David Less

Shahabuddin David Less, the founder of David Less Tours Ltd, has been leading inspired adventures of international travel for more than 50 years. Through leading many tours in India, Turkey, Israel, China, Bali, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Bhutan and beyond, he has become a deeply seasoned tour guide, uniquely suited to bring out the joy of travel for others and keenly skilled in taking care of the details so tour participants can relax, immerse, and enjoy. The great breadth and variety of Shahabuddin’s experience magnifies the beauty of encountering new places, cultures, and connections together. Shahabuddin is a long-established teacher of meditation who shares the arts of the inner life around the globe, as well as the board chair and founder of the Abrahamic Reunion, a nonprofit centered in interfaith peacebuilding in the Holy Land since 2000.

Casey Bledsoe, M.A.

Casey has traveled extensively in Europe, Latin America, India, Nepal, Israel, and more. With seasoned experience in the unexpected joys, surprises, and challenges that international travel can bring, Casey has a well-developed capacity to meet new people and situations with resourcefulness, compassion, clarity, and humor. A trained counselor, meditation teacher, retreat guide, and constellations facilitator, Casey brings her love of working collectively to the experience of group travel, supporting tour participants in both honoring their individual rhythms and uniting enjoyably as a whole. She is a deep lover of nature, centered in a strong sensibility that taking time to slow down in travel allows us to both give and receive the blessing of our deeper selves and our connections with each other, while embracing the magic of a place and its inhabitants. Casey is currently completing a PhD in East-West Psychology, with an emphasis on the union of the inner life with sacred activity in the world.