Matthias Esho Birk PhD, is a Zen Dharma Holder in Taizan Maezumi Roshi’s White Plum Lineage and teaches at New York’s Still Mind Zendo. He is also a psychologist, leadership trainer, and executive coach, teaches leadership at NYU and Columbia University, and has taught meditation to organizations such as Amazon, Google, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and the United Nations. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two young kids, and when not with his family, on a cushion, or at work, he can probably be found trying to catch a wave in the Rockaways.