Alex Castanheira (they/them), MA. M.Ed. is an Interpersonal Mindfulness Teacher since 2015. They began meditation 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. Currently, Alex teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), since 2014, and Interpersonal Mindfulness (IMP), since 2015. They are part of an international team “the Gardeners” who actively engage in the ongoing development and ethics of the Interpersonal Mindfulness Program and who design the IMP Teacher Training.

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 also Insight Dialogue, Social Emotional Learning, Deep Democracy and the Works That Reconnects in various settings, including school or educational environment and non-profit organizations. More info : www.mindfulup.be