Dr. Anbananthan Rathnam earned his doctoral degree from the University of Toronto. His research explored the psychological conditioning of human beings and applied them towards the development of wholeness among teachers. He is the founder of Human Wholeness Training Academy, an organization dedicated to awaken the teacher within.

The purpose of this book, which utilizes a phenomenological inquiry methodology, inquired into the awareness of what it means to be a whole teacher. This empirical research on Whole Teachers is the first of its kind to focus on six important aspects of teachers that will be the foundation in their transformational journey that includes: Teachers Thinking, Teachers Lives, Teachers Inner Lives, Teachers Contemplative Practices, Teachers Calling and Teachers Pedagogy/Curriculum Design. This concept of wholeness was traced from Jiddu Krishnamurti s notion of Awareness, Deepak Chopra s Shadow Effect and Parker Palmer s Hidden Wholeness. A whole teacher needs to be in the journey of transforming themselves before attempting to transform their students. In the absence of wholeness, there will be fragmentation in the way we think, feel and act. In the absence of wholeness, the fragmented teacher will stuff the pupil with information just to pass examination that will deny the flowering of student s innate potential. It takes a whole teacher to bring out the natural talent in our students. It takes a whole teacher to nurture a whole child.