Robin Sylvan
Ph.D, leading researcher on the spiritual and religious dimensions of popular music, founder and director of the Sacred Center, and author of Traces of the Spirit and Trance Formation.

Silvia Nakkach
Award winning composer, multi-
instrumentalist, vocalist, psychologist, and author of Music and the Human Process, Music in Human Adaptation,
and The Transpersonal Consciousness.

Petr Janata
Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California Davis, and leading researcher in brain science as relates to music.

Shanti Shivani
Practitioner of Nada Yoga (Hindu mysticism of sound) and Indian classical vocal music in the Dhrupad tradition.

Luisah Teish
Lucumi/Yoruba priestess of Oshun, author of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals, Carnival of the Spirit: Seasonal Celebrations and Rites of Passage, and Jump Up: Seasonal Celebrations from the World's Deep Traditions.