Douglas Abrams is a former editor at the University of California Press and HarperCollins. He is the co-author of a number of bestselling books on love, sexuality, and spirituality, including books written with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, B.K.S. Iyengar, and Taoist Master Mantak Chia. He is the founder of Idea Architects, a book and media development agency, which works with visionary authors to create a wiser, healthier, and more just world. In his life and work, he is interested in cultivating all aspects of our humanity: body, emotions, mind, and spirit. His first novel, The Lost Diary of Don Juan, was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and has been published in thirty languages. His second novel, Eye of the Whale, was also a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD, MHS, received her Medical Degree at the University of California-San Francisco and a Master’s Degree in Holistic Health and Medical Sciences from the University of California-Berkeley. She is Board Certified in Family Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. She is also Board Certified in Holistic Medicine and a member of the American Holistic Medical Association. She has also published two books on Taoism, holistic health and sexuality, The Multi-Orgasmic Woman and The Multi-Orgasmic Couple (www.multiorgasmicwoman.com). She teaches workshops regularly at the Chi Center and at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California (Esalen Workshops). She has trained with Mantak Chia, a Taoist Master, and is a certified Healing Love instructor in the Universal Tao system. TOPICS: You will learn the importance and power of sex, pleasure & touch + How sex can increase your vitality and energy + What self-cultivation is and why it's so important + How to appreciate your unique body and beauty + How to find & experience more heart and soul in your sexuality + How to stoke the fire of desire.