Robert Walter, Joseph Campbell's editor for a decade, and previous president of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and a poet/playwright with several decades of experience as group leader, teacher, publisher and theatrical producer/director/designer.

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Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris obtained his PhD in Psychopharmacology from the University of Bristol and an MA in Psychoanalysis from Brunel University. At his current post at the Imperial College London, Robin designed human brain imaging studies with LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and DMT. His areas of research also include a clinical trial of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, an ongoing trial comparing psilocybin with escitalopram for major depressive disorder and a multimodal imaging study in healthy volunteers receiving psilocybin for the first time. Robin founded and heads the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial, the first of its kind in the world. He holds an honorary position with the University of Oxford.

Robin Fann Costanzo is a senior instructor who uses her background in dance and yoga to inform her practice. Robin specializes in trauma resolution and applies that to her practice.

Robin Stern, PhD, is the associate director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She is a licensed psychoanalyst, educator, and author of The Gaslight Effect. Robin is co-developer of RULER, an emotional intelligence program that has transformed the lives of over a million children and adults in schools worldwide.

Robin Wilner is a master yoga teacher, certified holistic nutritionist, and co-founder of Spellbound Yoga. She devotes her lifestyle and teachings to healing with food and yoga as medicine, drawing from Ayurvedic principles and her vast studies over the past decade. (E-RYT500, YACEP, MS Holistic Nutrition).

Robyn Scherr is a diplomat-certified CranioSacral Therapist through the Upledger Institute, and a certified massage therapist in California. Robyn is dedicated to making CST and the efficacy of educated, noninvasive touch understandable and accessible to both therapists and clients.

Rodney Waters is a Jungian Analyst and graduate of the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAP Zurich). His areas of interest include music, gender, creativity, and tattoos. He has been a professional pianist for 40 years.

Roger Jahnke, OMD, has dedicated his professional life to sharing the healing traditions of China. He is the director of the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, in Santa Barbara, CalifORNIA, and author of The Healer Within and The Healing Promise of Qi.

Dr. Roger Kuhn is a Poarch Creek Two-Spirit Indigiqueer somacultural sex therapist, sexuality educator, writer, activist, and musician. Roger’s work explores the concepts of decolonizing and unsettling sexuality and focuses on the way culture impacts and informs our bodily experiences. He is a community organizer of the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirit powwow and a board member of the Two-Spirit & Native LGBTQ+ Center for Equity. His first book, Somacultural Liberation, is available in both paperback and audio. His music can be streamed on all digital platforms.

Dr. Roksana Badruddoja (pronoun: hir) is a feminine/masculine Woman of Color; an ancestral/intergenerational/inherited family trauma liberation scholar; a tenured full professor of sociology, women and gender studies, critical race and ethnicity studies, Indigenous and decolonial studies, and grief studies; and an interfaith and cross-cultural urban Akashic and Shamanic practitioner.

Rolf Gates conducts Vinyasa teacher trainings and programs internationally. His work has been widely featured in television and in print. As a former U.S. Army Ranger and social worker, Rolf brings his eclectic background to his teaching and his life. He is the author of Meditations from the Mat.

Roma Hammel, PhD is an embodiment-meditation teacher from Los Altos, CalifORNIA. Certified by Judith Blackstone in Realization Process, by Russel Delman in Embodied Life Mentorship, and deeply engaged in philosophy, meditation, and qigong, Roma guides people into an embodied spiritual awakening.

Ron Ames is a filmmaker, meditation teacher, and certified Life Balance strategist. He is a senior teacher at InsightLA in Santa Monica, CA. Ron trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and InsightLA as a dharma teacher and secular mindfulness teacher.

Since training with Phillip Moffitt and becoming a certified Life Balance strategist, Ron has been leading workshops and working with private clients and companies to build their capacity to make skillful changes.

Ronald J. Frederick, PhD, is a psychologist and author of the award-winning book Living Like You Mean It: Use the Wisdom and Power of Your Emotions to Get the Life You Really Want. He lectures and facilitates workshops nationally.

Ronald Alexander, PhD, is the director of the Open Mind Training Institute and leads trainings internationally in mindfulness, mind-body therapies, and transformational leadership. He is the author of Wise Mind Open Mind.

Rosemary Garrison began her study of yoga in the traditional Ashtanga style, then expanded into Vinyasa. She teaches a strong flow, emphasizing breath, alignment, and, ultimately, the cultivation of energy and awareness. Rosemary leads annual retreats and trainings around the world.

Rosemary O’Connor is a Hazelden author and a certified professional and addiction coach. With more than 17 years of personal and professional experience, she has helped thousands of people recover from addiction and rebuild rewarding lives.

Rosie Lila writes and speaks on how to increase human engagement through inclusion, diversity, and collaboration. She is the creator and host of the show What Comes Now, and founder of the infrastructure investment firm Lumera. Rosie worked with the Burning Man Project for three and a half years supporting areas around culture, production, and public relations including coaching public speaking.

Roxan McDonald dedicates herself to helping people find their voice both on the page and in their lives. She is the author of two self-help decks published by Knock Knock Inc. She teaches writing throughout the Monterey Bay area and leads international retreats.

Roxann Burroughs is a certified facilitator with more than 28 years of experience doing The Work of Byron Katie for inquiry and stress reduction.

Ruediger Dahlke, MD, is the founder of Transformative Medicine, author of 60 books, and trainer of thousands of doctors, psychologists, and laypeople in Europe. He leads the Certificate in Transformative Medicine, a year-long program offered by the Center for a New Mainstream.

Rupert Spira is the author of The Transparency of Things: Contemplating the Nature of Experience and Presence volumes I and II. For 20 years, he studied the teachings of Ouspensky, Krishnamurti, Rumi, Shankaracharya, Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta, and Robert Adams, until he met his teacher, Francis Lucille, in 2004.

Russ Hudson is one of the top teachers and developers of the Enneagram system in the world today. He is the co-author, with Don Richard Riso, of several books, including The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types.

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Russell Delman has dedicated his life to the study of human transformation. Deeply indebted to approximately 50 years of marriage, Zen meditation, and the study of somatic psychology, he has helped train more than 2,500 Feldenkrais® practitioners.

Ryan Babineaux, PhD, is a career counselor, writer, and researcher in the area of purposeful living. He is a lecturer at Stanford University, and co-author of the book Fail Fast, Fail Often: How Losing Can Help You Win.

Sabine Lichtenfels is a freelance theologian, author, and co-founder of Tamera and the GRACE Initiative for a Future without War. Her spectrum of knowledge and activity includes international peace work, community building, spiritual research, and developing a new female consciousness and reconciliation of the sexes. With her comprehensive knowledge and radical commitment, she is an ambassadress for a global perspective of peace.

Sachin Patel is a father, husband, functional medicine practice success coach, speaker, and author. He is committed to helping others raise their consciousness, activate their inner doctor, and initiate their deepest healing through the use of lifestyle, breathwork, and a respectful approach to sacred plant medicines. Sachin founded The Living Proof Institute, pioneering a revolutionary approach to patient-centered healthcare through which he coaches hundreds of practitioners around the world.

Combining her expertise in breath-centered, therapeutic yoga, her reverence for ecology, her energetic gifts and an understanding of practice as ritual and portal, Sadia guides you to and through a quietly electrifying experience of your own embodiment that frees your energy and ignites your spirit.

Saeeda Hafiz is the author of The Healing: One Woman’s Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches. She is a yoga teacher and wellness expert with certifications from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers and the Natural Gourmet Institute.

Sally Kempton teaches applied spiritual wisdom and helps students work with meditative experience as a framework for practical life change. Sally teaches workshops in meditation and practical yoga philosophy based on Kashmir Shaivism. She is the author of the best-selling book, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga and Meditation for the Love of It.

Sam Berne, OD, is a pioneer in behavioral optometry and integrative health. Two of his books, Creating Your Personal Vision and Taking It In, have helped propel his method into the mainstream eye care field. His gentle and humorous approach creates a safe, trusting environment for students to discover their own relationship to healing.

Sam Jinich, PhD, is a San Francisco-based clinical psychologist, relationship expert and Hold Me Tight® Workshop leader. He is a certified trainer, supervisor and therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Sam teaches internationally.

Sam Keen is a freelance philosopher, teacher, and workshop leader. He is the author of numerous books including Fire in the Belly, Learning to Fly, and Faces of the Enemy. He has taught at Esalen for more than 50 years.

Sam Sebastian has been practicing massage and bodywork for over 15 years, guiding clients and students to cultivate self-awareness through mindfulness. His practice of Esalen® Massage emphasizes compassion through loving presence and a deepened connection to self and others through presence-based touch.

Sam is the host of the Voices of Esalen podcast, a deep-dive interview program focused on Human Potential, with over 1 million downloads to date. He is a graduate of Brown University and received an MFA in Critical Studies and Integrated Media from CalArts. His greatest pleasure is spending time with his wife Candice and daughter Roxy.

Samantha Dunn was a PEN Award finalist for her novel, Failing Paris. She has also authored two memoirs. Her essays are widely anthologized and her writing has been featured in many publications, including O: The Oprah Magazine and Ms. She is the executive editor of Coast Magazine.

Samantha Snowden is a mindfulness coach for youth, adults, and families. She has taught courses at the graduate level at Columbia University in subjects such as mother-child matrix, adjustment, and mindfulness with youth. She developed a well-funded mindfulness program at Columbia while a leading researcher in the mindfulness lab.

Sanga of the Valley has played African drums from an early age. Sanga moved to New York City in 1970 from Trinidad, where he met Babatunde Olatunji and became one of Olatunji’s students. Sanga went on to be one of Olatunji’s lead djembe players and spent 25 years as a member of Olatunji’s Drums of Passion. Sanga of the Valley has worked with artists such as Carlos Santana, Nina Simone, The Grateful Dead, the Neville Brothers, and Stanley Jordan.

Sara is forever a student of dharma. She is passionate about bringing the teachings into her daily life and onto the mat. She started studying yoga with Janet 6 years ago, illuminating a new path in life. One of more meaning, introspection, and commitment to kindness, compassion, and patience.

With a fiery spirit, a love of nature, travel, and all things adventure, Sara calls on her courage often and hopes to inspire others to do the same. She aims to spark joy while also holding space for healing.

Sara Vetter is the business development director at the Soul of Money Institute. She leads trips to the Amazon rainforest for The Pachamama Alliance, a nonprofit organization that links indigenous people of the Amazon with committed people worldwide to create a socially just human presence on this planet. She also works closely with the Nobel Women Peace Prize Laureates.

Sarah Marshank is the founder of Selfistry, a methodology dedicated to mastering the art of being human. Integrating theory from Eastern and Western philosophy and psychology with meditative and somatic practices, Sarah guides practitioners to discover their authentic self and purpose in life.

Sarah McLean is a contemporary mindfulness and meditation teacher and best-selling author. She’s taught thousands of people to be more present, live with more self-awareness, and meet their own minds with meditation. She directs the McLean Meditation Institute in Sedona, Arizona, known for its international teacher certification program.

Sarah Powers blends the insights and practices of yoga and Buddhism into an integral practice to enliven body, heart, and mind. She leads retreats and classes internationally and is the author of Insight Yoga.

Sarah Sandhill has been a sex educator and workshop facilitator for more than 20 years. She leads workshops for the Human Awareness Institute (HAI), is an individual and couples counselor, and has trained in Process Therapy.

Sarah Weiss, MA LMT, is a medical intuitive, spiritual teacher, and founder of SpiritHeal Institute. Sarah has been a pioneer in the healing/energy arts for over 40 years. She is adjunct professor at Baldwin Wallace University and contributes regularly to the Sedona Journal.

Sarana Miller has been a faculty instructor at Yoga Journal and leads annual retreats at Esalen, Wilbur Hot Springs, Mexico, and Alaska. Trained in the Iyengar and Forrest Yoga traditions, she has built her life around sharing the benefits of the practice of yoga.

Sará King MA, PhD, is a neuroscientist, artist, political and learning scientist, education philosopher, social impact entrepreneur, public speaker, and meditation teacher. She is passionate about catalyzing humanity’s capacity to heal from intergenerational trauma and is dedicated to creating accessible contemplative practices at the nexus of art, music, and meditation. She is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Public Health at the T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion in Human Health and Social Justice at UCSD. She is also the CEO and Founder of MindHeart AI, an AI start-up specializing in building an interactive map of human awareness grounded in neuroscience to support collective well-being and healing.

Sat Dharam Kaur, ND, develops and teaches programs that integrate her three great passions: Kundalini yoga, naturopathic medicine, and environmental sustainability. She teaches internationally.

Saul David Raye is an evolutionary teacher, healer, and spiritual activist. His teachings are centered in the heart, and support people in connecting with their own authentic power and spirit. His teaching is deeply influenced by Tantra and Bhakti schools of yoga. Saul shares his work through classes, trainings, and sacred music.

Saul Kuperstein is a Mexico City-born, Jewish, Yoruban-trained shaman. Saul’s connection to the natural world and his unique ability to peer behind the “thin veil” allows him to offer many intuitive gifts.

Schuyler Grant co-created the Wanderlust festival and directs Kula Yoga Project in New York City. Developer of a popular style of Vinyasa called Kula Flow, known for its emphasis on intelligent alignment and creativity, she was noted by the New York Times as the go-to teacher for advanced practice.

Scilla Elworthy, PhD, is a three-time Nobel Prize nominee and author of The Business Plan for Peace. She is the founder of Oxford Research Group and Peace Direct, which supports peace-builders in conflict areas. She advises many global peace-building initiatives including “The Elders,” Syria Campaign and the Institute for Economics and Peace.

Scott Blossom is a traditional Chinese medical practitioner, Shadow Yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic consultant. He has studied yoga since 1991 and taught since 1997. His primary teachers are Zhander Remete, founder of Shadow Yoga, and Dr. Robert Svoboda, Ayurvedic physician and scholar.

Scott Engler, a longtime student of presence and healing, supports adults, children and infants through Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and workshops in trauma resolution for the family. He holds a third-degree black belt in aikido.

Sean Brennan is an early childhood educator who specializes in sharing smiles, laughter and the bliss of life. He has worked with injured children at Shriner's Hospital as a play therapist and is a former teacher at Gazebo School Park. His passions include surfing, freediving, yoga, meditation and poetry.

Sean Wilkinson is a Circling Europe co-founder with an enduring passion for self-awareness, human potential, wisdom traditions and an ongoing inquiry into life. His focus includes extensive academic research, spiritual and psychological practice, coaching, and therapeutic training.

Sera Beak is a Harvard-trained scholar of comparative world religions who teaches the radical reality of the Soul. Her books include Redvelations: A Soul’s Journey to Becoming Human, Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic’s Love Story, and The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark.