Kim Chandler, E-RYT, a former Kripalu resident and associate director of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association, is a facilitator trainer for Proprioceptive Writing® and owner of Innerlight Center for Yoga & Meditation.

Peggy Cappy, author of Yoga for All of Us, is the creator of the Yoga for the Rest of Us programs for PBS and has been teaching for more than 50 years.

Julia Cameron, author of 40 books, is a songwriter, memoirist, novelist, award-winning playwright, and poet with extensive credits in film, television, and theater.

Kofi Busia has more than four decades of experience teaching Iyengar Yoga and has also taught Sanskrit and Indian philosophy in Oxford, England.

Joan Borysenko, PhD, is a Harvard Medical School-trained biologist, a licensed psychologist, a New York Times best-selling author, and a pioneer in mind-body medicine.

Dr. Scott Blossom has integrated traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Ayurveda, yoga somatics, and evidence-based nutrition into his clinical practice and educational offerings for more than 25 years.

Linda Bloom, LCSW, and Charlie Bloom, MSW, are seminar leaders, authors, psychotherapists, and consultants. Married since 1972, they codirect Bloomwork in Santa Cruz, California, and are the authors of Secrets of Great Marriages.

Rick Barrett, a national and international champion in tai chi push hands, has practiced Chinese internal martial arts and energy healing for 40 years.

Beryl Bender is the founder/director of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and the Give Back Yoga Foundation, and author of the best-selling Power Yoga.

Libby Barnett, MSW, is a Reiki Master and teacher whose experience as a medical social worker at Massachusetts General Hospital provides a foundation for her work.