Biography
George Christodoulou Jagaro
FORMAL EDUCATION
Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Department of Informatics – Section: Programming & Analysis (1984-1994).
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Technical High School of Dafni, Athens, Dept. of Industrial Electronics and Automation (1981-1984)
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OTHER EDUCATION
World Karate Federation/Hellenic Karate Federation and Secretariat of Sports Greece, Karate Intstructor, Category B’, 1981-1997
Ajahn V.R. Dhiravamsa - Psycho-Spiritual Synthesis, Vipassana Insight Meditation Instructor, June 1996- January 2003, Thailand/Spain/Greece
Institute of Thai Massage - Level V - Teacher Training - Chiang Mai Thailand, Thai Massage Instructor, November 2003 January 2004
Institute of Soukrome Vzdelavaci Zarizeni Stanislava Flandery, Ministries of Health, Education and Sports, Yoga Trainer Grade II, Praha, July 2004-April 2006, Czech Republic
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CERTIFICATIONS
1 Vipassana MEDITATION (since 1990)
As a student: from 1990 until now
Meditation Teacher Training: 1996 - 2006
Where: Greece, Spain, Thailand
With whom: V.R. Dhiravamsa
Teaching Experience: since 2004 (ordained as a teacher since 2003) to date
Where: Canada, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic
2 YOGA (since 1998)
As a student: from 1998 until now
Yoga Teacher Training: 7/2004–9/2005, 2013-2014, 1/2022-5/2022 (on-line)
Training hours: 200 + 100 + 500 = 800 hours
Where: Czech Republic, Thailand, Rishikesh-Himalayan India
Genres: Hatha, Ruesri Dat Ton – Thai, Traditional Yoga
With whom: Bozena Polakova, Keawnapa Sripodok, Dr. Kumar
Teaching experience: from 2004 to date
3 MARTIAL ARTS (Tai Chi – Chi Kung) (since 1995)
As a student: from 1995 until now
Training: weekly seminars
Where: Greece, Czech Republic
With whom: Master Tew Bunang, Master Boris Tichanovsky
Teaching Experience: from 2005 to present
Where: Canada, Greece
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4 THAI MASSAGE (since 2003)
As a student: from 2003 until now
Training: 180 + 35 +35 + 400 + 50 hours = 650 hours
Where: Thailand, Czech Republic
With whom: International Training Massage (ITM), School of Massage for Health, Loi Kroh, Master Pichest Boonthume, Master Nikolas, Master Boris Tichanovsky
Teaching experience: from 2004 to date
Where: Canada, Greece, Spain
5 ATHINAION FOS – Center for Personal and Spiritual Development
It was founded by George and his former wife Magdalena in N.Kosmos - Athens in privately owned space and started as a branch of Alykon Fos whose headquarters was in Aegio at the end of 2015. Then in September 2016 it became independent and renamed Athenaion Fos and remained open until the end of 2018
The services of the space were many because it had partners: Yoga, Astral Projection Seminars, Reiki Initiations, Chi Kung, Meditation, Numerology, Reflexology, Thai Massage, Theta Healing, Nutrition, Seminars for Further Energetic Development, participation in exhibitions, etc.
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6 MAGNUM OPUS SRL – Center for Personal and Spiritual Development
With the closure of Athinaion Fos, George and Magdalena went to Romania (the latter's birthplace) and opened a new center in a very beautiful place near Bucharest. The company was founded in January 2019 and continues to exist today, but only with Magdalena, because the above couple divorced.
In 2021, apart from the alternative medicine treatments offered, George also dealt with the mining of cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum etc.) as additional services of the company. He also organized a group of investors from Greece and Spain, who mined with him.
7 CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING (Bitcoin, Ethereum, ETC, Monero, Zilliqua, etc. 5/2020 – 9/2022)
George studied meticulously cryptos and their ecosystem and started mining them with a team of investors from Greece and Spain.
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DETAILS of CV
George was born in the Czech Republic by Greek parents and got involved in martial arts (Wado Ryu Karate) at the age of 9 years old.
Karate
In his 15 took 1st Dan, black belt (adult) by Japanese Master Tatsuo Suzuki 8o Dan and was the first in Europe to have this distinction. In this age also began teaching.
He excelled at National level and wore the colors of the Greek national team in European and World competitions and became Federal Coach.
Alongside the 2.5 decades engagement with martial arts turned to Yoga and Meditation.
Yoga
He researched and practiced different paths of Yoga (Hatha, Dynamic, Kundalini, Rehabilitation, Raja, Sufi, Thai) with teachers exceptional Greek and foreign (including André Van Lysebeth, known and beloved teacher in Central Europe, Boris Tichanovsky known and loved teacher in the Czech Republic and Russia, Keawnapa Sripodok known teacher in Thailand) and taught for 5 years in Canada and continues to Greece.
Meditation
In Vipassana insight meditation, George was first initiated by Emilios Buratinos and then studied with Master Tew Bunang, who had come from Thailand to Greece, in Yoga Studio Lotos since 1984 and then in another place in Kastri.
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He then went on to study with Vichitr Ratna Dhiravamsa, a well-known Thai Vipassana Master, who was the Thai government's envoy to the West in the 1960s to spread Vipassana meditation to the Western World as a mission.
He took part in many meditation retreats in Thailand, staying for several days at a time at well-known Buddhist monasteries. He has over 3000 hours of training in Vipassana and spiritual psychology.
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At the behest of his teacher, Diravamsa, he has been teaching Vipassana and spiritual psychology since 2004. He has offered Vipassana seminars in Canada, Greece, Romania and the Czech Republic – and continues to offer wherever he is asked.
Information Technology (1/1994 – 1/2003)
He studied and worked in Information Technology with his last job at NOKIA Mobile Phones Finland, in Research and Development, as a Design Engineer. Then, he became interested in and studied alternative medicine.
Thai Massage (since 2003) He studied Thai massage since 2003 in Thailand, in well-known and excellent schools such as (ITM - International Training Massage School, Loi Kroh Traditional Thai Massage School & Yoga) and teachers including Master Pichest Boonthume.
He has over 700 hours of training in Thai Massage. Since then, he has been offering it individually and teaching it in professional seminars since 2010 in Canada, Spain, the Czech Republic and Greece.
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Theta Healing (Belief Repatterning – Energy Psychotherapy) (since 2007)
George came into contact with the Theta Healing® - energy psychotherapy technique in 2007 and studied it in Canada, at schools in Fairmont Hot Springs and Edmonton. Since then, he has been offering his knowledge and services with great zeal to this very modern yet powerful alternative technique as well.
Other alternative healing techniques
At the same time, he studied:
• Psychological Consulting
• Aura readings (psychic readings)
• Reiki (Usui 3rd degree, Chakra, Kundalini and Tantra)
• Ex-Soviet Holistic Health Recovery Energy System PEPA (Further Energy Information Development) taught to the Military and Secret Services of the former Soviet Union.
His Master in alternative therapies is the famous Russian therapist Boris Tichanovsky, who was a chiropractor and psychologist of the athletes of the Olympic Committee of the former USSR.
To offer his knowledge and services in a more organized way, George founded (together with his ex-wife) and operated 2 companies:
a) ATHINAION FOS - Center for Holistic Development and Treatment in Greece (2015-2018).
b) MAGNUM OPUS - Center for Personal and Spiritual Development in Bucharest, Romania (2019-2022).
From 2023 he is a partner of Yoga Studio and Wellness Lotos, in Kifissia, Athens, Greece offering Vipassana Meditation courses, and Tai Chi - Chi Kung.
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From 2024 he is a partner of Wellness Studio Bodyhealingart, in Varkiza, Athens, Greece offering Tai Chi - Chi Kung classes.
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