Dr. Pedram Shojai is the founder of Well.org; the New York Times best-selling author of The Urban Monk , Rise and Shine , The Art of Stopping Time , and Inner Alchemy ; and the co-author of Exhausted . He is the producer and director of the movies Vitality, Origins , and Prosperity and the producer of such documentary series as Interconnected, Gateway to Health, and Exhausted . He is a Taoist abbot, a doctor of Oriental medicine, and a qigong master. Nick Polizzi is the founder of the Sacred Science, director of the feature documentary by the same name, and author of the book based on the film. He is also the co-author of Exhausted and executive producer of such docuseries as Remedy: Ancient Medicines for Modern Illness and Proven: Healing Breakthroughs Backed By Science . Ever since he cured himself of a debilitating illness using a traditional therapy, he has been traveling the world, documenting forgotten healing methods.