INEZ ALMEIDA

Founder/Owner Clap Your Wings

Inez is an Acroyoga and Yoga teacher, Mime and Physical theatre actress and creator, Dancer and Thai massage therapist. She has been drawn to movement since she can remember.  For her movement is energy dancing, unblocking, freeing itself, expressing life through the body. Her passion is to serve people in their journey of returning and reconnecting to their bodies, with it’s emotions, cycles, uniqueness, and beauty. Providing a possibility for integration and transformation. Her love for movement and it’s healing powers have brought her to explore different ways to access that sacred place where transformation can occur. She has worked with medicine plants, shamanism, herbalism, master healers, therapists and movement professionals. Her approach is based on meta - love and kindness -  firstly to one’s self, finding out one’s uniqueness and celebrating  it, getting in touch with one’s inner childs playfulness and creativity, and finding pleasure and ease within, body, mind and life. She believes in sharing with an open heart, creating a safe space for deep connection, trust and intimacy, allowing love to flow freely and joyfully.

in a way she feels that...

Yoga = focus on intimacy with body and yourself

Acroyoga = focus on intimacy with another

Art = opens to intimacy with the cosmos/universe

  • Her journey started at the age of 9 at the Ballet Conservatory of Lisbon where she studied for several years. She went on studying dance and theatre in schools such as Ballet Akademien In Stockholm, and completing a Bachelor degree in physical acting and mime at the Theatre University of Amsterdam.She has been working as a freelance artist in projects that took her through several countries and continents, from Europe to South Korea, Algeria, Lebanon to mention just a few..She is a certified Acroyoga international (http://www.acroyoga.org) and Acroyoga Montreal teacher (https://acroyoga.com); and has studied with Aaron Lind ( Lift school of Acrobatics ), Hobs and Kena (Icarian games), Pri and Jen ( Whip Pop’s ) Det & Jim, Wybren da Silva (partner acrobatics)  Marieke & Wilko ( Codarts circus school ) among others.She has studied healing Thai yoga massage at the Sunshine network in Omshanti studio in Barcelona, and it has been a profoundly transformative journey.Having  taught  intensively, classes,workshops and retreats throughout  communities all over Europe and Asia.She is also a certified Yoga teacher by studio RöRT københam led by Jeppe Skovgard, based on holistic Anusara principles - Open to Grace - and inclusive to many spiritual influences, such as teachings of Ram Dass, Hinduism and Buddhism.A student of vedanta and vedic knowledge for the past 7 years, Inez has recently developed an more in depth interest in sacred feminine work, completing the Heroine’s journey and Devi school extensive program from Be woman project lead by her revered teacher Jenny Sharada, as well as VITA woman program, from Layla Martin, founder of the Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality. She is leading women circles, one-one coaching sessions and women retreats.

“When we relate in a soft/gentle/aware way to the body through movement, we soften our relationship to the world. It’s a simple and powerful transformation from within.”

— Inez Almeida

MEET THE TEACHERS

CYW is a collaborative platform.

  • Peter is a movement-based physiotherapist and trainer from Denmark. He is also a badass acrobat, handstand practitioner and acroyoga teacher. He has done Partner AcrobaticsWEBSITE TT, Mastermind TT by Jason and Chelsey Magness and just finished 11 days of Dynamic acro Program. He has a background in dance and parkour, and is an active yoga teacher 

  • Originally from South Korea, Haein grew up in Auroville, a spiritual community in South India. She’s a certified Watsu & massage therapist as well as a yoga & level 2 Acro yoga Immersion instructor. Haein shares Yoga & AcroYoga as practices available for every body, age, and ability. She aims to support all beings through movement, connection, and play. With a background in Aquatic bodywork, she brings in a unique softness in her practice with fine balance between effortless movement and body control. She has been teaching Yoga, Acroyoga & Meditation in the form of Teacher Training, retreat, workshop, class and in festivals and conventions in Mexico, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece, Iran, India, Korea, Hongkong, Japan and Taiwan.

  • Acroyoga teacher since 2011! Solar Acrobatic training immersion certified! I love to bring happiness and joy in my workshop as much as I can bring also quality content. I’m from Genoa (Italy), and I graduated in Performing Arts at the Milan University (even if I was spending more time clowning around and doing clown therapy in the hospital!). Before finding a serious job I decided to go for a residential Sivananda-vedanta Yoga TTC 2011 and my life changed. I’m also a Circus trainer certified by Tor Vergata University in Rome. I found in AcroYoga the way to unify yoga consciousness with circus arts. I did AcroYoga Montreal TTC and AcroYoga level 2. I love Residential retreats and Immersions. I teach regular classes of acroyoga and circus for kids with Synergika in Genoa and during the weekend workshops or retreats all around Italy.