Robert Rosenbaum

Robert Rosenbaum, Ph.D., began Zen practice in 1971. Between 1989 and 2010 he studied with his root teacher, Sojun Mel Weitsman. After receiving lay entrustment from Sojun, with his encouragement Bob established the Meadowmind sangha in the Sierra foothills and participated as a founding member of the Lay Zen Teachers’ Association. He has taught at numerous sanghas in the United States, Australia and Finland; in 2019 he received denkai in Ordinary Mind Zen from Karen Terzano.

Bob found a natural complement to Zen in the Taoist practice of Dayan (Wild Goose) Qigong as taught by Master Hui Liu in the lineage of Grandmaster Yang Meijun. In 1991 Master Liu authorized Bob as a teacher; at her request he brought Dayan Qigong to numerous venues in the USA and around the world. He continues to teach master classes and train teachers at the Wen Wu school in El Cerrito.

After receiving his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1980 he divided his time between clinical neuropsychology, brief psychotherapy and behavioral medicine. He was a Fulbright Professor at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in India. Working at Kaiser Permanente with his colleagues Moshe Talmon and Michael Hoyt he pioneered groundbreaking work on Single Session Psychotherapy; working with colleagues in Neurology and Medicine he innovated programs in mind-body medicine, including qigong and meditation programs for patients with chronic pain.

Bob’s books include Zen and the Heart of Psychotherapy; Walking the Way: 81 Zen Encounters with the Tao Te Ching; What's Wrong with Mindfulness - and what isn’t (co-edited with Barry Magid) and, most recently, That Is Not Your Mind! - Zen Reflections on the Surangama Sutra.

Bob currently lives and practices in Sacramento, California with his sweetheart/wife/dharma partner and fellow qigong teacher, Jeanne Courtney.