John J. Prendergast, Ph.D. is the author of The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence (2019) and In Touch: How to Tune in to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself (2015), and the forthcoming Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (2025). He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a retired psychotherapist. He studied for many years with the European sage Jean Klein as well as with the American spiritual teacher, Adyashanti, who gave John dharma transmission in 2023.