Maria Giulia Parapini

ALL OF MY LIFE I HAVE PRACTICED SPORTING ACTIVITIES. FROM THE AGE OF 7 UNTIL 20 I STUDIED CLASSICAL DANCE FOR 10 YEARS FOLLOWED BY 3 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE. DURING THIS TIME I ALSO SPENT AS MUCH TIME AS I COULD SKIING, SWIMMING AND PLAYING GOLF. AT THE AGE OF 18 I HAD MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF YOGA WHILST AT HIGH SCHOOL. THE YEAR WAS 80’ AND IN MILAN THERE WERE VERY FEW PLACES WHERE YOGA COULD BE PRACTICED, THE ONLY PLACE WAS KNOWN AS HATA WHERE I ENROLLED AND FOLLOWED THE LESSONS FOR TWO YEARS, AFTER WHICH I MOVED TO FLORENCE AND LOST TOUCH WITH THE DISCIPLINE.
I REDISCOVERED THE YOGA IN 2010 IN THE PERSUANCE OF UNRAVELLING A SERIES OF MUSCULAR PROBLEMS WHICH WERE EVENTUALLY RESOLVED THANKS TO A RIGOROUS REGIME OF DAILY PRECTICE.
UNTIL NOW I HAVE STUDIED AND EXPLORED DIVERSE DISCIPLINES SUCH AS HATA, ASHTANGA, VINYASA AND KUNDALINI PARTICIPATING IN COURSES AND SEMINARS RESULTING IN THE DESIRE TO DEEPEN MY KNOWLEDGE OF HATA YOGA IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TEACH AND SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WHICH HAS CHANGED MY LIFE.
IN THESE RECENT YEARS OF CONSTANT PRACTICE I HAVE FELT MY BODY CHANGE, BUT ABOVE ALL THE DEEPENING INTERIOR CONSCIOUSNESS IS SLOWLY CHANGING MY WHOLE EXISTENCE.
I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED IN THE ARTISTIC FIELD, FIRST AS AN ILLUSTRATOR, ARTIST AND FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS A DESIGNER AND STYLIST IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY. MY TEACHING OF THE THE DISCIPLINE OF YOGA IS A NEW ROAD DOWN WHICH I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL IN ORDER TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE WHICH HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO MY LIFE.
ACTUALLY I’M TEACHING AT OPUS BALANCE FIRENZE AND IN MY PRIVATE SHALA ON GARDA LAKE