Deepak Chopra, M.D., is Chief Executive Officer of The Chopra Center for Well Being in Southern, California. He is a bestselling author whose many works include The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success; Quantum Healing; Ageless Body, Timeless Mind; and The Path to Love. Formerly Chief of Staff at New England Memorial Hospital, he also taught at Tufts University and Boston University Schools of Medicine.

Recognized for his role in bringing time-honored Eastern principles to the Western world, he is an internationally acclaimed speaker; and his television programs appear frequently on PBS stations. Dr. Chopra currently teaches mind/body techniques and educational programs worldwide.Deepak Chopra, one of the world's great leaders in the field of mind-body medicine, is the author of 29 books, which have been translated into 35 languages.

Hailed by Time magazine as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine," he is Chief Executive Officer of The Chopra Center at the La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. Deepak Chopra, M.D., is Chief Executive Officer of The Chopra Center at the La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.

A bestselling author, he was cited by Time magazine as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the 20th century. Mikhail Gorbachev calls him "one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time."

Dr David Simon is the Medical Director and co-founder of the Chopra Centre and the author of Return to Wholeness and Vital Energy. He is also the co-author of Grow Younger, Live Longer.

Leanne Backer is the Executive Chef of the Chopra Centre and a leader in the field of culinary arts.