Deepak Chopra is an Indian-American author and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine. His discussions of quantum healing have been characterized as technobabble – "incoherent babbling strewn with scientific terms" derided by those proficient in physics.
Chopra in 2019
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was an influence on Chopra in the 1980s.
Deepak Chopra at a book signing in 2006
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new religious movement and as non-religious. He became known as Maharishi and Yogi as an adult.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1978
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1967 in The Netherlands at Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)
Left to right: Michael Cooper, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Shepard Sherbell and Brian Jones; sitting: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 1967)
The Maharishi's headquarters in Seelisberg, Switzerland