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Susan Taylor is a nationally recognized biochemist, medical consultant, teacher, and author. Dr. Taylor holds a doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in nutritional biochemistry. Acclaimed for blending Western scientific scholarship with a deep understanding of Eastern...
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Danya Uriel - Reportedly found singing to her "angel friends" at age two, Danya grew up surrounded by her musical family in the mountains of...
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The Denma Translation Group is led by Kidder Smith and James Gimian. Smith directs the Asian Studies Department at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Gimian is publisher of Shambhala Sun magazine and a publishing consultant. The other members of the group have worked...
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The Monks of New Skete live in upstate New York and belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church. For 31 years, the Monks of New Skete have been raising and training dogs for a large part of their livelihood. As a result of the growing demand for advice on dogs, the Monks wrote How to Be Your...
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Alex Theory co-organized the 2007 World Sound Healing Conference and the September 2007 Global Om project. He draws upon his extensive training in psychology, shamanic practice, and music production to develop new modalities in music and sound therapy....
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Mark Thornton is the world's first executive meditation coach. Trained as an investment banker, he was interim Chief Operating Officer for JP Morgan in London. A student and practitioner of meditation for over 20 years, Mark Thornton has worked with over 30 teachers in 7...
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Robert Thurman currently teaches at Columbia University and holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in America. He received Upasika ordination in 1964 and Vajracharya ordination in 1971, both from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is a cofounder of Tibet House in New York City,...
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Colin Tipping was born in England and taught at London University before immigrating to the United States in 1984. With his wife JoAnn, he co founded the Georgia Cancer Help Program and Together-We-Heal, Inc., and founded The Institute for Radical Forgiveness Therapy and...
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Spiritual Teacher and author Eckhart Tolle was born in Germany and educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge. At the age of twenty-nine a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his life. The next few years were devoted to understanding, integrating and deepening...
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Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D., is an award-winning dietitian with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, California, specializing in eating disorders. She was the nutrition expert for Good Morning America and the national spokesperson for the American Dietetic...
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Lynne Twist is a global activist, author, and teacher, who has devoted her life to sustainability and economic integrity. An original staff member of The Hunger Project, she is author of The Soul of Money (W.W. Norton, 2003) and president and founder of The Soul of Money Institute....
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The warrior-philosopher Sun Tzu composed The Art of War during the Warring States period of ancient China, which lasted from the fifth to the third century B.C.E....
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Jai Uttal is a pioneer in the world music community. His eclectic east-meets-west sound has put his music at the forefront of the world fusion movement. Jai Uttal's musical roots embrace a rich variety of cultures and traditions that span the globe and the centuries. From the hillbilly music of...
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Iyanla Vanzant has more than 8 million books in print. She is the author of five New York Times bestsellers including Yesterday I Cried (Fireside, 2000), One Day My Soul Just Opened Up (Fireside, 1998) and In the Meantime (Fireside, 1999). Iyanla Vanzant appears frequently on...
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Vargo is a project between singer Stephanie Hundertmark and producer/musician Ansgar Üffink. Based in Hamburg, Vargo enjoy the honor of being the first German act featured on the Cafe del Mar series....
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Lad Vasant is a native of India who has been a practitioner and professor of Ayurvedic medicine for more than 20 years. He served as Medical Director of the Ayurveda Hospital in Pune, India for three years. He also held the position of professor of clinical medicine for 12 years. Dr. Lad's academic...
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Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee was born in London in 1953 and has followed the Naqshbandi Sufi path since the age of 19, after meeting Irina Tweedie, author of Daughter of Fire: A Diary of a Spiritual Training with a Sufi master. He has specialized in the area of...
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Glen Velez is an internationally recognized master drummer, composer, scholar, and teacher who has merged his background in Western percussion with the study of frame drum performance styles. In creating his own music, he draws on drumming techniques from South India, Asia, Egypt, and elsewhere....
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Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira are living proof of the power of A Course in Miracles to completely transform our lives. A teaching couple and the authors of Take Me to Truth, Nouk and Tomas specialize in translating the wisdom of the Course into a practical...
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Susan Wagner, DVM, MS, of Columbus, Ohio, is a respected veterinary neurologist and a pioneer in the area of human–animal bond.She is an active public speaker and adjunct faculty at the Ohio State University College....
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Wah! has spent a lifetime immersed in music, studying in the U.S., India, and Africa. In 1995 she began touring with her band, building a devoted fan base, and performing in local nightclubs and yoga centers. Wah! has worked and performed with some of today's top...
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Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1983, Alice Walker is recognized as one of the major writers of our time. Her novels include The Third Life of Grange Copeland; Meridian; The Temple of My Familiar; and Possessing the Secret of Joy. The Color Purple...
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Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is the founder and resident teacher of Ligmincha Institute in Virginia, and was one of the first lamas to bring the Bön Dzogchen teachings to the West. He lived and studied with Tibetan masters of Bön Buddhism from the age of 13 until completing an eleven year...
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Alan Watts was born in London, studied with D.T. Suzuki and Christmas Humphreys, and later moved to the United States, where he became famous as a leader of the San Francisco counterculture in the 1960s. Watts played a crucial rolein integrating of Oriental philosophy into the emerging world view...
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Dr. Andrew Weil is a clinical professor of internal medicine and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona's Health Sciences Center in Tucson. He received an AB degree in biology (botany) from Harvard and his MD from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Weil is an...
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John Welwood is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist whose innovative work integrates Eastern contemplative teachings with Western psychotherapeutic insight. He and his wife Jennifer lead workshops about conscious relationship throughout North America and Europe. He is also an associate...
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Tim Wheater is a flautist, composer, performer and teacher. His multidimensional talent has enabled him to work with diverse groups such as major symphony orchestras, the popular rock band the Eurythmics and jazz soloist James Galway at the Eastman School of Music in New York....
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David Whyte grew up among the hills and valleys of Yorkshire, England. A captivating speaker with a compelling blend of poetry and insightful commentary, David Whyte is one of the few poets to take his perspectives on creativity into the field of organizational development,...
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Ken Wilber is one of the most influential and widely read American philosophers of our time. His writing has been translated into more than 20 languages. Ken Wilber is the author of many books, including The Spectrum of Consciousness, The Eye of Spirit, Grace and Grit, Sex,...
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Robert Anton Wilson, Ph.D. is a prolific writer, philosopher, and futurist. After receiving his degree in electrical engineering from Brooklyn Polytechnical, he received his Ph.D. in psychology from Hawthorne College. He is known best for his many books, which include the award winning...
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Dr. Fred Alan Wolf is a physicist, writer, and lecturer who earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at UCLA in 1963. He was featured in the groundbreaking film, What the Bleep Do We Know? and has written many popular books on physics, including the National Book Award winning Taking the...
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Stephen Wolinsky began his clinical practice in 1974 as a Gestalt and Reichian therapist and trainer. In 1977 he journeyed to India to study meditation for nearly six years. He has trained in classical hypnosis, psychosynthesis, and transactional analysis, and taught Ericksonian hypnosis and family...
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Marion Woodman is a writer, international teacher and workshop leader, and Jungian analyst. With over a half-million books in print, she is one of the most widely read authors on analytical and feminine psychology of our times. Marion Woodman is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. Her...
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Roger Woolger, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst, past-life therapist and professional lecturer with degrees in psychology, religion and philosophy from Oxford and London Universities. He trained as an analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich. Dr. Woolger has served as a Visiting Professor at Vassar...
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Wyoma has been teaching and performing the dances of Africa and the African diaspora for more than twenty years. She received a degree in dance from The Naropa Institute and has studied with Baba Olatunji, Rose Marie Guiraud, C.K. Ganyo, and many other experts in African, Caribbean, Brazilian, and...
Photo of Savina Yannatou
From the fertile landscape of the Mediterranean rim comes this evocative new offering of songs from Savina Yannatou, one of the region’s most stellar voices today. Yannatou has been hailed throughout Europe for her ability to enrapture audiences with the ancient tonal textures and unheard...
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YofiYah is the founder of Hebrew, or Kabbalistic, Kirtan, an ecstatic practice based on the chanting of sacred Hebrew texts and Names of God. She is the creator of Vocal Discovery, a unique method for personal transformation and community building through the power of sound and song; and the Tone...
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Shinzen Young is the founder of the Vipassana Support Institute and many other meditation centers around the country....