-going groups in Santa Barbara Calif., Vancouver B.C., Seattle WA., U.K., and Germany. Her background includes: 30 years as a student in the Ridhwan School, a teacher and workshop leader on Esalen’s Gestalt training staff. She has a degree in Somatic Psychology from Antioch University and has extensive bodywork and movement training. |
Tejo Jourdan
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Tejo teaches the Diamond Approach® in both California and the United Kingdom. Prior to practicing the Diamond approach he was involved in a devotional path as well as Practicing Vipassana meditation. Formerly working as a building contractor for 25 years he is passionate about the practice of Presence and Inquiry in every day ordinary life. |
Tejo Jourdan teaches the Diamond Approach® in both California and the United Kingdom. Prior to practicing the Diamond approach he was involved in a devotional path as well as Practicing Vipassana meditation. Formerly working as a building contractor for 25 years he is passionate about the practice of Presence and Inquiry in every day ordinary life.








