Susan Taylor, PhD, is an internationally renowned teacher of practical ways to integrate western medicine with ancient healing traditions. Founder of the nationally acclaimed Meditation Specialist™ Competency Training, Taylor provides instruction in the art and science of meditation as well as the technology behind it to give the most comprehensive training currently available. Dr. Taylor has authored several bestselling publications including The Vital Energy Program, The Healing Power of Meditation CD series, and the new Yoga of Mind Medicine and Healing: Feeling Good Matters series of seminars. She has appeared in The American Journal of Physiology and many national magazines.