Teachers

The teachers (retreats, conversations, and other events)

(Click on the teacher's photo to find their individual page with past events)

Aashti

Born in Quebec, Aashti is a therapist, spiritual teacher, a lover of nature, and an alchemical shaman. She has been guiding people on their inner journey for 28 years. She met Osho in the late 1980s, and lived and worked as a therapist for five years at his center in India. In 2014, she went through major challenges which shook her deeply and dissolved the identification of the « I ». In that surrender JOY, PEACE and LOVE emerged. Her down to earth approach, her clear vision and intuition coupled with a keen understanding of the human psyche, are helping people to cut through their identifications and reconnect with their inner wisdom and intelligence. She invites you to trust the calling home from the Heart bringing you to SELF. ecole-intuition.com

Amoda Maa

Amoda Maa is a contemporary spiritual teacher and author. After years of spiritual seeking, meditation, and immersion in psycho-spiritual practices, an experience of the dark night of the soul led her to a profound inner awakening. Then, after a long period of integration, she began speaking from silence in small gatherings. Today she offers meetings and retreats, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, attracting spiritual seekers and people looking for peace and fulfillment in an increasingly chaotic world. Her teachings are free of religion and tradition, and she brings to them a deep understanding of the human journey, born out of her own experience. Amoda Maa is the author of Radical Awakening and the recently released Embodied Enlightenment. www.amodamaa.com.

Ananta Kranti

Ananta brings a direct and ‘down to earth’ approach that points to, and reveals the deep inner knowing of who we Are as Freedom itSelf. In 1996 a profound shift in consciousness took place when she was in solitary confinement in a prison in Japan. While the intense pain and struggle on the physical level continued, True Being revealed itself as this inherent beauty, Eternal Light, that we all already Are. Ananta is known for her directness, with depth of presence as well as an integrated view of Self-realization through all facets of authentic living in the sometimes challenging ordinariness of daily life. She plays the role of teacher, spiritual guide and friend, as she meets all in the heart of Truth as her own Self, just as it is.
www.ananta-kranti.com

Bart ten Berge & Georgi Y. Johnson

Bart and Georgi are spiritual teachers who met in Israel and fell in love through a shared process of self-discovery and spiritual inquiry. Bart studied medicine and psychology before training in homeopathic medicine and spiritual healing with the late Bob Moore. For some 30 years, he has run Chashymie – an international school of spiritual healing. Georgi was born in England and moved to Israel at age 21. She has been a meditator since childhood and is author of I AM HERE - Opening the Windows to Life & Beauty - a book on nonduality and perception. Currently based in Israel, Bart & Georgi offer private sessions and hold weekly peace meditations. They also conduct international retreats in the UK, US and the Netherlands. perception.inner-growth.org

Brian Piergrossi

When Brian was struck by chronic fatigue syndrome at age 20, he made it his life commitment to inquire into human suffering and studied many different fields, including enlightenment and self-realization teachings. After leading a quiet, simple life for over a decade, he felt a passionate calling to share his straightforward, timeless, spiritual truths for the 21st Century in a modern context. Since that time, Brian has dedicated himself to supporting the path of transformation, spiritual liberation and Self-Realization in individuals, families and communities around the world. Author of The Big Glow and The Wow of the Now, he is a Life Coach and Spiritual Teacher. www.brianpiergrossi.com

Burt Harding

My search ended when I had a vision of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi while working as a physiotherapist. Much later, in 2000, I realized through a conflicted relationship that I didn’t know anything but was a human being, that is, BEING playing the role of Burt. My theme has been to help others realize how fortunate they are to be born human especially at this time of great change. It challenges us to discover our own true nature as unconditional love. There isn’t much to say about me except that I have learned to trust Life as perfect love. I have published two books (both translated into Russian), and I have been interviewed by Rick Archer on Buddha at the gas pump. www.burtharding.com.

Byron Katie

Byron Katie has one job: to show people how to stop suffering. When Katie appears, lives change. In 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year spiral into depression, rage, and self-loathing, Katie woke up one morning to a state of constant joy that has never left her. She realized that when she believed her stressful thoughts, she suffered, but that when she questioned them, she didn't suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Her simple yet powerful process of inquiry is called The Work. Her public events, workshops, and intensives, her School for The Work, and Turnaround House have brought freedom to people all over the world. Byron Katie's six books include the bestselling Loving What Is, I Need Your Love—Is That True?, and A Thousand Names for Joy. thework.com.

Canela Michelle Meyers

Canela Michelle has been offering loving support to people around the world in the form of Satsang gatherings and sessions since 1999. She has supported thousands of people to relax open to all happenings as Love; including that which appears in each moment that might look not so loving. Canela Michelle is in service in supporting the recognition of Love as it plays in each moment... as you, as the other, as the situations that appear -- All of What Is... Awareness of That. She has been one of the speakers at the Paradoxica Nondual Psychology Conference at the Univ. of Lethbridge, and at the SAND conference in California. You can find out all about her, interviews, schedule, videos & her book: 'Right Here, Right Now Meditations' at www.canelamichelle.com.

Della

Della was struck by Oneness and its Unconditional Love in 2005. The Presence that took over from within made notions of personality, beliefs, and conditioning fade away, creating space for a wider range of experiences of Oneness and Perfection. An emergency room physician at that time, she saw surprising spontaneous healings happen around her. As judgments faded away gradually, it became obvious, though, that no experience was more precious than another. All was emerging from the simple movement of Life Itself. Della is now offering talks, healing circles and retreats, where she invites people to recognize the already perfect Intimacy within, and to realize our True Nature which is always here and now, without any conditions. www.dellainvitation.com.

Devaji

Devaji is a modern-day mystic who embodies the heart of unconditional love. For nearly 20 years, he has been devoted to guiding seekers who are wholly committed to freedom on a heart-opening journey of liberation. His loving wisdom and devotion offer a unique look at the non-dual teachings, where the personal relationship and smaller group arena is the framework for where the spiritual rubber meets the road. Devaji leads retreats in California, Hawaii, Mexico, and India, as well as online gatherings available worldwide. With his wife Faith, he lives in Mount Shasta, California, where a dedicated sangha has blossomed around him. He is the author of Illuminated by Love: a Journey Into Your True Self. www.devaji.org

Dorothy Hunt

Dorothy serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha, teaching at the request of Adyashanti. She has practiced psychotherapy since 1967 and is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Self-inquiry, as taught by Ramana Maharshi, led to the first of a series of awakenings. In meeting Adyashanti, she was invited to see beyond identifications with either the Absolute or the relative. She is the author of Only This!, Leaves from Moon Mountain, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness, and a contributing author to The Sacred Mirror, Listening from the Heart of Silence, and the on-line journal Undivided. She offers satsang, retreats, and private meetings in the San Francisco Bay area and elsewhere by invitation. www.dorothyhunt.org

Eli Jaxon-Bear

Eli Jaxon-Bear is the author of An Outlaw Makes It Home, Wake Up and Roar, Sudden Awakening, and Fixation to Freedom. He has worked as a mailboy, dishwasher, steel-worker, teacher and organic farmer. He was a community organizer with VISTA in Chicago and Detroit before entering a doctoral program at the Graduate School of International Studies in Denver, Colorado. He has been living with his partner and wife, Gangaji, since 1976. They currently reside in Ashland, Oregon. Eli meets people and teaches through the Leela Foundation: leela.org.

Ellen Emmet

Ellen’s deepest longing for the absolute was fulfilled when she met her teacher, Francis Lucille. In his presence, over many years, she awakened to her true nature of peace and happiness through continuous and deepening glimpses. The process of aligning and stabilizing her life to and in this beautiful non-dual understanding has never ceased to unfold since then. Today, Ellen has a practice as a Psychotherapist, and facilitator of Authentic Movement. Her background of Dance-Movement Therapy and Transpersonal Psychology has been deeply influenced by the non-dual understanding. Ellen also offers meetings in the Essence of Yoga, an exploration of the body sourced in the tradition of Kashmir Shivaism. During these sessions our true nature is explored at the level of the body. ellenemmet.com.

Francis Bennett

Francis was a Roman Catholic, Trappist monk for a number of years, and he was a member of several monastic communities in the US, France, and Canada. He was an avid spiritual seeker and has studied both the Christian tradition and Buddhist practices. He has led retreats in both traditions, and he has also worked in the area of pastoral care. Since his awakening in 2010, he is now living a ‘new incarnation’ as a spiritual teacher, offering a blend of the Buddhist and contemplative Christian traditions as well as the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, who has been a very profound influence for many years. His book, I Am That I Am, was published in 2013. findinggraceatthecenter.com

Gail Brenner

Gail Brenner, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who joyfully helps people discover that suffering is optional—and a lover of truth with a fire that burns brightly. She is the author of The End of Self-Help: Discovering Peace and Happiness Right at the Heart of Your Messy, Scary, Brilliant Life. Gail has worked with clients and groups for over 20 years, bringing laser-like clarity to the confusion of common human problems, such as reactive emotions, feelings of personal inadequacy, and relationship struggles. She offers the loving presence that invites people into harmony with all of life. To learn more, please visit GailBrenner.com where you'll find hundreds of articles, guided audio meditations, and videos.

Gangaji

Gangaji shares a simple message: This is an invitation to shift your allegiance from the activities of your mind to the eternal presence of your being. As a teacher and author, Gangaji travels the world speaking to seekers from all walks of life. She shares her direct experience of the essential message she received from Papaji and offers it to all who want to discover true and lasting fulfillment. Through her life and words, she powerfully articulates how it is really possible to discover the truth of who you are and be true to that discovery. gangaji.org

Gina Lake

Gina Lake is a non-dual spiritual teacher and the author of over twenty books about awakening to one’s true nature. She is also a gifted channel with a master's degree in Counseling Psychology and over 25 years’ experience supporting people in their spiritual growth. In 2012, Jesus began dictating books through her. These teachings from Jesus are based on universal, non-dual truth, not on any religion. Then, in November of 2017, Jesus asked Gina and her husband, Nirmala, who is also a non-dual spiritual teacher, to offer Christ Consciousness transmissions to groups online, which they’ve been doing every Sunday since then. Gina’s website offers information about her books and online course, a free e-book, and audio and video recordings: www.RadicalHappiness.com.

Gloriji

Gloriji is a shamanic practitioner, healer and spiritual teacher. She had a spontaneous awakening during a a dark night of the soul in 2003. She spent the better part of a decade healing and integrating as realization deepened into her lived experience. She has a thriving healing practice, teaches and holds satsang in her local community. She’s also available for Skype sessions. You can find more information on her website: www.gloriji.com

Grace Bubeck

A psychologist (MSc), philosopher (PhD), and massage therapist by professional training and work history, I left a first career in academia at the London School of Economics to become a body-mind therapist and a personal development and meditation teacher. My healing journey branched out into an intense spiritual search until I found my teacher Gangaji. She took the wind out of the sails of searching and the drama of ‘me and my life’. Awakening is deepening as I’m finding a way of living it in this life. I offer in person therapy and workshops as well as online groups and retreats. I’ve written a book on ‘Deepening into Love: the wounded healer’s journey’ (forthcoming). www.gracebubeck.com.

Jeannie McGillivray

Jeannie McGillivray extends regular invitation through Satsang and retreats to deeply explore existence together, with innocence and authenticity, thus enabling us to move beyond conceptual limitations and belief into a truthful and direct experience of what we truly are and how we experience the world. She is also the co-founder of premier non-duality portal www.meetingtruth.com.
More info about Jeannie at www.vitalaliveness.com.

Joan Ruvinsky

After encountering numerous dead-ends in the path-finding project and collecting the regular approbations from various yoga lineage explorations, Joan was drawn back to the solitude of the mountains. There what was recognised led to her meeting Jean Klein in 1989. Klein, having never taken himself to be a teacher, eliminated the need to be a student, to have a path, a method or a goal. At home in the non-dual wisdom teachings, Joan has been offering satsang, and body and breath sensing in the Kashmir Yoga tradition, in Montreal and at retreats around Canada and the US, both in French and English. Her forthcoming book is entitled Live Like a Casserole: Musings on Non-Duality in Everyday Life. pathlessyoga.com

Joan Tollifson

Joan has roots in both Zen and Advaita, but she belongs to no formal tradition. Her bare-bones approach is simple, direct and down-to-earth. She points beyond concepts and beliefs to the immediacy of direct knowing and being and the simplicity of what is. Joan is the author of Nothing to Grasp; Painting the Sidewalk with Water: Talks and Dialogs about Nonduality; Awake in the Heartland: The Ecstasy of What Is; and Bare-Bones Meditation: Waking Up from the Story of My Life. Joan has been offering meetings about non-duality since 1996. She is currently working on a book about aging and dying. www.joantollifson.com.

John Prendergast

John J. Prendergast, PhD, is the author of In Touch: How to Tune in to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself (Sounds True, 2015), a retired professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the senior editor of The Sacred Mirror (with P. Fenner and S. Krystal) and Listening From the Heart of Silence (with K. Bradford). He is in private practice in San Rafael, Ca, facilitates two ongoing self-inquiry groups, and offers periodic workshops and retreats. www.listeningfromsilence.com

Joi Sharp

Since Joi was a small child she was always aware of a presence of Love all around her, and this presence has been her constant companion through many different stages of her journey. Joi met Amma in 1993, and spent ten years at her ashram in India where most of what she believed in was stripped away. Joi delights in deepening her direct relationship with the Totality, and this is her priority in Life. She directly knows that the Totality is using our body as a sensing guide for consciousness, and that the body/mind is being transformed by its direct and uncompromised relationship with the Totality. Her story can be viewed at BATGAP.com. Her website is www.joisharp.com.

Jon Bernie

Jon Bernie, author of Ordinary Freedom, is a contemporary spiritual teacher who offers a compassionate, heart-centered approach to spiritual awakening. A former Zen monk with decades of training in the Buddhist and Advaita traditions, Jon was formally asked to teach by Adyashanti in 2002. Jon is also an experienced healer and teacher of somatic embodiment, and guides people intuitively on a deep energetic level to foster emotional healing and alignment with their true nature. Jon offers retreats and satsang in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, as well as private sessions in person or by phone or Skype. Free videos and podcasts of his teachings are available at his website: www.jonbernie.org.

Karen Richards

Karen's sudden awakening had a permanent effect on how life was seen and experienced from that moment on. Dedication to Truth it seems, requires on-going inquiry into divisive ways of seeing and being. Karen made a full commitment to surrender to this apparent process of seeing and unravelling unconscious tendencies, which continues to this day. About 3 years after the initial recognition, Karen was inspired to start to share her experience on social media and from there, invitations from around the world to share with groups and individuals started to unfold. Karen is available as a mentor, supporting individuals and groups with self-inquiry. She has a deep passion for living Truth, for supporting others that share that commitment and promotes independence in conscious living. www.karen-richards.com.

Leonard Jacobson

Leonard Jacobson is an awakened spiritual teacher, mystic and gifted healer, who teaches throughout the US, Europe, Australia, China and Japan. He quit his career as a barrister in 1979 and set off on a long journey of spiritual discovery which took him around the world, eventually leading to his first spontaneous spiritual awakening in 1981. This was followed by a series of further awakenings, occurring approximately every three years. As a result of these experiences, he is able to guide others into the direct experience of the awakened state of love and Oneness. He also shares how to integrate awakened consciousness into everyday life and relationships. Leonard is the author of five books, including his latest, Journey into Now. www.leonardjacobson.com.

Lisa Schumacher

Lisa is driven by the desire for all to have the opportunity to attend Satsang and discover for themselves that it is possible to realize the source of fulfillment, peace, and living love, right now. At a time of profound disillusionment with life and relationships, she met Gangaji who said, “Be your Natural Self.” Upon hearing this, Lisa fell into a deep bow of surrender, having finally been welcomed Home to her own heart just as she is. Several years ago, Gangaji asked Lisa to meet with others and share this alive and true secret that is no longer a secret; it is the Living Truth of your Being. www.satsangwithlisa.org.

Loch Kelly

Loch Kelly, M.Div., LCSW is the author of the new book Shift into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Open-Hearted Awareness, which was just named “Top 10 Books of the Year” by Spirituality & Health Magazine. He is an educator, psychotherapist and nondual teacher invited to teach by both Mingyur Rinpoche and Adyashanti. Loch has worked in community mental health, addiction recovery and counseled family members of 9/11. He is the founder of the non-profit Open-Hearted Awareness Institute. Loch collaborates with neuroscientists at Yale, UPenn and NYU to study how awareness training enhances compassion and wellbeing. For more information, visit www.lochkelly.org.

Marlies Cocheret de la Morinière

Marlies brings a potent invitation into the deep Silence that we are. She has been offering satsang and retreat since 2000 when Adyashanti asked her to teach. Marlies is trained as a psychologist in The Netherlands (MA), a Hakomi therapist and a Tantric educator. For 25 years she has been ushering seekers into living the divine in the body. She has a passion and a gift for bringing together the Sensual Body and the Silence of our Being. With love, directness and humor Marlies creates a safe place for discovering and deepening into the Stillness and Love that is our True Nature. She works internationally and lives in Santa Cruz, CA. Marlies is interviewed in the book Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom by RM. Robinson. www.marliescocheret.com.

Michael Damian

I have always been a lover of the absolute. Along the way I found deep enrichment in martial arts, literature, and music. While earning my Ph.D. in psychology I discovered the living tradition of liberation, mainly through Eckhart Tolle and Adyashanti. My life’s inspiration was fulfilled and pure consciousness shined forth as the nature of this very mind, body, earth. I have a love for the perennial wisdom in all of its expressions, including our indigenous roots. My teaching approach is rooted in tradition without being bound to it. I emphasize that we have only to shed the false, and the intellect plays a vital role in revealing what we call the heart: beauty, love, grace. While grace works in mysterious ways, it also works through the elegant logic of truth. www.michaeldamian.org

Miranda Macpherson

Miranda is known for her depth of presence and refined capacity as a guide into direct spiritual experience. She teaches and transmits a powerful synthesis of self-inquiry, depth psychology, devotion and embodiment practices. Hers is an integrated and feminine approach to non-dual realisation inspired by Ramana Maharshi, A Course in Miracles, the Diamond Approach, and extensive study of the world’s wisdom traditions. Her love and clarity offers a deep holding in which to taste greater dimensions of consciousness and explore integration into daily life. Miranda founded the OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation in London and today leads the ‘Awakening Love and Wisdom’ sangha in Marin and Sonoma counties. She is author of ‘Boundless Love’, teaches internationally and resides in San Francisco USA. www.mirandamacpherson.com

Mooji (Anthony Paul Moo-Young)

Advaita zen master Mooji is unlike anyone else you are likely to meet, for he compels one to question one’s very nature and existence. From the very first encounter, people from all walks of life are deeply touched by his indefinable presence. In his direct and open interactions, each one who meets Mooji with a genuine urge for freedom is pulled by his profound unconditional love and the power of his pointings into the recognition of the infinite Self we already are. Mooji presently resides at Monte Sahaja in Portugal where he shares satsang with all those who come with a sincere desire for discovering the Truth. www.mooji.org

Neelam

Neelam is a direct disciple of H.W.L. Poonja, Papaji, whose teacher was Ramana Maharishi. Her unequivocal commitment to Truth helps us turn inward and release underlying patterns of conditioning which block the recognition of our True Nature. She speaks about Awakening, Embodiment and Freedom and teaches us about the functioning of our nervous system and brain and its role in Freedom and in our capacity to Be Here. With utmost tenderness, while helping us to address all aspects of daily living, including past conditioning and trauma, she invites us into the same recognition of Truth that her teacher, Papaji, transmitted to her. www.neelam.org

Nirmala

After a lifetime of spiritual seeking, Nirmala met his teacher, Neelam, a devotee of H.W.L. Poonja (Papaji). She convinced him that seeking wasn't necessary; and after experiencing a profound spiritual awakening in India, he began offering satsang and Non-dual Spiritual Mentoring with Neelam's blessing. Satsang is offered as a celebration of the possibility, in every moment, of recognizing the truth of who we are. Nirmala has a unique vision and a gentle, compassionate approach, which adds to this rich tradition of inquiry into the truth of Being. Nirmala's website offers free e-books, info about non-dual spiritual mentoring and many audios and videos of his teaching: endless-satsang.com.

Padma Wolff

Until satsang came into my life in 1995, most of my life had been spent in the misery of feeling separate and desperately longing for love. Only after giving up all hope of finding it in relationships was it possible for Love to really enter my life – and only then could I open up to a truly loving relationship, which I have been in ever since. Our first commitment is to Love and Truth, and we have found this to be a healthy ground for both, an alive, love-filled relationship, as well as further deepening in the realization and actualization of Love and Freedom. A Leela Therapist since 1999 (with a Masters in psychology), I have a private practice in Hamburg (Germany). I also teach meditation and self-inquiry. Together with my partner Torsten, we offer satsang and retreats internationally, and have co-founded the Bodhisattva School. www.sevaa.de.

Pernilla Lillarose

After connecting with Joel Goldsmiths' teachings in 1987, Pernilla realized Love is All there is. She went straight from heaven to hell for the next many months because she was still excluding parts of herself in this ever present Love. Over the years she learned the healing and transforming power of Self Love and how it brings any disowned parts into embodied Oneness. Pernilla is a passionate Self Love Coach helping Women bridge the gap between who they truly are and who they think they should be. She is a certified Hakomi Practitioner with a private practice in the Santa Cruz mountains, author of 'Imagine Being Kind to YourSelf' and other books, radio host at Unveiled Radio, Meditation teacher at UCSC and founder of 'Women Standing For Love.' www.lillarose.com

Prajna O'Hara

Prajna is an author, seasoned dharma teacher and trauma-informed Hakomi therapist. She carries a message that vividly charts the universal themes within the scar tissue of our human stories as doorways to a deeper, more connected life of intrinsic value. After decades of credentialed training, in-depth practice, and years of samadhi, the three-month premature birth of twins catapulted her into a fierce dark night. Throughout a humbling course of single parenting children that do not meet “normative” standards, an embodied dharma practice arose as a prayer of the collective heart. All of her work is a response to love as awareness in action forever birthing new possibilities, new ways of living in harmony with ourselves, each other and our earth mother. prajnaohara.com

Prajnaparamita

Born in the Netherlands, Prajnaparamita has been in search of her true nature since childhood. When eventually she met a truly awakened soul she surrendered her heart, her mind and her life. For twenty years Prajnaparamita has been offering satsang worldwide. Her teaching is universal, her expression vital, playful and deeply free. With piercing clarity, one is guided to see the illusory nature of ideas and beliefs. Nothing needs to be understood, done or solved to realise the supreme reality, the Self of all that exists. It is the dedication to truth that yields awakening, an overwhelming dawn of peace and unconditional love. Prajnaparamita has a ‘Centre for Awakening and Natural Living’ in France, where she offers guidance on awakening. www.prajnaparamita.nl

Sarah Taylor

Sarah is a spiritual and creative mentor, as well as an actor, writer, and stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles. Due to a series of profound awakenings, she underwent a radical inner transformation, eventually leading to an abiding revelation of her true nature. Delighting in being nothing and everything, today she works with modern mystics who want to realize the deepest truth of their being and honor its unique expression. Creativity and spirituality are gloriously interconnected. Sarah is the creator of the touring comedy show The Divine Mess Show, an online series called Teddy Talks, and is currently writing a book on the divine mess of awakening. She holds group meetings, immersions, and retreats, and mentors people one-on-one. www.sarahtaylor.org

Scott Kiloby

“There is nothing sweeter than seeing the emptiness of all things.”
This is what Scott's work is all about. Scott is the author of “Love’s Quiet Revolution: The End of the Spiritual Search,” “Reflections of the One Life: Daily Pointers to Enlightenment,” Living Realization: Your Present Experience As It Is,” and The Living Inquiries. He is also the creator of a new addiction/recovery method called Natural Rest for Addiction along with an effective tool for dissolving addiction called the Compulsion Inquiry. The Natural Rest website is www.naturalrestforaddiction.com. Scott’s main site is www.kiloby.com. It is a portal to all of Scott’s site and online material.

ShantiMayi

ShantiMayi is the only westerner and the only woman ever to carry the grace of her lineage. The Sacha lineage is said to date back to the beginning of this universal cycle and exists solely for the purpose of the enlightenment of all beings. In her teaching, ShantiMayi draws upon the quintessence of many traditions. Yet, she speaks from her own direct experience and points us back to ourselves, directing us to return again and again to the wisdom residing within our heart. The deepest peace and stillness can be realized from within ourselves. This peace and stillness is revelation. It is the very same peace and stillness that permeates all of life throughout the universe. www.shantimayi.com

Stephan Bodian

Stephan is a licensed psychotherapist and a teacher in the nondual wisdom tradition of Zen, Dzogchen, and Advaita Vedanta. Trained for many years as a Buddhist monk and invited to teach by Adyashanti, he leads workshops, classes, counseling, and retreats devoted to waking up out of the trance of suffering and realizing our natural state of happiness and peace. Since 2007 he has offered the annual online School for Awakening, a four-month program of teachings, self-inquiry, guided meditation, and dialogue. Stephan is the author of Meditation for Dummies, Wake Up Now, and Beyond Mindfulness, among other books. stephanbodian.org.

Susanne Marie

Susanne Marie's passion is to help inspire, support, and celebrate with others to live our common essence as Love and Unity with all life. She has been interviewed on Buddha at the Gas Pump, Conscious TV, and other programs and provides spiritual mentoring support to people who are both seekers of truth as well as those who are now embodying and integrating realization both in person and via Skype. Susanne is a mother to two teens, and parents, teaches, and lives in Northern California. She holds an open hearted approach welcoming all aspects of Self to be seen and met in the heart. susannemarie.org

Tim Freke

Tim is a maverick philosopher and spiritual pioneer whose work has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. He is the author of more than 30 books, which have been translated into 15 languages, including a top 10 international bestseller and UK Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year'. Tim has been exploring the 'deep awake' state since he was 12 years old and is able to guide others directly to it. He presents life transforming 'Mystery Experience' retreats and entertaining evenings of 'standup philosophy' throughout the world, in which he wakes people up to a 'deep knowing' that all is one and what really matters is love. To find out about forthcoming events and watch the beautiful Mystery Experience movie visit www.TheMysteryExperience.com

Torsten Bruegge

Torsten met teachers from the lineage of the East-Indian sage Sri Ramana Maharshi in the mid nineties. In 1998 his teacher Gangaji encouraged him to share his experience of freedom with others. Since then he has been available for satsang, seminars and retreats. Torsten is a licensed healing practitioner and shiatsu therapist. He has studied medicine and psychology and has worked in the social-psychiatric field for many years. Author of several articles in German spiritual magazines, his latest book Better than happiness – Pointers to a fulfilled life was published in 2012. www.satsang-mit-torsten.de

Unmani

Unmani is originally from the UK, but has lived a nomadic life in many countries around the world from the age of 18. Since she was a child, Unmani never identified with the role she seemed to be playing as a person living a life. However, she felt very lost and alone in a world that everyone else seemed to take so seriously. Unmani's main inspiration has come from Osho and Dolano. After years of searching to find a way out of pain, she met the German Zen master, Dolano in India. With her, Unmani recognized that what she had been searching for had always been right here. She woke up to the dream, time stopped and the search ended. Unmani began holding meetings and retreats around the world 3 years later She is the author of two books ‘I am Life itself’ and ‘Die to Love’ and is now writing a third book. www.dietolove.com.

Will Pye

Will Pye inspires realization of the joyful peace present in each moment and love at core of experience. Connecting people with purpose he empowers thriving lives of service. Communicating with groups globally as social entrepreneur, teacher, coach, speaker and author his work is summed up by 'integrating'; integrating psychological wholeness and spiritual awakening , science and spirituality, reason and intuition, personal growth and wellbeing with collective evolution and social justice. Insights from 15yrs study, practice and exploration into consciousness and transformation are shared with humour and love as Will facilitates tension, problem and despair into peace, opportunity and joy. www.willpye.com

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