Tuere Sala is a Guiding Teacher at Seattle Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is a retired prosecuting attorney who has practiced Vipassana meditation for over 30 years. Tuere believes that urban meditation is the foundation for today's practitioner’s path to liberation. She is inspired by bringing the dharma to nontraditional places and is a strong advocate for practitioners living with high stress, past trauma, and difficulties sitting still. Tuere has been teaching since 2010. She is a teacher within the Thai Forest Theravadin lineage and is authorized through the Insight Meditation Society.