Susan Anderson has devoted 30 years of clinical experience and groundbreaking research to helping people resolve abandonment wounds and overcome self-sabotage.

Heidi Spear, MA, ABD, is an author, workshop presenter, Reiki master, and Kripalu-trained yoga and meditation teacher who has been on the Kripalu R&R Retreat faculty since 2008.

Elysabeth Williamson, E-RYT 500, internationally recognized as the foremost authority on partner yoga, is author of The Pleasures and Principles of Partner Yoga.

Erica Mather, MA, E-RYT, is a Forrest Yoga Guardian, lifelong teacher, and creator of the Adore Your Body System for ending body-image challenges.

Lillee Chandra, LMT, E-RYT, is a certified Yoga Tune Up® and Roll Model Method® senior trainer, orthopedic massage therapist, and cofounder of Body Creative Immersions.

Antonio Sausys, MA, IGT, CMT, C-IAYT, a somatic psychologist and yoga therapist specializing in grief counseling and therapy, is the author of Yoga for Grief Relief: Simple Practices for Transforming Your Grieving Mind and Body.

Mimi Solaire, C-IAYT, Reiki Levels 1 and 2, E-RYT 500, presents at national yoga conferences and is the producer of three acclaimed DVDs.

Demetri Velisarius, BSW, RYT 200, is the creator of Prana DandaYoga and devotes his life to teaching yoga and meditation.

Jenn Turner, RYT, LMHC, TCTSY-F, is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, psychotherapist, cofounder of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at JRI, and editor of Embodied Healing: Survivor and Facilitator Voices from the Practice of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga.

Kimberly Carson, MPH, C-IAYT, has worked as a mindfulness educator and yoga therapist specializing in the therapeutic use and scientific study of mindfulness and yoga for people with medical challenges for over 20 years.