Alex Castanheira (they/them), MA. M.Ed. is an Insight Dialogue Teacher. They began meditation’s practice as a teenager in 1990 through Taisen Deshimaru’s books. In 2011, after engaging in an 8-week course in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, they decided to train as a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher. Since then, they have practiced Insight Meditation and Insight Dialogue in Europe. Alex teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, since 2014, and Interpersonal Mindfulness, since 2015. Deeply committed to supporting people in finding creative and healthy ways to relate to the circumstances of life, to live and to act together on this unique, wild and precious Earth, Alex teaches Insight Dialogue, Socio-Emotional Learning, Deep Democracy and the Works that reconnects in various settings, including school or educational environment and non-profit organizations.
Deepening Practice,
Building Community.
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