Mindful Kawa®

Joana Franco, Ph.D., is a mindfulness mentor and transformative learning scholar who guides individuals to remember their most authentic nature. With more than 30 years of practice in meditation and other contemplative modalities of self-awareness, her work integrates somatic, cognitive, emotional and spiritual intelligence to help individuals realign themselves with their innate healing love and creative inner fire.

Joana dedicated her doctoral studies at USU to research ways to help graduate students engage in mindfulness as a self-care tool. She is certified by UC Berkeley as a mindfulness teacher through Tara Brach's and Jack Kornfield’s program. She is a certified yoga teacher and a quantum human design specialist with trainings in interactive guided meditation, mindful communication and leadership, and trauma-informed mindful movement.