Steve Godjas received his Ph.D in metaphysical science in 2011 and served  as a Force Protection Specialist

with the  UN / NATO peacekeeping mission, Task Force Falcon, Multinational Brigade East, Kosovo in 2004.

He graduated U.S Army Counter-Intelligence school in 2003, and went on to advanced training in strategic intelligence, counter-terrorism, OPSEC, MOOTW, airborne, air-assualt and military police special operations.

Dr. Godjas received his first black sash in Shaolin Five Animals Kung Fu in 2005 , his second in 2007 and his third in 2010 from the late O-Sensei Philip Porter (Member: Int'l Karate and World Martial Arts Hall of Fame).

He began the study of Okinawan Hakutsuru (White Crane) karate under Kyoshi Lawrence Vellucci , receiving his Shodan (first black belt) rank in November 20014 and his Nidan (second black belt) rank in July 2016. He is also a member of the Okinawan Matsusokan Traditional Karate Association and was awarded his Shodan rank in December 2015  by Sensei Josef-Peter-Roemer, and his Nidan rank in July 2016 by Grandmaster Takaya Yabiku of Okinawa Japan.

Dr. Godjas  is certified Chinese Qi Qiong energy healing from the Institute of Integrative Healthcare Studies. He has passsed the intensive 10 day  meditation course given by Grandmaster Sarya Goenka of India and also received extensive training in meditation at the Bhavana Society Buddhist Monastery, West Virginia, and Zen West Buddhist Society, Victoria BC. Canada.

He is also a certified Public Safety Chaplain with extensive training in pastoral counseling, humanistic and metaphysical psychology, loss, grief and bereavement and certified suicide prevention, and domestic violence through the S.A.F.E program in Culpeper VA,