Carla Brennan is a Vipassana teacher with Vipassana Santa Cruz and other groups in the Bay Area. She has been meditating for 35 years in the Zen, Theravada, and Tibetan traditions. Her teachers have included Zen Master Seung Sahn, Jack Kornfield, and Lama Surya Das. Carla offers nature-based retreats in California and Utah, teaches Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Santa Cruz, and is an artist and former psychotherapist.