Dr. Don Salmon worked as a professional pianist-composer in the 1970s and 80s in New York City, performing with dancers, actors and fellow musicians, as well as composing for theater, dance and movies. He worked as a clinical psychologist for over 25 years, conducting research on lucid dreams and the use of mindfulness in the treatment of pain. Over the course of several decades, he has studied and practiced meditative and contemplative methods from various traditions and with his wife, Jan Maslow, has written a book on the yoga psychology of Sri Aurobindo.