Bob Roth (born October 10, 1950) is an American
Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a form of silent mantra meditation advocated by the Transcendental Meditation movement. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi created the technique in India in the mid-1950s. Advocates of TM claim that the technique promotes a ...
(TM) teacher and author. He is the CEO of the
David Lynch Foundation
The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace (or simply DLF) is a global charitable foundation with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Fairfield, Iowa. It was founded by film director and Transcendental Me ...
and a director of the Center for Leadership Performance.
Early life and education
Bob Roth was born in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. He is the son of Dr. Merall Roth, a
radiologist
Radiology ( ) is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiatio ...
, and Susan Roth, a teacher.
He attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, California, and graduated from the
University of California at Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...
.
Career
Roth is the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation and has taught TM for nearly 50 years. His students include thousands of at-risk students in underserved schools, military veterans, women and children who have experienced domestic violence, and numerous celebrities like Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, Martin Scorsese, Katy Perry, Russell Brand, and others.
Roth learned TM at the Berkeley TM Center in 1969.
In 1972, he took a semester off college to travel to Spain and study with
. After six months of study, Roth became a TM teacher himself.
Roth is the author of ''Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation'' and the 2018 New York Times bestseller ''Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation''. As CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, Roth has helped bring Transcendental Meditation to more than one million students in underserved schools in 35 countries, to military veterans and their families who suffer from post-traumatic stress, and to women and children who are survivors of domestic violence. Roth also directs the Center for Health and Wellness, which is bringing meditation to Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Roth is the host of the iHeartRadio podcast “Stay Calm,” and on his Sirius XM radio show
''Success without Stress'' Roth sits down with prominent meditators to discuss their practices and the influence of Transcendental Meditation on their lives. Roth has spoken about the “science of meditation" to industry leaders at such gatherings as Google Zeitgeist, Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Brain Conference, Wisdom 2.0, Summit, Global Wellness Summit, and CURA's Unite To Cure at The Vatican.
Personal life
Roth resides in New York, N.Y.
He has three siblings: his sister, Ellen, and brothers Bill and Tom. Having grown up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Roth is a fan of the San Francisco Giants
and Golden State Warriors. He idolized Willie Mays in his youth
and is a big fan of Stephen Curry today.
Awards
In 2015, Roth was the recipient of the Disruptor Award from the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards for David Lynch Foundation's innovative work serving at-risk populations.
Publications and works
* ''Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation''. Plume, 1988. 978-1556110856
* ''Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation''. Simon & Schuster, 2018. 978-1501161216
References
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American male writers
American motivational speakers
Living people
1950 births