Mar. 21, 2010
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Elizabeth Lesser is the co-founder of Omega Institute, the United States’ largest adult education center focusing on health, wellness, spirituality, and creativity. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, and The Seeker’s Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure (both from Random House). For more than 30 years Ms. Lesser has studied and worked with leading figures in the fields of healing, spiritual development, and cultural change. Her work at Omega has included helping to run the organization, curriculum development, conference weaving, teaching, and writing the yearly Omega catalog, a reference book that describes the work of some of the most eminent thinkers and practitioners of our times.

For many years, Elizabeth spearheaded Omega’s popular Women and Power conferences, renowned gatherings featuring women leaders, authors, activists, and artists. In 2008 she worked with Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle developing a weekly on-line curriculum based on Tolle’s book, A New Earth. The webinar was viewed by more than 2 million people worldwide. She has appeared several times on the Oprah Winfrey show and Oprah.com webcasts, and is a frequent host on the Oprah & Friends radio network on Sirius/XM.

A student of the Sufi master, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan since 1971, Elizabeth has also studied with many other spiritual teachers and psychological practitioners and religious scholars. Her first book, The Seeker’s Guide, chronicles the uprising of a new spirituality that she participated in and researched through her work at Omega. Her second book, Broken Open, is a guide for anyone going through a difficult time. It includes stories from many people’s lives, tells her own story of difficulty and transformation, and maps the process of using adversity for inner growth. Broken Open has been a best seller in the United States and translated into 15 languages. Learn more.