About the Author

John P. Milton is a frequent lecturer and workshop leader, and a pioneering, renowned, and sought-after meditation and Qi Gong teacher. Thousands of people have sought his instruction since he began teaching in the 1950's. He has developed unique practices for uniting inner and outer nature through training in Buddhist, Taoist, Vedantic, Tantric, and Native American traditions, and he incorporates T’ai Chi and yoga in his work. Milton is also known for organizing and leading dozens of expeditions into some of the wildest areas left on Earth, starting in his late teens. He received his M.S. in ecology and conservation from the University of Michigan in 1963. A founding father of the environmental movement in the early 1960's, he was a professor of environmental studies and a Woodrow Wilson Center scholar at the Smithsonian Institute. He was one of the first ecologists on staff at the White House as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, and was a founding member of the environmental organization Friends of the Earth. Milton was instrumental in introducing the vision quest to contemporary culture. In 1945, at the time he began his sacred solo retreats in the wilderness, vision quests were unknown in the Americas outside Native American culture. For years, this author has written books and articles on inner development and ecology. He founded Threshold, a foundation devoted to spiritual liberation in nature. His programs inspire Earth stewardship by cultivating natural wisdom and an open, loving heart in the wild.