Vital After 50: Master Your Metabolic Reset

As co-founder and now executive chairman of Wanderlust yoga festivals, and Co-Founder and CEO of Commune, Jeff has been influential in the wellness world. Under his leadership, Wanderlust co-created 108 festivals across 56 cities worldwide, including locations throughout North America, Australia, and New Zealand. Commune is a masterclass platform reaching millions with transformative education, and Jeff’s Commune podcast features conversations with renowned experts from Andrew Huberman to Marianne Williamson. His weekly Commusings essay explores spirituality and culture for over a million subscribers.

Jeff’s book Good Stress shares the wellness protocols he developed to reverse his own diabetes, lose 60 pounds, and reclaim vitality at age 50. Together with his wife Schuyler, he operates Commune Topanga, a 10-acre wellness center hosting retreats featuring yoga, cold plunging, sauna bathing, and storytelling.

Schuyler founded the Kula Yoga Project in 2002, just blocks from Ground Zero, creating a sanctuary for healing in Lower Manhattan. What began as community service evolved into a lifelong calling. Her signature Kula Flow style – demanding yet accessible, precise yet creative – has influenced thousands of teachers worldwide. In 2009, she co-created the Wanderlust Festival with Jeff, expanding their wellness vision globally and reaching dozens of cities worldwide.

After decades in NYC, Schuyler returned to her California roots, where she now hosts retreats combining movement, breathwork, and mindfulness at their 10-acre Commune Topanga center. Her yoga trainings remain sought after, while her online courses reach practitioners worldwide.

She’s a movement innovator who created the globally practiced Kula Flow style, built community-focused studios, shaped a generation of teachers through her training, and developed a holistic pregnancy course, Empowered Birth.

Derek Gehl is a serial e-commerce entrepreneur, speaker, and author. After spending the first decade of his professional career growing one of world’s first Internet marketing companies to over $30 million in sales, he decided that leading a company of 100 employees in offices in two countries wasn’t for him – so he sold the company to a private equity group and refocused his life on the things he loved most: spending time with his family, pursuing his passions, and building and growing online businesses. In 2024, after doing some consulting for MEA, Derek had his own transformational experience at a Navigating Transitions workshop, which inspired him to join the company as Chief Marketing and Technology Officer and then take on the role as CEO, spearheading our mission to reimagine midlife and build a global pro-aging community that inspires people to thrive in the second half of life.