Peter Russell is an author, physicist and meditation teacher focusing on consciousness and spirituality. In 1982, he coined the term “global brain” with his 1980s bestseller of the same name.

Cindy Wigglesworth, author of SQ21, is a recognized expert in the field of Spiritual Intelligence. She’s also a public speaker, leadership consultant, executive coach and founder of Deep Change.

Bishop Spong, whose books have sold more than a million copies, is a retired bishop of the Episcopal Church and is a visiting lecturer at Harvard and at universities and churches worldwide.

Maria Nemeth has over twenty-five years experience as an internationally acclaimed coach and counselor. She is renowned for her insight and remarkable body of work. As a sought after coach for individuals and groups in state and federal agencies, and corporate settings, Dr. Nemeth has a treasure trove of practical ways to transform lives.

Matthew Fox is an acclaimed spiritual theologian, an Episcopal priest and an activist who was a member of the Dominican Order. He holds a doctorate in the History and Theology of Spirituality.

Russell James is the UK’s Leading Raw Chef according to The Times and is author of 6 raw food recipe eBooks. He is a teacher to over 43,000 raw food enthusiasts all over the world at TheRawChef.com.

Joan Borysenko, PhD, is a pioneer in integrative medicine and a world-renowned expert in the mind/body connection. She authored many bestselling books, including Minding The Body, Mending The Mind.

Rami Shapiro is an award-winning poet, liturgist, essayist and is widely recognized as one of the most creative figures in contemporary American Judaism. He currently directs the One River Foundation.

Elena Brower brings practical, day-to-day relevance to yoga practice. Her classes are a masterful, candid blend of artful alignment and attention cues; pure empowerment for your body, mind and heart.

Diarmuid O’Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order, is a social psychologist most of whose working life has been in social ministry. He authored the bestselling book, Quantum Theology.

Yasmin Mogahed is a writer, speaker and author Reclaim Your Heart. Most of her work focuses on spiritual and personal development. She holds a BS in Psychology and Masters in Journalism and Mass Comm.

Brian McLaren is an author, speaker, pastor and networker among innovative Christian leaders, thinkers and activists. He’s often been named as one of the most influential Christian leaders in America.

Modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Cynthia Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom path.

Rabbi Chava Bahle travels the country to inspire people of all faiths. She is an ordained rabbi in Jewish Renewal, and an ordained Maggid, a Jewish inspirational preacher and story teller.

Brian Johnson is a philosopher & CEO committed to helping people optimize their lives so we can change the world together. He created en*theos, Philosopher’s Notes, Optimal Living 101, Zaadz & eteamz.

Sarah McLean is the bestselling author of Soul-Centered and founder of McLean Meditation Institute. She is an inspiring, contemporary meditation teacher who makes meditation accessible to everyone.

Rev. Michael Dowd is an evolutionary theologian and evangelist for an honorable relationship to the future. He is an outspoken “New Theist” and author of the bestselling book, Thank God for Evolution.

Fred Stella began his spiritual search within the Hindu Dharma at the age of 15. He was initiated into his specific tradition over 25 years ago. His training includes time spent in temples and ashrams both here and in India. His articles have appeared in  Hindu Vishwa, India Link and Hinduism Today magazines.

Lloyd Geering (D.D., University of Otago, New Zealand) is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. A public figure of considerable renown in New Zealand, he is in constant demand as a lecturer and as a commentator on religion and related matters on both television and radio.

Richard Rohr is a Franciscan friar ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church in 1970. He is an internationally known inspirational speaker and has published numerous recorded talks and books, most recently Yes, And…: Daily Meditations, Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, and The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See.

After 27 years, Bruce has recently resigned from congregational ministry and has launched his online site Home for Evolving Mystics, dedicated to inspiring and re-Sourcing every day mystics on their evolving soul-path. He is a speaker and author of popular books on Evolutionary Christianity.

Roger Wolsey, author of Kissing Fish: Christianity for People Who Don’t Like Christianity, is an ordained United Methodist pastor and President of the Board of Directors of the Boulder International Fringe Festival. He also blogs for Elephant Journal, Patheos, and Huffington Post.

Gretta Vosper is a minister and atheist. She is the founder of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity and bestselling author of two books, With Or Without God and Amen.

For nearly 30 years, David has traveled the world as a New Thought musician, workshop/retreat facilitator and keynote speaker of choice in many nationwide churches, centers and global organizations.

John D. Crossan is generally acknowledged to be the premier historical Jesus scholar in the world. His books include The Historical Jesus, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, and Who Killed Jesus? He recently appeared in the PBS special “From Jesus to Christ.”

David Richo, Ph.D., M.F.T., is a psychotherapist, teacher, workshop leader, and writer who works in Santa Barbara and San Francisco California. He combines Jungian, poetic, and mythic perspectives in his work with the intention of integrating the psychological and the spiritual. His books and workshops include attention to Buddhist practices.

Sara Davidson is the New York Times best-selling author of The December Project, Loose Change, Leap! and JOAN: Forty Years of Love, Loss and Friendship with Joan Didion.

Janet Bray Attwood is the co-author of the New York Times Bestseller, “The Passion Test-The Effortless Path To Discovering Your Life Purpose”, and co-author of “From Sad to Glad: 7 Steps to Facing Change with Love and Power”.

Karen Salmansohn is an ex-Senior VP award winning ad writer/creative director (at age 27) who left her successful advertising career (having worked as a writer/creative director/image consultant for J. Walter Thompson, McCann Erickson, Young + Rubicam, Averett, Free + Ginsberg, MTV, VH-1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Lifetime, E!, CNBC, NBC, Oxygen, Lee Hunt Associates, L’Oreal, Revlon, Avon, Blue Q, etc) to pursue her passion of writing.

Marlin grew up in Highland Park, Illinois. He received a BA in Sociology from Tulane University in 1990. Upon graduation he relocated to Kyoto, Japan where he worked and studied for two years. Leaving Japan, he and a friend took a three-year, 20,000-mile, around-the-world odyssey on mountain bikes. The trip took him through the Himalayas, across parts of the Gobi desert, Tibet, India, Pakistan, through the middle-east from Syria to Egypt, across Eastern Europe and North America.