João fell in love with meditation and the Dharma of the Buddha upon discovering it in 2004. Since then his own practice development and retreat has become a constant.
He teaches mindfulness since 2008 and he is a Certified Breathworks Teacher from Breathworks CIC and a Certif...
João fell in love with meditation and the Dharma of the Buddha upon discovering it in 2004. Since then his own practice development and retreat has become a constant.
He teaches mindfulness since 2008 and he is a Certified Breathworks Teacher from Breathworks CIC and a Certified MBSR Teacher from the UC San Diego School of Medicine Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute where he is also a MBSR Mentor providing supervision to MBSR teachers on their training pathway.
João has trained directly with some of the greatest mindfulness specialists, such as Vidyamala Burch, Ratnaguna, Taravajra, Karunavira and Alison Evans from the UK and Steven Hickman, Susan Woods, Patricia Rockman and Allan Goldstein from the USA. He has a permanent desire to learn and deepen his path. More info here.
Throughout these years he participated in retreats guided by Sagarapriya, Roshi Amy Hollowell, Bhikkhu Analayo, Zohar Lavie, Nathan Glyde, Jenny Wilks, Vipassana as taught by Goenka, among others.
It is his desire that his teachings may be of benefit of all beings everywhere.
