Bob Stahl, PhD, founded and directs mindfulness-based stress reduction programs in six medical centers in the San Francisco Bay area. A long-time mindfulness practitioner, Bob lived in a Buddhist monastery for 81/2 years and is currently a Vipassana meditation teacher at Vipassana Santa Cruz and Spirit Rock Meditation Center . Bob has completed MBSR teacher certification at University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dr. Stahl also serves as an Adjunct Senior Teacher for Oasis - the institute for mindfulness-based professional education and innovation of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the UMasss Medical School. He has given numerous presentations at the International Mindfulness-based Intervention conference at UMass Medical Center and also conducts mindfulness meditation retreats and workshops for health care professionals, corporations, and educational institutions, which is where Wendy first met Bob at a retreat at Commonweal in Bolinas, CA.