She is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 25 years and has been a practicing member of SIMS since 2001. She is also the founding teacher of the Capitol Hill Meditation Group. Ms. Sala teaches introduction to meditation classes, intermediate and advance practice courses, and Buddhist study courses. She offers daylong meditation retreats on various Dharma principles, workshops using nonviolent communication (NVC) to support a mindfulness practice and mindfulness based resilience training. She has completed extensive trainings including: Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader Program, Focusing for Complex Trauma Course and Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training Course (MMFT). She has sat 300+ days of meditation retreat (including residential, non-residential and day-longs) and has a long history of assisting others in establishing and maintaining a daily practice.