Eckhart Tolle is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author. He is best known for his books The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. Tolle's teachings focus on the power of living in the present moment and finding inner peace. He was born in 1948 in Lünen, Germany and later moved to Canada. Tolle had a spiritual awakening in his late twenties that led him to dedicate his life to teaching and writing about mindfulness and consciousness.