Cara Lai is a meditation teacher, artist, and writer who helps people step out of the cycle of suffering and into the fullness of life. She spent most of her life trying to figure out how to be happy, or at least avoid total misery, which ultimately led her to spend the majority of her adulthood meditating. She’s explored what it means to be alive through many adventures in consciousness, including a full year of solitary retreat and living with chronic illness.

Cara is a working mom whose teaching is relatable, authentic, funny, and sometimes crass, and accessible for many people. She is authorized to teach in the Theravada Buddhist Lineage through Insight Meditation Society (IMS)/ Spirit Rock. Cara teaches at centers across the country, for the apps, Happier and Hatch, and more.