Nancy Slonim Aronie, a commentator for National Public Radio and founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop, is author of Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of your Inner Voice and Memoir as Medicine: The Healing Power of Writing Your Messy, Imperfect, Unruly (but Gorgeously Yours) Life Story.

Shivananda Thomas Amelio, a founding member of Kripalu, practiced and studied yoga, mantra, and philosophy under Swami Rajarshi Muni in India.