Bob Stahl, PhD, founded and directs mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs at Dominican Hospital, O'Connor Hospital, and El Camino Hospital. Stahl serves as a Senior Teacher for Oasis Institute for Mindfulness-Based Professional Education and Training at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, HealthCare, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Stahl is a coauthor of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Living With Your Heart Wide Open, and Calming the Rush of Panic. He is the guiding teacher at Insight Santa Cruz and visiting teacher at Spirit Rock and Insight Meditation Society.

Elisha Goldstein, PhD, is a psychologist, author, and speaker who integrates traditional psychotherapy with progressive mindfulness to achieve mental and emotional healing. Goldstein has published extensively and is author of numerous books, including The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life (Atria Books, 2012) and Mindfulness Meditations for the Anxious Traveler (Atria Books, 2013). He is coauthor of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook (New Harbinger, 2010).