Bob Roth

Bob Roth (born October 10, 1950) is an American Transcendental Meditation (TM) teacher and author. He is the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation[1] and a director of the Center for Leadership Performance.[2]

Bob Roth
Born (1950-10-10) October 10, 1950
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California at Berkeley
OccupationEducator, author, meditation teacher
Known forTranscendental Meditation teacher
Parent(s)Merall and Susan Roth

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, and Susan Roth, a teacher.[3] He attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, California,[4] and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.[3]

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,[5] military veterans,[6] women and children who have experienced domestic violence,[7] and numerous celebrities like Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, Martin Scorsese, Katy Perry, Russell Brand, and others.[8][9]

Roth learned TM at the Berkeley TM Center in 1969.[10] In 1972, he took a semester off college to travel to Spain and study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. After six month of study, Roth became a TM teacher himself.[10]

Roth is the author of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation[11] and the 2018 New York Times bestseller Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation.[12] 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.[3] 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[3] and Golden State Warriors. He idolized Willie Mays in his youth[3] 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.[13]

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
  1. (2018). Retrieved January 29, 2018, from https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/board-of-directors.html
  2. (2016). Retrieved January 29, 2018, from https://www.tmbusiness.org/about-clp/our-team/
  3. Wolfe, A. (2017, June 30). Transcendental Meditation for Everyone. Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/transcendental-meditation-for-everyone-1498842465
  4. (1965, June 23). Redwood Hi-Notes. Sausalito News. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SN19650623.2.95
  5. O'Connell, P.M. (2017, January 2). Can in-school meditation help curb youth violence? Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-classroom-meditation-disadvantaged-students-met-20161231-story.html
  6. (2018). Retrieved January 29, 2018, from https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/research.html#veterans
  7. (2018). Retrieved January 29, 2018, from https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/women.html
  8. Aleksander, I. (2011, March 18). Look Who's Meditating Now. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/fashion/20TM.html
  9. Hartman, E. (2017, April 14). What Is Transcendental Meditation? Katy Perry's Teacher Explains Hollywood's Favorite Pathway to Inner Peace. Vogue. https://www.vogue.com/article/what-is-transcendental-meditation-katy-perry-lena-dunham-benefits-differences-cost-anxiety
  10. Roth, B. (2013, October 24). Bob Roth: ‘The tipping point has tipped’. https://tmhome.com/experiences/bob-roth-the-tipping-point-has-tipped
  11. TMhome. (2013, September 3). Transcendental Meditation by Bob Roth. Transcendental Meditation News & More. https://tmhome.com/books-videos/bob-roth-intro-to-tm-book-review/
  12. Publisher's Weekly. Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5011-6121-6
  13. Disruptor Awards. (2017, January 19). Bob Roth - David Lynch Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.disruptorawards.com/2015-honoree-blog/2017/1/19/bob-roth-david-lynch-foundation
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