Amanda Gilbert

Amanda Gilbert is a meditation teacher, lecturer of mindfulness and author of Kindness Now: A 28-Day Guide to Living with Authenticity, Intention, and Compassion. She has been a meditator for over seventeen years and is a graduate of InsightLA’s Mindful... Read more

Vishal Vaidy

Vishal Vaidya is a performer and voice teacher based in NYC. He made his Broadway debut as Larry the cameraman in the Tony nominated musical Groundhog Day. Other credits include the world premier of DAVE at Arena Stage, Road Show with Stephen Sondheim a... Read more

Anam Thubten Rinpoche

Anam Thubten grew up in Tibet and at an early age began to practice in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Among his many teachers, his most formative guides were Lama Tsurlo, Khenpo Chopel, and Lama Garwang. He is the founder and spiritual adv... Read more

Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke

Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke discovered mindfulness, self-care, and wellness when her career as a stressed and time-pressed Type A lawyer, an investment banker, and a digital communications professional overwhelmed her, caused burnout and depression, cr... Read more

Clare Byarugaba

Clare Byarugaba is an LGBT activist and feminist based in Uganda. After completing her Bachelors degree in International Business from Makerere University Business School, she took a role as Budget Officer in Ugandas Parliament.   In 2011, driven by he... Read more

Edison de Mello, MD, PhD

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dr. de Mello was introduced to the practice of integrative medicine by his beloved grandmother, Nana, at a very early age. Dr. de Mello remembers her as a natural healer who, with her many teas and potions, always had a r... Read more

Arisika Razak, CNM, MPH

Arisika Razak, MPH, Professor Emerita and former chair of the Womens Spirituality Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, is a core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland California and a graduate of Spirit Rocks DPP progr... Read more

Amber Field

Amber Field is a queer, non-binary Korean American adoptee teacher, performer and healer featured in SF Magazines Best of the Bay for yoga music. They believe that everyone can sing and love to help people free their voices and drums in private and grou... Read more