Author, Teacher, Shaman Don Miguel Ruiz was born into a family of healers and raised in rural Mexico by a curandera (healer/ medicine woman) mother and a nagual (shaman) grandfather. Although the family could sense that Miguel was next in line to carry on the ancestral Toltec lineage of the Eagle Night, he became distracted by the modern world and chose instead to become a surgeon and medical doctor.

Writer and TV/ Film producer Well known for authoring the best selling book The Secret and producing the companion DVD, Byrne advocates the belief that we can all transcend our suffering by positive thinking, visualizing, and affirming what it is we desire with complete conviction, words, and actions. She has been listed among Time Magazine’s list of 100 people who shape the world and has also produced several television shows.

Ram Dass ( which means “Servant of God”) acquired his name from his guru Neem Karoli Baba. In 1971 he published Be Here Now, his seminal book on spirituality, yoga, and meditation. His most recent work released in September of 2013 is a memoir and summary of his teachings titled Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart also a new fully revised edition of Grist for the Mill: Awakening to Oneness has just been released.

Marianne Williamson first came onto the scene in the 1980s and is now an internationally acclaimed author, lecturer, and one of the most respected female voices on modern-day spirituality. Marianne’s wisdom is based upon and steeped in A Course in Miracles – a self-study program of spiritual psychotherapy, based on universal spiritual themes. Marianne already has a distinguished legacy with a legion of books under her wing, each flying its flags in its own right with 4 New York Times best-sellers respectively.

Michael A. Singer is the author of the New York bestseller, The Untethered Soul, which has also been published in multiple countries and languages around the world including Turkey, Brazil, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, China, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Poland, and Italy. As Bikram Choudhury (founder of Bikram Yoga) quite simply put it “The Untethered Soul, in a clear practical manner, shows the reader how to achieve the real goal of human life–“self-realization”.

Following the thread of curiosity about mind and body, Rodney Yee has took his first yoga class in 1980. He went to yoga in search of flexibility and found a practice that would turn into his life-long passion and career. In 1981, Rodney began to study yoga full-time at the San Francisco Iyengar Yoga Institute and at The Yoga Room in Berkeley.

Author and speaker Katie refers to her method of self-inquiry as “The Work” and promotes the idea that we can liberate ourselves from suffering by not believing or listening to negative thoughts and by realizing that those thoughts are not real, that they are not who we are.

Colette Baron-Reid is an internationally renowned intuitive counselor, educator, and #1 bestselling author who helps others recognize and connect with their own intuition, potential, and purpose. A powerful motivational speaker, charismatic broadcast personality, and acclaimed performer, storyteller, and recording artist, Colette uses her extraordinary spiritual gifts to empower her clients to live a life that is ‘awake and authentic’ and to create a reality that is spiritual, deliberate, and meaningful.

Renaissance man, Thomas Moore has been a monk (he belonged to a Catholic, Servite order for 13 years), a psychotherapist (he has practiced for over 20 years), a musician, and a University professor. He is perhaps best known for authoring The New York Times best-seller, Care of the Soul and its best-selling companion volume, Soul Mates.

Sound Healer, Teacher, Author. Tom Kenyon is one of the most respected sound healers in the world and author/ co-author of several books including, Brain States, The Magdalene Manuscript: The Alchemies of Horus & The Sex Magic of Isis, The Hathor Material, and most recently, Great Human Potential which he co-authored with Wendy Kennedy.

Spiritual Leader Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar, and peace activist. During the war in Vietnam, he worked tirelessly for reconciliation between North and South Vietnam and his courageous efforts moved Martin Luther King to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967.

Spiritual Leader. Sri Sri is a humanitarian leader, spiritual teacher, and ambassador of peace. His vision of a stress-free, violence-free society has united millions of people the world over through service projects and the courses of The Art of Living Foundation, which he founded in 1981.

Sonia Choquette is a world-renowned intuitive and spiritual teacher who specializes in helping others recognize that we are all endowed with a sixth sense that we can count on. A masterful teacher committed to strengthening intuition in our daily lives, she is the best-selling author of ten books and numerous audio editions.

Author, Teacher, Publisher. Shakti is a pioneer in the field of personal development. For over 25 years, she has been a best-selling author and internationally renowned teacher of consciousness. Shakti has facilitated thousands of individuals in developing greater awareness, balance, and wholeness in their lives.

Psychologist, Counselor, Author, Teacher, Public Speaker. Sandra Anne Taylor is an international speaker, counselor, and consultant who lectures throughout the world on the power of eternal consciousness and personal energy. Her popular radio show, Living Your Quantum Success, explores these principles and offers insight, advice, and readings to people all over the world. It can be heard every Monday on Hay House Radio.

Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet was born in Mowlana Jalaluddin Balkhi, in Balkhi Province, Afghanistan, then on the eastern edge of the Persian Empire, and was descended from a long line of Islamic jurists, theologians, and mystics, including his father, who was known by followers of Rumi as “Sultan of the Scholars”.

As co-founder and president of the Tibet House New York Robert Thurman is a recognized worldwide authority on religion and spirituality, Asian history, world philosophy, Buddhist science, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Robert Thurman is an eloquent advocate of the relevance of Buddhist ideas to our daily lives.

Pema Chodron is a leading exponent of teachings on meditation and how they apply to everyday life. She is widely known for her charming and down-to-earth interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism for Western audiences.