Meet the Masters Who Live What They Teach

Rooted in diverse traditions and disciplines, these teachers and guides embody the practices they share — each bringing a lifetime of mastery, insight, and devotion that shapes every moment of Emersion.

Shi Heng Yi is the founder of Shaolin Temple Europe, a Zen-based community in Otterberg, Germany. Drawing from Shaolin martial arts, Qi Gong, and Chan philosophy, he makes ancient Eastern wisdom accessible and practical for contemporary life. 

A lifelong practitioner, he masterfully balances preserving tradition while empowering modern students worldwide with tools for self-mastery — sharing his teachings through books, online programs, and global events. He is the author of Shaolin Spirit: The Way to Self-Mastery and Shaolin Mind: In Search for True Freedom, and the creator of the acclaimed online program The Way to Self-Mastery.

Shi Heng Yi’s free teachings and practices on YouTube and his website have reached millions, and his profound methods have earned him international recognition.

BLU is a multidisciplinary creative, storyteller, and the host of the internationally acclaimed Deja Blu Podcast, which has reached over four million listeners worldwide. Her path began with a devotion to truth, creativity, and the healing power of presence.

Through spoken word, music, and immersive experiences, Blu helps people remember the innate wisdom that lies at the core of their greatest challenges. Her work blends consciousness, artistry, and ceremony to create spaces of genuine transformation. With humor, depth, and heart-led leadership, she guides audiences into a deeper awareness of who they are and what becomes possible when they live courageously aligned with their soul.

Jim Curtis pioneered Hypno-Coaching and is an author, speaker, and health and wellness leader dedicated to guiding people through identity-level change. He blends neuroscience, subconscious rewiring, emotional healing, and spiritual principles to help clients break free from fear and pain, reprogram limiting patterns, and step into their most empowered selves.

With more than 25 years in wellness leadership, including executive roles at WebMD, Everyday Health, and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Jim has coached entrepreneurs, creatives, and public figures. His work is deeply personal, shaped by his own journey with chronic illness and emotional trauma, and rooted in the belief that no matter how stuck or broken you may feel, true transformation is always possible.

Sarah Elkhaldy is a mystic and spiritual teacher, widely recognized as a leader in the field of spirituality and the esoteric arts. Highly claircognizant, Sarah began having out-of-body and supernatural encounters in adolescence, which led her to devote herself to spiritual initiation — immersing in shamanic practice, energy medicine, and ancient mysticism. Today, she weaves that lived gnosis into teachings that help others decode distortion, remember who they are, and reclaim their spiritual sovereignty.

Sarah’s teachings and deep insights into the nature of reality create energetic transmissions that activate her audience on a soul level. One of her greatest passions is helping others navigate the most obscure, subtle, and powerful parts of their spiritual awakening.

Grandmother Flordemayo, the youngest of 15 children born in the highlands of Central America, showed her gift of sight early. At four, she began training in curanderismo, learning herbal healing, women’s medicine, and reverence for Mother Earth from her mother. A Mayan healer and 12th-generation keeper of her family’s sacred staff, she founded The Path, Inc., a nonprofit that preserves ancestral knowledge and heirloom seeds.

She co-founded organizations devoted to Indigenous elders and Earth stewardship, including the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers and the Mother Earth Delegation of United Indigenous Nations. Today she travels the world, offering prayers, guiding ceremonies, and sharing teachings that call people into unity and deeper spiritual connection.

Suzanne Giesemann is a spiritual teacher, bestselling author, and medium honored on Watkins’ list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. Once a Navy Commander and aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, she traded a life of military precision for one of spiritual discovery. 

With 16 books, award-winning documentaries, Hemi-Sync recordings, and a YouTube channel reaching millions, she shares wisdom through her inspirational Daily Way messages and The Awakened Way podcast.

Suzanne’s teachings reveal a mindful path of living in awareness of our interconnectedness with higher consciousness. Her gift of multidimensional communication — verified by afterlife researchers — brings hope, healing, and love that touch the heart.

Richard James is an evolutionary astrologer and spiritual guide dedicated to unveiling the soul’s path and the evolution of consciousness. His exploration began when his mother was diagnosed with stage four cancer, a period that confronted him with anticipatory grief, disconnection from the material world, and profound heartbreak. He found clarity through a deep study of ancient wisdom — from the Vedas and past lives to Druidry and the metaphysics of the soul.

Richard’s passion lies in supporting people as they shed the layers that limit their awareness and reconnect with the essence of who they are. His work helps individuals understand their karmic story, life lessons, and innate purpose. He brings this perspective to Starcast Weekly, the new Gaia series streaming January 1, 2026. He is dedicated to guiding others toward self-realization — the recognition of “ultimate truth” and the fulfillment of their soul’s purpose.

Jade Shaw is an astral projection expert who teaches out-of-body experiences (OBEs) for transformation. After five years in a Buddhist temple, a life-changing OBE led her to pursue an MSc in Transpersonal Psychology, with her scientific research featured in Forbes. She is known for her film Insight Out, Gaia appearances, and Netflix consultancy. 

 Jade has taught over 50,000 students through Mindvalley, the Monroe Institute, and her own school, Beyond. Her signature S.T.A.T.E. method was used in the world’s first long-term study. The rare background in peer-reviewed science and ethnographic enquiry within cultures makes Jade the world’s only OBE guide merging research, tradition, and personal experience. This approach has led to invitations to teach BAFTA winners, Fortune 500 CEOs, and NYT bestselling authors. 

Brian Paris, DC, is a transformational educator, speaker, and integrative health innovator who bridges modern neuroscience with ancient embodiment practices to create lasting change from the inside out. For more than 25 years, he has worked at the intersection of clinical care, teaching, and performance, helping people reconnect mind, body, heart, and breath to awaken embodied presence. Brian trained as a chiropractor and movement specialist, building several seven-figure wellness centers before turning his focus to the nervous system — the body’s inner architecture of performance. 

Through his Four Pillars of Embodied Presence — interoception, proprioception, neuroception, and regulation — he translates complex science into simple, experiential practices. As a lifelong student of shamanic and contemplative traditions, Brian brings a grounded, heart-centered approach to everything he teaches. Today, he works with leaders and organizations to cultivate embodied leadership and holistic performance.