Daniel Bowling is a mediator and mediation trainer for the US District Court for Northern California. He co-edited/co-authored Bringing Peace into the Room -- the first book on mediation to focus on the importance for resolving conflict of the mediator's personal qualities. He helped start mediation in South Carolina, where he practice law after graduating from Harvard Law School.

He was the first yoga teacher in Charleston, SC and started a spiritual educational center there in the 1980s. He was also a teacher and General Counsel for Kripalu Yoga Center, in Lenox, Massachusetts and founded the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association. He has practiced meditation since 1976 and participated in Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leaders Training. He currently is a member of the Spirit Rock Board of Directors.