Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly, Ph.D. is Professor of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), specializing in integral ecology, environmental humanities, religion and ecology, integral theories and philosophies, Jungian and transpersonal psychology, archetypal cosmology, Romanticism and German Idealism. Sean Kelly received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Ottawa in […]
Kristin Neff
Dr. Kristin Neff is a pioneer in self-compassion research. Dr. Neff received her bachelor’s from the University of Los Angeles in communication studies and her doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley in moral development, followed by two years of postdoctoral study at the University of Denver researching self-concept development. During her last year […]
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A […]
Priya Parker
Priya Parker is a facilitator, strategic advisor, and acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, helping us take a deeper look at how anyone can create collective meaning in modern life, one gathering at a time. She is also the host of the New York Times podcast Together […]
Tara Brach
Tara Brach’s teachings blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, mindful attention to our inner life, and a full, compassionate engagement with our world—creating a distinctive voice in Western Buddhism that offers a wise and caring approach to freeing ourselves and society from suffering. As an undergraduate at Clark University, she pursued a double major […]
Parker J. Palmer
Parker J. Palmer is a writer, teacher, and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality, and social change. The founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal, Palmer has reached millions worldwide through his pioneering work on “living divided no more”—the journey toward rejoining soul and role in […]
Angeles Arrien (1940 – 2014)
Angeles Arrien was a cultural anthropologist, award-winning author, educator, and consultant who dedicated her life to revealing how perennial wisdoms remain relevant to contemporary families, professions, and our relationship with Earth through her groundbreaking synthesis of cross-cultural teachings. She researched, created, and developed the Four-Fold Way Program—a framework based on universal archetypes of the Warrior […]
Charles Eisenstein
Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution whose work has generated a vast online following through his writings and frequent appearances at conferences, radio shows, and podcasts. Graduating from Yale University in 1989 with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, Eisenstein spent ten […]
Bill Plotkin
Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., is a depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and agent of cultural evolution who founded western Colorado’s Animas Valley Institute in 1981 (originally 1980) and has since guided thousands of seekers through nature-based initiatory passages, including a contemporary Western adaptation of the pan-cultural vision fast, having previously been a research psychologist studying non-ordinary states […]
Jill Purce
Jill Purce is a British voice teacher, Family Constellations therapist, and author who pioneered the international sound healing movement in the 1970s through her rediscovery of ancient vocal techniques, introducing the teaching of group overtone chanting (producing a single note whilst amplifying vocal harmonics), and demonstrating the spiritual potential of the voice as a magical […]