Hugo Paulino

Hugo is a holistic therapist who sees the human being as a whole in their emotional, social, spiritual, cognitive, and somatic ecosystem. He believes that commitment, trust, and cooperation are the foundations of a therapeutic relationship capable of elevating the individual experience.

His work in water emerges from his formative experience in Watsu, Water Dance, Prenatal Journey, and Shiatsu, alongside his studies in Anatomy, Physiology, Neuroscience, and Psychology. In session, he combines massage techniques and coordinated movement patterns with breathing, in total or partial immersion of the body.

The temperature (34°C) and the natural properties of water create the perfect environment for moments of deep relaxation, promoting motor and emotional release. Aquatic Therapy enhances a more regulated psychophysiological state, creating conditions to deal with stress, anxiety, (chronic) pain, and muscular tension.

This work can be seen as a therapeutic process, as a form of personal development, or as a recreational moment.

Rita Maldonado

Aguahara – Flydeeper

She grew up by the sea and always felt surrounded by its strength. She studied Biology and developed a perpetual curiosity about the human body and the elements that make up life. She became a researcher, looking for the mysteries of anatomy and physiology. She discovered that “there are many ways to cure physical illnesses”, and “that the cure goes beyond drugs.” Her encounter with water therapies was a kind of fusion of childhood roots with a thirst for knowledge about well-being and what makes us better.

“I went back to basics. I returned to my great passion”, she says. She has traveled the world, from Nepal to Ecuador, always in a learning process. Her talent is also directed towards doula work, providing support during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. One aspect of this follow-up is to combine the doula experience with aquatic therapies. About LiquidZome she says it is “the temple of water. A place to flow, to dive into the true essence, to transform ourselves into the best version of ourselves.”

 

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Marjorie Sá

Water Doula – Reflexology – Ayurvedic – Thai Massage

Marjorie has a true vocation for understanding the magical process of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. Her sessions with mothers or mothers-to-be are like a balm to calm tensions, relax and create harmony. However, Marjorie applies her massages to anyone, not just pregnant women and postpartum families. With a background in body therapies, women’s health and traditional midwifery, Marjorie has fused her knowledge of massage, meditation and dance into her work on aquatic therapies. Her methods range from Watsu, Thai massage, Reflexology, Herbal medicine, Taoism and Ayurvedic practices. She is one of the founders of WaterDoulas and author of the book “O Sagrado no Parto” (“The Sacred in Labour”),a pearl of wisdom and inspiration for any pregnant woman.

Fran Carocci

Italian by birth, a citizen of the world by heart, Francesco Carocci, our dear Fran, has 15 years of experience in therapies and well-being. He is a healer by intuition, but nevertheless dedicated years of study to several therapeutic approaches, such as Osteopathy, Hydrotherapy, Waterdance or Fluid Presence. His focus is on physical problems, whether muscular, neurological, postoperative or traumatic. At the crossroads of ancestral wisdom and modern knowledge, Fran has the best of both worlds and knows how to apply them wisely.

 

He is also a yoga practitioner and enjoys exploring water dancing. He is the creator of the technique, or style, Liquid Touch, a somatic journey in water.

Violeta Aguiar Lapa

Aquatic Movement – Aquatic Therapy – Dance in water

Violeta is a person with an enormous sensitivity and went through a unique journey in discovering the element of water. Until a few years ago, she was afraid of the sea and big waves, a phobia that limited her and created constraints. She learned to swim and dance underwater. She then devoted himself to this vocation and her journey has been incredible. Founder of Oceans and Flow, she has taken dozens of people around the world on experiences that merge awareness of movement (or lack of) on land and water. Her main influences are Watsu, Flydeeper, Aquatic Doula, Embryology in water, psychological studies, free diving, sound healing with Tibetan bowls in water, meditation, Ai Chi, Yoga and Dragon Dreaming.

She researches the body “through different arts and body techniques, dancing in the water, freediving in apnea and more recently bodysurfing.” It was in the water that she found a purpose and a mission: “to take her message to more people and everything that this precious element allows us, facilitating experiences of self-knowledge and body awareness, through a unique set of experiences of reconnection with the water and with nature.”

Marina Sans

Liquid Cosmos


Each Marina session is unique, thought out and conducted according to her reading of the person receiving that experience. Her incredible “sense-ability” and unique philosophy developed overtime, make her a subtle and precise reader of the body’s needs. Her work is as delicate as it is profound. After going through the learning and practice of Watsu, Aguahara and Butoh Dance, among other techniques of aquatic therapies, Marina created Liquid Cosmos (Somatic Education for Aquatic Bodywork). She is a deep connoisseur of the human body and her research on anatomy is in continuous evolution. She is fascinated by the discovery of the other and dedicated to water and to the awareness of touch.
She grew up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, her name is Marina and she is a Pisces. Someone likely born to be aquatic… Before devoting herself 100% to Somatics in water, her work involved directing documentaries in the fields of anthropology and sociology. She spent long periods with tribes in the Amazon and Africa, where she enriched her connection to nature and to ancestral wisdom. Nowadays, she dedicates most of her time giving sessions at LiquidZome and training new therapists around the world, as it is also through this sharing of knowledge that she discovers more about human beings and herself.