SKILLS FOR FUTURE FAMILIES were developed by Sophia Michalopoulou MA out of her experience and observations in therapeutic and learning environments with babies and their families, on land and in water. Sophia is the founder of AQUAGENESIS and combined a number of different modalities in order to create a fluid continuum of practices to support the entire experience of being born, with water.
Among other professional capacities she is an integrative aquatic therapist, a pregnancy and birth doula as well as a baby swimming and early year educator. Mostly it is her own personal process of remembering her birth journey while immersed in warm water, that has informed her sensitive perspective on how developing babies in utero experience coming into their new little bodies and Life on Earth.
“3 laloun” is a puppet- joy- artistic team consisting of Thomas Gkouzias and Lena Kanta. Our goal is the cultivation of a heart opening space where fun, joy and love can happen. Our inspiration derives from numerous sources including the arts, traditions of the world, comedy, healing practices, nature… and the magical world of childhood.
Lizzy brings over 15 years of experience teaching children in UK and international schools, specializing in alternative education settings like Reggio Emilia, Montessori, and Forest School. As a Lead Outdoors Educator and Certified ‘Flower Yoga’ Children’s Yoga Teacher, she has helped set up and manage family retreats at Sivananda Ashrams and centers for many years.
Lizzy is passionate about facilitating child and parent retreats regularly.
Nina Blooma, mother of 2 wonderful children, living currently in Portugal. She is deeply fascinated about how growth happens in its best and most natural way so we can unfold our creative unique gifts like a beautiful flower into this world super alive.
Aliveness, Creativity, Embodyment, Playfullness, Mindfulness, Full Potential, Conscious Parenting and Deep Listening are some words that give you a little insight of what she is focused in her Life so far.
Coming from a dance background since her earliest childhood, dance and movement art is a big part of my life.
She an multipassionate curious being and with that Thrive she immersed myself in various studies, courses and retreats of personal growth like embodied movement practices, potential development coach, circus pedagogy, authentic relating, voice activation, mantras, hoopdance, acroyoga, playfulness and changing my life several times.
She is facilitating since more then 11 years different movement practices of all ages.
Her diverse experience shows her what it needs to change a situation, step out of the way and stand on a fertil grOund where we feel aligned with our Life Purpose and activate with courageous creative actions your magical self-expression.