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Dalinda Sánchez, PhD
Director and Founder
Neuroscientist | Certified Mindfulness Teacher | Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training-Certified instructor | Certified Health and Wellness Coach
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Dalinda Sanchez is a compassionate neuroscientist devoted to enhancing mental and physical health through mindfulness. With a PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, she is also a certified Mindfulness Teacher from the UK College of Mindfulness Meditation and an instructor in Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training through the Mindful Eating Training Institute in USA.
Through her research in the neurophysiological mechanisms of mindfulness, Dalinda strives to empower clients to cultivate healthier lifestyles and enhance emotional regulation. Her work emphasizes meaningful transformation, inspiring clients to engage fully with their lives and surroundings.
Dalinda’s approach emphasizes deep connection—both with oneself and with others. She harnesses compassion as a guiding force, encouraging individuals to explore their inner strength while providing a safe space to confront challenges such as disordered eating and emotional distress. Her tailored mindfulness programs cater to diverse needs, whether working with individuals, groups, or corporate clients, ensuring that each journey is unique and fulfilling.
She firmly believes that by practicing mindfulness, we can embark on a journey of awareness leading to enhanced well-being and meaningful life changes.
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Claudia Victoria Martínez Roa
Facilitator
Website: Kitchen that reconnects
Claudia Victoria is a personal growth facilitator dedicated to helping individuals enrich their lives through the integration of food, psychology, and spirituality. She believes that the kitchen serves as a nurturing space for inner growth, where cooking and eating can become meaningful spiritual experiences. Inspired by Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects and ancient traditions, Claudia offers personalized courses, workshops, and sessions designed to meet the unique needs of each individual or group.
Grounded in mindfulness, she brings together different ideas and effective health practices to improve our connections with ourselves, others, and nature. Through her resources and guidance, Claudia encourages everyone to see the wholeness within themselves and embrace personal growth in meaningful ways.
Claudia is also a long-time Vipassana Meditation student and studies Buddhist psychology at Sravasti Abbey. Over the past decade, she has learned from teachers in Japan and South Korea about the spiritual dimensions of cooking and has received guidance from Zen Master Edward Espe Brown in Germany.
She holds certifications from Schumacher College as a facilitator, from the Mindful Eating Training Institute as a mindful eating instructor and wellness coach, and from Harvard Medical School as a Culinary Coach.
Ana Izquierdo Gil
Certified Zentangle® Teacher | Certified Mindfulness Teacher
Website: www.hereandnowakademie.com (coming soon)
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Since 2020, Ana has been walking the path of mindfulness, which led her to obtain certifications as a Zentangle® teacher (Nov 2021) and as a Mindfulness Now teacher (Nov 2024). These certifications are the result of a deep personal journey in which she experienced the importance and positive impact of practicing mindfulness as a lifestyle. Mindfulness has become an integral part of her, guiding her to navigate life in a more compassionate and “being-feeling” way.
“I am enthusiastic about spreading and teaching mindfulness practices as well as guiding and supporting participants through their own mindfulness journeys. I personally experience the mindfulness practices empowering with helping us to step out of autopilot and be (more) present in the now.”
“I embrace the Zentangle® method as a powerful tool that, in essence, I consider it as a mindfulness technique itself. Zentangle® brings us to the here-and-now by stroking repetitive patterns while creating beautiful pieces of art. No need to know how to draw. When guiding Zentangle® to the participants, focusing on the process is key for me; in the process is where the whole magic happens: “It is not about the outcome, but the process” (A.I.G.).”
Mindfulness Now is a unique mind-body inclusive program with a compassionate, trauma-informed approach. Mindfulness Now integrates not only compassionate mindfulness elements but also components from both the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programs.
Would you like to learn more about Zentangle®, Mindfulness Now, and Ana’s personal mindfulness journey? She invites you to check out this site: CZT® Family Tree.
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