Michael Ventura is a leader, practitioner, and educator centered in the practice of empathy. He works with individuals seeking acceptance and transformation through the Indigenous traditions of the Nahua peoples. He’s facilitated retreats and seminars, sharing his teachings as a means to deeper self-knowledge and well-being.

Michaela Boehm teaches and counsels internationally as an expert in intimacy and relationships. She combines her training in psychology and extensive clinical counseling experience with her training in the yogic arts. She is the author of The Wild Woman’s Way and founder of The Non-Linear Movement Method®.

Michele Cassou, painter and teacher, developed the Point Zero Painting Method, using painting for self-discovery, self-expression, and exploring the spiritual dimensions of the creative process. She is the founder of the Cassou Institute for Creative Freedom and teaches around the world.

Michele Hébert, E RYT-500, co-founder of the Raja Yoga Institute, has been teaching yoga and meditation since 1977 in private practice, yoga teacher trainings, and group retreats. She is the author of The Tenth Door: An Adventure through the Jungles of Enlightenment.

Michele Lilyanna has taught in the Canadian public education system for over thirty years, focusing on social and emotional learning. She has trained extensively in Nonviolent Communication and has had a mindfulness meditation practice for many years. She lives on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia with her partner and two sons.

Micheline Berry infuses world art and culture into her synthesis of Vinyasa yoga, Buddhist meditation/psychology, and creative process. Known for catalyzing personal transformation and liberating creative expression, she leads Liquid Asana™ Yoga+Creativity programs, teacher trainings, and retreats worldwide.

Michelle Becker, LMFT, developed the Cultivating Compassion for Couples program. She is a certified teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion, Compassion Cultivation Training, and The Daring Way™ and Rising Strong™ programs. She teaches and speaks on the topics of compassion for self and others nationally and internationally.

Michelle Brock is an author and a spiritual life coach who specializes in past life regression. Based on her own experience, she is an expert guide to anyone who wishes to discover more about their own journey over many lifetimes.

Michelle Gale is Chief of Staff at Autodesk, board member of the Holistic Life Foundation and Foundation for a Mindful Society, and strategic advisor to Wisdom 2.0 and Mindful Schools. She is a mindfulness educator and author of the book Mindful Parenting in a Messy World. Michelle was previously the head of Learning and Leadership Development at Twitter and spent most of her career working in high-growth technology startups.

Michelle Gannon, PhD, is a San Francisco-based clinical psychologist, relationship expert, and Hold Me Tight® Workshop and Rising Strong™ Workshop leader. She is a certified supervisor and therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Michelle teaches internationally.

Michelle Stransky, founder of WisdomWomen, was previously the conference director at Wisdom 2.0. A former management consultant and executive coach, she is now committed to co-creating community and new models of living and working through the journey of embodied wisdom.

Mike Robbins is the author of Focus on the Good Stuff; Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken; and Nothing Changes Until You Do. He delivers seminars around the world, his books are translated into 14 different languages, and he writes for The Huffington Post.

Mikey Siegel is excited by science and technology supporting human flourishing and collective awakening. He teaches at Stanford University, and is the founder of Consciousness Hacking, BioFluent Technologies, and the Transformative Technology Conference. He received an MS from the MIT Media Lab.

Millana is a leading voice in wellness and a trusted source to a diverse global community of clients. As a woman of color with Afro-Latina/Panamanian, mid-western and British roots she speaks to an audience as diverse as her background. As a wellness entrepreneur and healer she has carved out a unique and modern path for her mission of deep healing and connection for everyone, everywhere.

Mingtong Gu is an internationally recognized teacher and healer who received his training from a variety of Grandmasters in China and at the world's largest qigong hospital.

Mirabai Bush is founder and Senior Fellow at the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. She has been teaching workshops and courses on contemplative practice in life and work for 45 years, integrating her experience in organizational management, teaching, and consulting. A key contributor to Google’s Search Inside Yourself curriculum, Mirabai has studied with many spiritual teachers and co-authored Compassion in Action and Walking Each Other Home with Ram Dass.

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author, internationally acclaimed speaker, and interspiritual teacher. In 2020, she was honored on Watkins’ list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. Mirabai shares her wisdom worldwide on contemplative living, writing as a spiritual practice, and the transformational power of grief and loss.

Miranda Macpherson is a spiritual teacher, author, interfaith minister and musician who has been guiding others into direct experience of The Sacred for over thirty years. She leads the Living Grace Global Sangha, broadcasts extensively and leads retreats internationally.

Misha Rauchwerger began his career studying engineering and physics at Cal Poly, SLO. In addition to years of public school teaching, Misha has taught numerous classes in sustainable design, permaculture, natural building, and fermentation over the last 20 years. He has spent much of his adult life in the building trades, and has studied biodynamic agriculture, permaculture, and environmental studies.

Mollie McNeil, PhD, is a published writer and has lectured in the English departments of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Mills College, and De Anza College. She currently teaches a variety of creative writing classes at the Modern Elder Academy and in various Bay Area workshops.

Monica Hanson is an educator and trainer specializing in the Compassion Program developed at Stanford University. She is also a founding faculty of the Compassion Institute, a global advocate for compassion training in health care, education, law , corporations.

Morris H. Ervin, Jr. is an educator, motivational speaker, and wellness coach committed to helping youth, families, schools, communities, and institutions turn fear into strength and pain into passion. Morris is a mindfulness instructor at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and he was a public school teacher for ten years.

Born into a family of Carnatic musicians in India, Mukund Subramanian offers powerful meditations, rituals, and creative guidance to inspire healing. He holds a PhD in cultural anthropology and developed his Intuitive Healing approach following a 12-year apprenticeship with a traditional healer in northeastern Japan.

Mutima Rose Imani, WisdomWomen steward, is a social justice visionary, trainer, and facilitator. As a global diversity specialist, she is highly skilled at bringing diverse groups together to practice heart centeredness and resolve conflicts. She is inspired to call forth the highest intention and innate wisdom in women for a more loving world.

Narayan (NRYN) is an artist, yogi, music producer and DJ. He creates music informed  by the spiritual practices of yoga, qigong, cha dao, surfing, and dancing. Originally from Detroit USA, Narayan has studied music all his life, including classical piano, Indian kirtan music and electronic music production. He now lives in Bali where he performs music for ceremonial events and yoga classes. His performance group, CulCha Collective, creates tea art combining traditional Chinese dance styles with modern hip hop music. As a student of yoga and qigong, Narayan has practiced Prana Flow Vinyasa Yoga with Shiva Rea since 2010 and Shaolin Kung Fu with the Nam Yang school since 2016. Using his experience in contact dance and breakdance, he hosts ecstatic dance movement labs where he guides yogis to expand their creative movement possibilities.

Nadine McNeil is a Jamaican-born yogini, humanitarian, and passionate storyteller. She is an evolutionary catalyst committed to global transformation. Intricately, she weaves yoga wisdom into a tapestry of former U.N. service, primarily in emergency response and crisis management. In 2010 Nadine founded Universal Empress to amplify her mission.

Marina Cruz is Maya Tz'utujil. She is Ajq'iij also called a Nana or spiritual guide, in Tz'ununya San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala. She is a ceremonial leader and conducts fire and cacao ceremonies and is also a teacher of the Mayan calendar and the Mayan cosmic vision.

Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, an interfaith minister, and the author of The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need and many other books. She is a national speaker on women’s empowerment and well-being.

Nancy Levin is a master coach and best-selling author of several books including Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free (Hay House, January 2020) offering in-depth coaching programs and trainings designed to support clients with permission to put themselves first.

Nancy Lunney-Wheeler, MA, is noted for her work combining Gestalt with music, and with Systemic Constellations. Out of her background in vocal coaching and music theater, she has also developed her popular workshop “Singing Gestalt.” For 30 years Nancy served as director of programs for Esalen Institute, where she now serves as senior advisor.

Nancy Slonim Aronie is an NPR commentator, was awarded teacher of the year from Harvard University, and is the author of Writing from the Heart and Memoir as Medicine. She is the founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard and teaches nationwide at esteemed institutions such as Esalen, Kripalu, and the Omega Institute.

Nancy Winston, L.C.S.W., has been practicing psychotherapy for over 40 years in New York City, Connecticut, Vermont and Florida. She has extensive training with Milton Erickson in hypnosis and psychotherapy, years of study in sensory awareness with Charlotte Selver, and using cybernetic principles in group and family therapy. Winston has developed a unique approach to psychotherapy working with conscious and unconscious communication, blending the principles of hypnosis with the practices of sensory awareness, neuroscience, and linguistics. 

Nancy has led workshops and trained therapists in hypnosis and other forms of transformational practice worldwide. She has worked with performers, actors, musicians and professional athletes and was a long-time workshop leader at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. 

Nancy is a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association; a Founding Member of the Forum for Psychotherapy Cybernetics; and an Instructor for trainees in clinical hypnosis. She has also been an invited faculty member and supervisor at numerous institutes and medical centers in Europe, Canada and throughout the United States, including Mt. Sinai Medical Center’s Dept. of Psychiatry in NYC.

Neil Sharp, MD, finds the neuroscience, learning, and creativity of the Anat Baniel Method forges his diverse passions into a common purpose. He has collaborated with Ms. Baniel since 2006, teaching private sessions, groups, and doing research. He also is a professional musician.

Neil Wadhawan’s classes are playful and challenging, featuring him drumming while simultaneously instructing. His classes draw upon his father's teachings, and his formal music and philosophy studies. Neil is based in San Francisco and holds retreats around the world.

Nichol Chase, ERYT-500, YACEP, TSM, BM, is a teacher, musician, and yogi for whom singing and movement is integral to life. She is a Garrison Institute Fellow and a faculty member and teacher trainer for The Mazé Method.

Nicholas Wilton is an artist whose paintings are sold internationally. He is the founder of the ArtLife Creativity workshops and classes, and he established the Creative Visionary Mentoring Program, which offers artistic, business, and creative coaching to artists.

A musician and dancer for over 20 years, Nick has seen the immediate effect of music on people physically, psychologically and emotionally. He is a constant student of global music and culture, and understands that music is one common language between all humans.

Nikki Mirghafori, PhD, is a Buddhist teacher and AI scientist. She teaches internationally and serves as a stewarding teacher and on the board of directors at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

Roxanne "Nikki" Myers is a yoga therapist, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, certified recovery specialist, and founder of CITYOGA School of Yoga and Health. Nikki is the co-founder of Y12SR, the Yoga of 12-Step Recovery.

Nilima Bhat is founder of Sampurnah: The Wholeness Practice. She facilitates personal transformation through self-awareness, self-leadership, and self-empowerment. After a successful multinational career, she was certified as a yoga teacher and became an integrative medicine coach and spiritual guide.

Nina Merrens is a global leadership expert with 20 years of experience. Based in Munich, Nina founded Intercultural Communication, facilitates leadership seminars for the United Nations, and is a consultant on organizational culture for large private-sector clients worldwide. She teaches intercultural sensitivity at a leading German university.

After first chanting as a child with her grandfather in India, Nina Rao has led chanting since 1996 and recorded two albums. She is a wildlife lover and podcast host.

Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers, is a social entrepreneur, author, philanthropic advisor, and activist. Her purposes include regenerative leadership, women’s leadership, indigenous wisdom and social practices, anti-racism, and healing relationships with ourselves, each other and the earth. Her book, Nature, Culture and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership, won two Nautilus awards.

Nina Wise is a performance artist and founder of Motion Theater, a form of autobiographical performance. Her provocative and original works have been honored with seven Bay Area Critics’ Circle Awards and three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships.

Niralli D’Costa, LMFT, MA, Is a holistic psychotherapist, professor, and facilitator of transformative explorations in consciousness. Niralli teaches on themes of social justice, embodied spiritual practice, and reweaving our human relationship with the natural world at a range of institutions.

Nita Gage, DSPS, trained with R.D. Laing at the Philadelphia Association in London. She also trained with shamanic teachers and specializes in integrative psycho spiritual healing, and is a teacher with Hoffman Institute. Nita is the author (with Linda Star Wolf) of Soul Whispering: The Art of Awakening Shamanic Consciousness.

Nkechi Deanna Njaka is a neuroscientist, choreography artist, and leading mindfulness meditation guide. She self-identifies as a BIPOC/WOC. As a wellness entrepreneur, she is the founder of The Compass, NDN lifestyle studio, and co-founder of the sleep app DreamWell.

Noah Mazé has a fierce and compassionate dedication to yoga that inspires and holds space for students to journey deeper into body, heart, mind, and spirit than they ever could have imagined. Noah teaches internationally and online, and lives with his family in Los Angeles.

Nora Bateson is the president of the International Bateson Institute and the creator of the Warm Data theory and practices. She wrote, directed, and produced the documentary An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father, Gregory Bateson. She is the author of Small Arcs of Larger Circles and Combining.

Nora is passionate about teaching people to come more deeply into contact with themselves and others through the art of touching with presence, sensitivity and listening hands. She draws on twenty-three years of exploring body, mind, heart and soul as an Esalen® Massage practitioner and international teacher with focus on massage and embodiment.

As co-founder of the organization Wildtender, Noël Vietor is dedicated to helping people relate meaningfully with the land, themselves, and each other. Noël finds joy and meaning through mindful hiking, nature drawing, wildcrafting, and raising her young daughter on a Big Sur ridge-top.

Oliver Bailey is a practitioner and instructor of Esalen® Massage. His background includes training in Gestalt Practice, neurolinguistic programming, intuitive work, and meditation.

Oren Jay Sofer is a nationally recognized teacher of meditation, mindfulness and nonviolent communication. A member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, he holds a degree in Comparative Religion from Columbia University, is the author of Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication, and co-author of Teaching Mindfulness to Empower Adolescents. Oren is co-founder of Mindful Healthcare and the founder of Next Step Dharma, an online program focused on meditation in daily life.

Palika Rewilding is a threshold midwife who listens and tends at the fecund undomesticated edges of Mystery, Earth and Love, for the songs, pearls and shadowed gems of the human heart and psyche longing to re-enchant it's living and dreaming in harmony with Earth.