Fifth Floor
Classroom 502
660 S. Euclid Ave
Saint Louis, 63110
The Feuerstein Health and Wellness Information Center presents our Spring 2026 ‘Share the Health’ program: Fresh Air. Clear Mind. A program designed to help WashU community members connect with nature and mindfulness. Dr. Diana Parra Perez will lead a restorative experience through the vibrations of nature’s sounds.
Dr. Diana Parra Perez is a faculty member at the Brown School and Associate Director for Research and Scholarship at the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity at Washington University in St. Louis. She is a founding member and Co-Lead of the Mindfulness Science and Practice Cluster, and curator of the “Mindfulness and Anti Racism Speaker Series” created to elevate nationally and internationally recognized yet underrepresented voices exploring the intersection of contemplative practice and social justice. Events regularly attract hundreds of participants and create a vibrant interdisciplinary community exploring well-being, compassion, and collective transformation.
For more than two decades, Diana has developed innovative approaches that integrate mindfulness practice, cultural humility, and community health. Her work bridges contemplative practice with public health, and professional training. Through research, teaching, public programming, and community building, her initiatives have reached thousands of participants and created spaces for reflection, dialogue, and compassionate engagement across differences. Dr. Parra’s research explores the role of mindfulness in promoting well-being and health access, particularly among underrepresented populations. Her work has examined mindfulness interventions among Latino communities through culturally adapted contemplative practices, and the role of mindfulness in addressing health disparities and cultural humility in professional practice.
That research is not separate from her practice. Diana is an advanced yoga teacher, sound healing practitioner, and mindfulness facilitator whose work is grounded in the conviction that embodied practice is essential to the kind of structural and personal transformation her research points toward. She brings the same rigor and care to her teaching that she brings to her scholarship, creating spaces that are both scientifically grounded and deeply humane.
At this event, Dr. Parra Perez will offer a restorative sound healing practice designed to support nervous system restoration, presence, and a deeper sense of groundedness. Her presence bridges the intellectual and the embodied, bringing a research-informed lens to practices that work through the body rather than around it. If you are interested in learning more about Diana's offerings you may do so by visiting her wesbite https://www.resonanciasagrada.com/.