Sobre
The goal of this series of workshops is to offer participants an immersion in different practices, promoting new ways of perceiving, listening to, and relating to their own experiences. Each month, we will hold a workshop, seeking to foster mindfulness and expanded awareness through movement, perception, and reflection.
The workshops will be held in person on the second Saturday of each month from May to November.
Each meeting will last three hours, with the presentation of two different practices, which will be shared in relationships, providing adequate time for immersion and deepening of the experiences.
This series of meetings is part of the project A Multidimensional Approach to Presence, created by Mila Mogui and organized in collaboration with Karise Woiciechoski and Luana Vieira, at MATHA - School of Body Phenomenology, in Arraial d'Ajuda, Porto Seguro.
Cronograma
September 13
Capoeira and meditation
Karise Woiciechoski and Tânia Regina da Cunha
More information coming soon
October 11
Cinema and drawing
Alexis Zelenski and Luana Vieira Gonçalves
More information coming soon
November 8
Yoga and Ayurveda
Mila Mogui and Amanda Souza
More information coming soon
May 10
Pranayama and Maculelê
Mila Mogui and Paola Masutti
June 14
Meditation and ceramics
Karise Woiciechoski and Grazi Guimarães
July 12
Dance and drawing
Mila Mogui and Luana Vieira Gonçalves
August 10
Phenomenology and musicalization
More information coming soon
Mila Mogui and Jhonatan Melo
May 10
Pranayama and Maculelê
Mila Mogui and Paola Masutti
June 14
Meditation and ceramics
Karise Woiciechoski and Grazi Guimarães
July 12
Dance and drawing
Mila Mogui and Luana Vieira Gonçalves
August 10
Phenomenology and musicalization
More information coming soon
Mila Mogui and Jhonatan Melo
Alexis Zelensky is a self-taught French filmmaker with a degree in Mathematics (Paris, 2006) and Political Science (Chile, 2007). He has directed documentaries in several countries, including France, Togo, Niger, and Russia, and has screened at international festivals such as the ImagéSanté Liège Festival and the FIFB Montréal. He taught documentary filmmaking for children in Paris (2012–2014) and directed a series on immigration for CineBrasil TV (2019). Since 2017, he has taught at the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts.
Amanda Souza is practitioner of Ayurveda, an ancient science that transformed her approach to health care. She realized that physical and emotional imbalances are linked to disconnection from the body and a lack of presence. She is dedicated to sharing Ayurveda as an accessible practice, promoting self-awareness and harmony. In her workshops, she guides participants through simple yet deep practices to cultivate presence and balance, even with the daily demands of life.
Camila Valenzuela Moguillansky (Mila Mogui) is a researcher in the areas of cognitive sciences and embodied practices. With a multidisciplinary background encompassing dance, biology, neuroscience, yoga, circus, and somatic practices, and a trajectory that blends academia with embodied practice, she is dedicated to the study of experience and the development of presence, seeking to integrate body and mind, internal and external space, and self and world. In 2020, she founded A MATHA - School of Embodied Phenomenology in Arraial d'Ajuda, Porto Seguro. Mila holds a degree in biology from the University of Chile, a master's degree in Cognitive Sciences from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), and a PhD in Cognitive Sciences from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris).
Grazielle Guimarães is a psychologist passionate about exploring the connections between mind and creativity. She graduated from the Hermínio Ometto Foundation and since 2012 has dedicated herself to understanding human relationships and social development, with a focus on phenomenology. In 2019, she founded A.feito ceramika, and in 2024, she co-founded Ciclos de Pausa, a mental health consultancy. She is the creator of ceramic therapy, which combines psychotherapy, ceramics, and therapeutic experiences to promote self-expression, creativity, and emotional development.
Karise Woiciechoski is a psychologist specializing in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies and People Management. Born in Santa Catarina, she lives in Arraial d'Ajuda, where she works as a clinical psychologist and mindfulness instructor. Certified by the Brazilian Center for Mindfulness - Mente Aberta (UNIFESP), she is also a GentleBirth Perinatal Instructor. In 2019, she founded the Euciente Institute, which promotes studies and training focused on expanding consciousness through therapeutic practices. Her practice integrates psychoanalysis with mindfulness, seeking self-knowledge and well-being.
Jhonatan Melo is a self-taught musician and a student of the rhythms that make up the universe of northeastern popular music, with an emphasis on forró and rhythms derived from axé music. His musical development began at age 5, accompanied by his father, and evolved while participating in guitar and singing classes, and later in popular street percussion courses, where he developed a special interest in leading carnival groups. He currently works as a popular percussion educator for the carnival.
Luana Vieira Gonçalves is an artist-educator, graduated in Visual Arts from Unicamp (2009) and holds a Master's degree in Contemporary Art from the Université Paris VIII (2014). She has worked as an educator at the Centre Pompidou (Paris), Casa Guadalupana (Campinas), and Sesc-SP, and has coordinated cultural exchanges in Lomé (2015). She was an art teacher at the Pró-Saber Institute (2017-2019), a supervisor at Parquinho Lage (2017-2020), and a teacher at the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts (2016-2024). Currently, she is part of the Criação de Documentário collective and the Desenhação project, in addition to teaching drawing and creative processes at Arraial d'Ajuda.
Paola Masutti is a Capoeira instructor from South Bahia, who began practicing in 2009. With five years of experience in Afro dance, she actively participated in maculelê choreography and performances, marking the beginning of her passion for the art. Over the years, she has deepened her knowledge and practice of capoeira, distinguishing herself as an instructor dedicated to the practice and preservation of the art's traditions.
Tânia Regina da Cunha holds a degree in Physical Education from the State University of Londrina (UEL), a postgraduate degree in Psychopedagogy from FASINTER, and training in Pilates on the floor, ball, and apparatus. She began practicing capoeira in the 1990s and has since taught capoeira at UEL. In 2014, she moved to Arraial d'Ajuda, where she joined the South Bahia Group, under the guidance of Masters Railson and Luciana. Currently, she is part of the Women of South Bahia collective and is a practicing capoeira teacher in Brazil and abroad, sharing her passion for the art and culture of capoeira.