Gerd Ziegler (born February 8, 1951) is a therapist specializing in humanistic and spiritual therapy. He studied psychology, political science, theater, and religious studies at Freie Universitt Berlin and also worked with encounter groups, gestalt, psychodrama, neo-Reichian bodywork, and meditation. He studied at the Boyesen Institute in London from 19761978. In 1979, his path led him to India, where he spent two years studying and living at the Shree Rajneesh Ashram and Rajneesh International University.