Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle is a German spiritual teacher and self-help author, whose books include The Power of Now (1997), A New Earth (2005) and the picture book Guardians of Being (2009). He left doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge in 1977 after a spiritual awakening he has described, and went on to teach. He came to wider attention as a self-help author in the 2000s, helped by promotion from Oprah Winfrey. His other titles include Practicing the Power of Now and Stillness Speaks.