Maria is a certified teacher of “Well Tempered Hatha Yoga – Eva Ruchpaul Method”. She completed simultaneously the three-year training programs (2007 – 2010) at the “Eva Ruchpaul Institute” in Paris, France (registered as a Teaching Establishment of Higher Level and acknowledged by the Academy of Paris) and at the “Hellenic Association of Hatha Yoga TM” in Athens, Greece.
Pioneer Eva Ruchpaul and a dedicated teaching team formed by certified teachers of her method and by experts in Indian philosophy and Sanskrit studies, in anatomy and physiology, in neuroscience, in anatomy of movement, in holistic therapies, in psychology and in quantum physics, guided the well-rounded training program.
Since 2008, she follows the teachings of the internationally renowned doctors Vaidya Asvin Barot and Dr. Nikolaos Kostopoulos, on the principles of Ayurveda, Yoga and Meditation and their application in everyday life, in today’s modern world and in the practice of Yoga.
Practice with the doctors goes deep into the essence of Yoga postures, of breathing exercices and of mantras, as tools of transformation. It encourages the observation of the mind, sharpens the ability to focus and leads into a meditative state, creating inner peace and harmony while being in a state of awareness and clarity.
Theoretical teachings focus on the analysis of the principles of Ayurveda, Yoga and meditation, combining the study of classical scriptures with contemporary scientific research.
Lectures, seminars and annual trips to India with the teachers - doctors, form an integral source of knowledge and experience combining modern science with ancient wisdom and philosophy, that Maria integrates in her teachings.
Maria is a ‘’Yoga Alliance International’’ certified teacher of ‘’Integral Transformational Yoga’’, a system developed according to the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
In addition to this, she also received the same certification for the completion of the 100HRS course on ‘’Hatha & Vinyasa Krama: energetics on the art of sequencing’’.
INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONAL YOGA is a system of Yogic practices inspired by the integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. It offers a complete approach to well-being, taking into account the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the existence. Focusing deeply on the yogic tools of postures, breathing, chanting and meditation, it gives the knowledge needed in order to purify the body, focus the mind, stabilize the emotions and increase the spiritual well-being.
Naturally inquisitive, Maria participates in carefully selected teachings and seminars of other eminent teachers, medical doctors, philosophers and explorers of the human experience.
Indicatively:
She completed seminars of Timothy McCall MD, leading medical doctor in Yoga Therapy (Triyoga, London, UK and online) on the holistic anatomy of Yoga and on the subtle aspects of the functioning of the energy body.
Attends the chanting and sound meditation practices guided by Deva Premal & Miten, internationally known spiritual musicians and founders of the “Gayatri Sangha” community, encouraging and supporting the interaction of human beings from all over the world, through the sacred and healing meditative sounds of mantras.
Follows the teachings of Sadhguru, a visionary, pragmatic, internationally leading spiritual teacher on practical philosophy and on the use of practices deriving from the science of Yoga and has completed the “Inner Engineering” program.
She attended the “Shamanic Wisdom & Sacred Mantras” program in Peru, jointly guided by Dr. Alberto Villoldo, internationally acclaimed medical anthropologist and contemporary shaman, Marcella Lobos, indigenous shamans, Deva Premal and MIten, as an initiation to the philosophy and traditional healing practices derived from the ancient Andean wisdom, subtly combined with the sounds of mantras derived from the Indian tradition.
Maria started teaching Yoga in 2009. Students are international and she offers private and group classes, live and online. Classes are given in Athens, and during the summer, on the cycladic island of Antiparos. She teaches in Greek, English and French, and is fluent in Italian and in Spanish.
From 2019 until today, she cooperates with Dr. MD Panayiota Antoniou, psychiatrist – psychotherapist of young kids, teenagers and adults, developing a healing method aiming to manage anxiety and stress of young adults, through the combination of psychotherapy and Yoga.
From 2015 until February 2020, she offered Yoga to mentally disabled adults in “Margarita Vocational Training Centre” in Athens, Greece.
From 2013 until 2018, she organized retreats of “Well Tempered Hatha Yoga” on the island of Antiparos.
Starting a new cycle of retreats, in May 2023 she organized a Yoga and Meditative Hiking retreat in the mountains of Zagorohoria in Northern Greece.
