MARIA AVELAR

Mother, Yoga teacher since 1985.
Academic background: Language & Literature – Portuguese & English – and Business Administration with emphasis on Foreign Trade.
Specialization in Yoga at Uni-FMU/SP.
Master in Neuroscience, Mindfulness and Contemplative Practices at Università di Pisa, Italy.
First training in Yoga with Maria José Marinho, followed by specializations in Yoga Therapy with Swami Sarvananda (Georg Kritikós) and Raja Yoga with Jak Pilosof in Belo Horizonte – MG.
Training at the GGF in Düsseldorf, Germany and courses in Naturopathy, Pranayama, Samkhya and Yoga Sutras at the Kaivalyadhama Institute, Lonavla, India.
Training at HYT with Dinah Rodrigues in 2001-2002, which helped a lot in easing menopausal symptoms.
Specialization in meditation started with Prof. Lia Diskin at Palas Athena-SP and continued with the certification in Cultivating Emotional Balance – CEB at Santa Barbara Institute, in addition to the Buddhist philosophy course at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy and several 8-week retreats with Alan Wallace.
Professionally, worked as a language teacher (English, German and Portuguese for foreigners) and as import analyst at Cacex at Banco do Brasil.
Invited teacher in the postgraduate course in Yoga at Uni-FMU/SP.
Yoga teacher in applied yoga for the elderly, students, children, pregnant women and heterogeneous groups, in addition to coordinating and teaching at teacher’s training courses.
Reiki teacher and therapist.
Events promoter and speaker on Yoga, Family Constellation, Reiki and HYT, as well as meditation, Emotional Balance and Mindfulness.

MARIA AVELAR

Mother, Yoga teacher since 1985.
Academic background: Language & Literature – Portuguese & English – and Business Administration with emphasis on Foreign Trade.
Specialization in Yoga at Uni-FMU/SP.
Master in Neuroscience, Mindfulness and Contemplative Practices at Università di Pisa, Italy.
First training in Yoga with Maria José Marinho, followed by specializations in Yoga Therapy with Swami Sarvananda (Georg Kritikós) and Raja Yoga with Jak Pilosof in Belo Horizonte – MG.
Training at the GGF in Düsseldorf, Germany and courses in Naturopathy, Pranayama, Samkhya and Yoga Sutras at the Kaivalyadhama Institute, Lonavla, India.
Training at HYT with Dinah Rodrigues in 2001-2002, which helped a lot in easing menopausal symptoms.
Specialization in meditation started with Prof. Lia Diskin at Palas Athena-SP and continued with the certification in Cultivating Emotional Balance – CEB at Santa Barbara Institute, in addition to the Buddhist philosophy course at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy and several 8-week retreats with Alan Wallace.
Professionally, worked as a language teacher (English, German and Portuguese for foreigners) and as import analyst at Cacex at Banco do Brasil.
Invited teacher in the postgraduate course in Yoga at Uni-FMU/SP.
Yoga teacher in applied yoga for the elderly, students, children, pregnant women and heterogeneous groups, in addition to coordinating and teaching at teacher’s training courses.
Reiki teacher and therapist.
Events promoter and speaker on Yoga, Family Constellation, Reiki and HYT, as well as meditation, Emotional Balance and Mindfulness.

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