Simone Gatto

Artist Biography

Simone Gatto is a Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga teacher, Music Therapist, Trainer and Composer / Sound Healer. After graduating in Philosophy, he trained in Music Therapy and Integrated Arts Therapies at the Italian Institute of Arts Therapies in a 4-year course. During his training as a Music Therapist, he simultaneously followed the training with the Argentine psychiatrist, Prof. Rolando Benenzon, becoming a technician of his model in 2019. In 2020 he was accredited as a Mindfulness facilitator following the MBSR protocol at Federmindfulness and Mindfulness Educators. He dedicates himself to an intense daily practice, following intensive retreats and various seminars with authors and teachers such as Jon Kabat Zinn and Eckhart Tolle. In 2020 he founded the Qui ed Ora Meditation and Holistic Arts Center in Nardò, where every day he transmits the teachings and practices acquired in group and individual sessions, working with various types of people, from children to the elderly, collaborating with various structures and associations in the national territory. His teaching is based on the most ancient and noble traditions of meditation (Vipassana, Theravada, Zen), combined with modern practices of Mindfulness, Sound Therapy and Integrated Arts Therapies.