Our Instructors
Irena Danys, MD
Irena Danys, MD is the founder of Mindful Healers, providing quality meditation and mindfulness programs for individuals, groups, schools and businesses. A long time student and practitioner of meditative practices, she saw the personal benefits of mindfulness and meditation throughout the challenges of life, strife and a busy medical career. This compelled her to study and train at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at UMass Medical School Worcester, becoming a qualified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Seeking to provide the highest standard of excellence, she continued her training at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, Rhode Island, and became a Certified MBSR Teacher.
Her special areas of interest are neuroplasticity, and the brain changing effects of meditation. She also is actively exploring the impact of mindfulness practices for alleviation of burnout, mental fatigue and poor sleep.
Rossana L. Magalhaes, LCMHC
Rossana L. Magalhaes, LCMHC is a Board Certified Counselor and a Certified MBSR Teacher. Rossana studied with the University of Massachusetts Medical School and became a Qualified MBSR Teacher. With persistence and determination Rossana continued with numerous mindfulness-based retreats, trainings and extensive supervision, and received the title of Certified MBSR Certification Teacher from Mindfulness Center at Brown University, Rhode Island . Rossana earned a honors’ Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Counseling and Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, UNCG.
Rossana is originally from Brazil. Rossana has taught more than ten MBSR programs in the Triad area of North Carolina.
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