David Kessler, MA, RN, FACHE, is one of the world’s foremost experts on grief. He’s the founder of Grief.com and author of six books, including Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief. He’s coauthored books with Elisabeth Kubler Ross and Louise Hay and leads grief certification programs for professionals and online groups for those in grief.   

Paul Denniston, RYT 500, is the developer of Grief Yoga®, which uses grief as fuel for healing and combines many forms of yoga to help release sadness and anger and bring people to greater peace and happiness.  Paul dedicated himself to studying grief and trauma with some of the top leaders on loss, including, William Worden, Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine.  He also worked and studied with yoga masters Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa and Seane Corn.  Paul has taught the techniques and exercises of Grief Yoga® to more than 4,000 therapists, counselors, and healthcare professionals to use with their patients in the United States, England, and Australia.  Paul has volunteered with one of the largest hospices in Los Angeles, offering Heart Touch massage to the dying.  He also taught movement in the Stella Adler Academy in Hollywood and currently teaches at CorePower Yoga in Los Angeles.