Alexander J. Shaia, Ph.D., is an educator, psychologist, spiritual director, liturgist, writer, and professional speaker. He is the founder and director of the Blue Door Retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Shaia travels internationally, lecturing and conducting workshops on the four-gospel journey of quadratos, psychotherapy, rites of passage, and Christian meditation and spirituality.
Michelle Gaugy is a writer and the owner of a large art gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is also the former president of the Awakening Museum and Foundation, an interfaith center of spiritual art.