Namaste authors are thought leaders and passionate teachers dedicated to self-realization, helping others, and changing the world.
Eckhart Tolle
World-renowned spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle conveys simple wisdom that transcends any particular religion or doctrine.
His bestselling books are modern classics in the field of personal growth and spirituality and he is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today. The New York Times has described him as “the most popular spiritual author in the United States”, and the Watkins Review named him “the most spiritually influential person in the world”.
A native of Germany, Eckhart Tolle attended the University of London, and upon graduation went on to become a research scholar and supervisor at Cambridge University. At 29, a profound spiritual awakening virtually dissolved his personal identity and sparked a radical change in the course of his life. It marked the beginning of an intense inward journey and he devoted the next decade to understanding, deepening, and integrating that transformation.
With his international bestsellers, The Power of Now and A New Earth, has introduced millions to the joy and freedom of living life in the present moment. His teachings focus on the significance and power of presence and finding an awakened state of consciousness, which transcends ego and discursive thinking.
For the past twenty-two years, he has acted as a counselor and spiritual guide, facilitating sold-out groups in Europe and North America. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Michael Brown
Until 1989, South African-born Michael Brown was living what he had called a blissfully unconscious life as a music journalist. He then developed an acutely painful neurological condition for which conventional medicine had neither cure nor relief. This caused him to set out on what became an odyssey of self-healing. His exploration took him into numerous alternative healing modalities – then beyond.
In the late 90s, Michael began to chart a methodical pathway into present moment awareness with the intent to develop a practical procedure that anyone, anywhere, could follow to initiate this experience for themselves. This procedure became known as The Presence Process.
In 2002 Michael returned to South Africa and invited others to experience this inner journey. He discovered that as others embraced present moment awareness they too automatically experienced release from physical, mental, and emotional discomfort, including psychological disorders and addictions.
Michael lives in The Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Constance Kellough
The Chronicles of Bizah, A Student of Truth
Founder of Namaste Publishing, Meditation Teacher and Author, Constance is a visionary who popularized the self-help genre, bringing revolutionary, spiritual teachings to the forefront of modern culture. Her first publication, The Power of Now introduced Eckhart Tolle to the world. Since 1997, she has gone on to publish more groundbreaking, inspirational books by such authors as Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Michael Brown, and Dr. David Berceli. These books and many others have changed the dialogue around Conscious Parenting, Spirituality, and Trauma Release theories worldwide.
Shefali Tsabary, PhD
Dr. Shefali received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia University. Specializing in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy, she brings together the best of both worlds for her clients. She is an expert in family dynamics and personal development, teaching courses around the globe. She has written four books, three of which are New York Times best-sellers, including The Conscious Parent.
Dr. Shefali was recently a guest on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday and Lifeclass television programs. In her introduction of the author and this book, Oprah stated that she has not been as excited about a book's philosophy as she is about this one since Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth.
David Berceli, PhD
The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process
David Berceli, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises. He is an international author, presenter and trainer in the areas of trauma intervention, stress reduction, and resiliency & recovery training.
For 15 years he lived and worked in war-torn countries, providing specialized trauma recovery assistance to U.S. military personnel, relief agencies, and government agencies whose staff are exposed to trauma-inducing environments.
His academic career includes a degree in Social Work (Ph.D.), Clinical Social Work (MA), Theology (MA), Middle Eastern Studies (MA). He is also certified as a Massage Therapist (MT), and Bioenergetic Therapist (CBT).
Neal Allen
Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic
Neal Allen is a writer, spiritual coach and speaker whose chief interest is removing obstacles of the ego. He is the author of Shapes of Truth: Discover God Inside You (Self Published, 2021) and Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic (Namaste Publishing, 2023).
A former journalist and corporate executive, he earned master’s degrees in Political Science and Eastern Classics. He lives with his wife the writer, Anne Lamott, in Northern California.
Catherine Bell
After completing an Executive MBA from Smith School of Business, while working full time and making Partner at an executive search firm, Catherine Bell knew she had the capacity for a big undertaking. It would take a few more years of experience, but she eventually launched The Awakened Company — a management consulting firm that helps companies focus on the individual, engagement, and culture in order to improve the bottom line.
Catherine Bell is author of The Awakened Company, a revolutionary business book that was awarded the Nautilus Book Awards in Business & Leadership, a best-seller one week after its release, a best seller on Amazon, chosen as “8 of The Best Leadership Books of 2015”, and recognized as a top book combining business and mindfulness. Catherine has been published in Fortune, HBR, Profit, Conscious Company Magazine, Women of Influence, and written for the UN.
She has worked around the globe from the UK to Cuba and with Fortune 500 companies to serial entrepreneurs. Catherine has an MBA from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University, a sociology degree from Western University is certified in the Enneagram, and is a yoga instructor. She is currently a Jarislowsky Co-Fellow at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.
Catherine now consults all over the world on how to create Awakened Companies. The Awakened Company’s aim is to Awaken The Fire within Organizations with passion, purpose, and playfulness.
Matthew Fox
Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint for Our Times
Matthew Fox is an internationally acclaimed theologian and spiritual maverick who has spent the past forty years revolutionizing Christian theology, taking on patriarchal religion, and advocating for a creation-centered spirituality of compassion, justice, and resacralizing of the earth.
Originally a Catholic priest, Fox was silenced for a year and then expelled from the Dominican Order by Cardinal Ratzinger for teaching liberation theology and Creation Spirituality. Fox currently serves as an Episcopal priest, having received what he calls “religious asylum” from the Episcopal Church. With exciting results, he has worked with young people to create the Cosmic Mass to revitalize worship by bringing elements of rave and other postmodern art forms to the Western liturgical tradition.
He has written more than thirty books, which have sold over 1.5 million copies in sixty languages.
He lives in Oakland, CA.
David Robert Ord
Lessons On Loving in the Little Prince
Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, David was educated at Ripon Grammar in England, one of England’s top schools. After completing his BA with an emphasis on communication, he was hired to write in Auckland, New Zealand for five years. Since 1979 he has resided in the United States. He served as Editorial Director for Namaste Publishing for ten years.
Having studied at the Graduate Theological Union of Berkeley, he graduated from the San Francisco Theological Seminary and served some years as a Presbyterian minister.
In addition to writing Your Forgotten Self, David Robert Ord is the author of Lessons On Loving in the Little Prince and coauthor of The Coming Interspiritual Age with Dr. Kurt Johnson.
Currently, David ghostwrites and edits for authors all around the world.
Kurt Johnson, PhD
Kurt has worked in professional science and comparative religion for over 40 years and serves on many international committees, particularly at the United Nations. As part of Unity Earth, he co-edits its two magazines and cohosts its Convergence series on VoiceAmerica. In comparative culture and religion, Kurt has been on the faculty of New York City’s One Spirit Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and is the co-author of the very influential book on the future of world religions, The Coming Interspiritual Age.
In science, with a PhD in Evolution, Ecology and Comparative Biology he was on the staff of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and is currently associated with the McGuire Center for Biodiversity at the University of Florida. Kurt has published over 200 scientific articles and seven books, including the popular science bestseller Nabokov’s Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius. In 2015 his book on science and the arts, Fine Lines, appeared from Yale University Press along with contributions in a United Nations NGO publication: Ethics, Spiritual Values, and the New United Nations Development Agenda.
Kurt has presented regularly on science and religion at The Science and Nonduality Conference and the Parliament of the World’s Religions and published articles on this inter-relationship in many periodicals, including audio discussions with Ken Wilber at Integral Life. He is a founding member of the Contemplative Alliance and President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. At the United Nations, he serves on the Executive Committee of the UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns and the NGO Forum 21 Institute. Formerly a monastic for over 10 years, and active in contemplative and sacred activism across several traditions, Kurt is also an ordained Eco-Minister and recently co-edited the Namaste Insights internet magazine on the eco-vision of interfaith pioneers Thomas Berry and Wayne Teasdale.
Christopher Papadopolous
Christopher Papadopoulos holds bachelor degrees in education and history from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and has served as both a primary and high school teacher. Based on his desire to help create a better world, in 1993 he ran for parliament in the Canadian federal elections. Realizing that a world of peace and harmony begins within the individual, he then embarked on an inner journey toward greater self-awareness. He works with individuals and groups, guiding others to experience peace through the process of their own self-discovery.
