Maria Paula Alvarez

I am a dancer, art conservator, specialized in stone conservation, mother and yogini, passioned by the beauty and wisdom of each one of this pathlifes. I´ve studied since the chilhood dance (mostly Afro, Release and contact improvisation) with many great teachers from Colombia and abroad. Since 2000, yoga (Hatha and Kundalini) and somatic practices as Klein and BMC has been my main training and source of inspiration for choreography, movement and life. 15 years ago I started sharing my movement experience in classes of therapeutic (Yoga Restaurador) and prenatal yoga in the School Happy Yoga, Colombia with babies and adults. In the last 7 years I have been teacher trainer for Yoga Restaurador, Hatha Radja Yoga and Prenatal Yoga in teacher trainings in Bogotá, Cali and Medellin and I am the current director of the “Diplomado Yoga y Salud” from Happy Yoga. My teaching, Yoga Restaurador combines the traditional tools of yoga with the wisdom from somatic movement practices and experiential anatomy. This practice is a door for experiencing the organic’s intelligence and the truth of a body that changes every day, that grows, gets tired and regenerates, gets injured and heals. It used neediness, adaptation, love, compassion, joy and permanence as tools for heal, relate, create and transcend.