Reconnect with self. Build resilience.
Live with intention.
MINDFUL PROGRAMS
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, self-critical, or simply ready to reconnect with yourself more deeply, mindfulness and compassion-based programs offer practical support for navigating life’s challenges.
Rooted in evidence-based practices and guided with care, each course provides tools to reduce stress, quiet self-criticism, and move through life with more clarity, presence, and ease. Whether you're facing a difficult transition or seeking more balance, meaning, and joy, you'll find a welcoming, judgment-free space to explore, grow, and restore a sense of well-being.
New to Mindfulness? Start here…
Introducing Mindfulness
A 3-Week Live Online Journey
Discover how brief moments of mindfulness can foster greater calm, clarity, and wellbeing—whether you’re brand-new to this journey or looking to deepen your practice. Introducing Mindfulness is a 3-week program that offers a meaningful introduction to mindfulness practice and theory, exploring key mindfulness themes and practical techniques that can support you in everyday life and work.
Ready for something more in-depth?
Compassion-Based Resilience Training
An 8-Week Live Online Journey
CBRT is an 8-week evidence-based program for both experienced and new, who are seeking a comprehensive training method for building resilience, living mindfully and compassionately, cultivating well-being, and transforming stress. This course supports a life of resilience and thriving. The CBRT was designed by Nalanda Institute founder and director, Joe Loizzo, MD, PhD.
Other Mindfulness-Based Programs
Mindfulness & compassion-based programs grounded in practical tools that help reduce burnout, deepen self-awareness, and support your well-being from the inside out.
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
MBSR is a group-based 8-week program in which participants learn to relate differently to stress, develop self-awareness, and cultivate kind attention and equanimity; through the practice of mindfulness.
MBSR is an evidence-based approach trusted worldwide. Inside this program, we will explore techniques to lessen the impacts of stress, chronic pain, and daily pressures, so that you can meet life’s obstacles with clarity and calm.
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Mindfulness for Depression & Anxiety (MBCT)
MBCT is a group-based 8-week program, in which participants learn to recognize and related differently to patterns of mind that tend to lead to negative ways of thinking. Through the practice of mindfulness and cognitive therapy exercises, participants learn to observe their experience in the mind and body, exploring patterns of thinking and feeling with a focus on kindness and care. This course is open to everyone, and particularly beneficial for those dealing with recurring stress or anxiety.
With over a decade of experience leading transformative group programs, Victoria was trained internationally in mindfulness and compassion practices—including MBSR, MBCT, and CBRT. Victoria holds a Master’s degree in Mindfulness-Based Approaches from Bangor University in Wales and Certificate in Contemplative Psychotherapy from the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science.
She teaches for institutions like the Mindfulness and Health Institute and collaborates with the Nalanda Institute, while also offering her own online and in-person programs. She co-founded the Spanish-language International Mindfulness Day and is a member of BAMBA and the International Mindfulness Teachers Association.
Victoria offers programs (online and in-person) designed to help participants reconnect with themselves, build emotional resilience, and create a life with more intention and ease.
Victoria’s programs:
Translate complex mindfulness and compassion practices into practical, daily tools for real-world stress, transitions, and growth.
Offer accessible, contemplative practices that reduce stress and self-criticism while fostering calm and clarity.
Provide a judgment-free, trauma-informed space where participants feel supported and encouraged to grow.
Foster community and connection, giving participants the shared support of learning.
Your Teacher
Victoria Fontana, MSc, MA, PCC
Custom Group Programs
Victoria also develops custom programs and workshops to meet the needs of your group or organization. In person or online.
Previous programs include:
Mindfulness for Stress Reduction
Mindfulness for Teachers
Mindfulness & Interpersonal Relationships
Mindful Leadership
Compassionate Leadership
