Vanessa Zuisei Goddard is a writer and lay Zen teacher based in Playa del Cármen, México. She was ordained and trained full-time for almost twenty-five years at Zen Mountain Monastery in Upstate New York, and she’s now the guiding teacher of Ocean Mind Sangha, where she works virtually with new and experienced Buddhist practitioners. Zuisei is the author of Still Running: The Art of Meditation in Motion, and the upcoming children’s book Weather Any Storm. She can be found at www.vanessazuiseigoddard.org.