John Veltheim is the founder of The BodyTalk System. He is cofounder of both the International BodyTalk Association and the International BodyTalk Foundation, which helps fund research and offers BodyTalk Access to people in places where healthcare is not readily available.

He is formally trained as a chiropractor and acupuncturist and served as Principal of the Brisbane College of Acupuncture and Natural Therapies for five years. Dr. Veltheim's extensive postgraduate studies include applied kinesiology and Bioenergetic therapy. He has also studied osteopathy and sports medicine.

His other areas of expertise include counseling, comparative philosophy, and theology. John also has extensive knowledge in the field of quantum physics and consciousness and has spent much time lecturing internationally on these topics.

Dr. Veltheim has written numerous magazine and journal articles on BodyTalk and his other fields of knowledge. Dr. Veltheim's work has also been published in the Journal of Alternative Medicine Research. The journal's publishers were so impressed with his development of The BodyTalk System, they dedicated an entire volume solely to articles about BodyTalk.

He is the published author of several books on the topics of Reiki, acupuncture and BodyTalk. He has created numerous BodyTalk courses and developed the PaRama BodyTalk program where science meets healing at the highest level.

Sylvia has had extensive experience in the complementary health field as a practitioner, educator and administrator. She learned BodyTalk from founder Dr. John Veltheim in 2000 and was among the first Certified BodyTalk Practitioners in Canada. She became a Certified BodyTalk Instructor in January 2002. In 2003, she was appointed a Senior BodyTalk Instructor, certified as a MindScape Instructor and was also elected by her peers to the position of Junior Vice-President of the International BodyTalk Association (re-elected in 2005). In 2007 Sylvia became an Advanced Senior BodyTalk Instructor, and assumed the role of Vice President for Academic Studies. In 2011, she achieved the status of Senior MindScape Instructor and in 2012 she became the Chair, Academics and IBA Membership.

Sylvia taught advanced anatomy and physiology and massage technique courses in the Massage Therapy Certificate program at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. Subsequently, she was the Program Administrator of the Centre for Complementary Health Education at the University for nine years. In early 2003, she resigned from this position so she could focus full-time on teaching and practicing BodyTalk and MindScape.

She wrote the textbook for the Lymphatic Drainage and Applied Anatomy and Physiology course, developed the Anatomy and Physiology for BodyTalkers self-study courses, the MindScape for Children course, co-created the BodyTalk Access program and wrote the manual, created three mp3s, an mp4 on Conducting Distance Sessions, and revised the textbooks for the BodyTalk Fundamentals, MacroCosmic Bodymind and Matrix Dynamics courses

Sylvia maintains a busy clinical practice in Cochrane, Alberta, and teaches BodyTalk and MindScape courses throughout Canada and abroad.