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About the Facilitator:
Cristiano is a Biodanza (Rolando Toro System) Facilitator, certified by the Biodanza SRT School of Portugal and also a Didactic of the same System. He is part of the teaching staff at the Institute of Applied Psychology in the postgraduate course "Human Development and Therapy through Expressive Arts" and also collaborates with the Portuguese School of Biodanza in the accompaniment and supervision of students and new teachers.
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In the last few years he has dedicated himself to the creation of diverse signature workshops such as: "Roots in the Earth, Roots in Heaven"; "Chaos, Creativity and the Return of the Sacred"; "The Birth of the Cosmic Man"; "Under the Sign of Affection"; "Surrender to Love"; "Sacred Warrior"; "Ecstatic Lover"; "Mystic Magician"; "The King the Queen"; "Equinox and Solstice Celebrations" in Nature. Regular Didact In Berlin and Portugal; Also with agenda in Spain (Gran Canaria, Seville, Merida), France (Toulouse and Nantes), Montreal (Canada).
Born in 1979 in Freiburg im Braisgau, Germany, finally settled down in Oporto, Portugal. After graduating in clinical psycho-pedagogy, Cristiano was trained in Gestalt therapy; these tools permitted him to work during some years in the field of behavioural deviations. Simultaneously, he attended different theatrical and dance workshops.
Cristiano is one of the teaching staff at the Institute of Applied Psychology in the postgraduate course "Human Development and Therapy through Expressive Arts" and also collaborates with the Portuguese School of Biodanza through supervision of students and new teachers.
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Cristiano Martins Combines In His Teaching:
- Biodanza (Rolando Toro System)
- Tantra and work with sexuality
- Psychology
Biodanza (Rolando Toro System)
Biodanza is a human integration system of organic renewal of affective re- education, and of re-learning of the life original functions. Its application consists in leading vivencias (vitality, sexuality, creativity, affectivity and transcendence potentials) through music, singing, movements and group encounter situations. Biodanza integration process is carried out through the stimulation of primordial functions connected to life that allows every single person to be integrated with himself, with species and universe.
Biodanza was created in the 1960s by the Chilean anthropologist and psychologist Rolando Toro, the Biodanza system is now found in 54 countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Spain, Chile, France, Norway, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, Uruguay, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Colombia, Venezuela, and Belgium. Biodanza encompasses a central Foundation, a set of schools, thousands of teachers, operating as individual businesses trained to the model who are linked by a non-profit Federation to which they pay annual dues, engaging with hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic dancers around the world.
Workshops
1. Love, Sexuality & Erotism
"Set your life on fire, seek those who fan your flames. " Rumi
Sexuality represents the primordial energy pattern of power, beauty enthusiasm and passion. It lives through the original thirst that our species has of pleasure and well-being. Its translated by the impulse to delve deep into the world of sensations. It is guided by the compass that lives in our heart connecting us with the need/desire to give and receive love. So the first step is the recognize that love is an art, just as life is an art, “if we want to learn how to love, we have to do what we would do if we wanted to learn music or painting” (Erich Fromm) . Erotism its a transgression of sexuality, it does with sexuality what the poetry does with words...
2. HumAnimal
“No matter where we are, the shadow that trots behind us is definitely four-footed” CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTES
We can only be human to the same extension that we recognize our animal nature. I propose that we can explore this ancient dimension and from there make a path to Sensitiveness. May the Savage and the Sensitive inhabit each one of us with maximum power and the most beautiful of harmonies.
3. The King (Just For Men)
King as a mediator, a bridge, synthesis agent, able to marry Heaven and Earth in the tabernacle of the heart - can be a real "axis-mundi" as called Mircea Eliade, developing the quality of knowing to dive into the realm of Transcendence and maintaining the connection with the opacity of worldly affairs. The King is assumed also as an inspiring example "as led the King, well behaved the Kingdom," the saying goes.
An identity that integrates the King in its fullness is synonymous of a being who takes his responsibility (ability to respond) to the phenomenon of Being Alive either the personal path or in its collective and indivisible vast cosmic dimension.
4. The Art ot Touch
The skin is what binds us and what separates us from the world. Everything that exists has a purpose integrated into the great wise plan of life. The skin is part of that mystical plan! If we have sensitive skin and not feathers or scales, it is because our sensitivity is part of Life's intelligence. Listen! The skin clearly tells me how you feel, how you live, how you love and how you are loved. We want to Promote: Understanding that Touch is a Bridge for Ecstasy |Create the the path from contact to caress | Learn how to give and receive feedback | Understand the physiology of touch and caress |Affective equalization between giving and receiving | Reveal myself in the space of intimacy | Ability to put limits on what is toxic | Create Nutritional Bonds