Raymond Q. Holmes is the Founder/Director of (QI) Quintessence Institute and the Academy of Inversion Scientists (AIS).  He's one of the first Western initiates of the renowned Poet Saint - Sant Darshan Singh Maharaj of New Delhi, India.  Raymond has over 35 years of experience practicing meditation and following the teachings of Sant Mat (Path of the Enlightened Masters).  Raymond designed QI's four (4) major levels of spiritual change to help people balance the complexities of modern life with the joy of living a spiritual lifestyle.

Raymond is also a member of an International Speaker's Bureau and travels the world educating people about the benefits of practicing meditation on the Inner Light and Sound of God.  Raymond teaches meditation as a science that can be incorporated into the lives of people from all religions, faiths, and belief systems.  He shares with his students the benefits of having the unfailing guidance of a living spiritual teacher from the Sant Mat tradition helping one navigate life's complexities. 

Raymond has presented highly effective and energizing lectures, seminars, and workshops on many aspects of spirituality to audiences  in Washington, DC, Chicago, New York, L.A., San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta Georgia,  Panama Central America, New Delhi, India, Munich, Germany, Zürich, Switzerland, Durban, and Capetown, South Africa.  He's trained in Hospice, Bereavement Counseling, Re-evaluation Co-counseling (RC), and has over 20 years experience with the 12 Step Program.  Raymond is a Federal Government Executive and makes his home in Washington, DC with his wife.