Faculty Bios Examples

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  • Moustafa Abdelrahman

    Moustafa Abdelrahman, MBA, RP, is a meditation teacher and Contemplative Therapist. He is certified by the University of Toronto as an Applied Mindfulness Meditation Specialist and holds a Certificate in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Nalanda Institute/Diploma from the Institute of Traditional Medicine. Abdelrahman teaches a variety of mindfulness certificate courses at the School of Continuing Studies […]   Read Full Bio →
    Core Faculty: Compassion-Based Resilience Training
  • Mar Aige

    Mar Aige, BFA, MA, RYT, is an art, meditation and yoga teacher specializing in therapeutic breathing, heartful movement, and self-massage. She received her BA in Fine Arts from the Universitat de Barcelona and her MA in Humanities from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and is a certified kundalini and Tibetan yoga instructor. At the Nalanda Institute, […]   Read Full Bio →
    Co-Director: Contemplative Psychotherapy, Spanish & Portuguese. Visiting Faculty: Contemplative Psychotherapy Program. Core Faculty: Compassion-Based Resilience Training.
  • Fiona Brandon

    Fiona Brandon, MPS, MA, MFT, is the Director of the Nalanda Institute’s Compassion Based Resilience Training (CBRT) and Embodied Psychotherapy programs. As a licensed psychotherapist, she integrates Buddhist psychology, depth psychology, expressive arts therapy, dream imagery, and sensorimotor psychotherapy in her work with adults and couples. Fiona is also a co-editor and contributor of the […]   Read Full Bio →
    Director: Contemplative Psychotherapy Program, Embodiment Year, Psychotherapy track. Director: Compassion-Based Resilience Training. Core faculty.
  • Joe Loizzo

    Joseph (Joe) Loizzo, MD, PhD, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over forty years’ experience studying the beneficial effects of contemplative practices on healing, learning and development. He is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Integrative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he researches and teaches contemplative self-healing and optimal health. […]   Read Full Bio →
    Founder & Academic Director: Nalanda Institute. Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Core Faculty: all programs.

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  • Mar Aige

  • Elazar Aslan

  • Fiona Brandon

  • Chantelle Brown

  • Dan Donohue

  • Rahshaana Green

  • Diego Hangartner

  • Pilar Hurtado

  • Geri Loizzo

  • Joe Loizzo

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