Gary Zukav
Gary Zukav for years has conveyed the most complex insights into language everyone can understand. He challenges us to see the depth of our potential in the world…and act on that awareness. He is the author of The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics, which won the American Book Award for Science. He also wrote the monumental #1 New York Times bestseller The Seat of the Soul, which was followed by Soul Stories, as well as two other bestsellers The Heart of the Soul: Emotional Awareness and The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice, both co-authored with Linda Francis. His latest book is Soul to Soul: Communications from the Heart. Six million copies of his books are in print in twenty-four languages. His gentle presence, humor, and wisdom have endeared him to millions of viewers through his many appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Gary grew up in the Midwest, graduated from Harvard, and became a Special Forces (Green Beret) officer with Vietnam service before writing his first book.
     
Linda Francis

Linda Francis has been in the healing profession for over three decades, first as a registered nurse and then as a chiropractor. She read The Seat of the Soul in 1989 and discovered that her life’s purpose is to create authentic power and support others in creating authentic power. She met Gary Zukav 1993 and they created a spiritual partnership. Since then she has co-authored with Gary two New York Times bestsellers: The Heart of the Soul and The Mind of the Soul and co-founded the Seat of the Soul Institute, dedicated to assisting individuals in the creation of authentic power – aligning the personality with the soul. Currently Linda is involved fully in developing programs, co-creating curricula, and presenting at events on authentic power and spiritual partnership with Gary.


   

Mark Thurston and Mary Elizabeth LynchMark Thurston, PhD. and Mary Elizabeth Lynch, JD
Mark is an educator, psychologist, and author of 19 books about personal spirituality, including his latest book Willing to Change: The Journey of Personal Transformation. Mark serves as Director of Academic and Administrative Affairs for Atlantic University, and has worked for ARE and AU for over 35 years. Mary is an educator, conflict transformation specialist, and an attorney/mediator. She co-founded the first overnight shelter for the homeless in Virginia Beach, and served for nine years as the corporate counsel for the battered women's shelter. She is a co-founder, course leader, and President of the Personal Transformation and Courage Institute, where Mark is also a co-founder and course leader; they have been married for 28 years.

Mark and Mary Elizabeth will help you discover how other people both mirror our personal wounds and evoke our highest ideals, and how we can transform the relationship we have with ourselves, freeing us to discover the creative purposefulness in our inter-personal relationships. You will explore the importance of a spiritual ideal – for each person and for a relationship; discover the soul-growth potentials in interpersonal conflict, and learn how to find your soul group or spiritual family.



Spiritual Partnership: Using All Your Relationships to Grow Spiritually - Gary Zukav, Linda Francis, Mark Thurston, Mary Elizabeth Lynch September 19-21