Anoop Kumar, MD, enjoys exploring (and communicating about) the intersection of consciousness and everything else. He is an emergency physician, public speaker, columnist for Emergency Medicine News, and author of Michelangelo’s Medicine and Is This a Dream?

By spending time both in India and the U.S. as a child, Anoop grew to appreciate the differences between these cultures. He inadvertently began developing a framework for these differences when his parents exposed him to the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, which became his playground as he explored consciousness and its relationship with identity and the world. Against this backdrop, school seemed to be lacking something critical — in-depth knowledge of the nature of being human. This was the seed of Anoop’s desire to acquire and communicate this knowledge publicly.

To communicate insights into the nature of consciousness as comprehensively as possible, Anoop developed the three minds framework — a trans-disciplinary approach that integrates consciousness, identity, and the subjective and objective worlds. He applies the three minds framework to identify the specific changes needed in such fields as healthcare, education, and spirituality, to further advance our society.

By training, Anoop is board-certified in emergency medicine and holds a master’s degree in management with a focus in health leadership.

Deepak Chopra, MD, founder of The Chopra Foundation (a nonprofit entity for research on wellbeing and humanitarianism), and Chopra Global (a modern-day whole health company at the intersection of science and spirituality), is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. TIME magazine described him as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” 

A clinical professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California, San Diego, Deepak serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He’s authored more than 90 books (translated into more than 40 languages) including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His 90th book, the national bestseller Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential, unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities. 

For the past 30 years, Deepak has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution. His latest book, Total Meditation, helps readers achieve new dimensions of stress-free, joyful living. 

Photography credit: Michael Allen.