I loved it. It radiates love, attention to detail, good taste, passion for what you do, originality, and authenticity. It gave me a real surge of creativity and truly felt like a gift. Thank you for sharing it with us. You’re awesome. Thank you so much. You’ve helped me discover things I know will stay with me forever. I’m so happy I took another training with you, and I’ll definitely be back for more!!!
It was an excellent process. Coming from an accounting background, I was used to thinking inside the box, with my mind full of rules and regulations. This experience gave me permission to create and reconnect with ideas that had been dormant for a long time. I feel endless gratitude for these learning spaces. They’re practical, enjoyable, and helped me realize that life, and every moment within it, is unique and ephemeral. Every moment is a treasure.
I have greatly enjoyed ANDANA’s training in creative and experimental photography, as it has allowed me to discover new artists and their work, learn new techniques, connect with each of them, and resonate more deeply with some. Clearly, these are personal experiences that bring us closer to who we are, to what we like or dislike, helping us connect more with some creations than others, to connect, to feel, to disagree, to generate emotions, and to broaden our way of seeing.
Dear Amparo, I’ve started reading the book and I find it not only very interesting and important for enriching my knowledge, but also very exciting. I can’t wait to continue this beautiful journey. It will never end, because every photographic journey is a beginning that never ends. Thank you.
I would like to thank you for this wonderful experience. Until now, I had never thought that photography could be a part of an inner transformation, a tool for getting to know oneself better, or even a kind of psychotherapy, equal to ir or perhaps at times surpassing it. After all, no one else will do the work for us – learn to know, to accept yourself, to forgive yourself, to nurture and to love yourself. Photography can be a new, creative way to do this. Ultimately, isn’t that the most important thing in life – learn to understand my nature and to realize what my life’s purpose is, why I am here in this world, the way I am.
During this mindfulness and photography course, I came to understand that silence is not an absence, but a presence. I discovered that when the external noise stops, something deeply human happens: my inner voice emerges. That space of stillness allowed me to realize how often I live on autopilot—responding without thinking, walking without seeing, breathing without feeling. Silence became a doorway to remembering that I, too, exist when I stop running.
Thank you for creating this beautiful course. I love how you’ve intertwined the elements with the city; it brings a very natural sense of harmony.
I come from India, where we also follow the understanding of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha — the air, fire, and earth elements that govern both the body and the environment. That’s why I feel a deep connection with the way you’ve approached Japan and the five elements.
As an artist, I deeply value how thoughtfully you’ve built this course. I especially enjoy the references and Japanese words you share.
I’m truly enjoying your recommendations and the way each idea unfolds.
Thank you, once again, for creating something so meaningful and inspiring. Warmly, Apurva Pandhi
I’ve taken plenty of photography courses, and this is the first time I’ve come across this intersection between photography and spirituality, photography and personal growth. I think it’s wonderful. I congratulate and encourage you, and I thank you—because this is exactly what I needed in my life, even though I didn’t know it. The course is exactly what you describe and promise—and so much more. Thank you for that!
This course taught me that calm is not something you find outside—it’s something you train. You cultivate it. You practice it. And that both mindfulness and photography are paths that lead to the same place: presence, sensitivity, and authenticity. Looking outward also helps you look inward. Breathing brings you back. And each moment, no matter how small, can reveal something that might have gone unnoticed.
I take with me the certainty that silence is essential, presence is a gift, and mindfulness is a way of living with deeper meaning, greater connection, and more truth.
This is the first time I’ve accessed an interactive digital book. I found the experience to be wonderful. The photography experiments have been a real pleasure! I especially appreciated the audio content. I’m grateful to have found you! A big hug.
