Jack Kornfield is one of the leading Buddhist teachers in America. He's a founding teacher of the Spirit Rock Center in California and has taught in centers and universities worldwide. His books, which include A Path with Heart, After the Ecstasy, and, most recently, A Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology, have been translated into 20 languages and have sold more than a million copies.

Trudy Goodman, PhD, founder of Insight LA, is a psychotherapist and senior teacher in Zen and mindfulness traditions. She cofounded the nation’s first Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy in Cambridge, MA, and teaches worldwide.