John Selby, the main author of this book and app, grew up on Arizona and California cattle ranches, graduated from Princeton University in Psychology, got his ThD doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union (UC Berkeley) and the San Francisco Theological Seminary, and completed his therapy training at the Radix Institute. John conducted mind research for the National Institutes of Health and the New Jersey Neuro-psychiatric Institute with Humphry Osmond MD. He was in charge of EEG studies of brain function in LSD users, and did NIH field research documenting families using marijuana in New York City. John also studied traditional meditation techniques with Kriyananda, Alan Watts, Bhagwan Rajneesh, and Krishnamurti. During a five-year stay in Europe, John directed therapy research and experimental wellness programs with his European mentor, Manfred Von Luhmann MD. He also spent several years studying traditional mindfulness methods with native tribes in Mexico, South Africa, and Guatemala. Working as pastoral therapist for the San Rafael Presbyterian Church and then in private practice, John has helped many clients integrate mindful marijuana use into their everyday lives. John is the author of over two-dozen books on meditation and personal growth, plus 10 novels and screenplays. Happily married with three grown sons, he now lives in Santa Cruz, where he has recently worked with Microsoft, Plantronics and WizeWell developing at-work mindfulness programs. He's currently completing a new novel dramatizing the danger and potential inherent in resonance-based mood-management devices. for more, visit: www.johnselby.com