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.

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 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.

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.

Shai Lavie, MA, MFT, is a certified Hakomi therapist and Somatic Experiencing practitioner with  private practice in San Rafael, California. Shai teaches mindfulness-centered psychotherapy through the Hakomi Institute of California, the Marin Mindfulness Institute, and as an adjunct professor at Sofia University.

Shama Viola (Manuala Terraluna) is a citizen of Damanhur, the Italian social/spiritual community dedicated to conscious living, esoteric tradition and a practical approach to sacredness. She has been living there for 17 years. She travels the world to share Damanhur's message through group courses and individual readings.

Shamini Jain, PhD, is a psychologist, scientist and social profit leader.  Her two-time award-winning book from Sounds True, “Healing Ourselves”, is available at bookstores worldwide.  Shamini is the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Consciousness and Healing Initiative (CHI), which forwards the science and practice of healing.  She integrates knowledge and wisdom from scientific research, East Indian spiritual practices, and vocal empowerment to teach others how they can best heal themselves and live joyful, meaningful lives.

Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer and international teacher. Her work focuses on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of our native myths, fairy tales, and folk traditions to the personal, social, and environmental problems we face today.

Shauna Shapiro, PhD is a best-selling author, professor, and clinical psychologist. She is an internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. Dr. Shapiro has published over 150 papers and three critically-acclaimed books. Her TEDx Talk, What You Practice Grows Stronger, has been viewed over 2.5 million times.

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Shelly Tygielski is a humanitarian, trauma-informed mindfulness teacher, author, and activist. She is the founder of Pandemic of Love, a global organization that was recognized by CNN Heroes, and the author of the award-winning book, Sit Down to Rise Up.

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Sheva Carr is an Oriental medicine doctor, CEO of HeartAmbassadors, and co-VP of UN Peace Messenger Organization Pathways To Peace . She speaks globally on the heart’s power in relationships, health, performance, creativity, contribution, legacy, social change, and building a global culture of peace.

Shiva Rea, MA, is a movement alchemist, global Prana Vinyasa teacher, yogadventurer, wave rider and founder of Samudra Global School for Living Yoga, Yoga Alchemy Online, and Yoga Energy Activism for a green energy future for all.

Sianna Sherman (she/her) has been a celebrated international yoga teacher for three decades. She is the visionary of the Rasa Yoga Collective, Mythic Yoga Flow®, and RITUAL. As a gifted storyteller, she awakens the imagination through the language of the soul.

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Siegmar Gerken, PhD, ECP, is part of the teaching faculty at JFK University and formerly at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. He teaches at universities and private institutes worldwide on the interconnectedness of psychosomatic processes as they manifest on the levels of body, emotions, mind, will, and consciousness.

Sienna Creasy is a Prana Vinyasa yoga instructor who studied with Shiva Rea for more than a decade. Sienna creates an experience of movement that integrates fierce embodiment with the energy of Jamaica, where she resides. A former U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, reciprocity is integral to her being.

Sil Reynolds, RN, is a nurse practitioner and therapist who has worked with women and girls for 30 years with a focus on sane solutions to healing issues with body and food. She is a graduate of BodySoul Rhythms® Leadership training and co-authored Mothering & Daughtering with her daughter Eliza.

Silvia Guersenzvaig is an international instructor of Esalen Massage. Inspired by the wisdom of nature, she has developed a practice of aligning presence and quality of touch. Her background includes multiple years on the Esalen® Massage staff, somatic healing, energy kinesiology, Polarity and Trager, and much more.

Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT, is a Grammy®-nominated musician and vocal artist. She is the creator of the Sound, Voice, and Music in the Healing Arts certificate program at California Institute for Integral Studies. She also founded the Vox Mundi School to teach and preserve indigenous musical traditions.

Simon Moyes is a certified Zen teacher in the Soto Zen Lineage of Suzuki Roshi and was a Zen monk for five years. His passion is bringing the wisdom of the Zen tradition into contemporary culture through mindfulness and emotional intelligence. He has worked with Google and the United Nations.

Sita Devi's passion for traveling and being in service has taken her on tour teaching and chanting at events all over the globe. She teaches a variety of yoga, movement, and dance modalities. It is her dream to make Bhakti something that anyone can do, without limitation, expectation, discrimination, or judgement.

With an MD and background in neuroscience and behavior change, Siva Mohan presents a unique East-West Mind-Body version of Ayurveda. She guides her audience to individualized wellness lifestyles with tools and approaches from Ayurveda, emotional wellness, and functional medicine.

Born in the Republic of Sakha in Arctic Siberia, Snow Raven was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. An initiate in the shamanic lore of her homeland, she fuses the traditional Sakha sound with electronic expression, her voice and presence true instruments of healing and wonder.

UC Berkeley Professor Sonia Katyal’s award-winning scholarly work focuses on the intersection of technology, intellectual property and civil rights (including anti-discrimination, privacy and freedom of speech). Her current projects focus on the intersection between internet access and civil/human rights, with a special emphasis on the right to information, artificial intelligence and discrimination, trademarks and advertising, source code and the impact of trade secrecy, and a variety of projects on the intersection between gender and the commons. As a member of the university-wide Haas LGBT Cluster, Professor Katyal also works on matters regarding law, gender, and sexuality.

Sophie Beach is the executive editor of China Digital Times, a bilingual China news website. She previously served as senior research associate for Asia at the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based press freedom organization. Her writing about China appears in the Los Angeles Times, Asian Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, The Nation, and elsewhere.

Soren Gordhamer is the founder of Wisdom 2.0, which holds events exploring mindfulness and technology. He has written several books, walked for a year through various countries, and has taught mindfulness to incarcerated youth, trauma workers in Rwanda, and companies.

Sparrow has published poems in the New Yorker and the New York Times, and he’s the author of America: A Prophecy — The Sparrow Reader. He lives with his wife, Violet, in a doublewide trailer in Phoenicia, New York.

Sravana Borkataky-Varma, PhD, is a historian, educator, and social entrepreneur. As a historian, she studies Indian religions focusing on esoteric rituals and gender, particularly in Hindu Śākta (Goddess) Tantra traditions. As an educator, she is an instructional assistant professor at the University of Houston. At present, she is a Center for the Study of World Religions fellow at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University.

Stacia Butterfield is a certified Holotropic Breathwork® practitioner with 15 years of dedicated service and close work with Stanislav Grof, the originator of Holotropic Breathwork and a pioneering psychedelic researcher. She has also been a senior staff member coordinating, facilitating, and teaching residential training retreats across the US for many years.

Stan Gerome, LMT, CST-D, is an Advanced Therapy 1 and SomatoEmotional Release 1 and 2 Certified instructor with The Upledger Institute. He maintains a private practice in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, which he established in 1984. He has been a CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release practitioner since 1986.

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is a clinician, author, PACT developer, and co-founder of the PACT Institute. Dr. Tatkin teaches at UCLA, maintains a private practice in Southern California and leads programs internationally. He is the author of We Do, Wired for Love, Wired for Dating, and others.

Stanislav Grof, MD, is a psychiatrist with more than 60 years of experience researching non-ordinary states of consciousness. He was chief of psychiatric research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, and scholar-in-residence at Esalen. Currently he is professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.

Stella Resnick, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in Los Angeles, CA, who specializes in couples and sex therapy. She studied Gestalt therapy with founders Fritz and Laura Perls and Psychodrama with co-founder Zerka Moreno. She trains and supervises therapists and has created Embodied Relational Sex Therapy (ERST), a sex therapy training that she offers on Zoom. She has written three books. Her latest book is Body-to-Body Intimacy: Transformation Through Love, Sex and Neurobiology.

Stephan Hausner applies systemic constellation work in the field of illness and health. He has worked, lectured, and trained in more than 60 countries and is dedicated to exploring the profound healing potential of systemic constellation work for individuals, couples, families, and organizations.

Stephen Mosblech is a meditation teacher and multidisciplinary artist with intensive training in vipassana, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhist mystical traditions. He has taught mindfulness at Deer Park Institute in India and New Life Foundation in Thailand. His performance work has been staged in New York, Germany, Sweden, and Japan.

Stephen Sideroff is a clinical psychologist and peak performance consultant in Santa Monica, California, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA’s School of Medicine, and director of Moonview Sanctuary. He also founded the Stress Strategies Center at Santa Monica Hospital.

Steve Almond is the author of 10 books of fiction and non-fiction. His work has been published in Best American Short Stories, the New York Times Magazine, and elsewhere, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Steve Edelman, BA Yale, JD, has had many careers, including workshop creator, television anchor, and business entrepreneur. Blending his media, workshop, and personal life-change experiences, he developed Unfinished Business to help others navigate the journey to deep satisfaction.

Steven Hickman, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and associate clinical professor in the UC San Diego Department of Family Medicine & Public Health. He is the executive director and director of professional training of the nonprofit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion and the founding director of the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. He has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for 17 years and has trained teachers of MBSR and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Steve is an MSC teacher trainer and leads MSC intensives and workshops around the world.