As a mindful psychotherapist, Lena Franklin has a unique vision and mission. By teaching the art of mindfulness and meditation, Lena integrates the most beautiful and inspiring travel destinations into her work to help others heal and experience a destination in a completely unique way.

She has developed an internationally recognized mindfulness-based business where she sees individual clients, guides mindfulness retreats, teaches yoga and meditation trainings and provides personal growth workshops.

She's the head of mindfulness for Welzen App and serves as an international spiritual teacher and leader on retreats for Pravassa.

She's passionate about the power of travel to enable our own healing and to help bring a deeper peace to us. In this episode, we walk through her personal and professional story to integrate East and West for her own healing -- plus how we can all integrate more mindful practices while traveling to get a deeper experience with a destination.  

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• What is mindfulness healing
• The transformative power of presence & how travel consistently allows us to feel that
• What we stand to gain from the disruption of routine when we travel
• The scientific reasons why travel helps change and heal us
• How we can incorporate presence into our travel to experience any trip or destination at a deeper level
• How to make your travel more intentional (and enjoyable!)
• Wellness travel with Lena: what a Pravassa trip with Lena looks like
• Why is this trend of wellness travel & mindful travel growing?
• BONUS: Lena walks us through a quick guided meditation session (finish the episode... so worth it!)