[4] Ordained at 18,[5] Eikerenkoetter spent three years at the Center for Personal Transformation in the study of deep meditative techniques, received a BA in philosophy from Columbia University, and a master's in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, focusing on Jungian and depth psychology.

He also studied shamanic training and healing and initiatory drumming techniques with Quechua (Peru), Dagara (Burkina Faso), and Sangoma (Zimbabwe) medicine men, and with the Masai tribe in Kenya.

RAA works with gang affiliated youth and teaches cooperation through mentorship and traditional West African drumming.

[9] As a musician, Eikerenkoetter's three albums recorded to date are Mystic Journey (1998), Global Soul (2001) and Re-Enchantment: Music to Conceive By (2015).

Xavier lives in Napa Valley, California, growing organic and biodynamic cabernet grapes with his wife, Annette.