Teacher Details

All my life I have been observing what makes people happy and healthy. It led me to explore many ways of arriving in the present moment, of "feeling one with oneself" using movement, massage, Zen meditation, yoga, dance, imagination, music and spending time in nature. It does not matter what practice we choose if we are prepared to become aware of what emerges and accept ourselves in a non judgmental, non aggressive, compassionate way. Then we become free to be who we are instead of trying to be someone we are not. I have a special interest in working with the mentally and physically challenged as they have been my most profound teachers. I have been teaching classes and individuals in many parts of the world over the last 25 years.I am the founder of Kalyana Therapies in Apsley and of Ahimsa-Portugal, a place of recovery and the promotion of peace and non-violence, in Central Portugal, where we host Yoga, Zen meditation and Ayurveda retreats.