Bruce Alderman, MA, is an integral and transpersonal psychologist, a professor of consciousness studies, the Associate Director for the Blue Sky Leaders Certificate Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), and full-time faculty for the Consciousness, Psychology, and Transformation department at National University (NU). He is a long-time Buddhist and TSK practitioner, and a long-time student of David Bohm’s work. He recently led a course with Lee Nichol on the concept and practice of the rheosoma. 

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Prior to working at CIIS and NU, Bruce worked and studied abroad in Asia for several years, teaching courses on creative writing and inquiry at the Rajghat Besant School, a Krishnamurti school in Varanasi, India, and studying and practicing at monasteries and ashrams in Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and Nepal. He has published essays in the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, and Consciousness Journal, as well as in several anthologies on Integral philosophy and spirituality.

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Recently he launched a YouTube channel and podcast called The Integral Stage, dedicated to exploring integral, metamodern, and other holistic and integrative approaches to addressing the complex social, ecological, and spiritual challenges of our time.

 

He lives with his partner and his son in the Bay Area, CA, the USA,