Bob Stahl, PhD, founded eight Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs in medical centers in the SF Bay. He serves as an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Public Health at Brown University Mindfulness Center and formerly at the Oasis Institute for Mindfulness-Based Professional Education and Training at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Bob teaches mindfulness meditation retreats worldwide and is the former guiding teacher at Insight Santa Cruz and a visiting teacher at Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Society, and Insight Retreat Center. He is coauthor of 5 books: A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook (1 st & 2 nd editions), Living With Your Heart Wide Open, Calming the Rush of Panic, A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety, and MBSR Everyday.
Events with Bob Stahl
The Original Body Scan: Discovering Freedom within the BodyJune 22 - 28, 2026
Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on June 8, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. In this retreat, we will work primarily with the first of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness – mindfulness of the body. The “32 Parts of the Body” meditation, which is part of the first foundation of mindfulness, has rarely been taught in the West; you will be introduced to it from an Insight perspective of the true nature and wonders of the body. This practice has also been used for healing illness and most importantly to help eradicate the erroneous…
The Original Body Scan: Discovering Freedom within the Body [ONLINE]June 22 - 28, 2026
Open to experienced and new practitioners Registration closes on June 21, 2026. If joining after this date, please contact us. In this retreat, we will work primarily with the first of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness – mindfulness of the body. The “32 Parts of the Body” meditation, which is part of the first foundation of mindfulness, has rarely been taught in the West; you will be introduced to it from an Insight perspective of the true nature and wonders of the body. This practice has also been used for healing illness and most importantly to help eradicate the erroneous…