Dave has presented thousands of trainings and workshops on all aspects of personal growth during his twenty years as a professional seminar leader. He started his career as a trainer for The Summit Organization. During his time at Summit he led dozens of different courses on an ongoing basis such as Self Esteem, The Power Of Purpose, Decision Making And Effective Choice, Quality Communications, and Life Designs. He went from leading Summit’s introductory weekend seminar, The Power Of Positive Feelings, to writing and leading weeklong workshops at their Hawaii and Southern California resort facilities. One of these was his signature workshop, Healing Family Relationships, which he led for Summit on a regular basis for years in Hawaii.
In 1990, Dave founded Empowerment Systems and began concentrating on writing and presenting new seminars that reflected his increasing focus on his spiritual journey. The results were such courses as Bringing Your Spirit To Life, Self-Esteem As Soul Work, Finding And Living Your Higher Purpose, and Loving The Path. It was also during this time that Dave became devoted to the study of the major religions of the world.
In 1992, his passion for greater spiritual understanding led him to the Vedanta Society of Southern California, where he began his study of ancient India’s Vedanta yoga wisdom with the Swamis of the venerated Ramakrishna Order of India. By 2000 he was an ongoing speaker at the Vedanta Society temples throughout Southern California.
Dave was initiated by Swami Swahananda, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order, whose guru was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Swami Swahananda had this to say about Dave:
"I recommend Dave DeLuca, his lectures, and his classes to all earnest seekers who want to learn the foundation principles of our most revered yoga scriptures, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Yoga Sutras. He brings the authentic wisdom and spiritual practices of India to the Western world faithfully, lovingly, and with obvious reverence and gratitude for how they have blessed him in his life."
Since 2000, Dave has been presenting services, classes, seminars, and keynote addresses on Vedanta, yoga, and spiritual growth in the modern world at temples, churches, conferences, learning centers and retreats throughout America. In 2008, with the blessings of the Ramakrishna Order, he compiled and edited the yoga teachings of the great Swami Vivekananda into his first book, Pathways to Joy: The Four Yoga Paths to God.
Dave’s newest book, Sacred Jewels of Yoga, is a compilation of 166 sacred passages from some of India’s most revered yoga scriptures – the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras, the Bhakti Sutras, the Astavakra Samhita, and the Srimad Bhagavatam – along with teachings by two of the most beloved yoga masters of the modern era, Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda.
During his years of teaching, Dave has helped many thousands of people live with greater love, purpose, clarity and joy in their lives. If you would like to have Dave speak or present one of his seminars to your organization, please contact him at dave@davedeluca.com.