Jill was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and currently resides in the Rocky Mountains near Denver. She received her BA from Wisconsin University, an MA in psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master of Divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological School. Jill was initiated into the hermetic and esoteric arts at Lotus Temple, and into kriya yoga under the lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda. She has been practicing and teaching yoga and astral projection for many years. Yoga and the Art of Astral Projection is her first book; she is currently completing another, To Jill with Love: Short Stories of Spirituality and Esoteric Wisdom.