Robert Newman has taught at the City University of New York and the University of Colorado. A long time practitioner of Buddhist meditation techniques, he is currently president of the World Health Foundation, which has researched and developed programs for the medical uses of meditation now offered in various hospitals and medical centers. Segments of the present work were featured in LOKA, a journal from the Naropa Institute, (Anchor Press/Doubleday) 1975.

 Robert Newman is the author of Calm Birth: New Method for Conscious Childbirth and Calm Birth: Empowering Preparation for Childbirth (audio companion for children), published  by  North Atlantic Books (December 10, 2005)