Maria Ana Lopes

Maria Ana is a certified Mindfulness Teacher and she supports creatives in cultivating inner calm and presence through mindfulness practices and simple tools for navigating the challenges of everyday life. Her goal is to help people find their own mindfulness tools and practices so they can create a happier and more present life. In 2019, during a brief work experience in New York, she started developing a personal meditation practice. She found a local group that meditated weekly in the Plum Village tradition, a tradition created by Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh, and it changed her life. The simplicity with which ancient practices were approached led her to adopt this practice for life. After some years of practice alone and in groups in New York, London, Lisbon, Barcelona, and joining mindfulness retreats, she began facilitating sessions in a small community of practitioners in Barcelona. This made her want to deepen her knowledge, experience and skills and, in 2025, she joined the Mindfulness Now Teachers Training intensive course at the UK College of Mindfulness Meditation in London. This wonderfully enriching experience gave her more tools and skills to keep practicing and, most importantly, to be able to share the practice with others. By the end of 2025, she started supporting individuals with mindfulness programs and sessions.

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