Kamlesh Patel, or Daaji as he is known to many, is the Heartfulness Guide. He is a man of many dimensions – a successful businessman, best selling author as well as a lifelong student of spirituality. His work is multifaceted, including inner and outer self-improvement and spiritual growth, strengthening the value system, education and training, and environmental awareness and sustainability. He leads motivated, self-organized, fluid, international teams that operate in the gift ecology of volunteerism. A true silent changemaker, Daaji supports the transformation of individuals, and this radiates out into families, communities and the society for sustainable societal change.

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James Doty, MD, is a clinical professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University and the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of CA, Irvine and medical school at Tulane University. He trained in neurosurgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and completed fellowships in pediatric neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia (CHOP) and in neuroelectrophysiology focused on the use of evoked potentials to assess the integrity of neurological function.

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