Kiara Windrider, MA, MFT, holds a dual degree in Peace Studies and International Development through Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas; completed the graduate program in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology through JFK University in Orinda, California; worked for many years at Pocket Ranch Institute (an alternative psychiatric center which specialized in healing emotional trauma and facilitating spiritual emergence); received his license as a psychotherapist (MFT) from the State of California in 1998; trained in various forms of bodywork, breathwork, hypnotherapy, and shamanic healing; deeply involved in the Deeksha movement (another form of divine energy transmission); authored three other books: Doorway to Eternity: A Guide to Planetary Ascension, Deeksha: Fire from Heaven, and Journey into Forever: Surfing 2012 and Beyond.