James Anderson met life-threatening illness when 21, before working at the Lloyd’s Market in London for 16 years and later as a director. A sudden calling changed his life and he came to India. He has remained in Pondicherry since 2000. A writer, healer and teacher, he is Coordinating Editor of NAMAH, the Journal of Integral Health. He has published, A Torch in the Dark, a book that examines human growth in an integral and experiential way.

Dr. Subhasree Savadamuthu is an allopathic physician who underwent an intense inner quest from her college days. Her initial medical practice made her yearn for a deeper and more joyful means of healing and life itself. She studied physiology at AIIMS, New Delhi but her heart told her to leave and search for a truer way of healing. As her sadhana has deepened, she now aspires to synthesise healing and unconditional Love.

Dr. Monica Gulati is an immunologist by training, who realised that scientific research was not her calling, while studying at the University of Zurich. Cancer made her realise that her truth was the way of the heart. She lives fearlessly through every movement, reading every inner message to meet the challenges of existence. A relentless explorer, she feels graced to be on this inner journey, hand-in-hand with her fellow-travellers. She is an Editor of NAMAH and now lives in Pondicherry.
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Arul Dev is a deeper body work facilitator. He co-founded the ‘Divine Body’ project to experientially cull out inner practices that facilities the union of our subtle body with Divine Qualities. He is the founder CEO of People First Consultants, a talent hiring and development firm. He works in the fields of leadership development, culture transformation, integral education and integral well-being. He is the author of two books , Into Great Depth of Your Being and The Flame Within.

Dr. Uma Narayanan, a facilitator and coach, holds a Ph.D. from IIT Madras in Positive Psychology & Organizational Behaviour. She worked in Ford, for a decade, finally as Manager, Learning & Development (India & Asia Pacific). A Director at People First since 2016, she heads the Learning & Organisational Development solutions. A trustee in EYES Trust, she anchors Integral Education initiatives. She offers regular sessions on mindful heartfulness, inwardly calm, inner strengths and holistic development.

Dr. Aditi Kaul is a seeker working towards bringing the perennial wisdom of self-knowledge to the field of psychology with an aspiration to promote an integral approach to life. After completing her Ph.D. in Psychology in 2015, Aditi pursued a two-semester course on Indian Psychology at The Indian Psychology Institute in Pondicherry, which deepened her journey of self-exploration. Currently, she conducts online courses and workshops based on the

teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. She is now living in Pondicherry.

Dr. Alok Pandey is a medical doctor specialising in psychiatry, practising at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. He has conducted many workshops on diverse subjects in India and abroad and contributed numbers of articles on different subjects in various Indian and International journals. He has authored three books and is the Chief Editor of All India Magazine, a monthly journal of the Sri Aurobindo Society. He is also a Founder-Editor of NAMAH.

Ankita Sharma came to Sri Aurobindo after receiving a sudden and spontaneous inner command to surrender and move to Auroville. Subsequent concrete experiences with Him and the Mother transformed her life, giving it a truer purpose. Through writings and workshops, she shares her ongoing inner discoveries along with Sadhana methods received from the Masters. She facilitates psycho-spiritual healing and an Integral Approach to Asanas and Movement. She is building Aagami, which aims to demystify higher experiences and research the current revolution in consciousness.

Shweta Rajurkar is a dedicated aspirant and practitioner of Integral Yoga, guided by the Mother and Sri Aurobindo with extensive experience in yoga instruction, personal training and therapy from 2011. She is a recognised yoga teacher trained at prestigious institutions such as The Bihar School of Yoga, Munger and SVYASA, Bengaluru. She specialises in prenatal yoga, integral well-being and exploring Naad Yoga as a potential medium for healing. Her passion is to explore the deep-rooted systems of Indian culture through ancient Yogic science.

Gitanjali J. Angmo is a social entrepreneur and educationist. She is Founder, CEO and Dean of The Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh. Gitanjali has been a student of Sanskrit, Vedas, Upanishads and the Gita in the light of Sri Aurobindo for 35 years and brings her insights in her educational and developmental frameworks. She is a Odissi and Ballet dancer, a black belt in Karate and world champion. She is also a TED speaker, Chevening scholar at Oxford University and Women Transforming India national awardee from the Government of India.

Dr. Soumitra Basu. a consultant psychiatrist based in Kolkata and Pondicherry, who works with Consciousness paradigms in health and psychology. He conducts workshops on personal growth and is a Founder-Editor of NAMAH. He is author of Integral Health and has developed a module of Consciousness-based Psychology with Michael Miovic (USA), both co-authoring a book with that name, based on the wisdom of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.