Carla Stalling Walter

Dr. Carla Stalling Walter is a dancer, scholar, and Lay Soto Zen Buddhist, having received Jukai in December 2021 at the San Francisco Zen Center in the Shunryu Suzuki Roshi lineage. Her work flows at the intersection of movement, mindfulness, and cultural healing. Holding a PhD in Dance History and Theory (now called Critical Dance Studies) from the University of California, Riverside, she is a leading voice exploring the role of embodied knowledge in wellness and identity. As a former professor and sacred dance meditation leader, her unique perspective bridges the analytical and the intuitive, the academic and the ancestral.