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 and has published A Torch in the Dark, that examines human growth in an integral and experiential way.

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 now based in Pondicherry.

Dr. Aditi Kaul is a seeker working towards bringing the perennial wisdom of self-knowledge to psychology and developing ways to facilitate an integral approach towards life. ‘Conscious living is a full-time job’ is her living aspiration. She now conducts online courses and workshops for Uditam, a part of the Sri Aurobindo Society, based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. She is now living in Pondicherry.

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.

Jishnu Guha was born in Kolkata and raised in a family devoted to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. He came into conscious contact with Them when he was 16 and thereafter remained a student of the Science of Living. By training, he is a chartered accountant and he studied Management at the University of Southern California, USA. He used to be actively associated with Sri Aurobindo Center, Los Angeles and offered his time for their monthly newsletter. He considers work as a way of sadhana.

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 C. 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.

Dr. 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) with both co-authoring a book with that name, based on the wisdom of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Bryce Grinlington was educated in Melbourne, Australia and worked as an electrical engineer before setting out on his quest to find the Truth. Extensive travels in S.E. Asia brought him to the ashram in Pondicherry, where he had a deep sense of reaching his ‘spiritual home’. At the Ashram, he has worked in the Dining Room and Archives. He now teaches music at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education (SAICE).