Bill Culman
Founder and Principle Instructor
Bill is the founder and principle instructor for Life In The Balance mindfulness. He spent the first 40 years of his working career in the computer industry, focusing on software engineering...for companies like Unisys, Tandem Computers, BEA Systems and Interwoven. Most recently, he was the VP of Engineering for Nutanix (see his LinkedIn profile for more details). During this time, he was also passionately engaged in various meditative disciplines, including Transcendental Meditation, tai chi, yoga and vipassana/mindfulness meditation...experiencing for himself the life benefits these practices can bring. For the past 15 years, he has been focused on mindfulness meditation...both in daily life and in more than 90 days of silent retreat practice. He began teaching in 2014 and has completed the UCLA MARC (Mindful Awareness Research Center) mindfulness facilitator training program. He has also received MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) teacher training. Bill currently is part of the teaching community at Insight Santa Cruz and also teaches regularly at the 1440 Multiversity and Nutanix. His core focus is cultivating mindfulness practices in the workplace and with young adults.
Bill is currently teaching in the San Francisco South Bay area. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Founder and Principle Instructor
Bill is the founder and principle instructor for Life In The Balance mindfulness. He spent the first 40 years of his working career in the computer industry, focusing on software engineering...for companies like Unisys, Tandem Computers, BEA Systems and Interwoven. Most recently, he was the VP of Engineering for Nutanix (see his LinkedIn profile for more details). During this time, he was also passionately engaged in various meditative disciplines, including Transcendental Meditation, tai chi, yoga and vipassana/mindfulness meditation...experiencing for himself the life benefits these practices can bring. For the past 15 years, he has been focused on mindfulness meditation...both in daily life and in more than 90 days of silent retreat practice. He began teaching in 2014 and has completed the UCLA MARC (Mindful Awareness Research Center) mindfulness facilitator training program. He has also received MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) teacher training. Bill currently is part of the teaching community at Insight Santa Cruz and also teaches regularly at the 1440 Multiversity and Nutanix. His core focus is cultivating mindfulness practices in the workplace and with young adults.
Bill is currently teaching in the San Francisco South Bay area. He can be contacted at [email protected].