From childhood on, dance has been an important part of my life. It has always been a source of joy, inspiration and connection for me. As I became older I additionally discovered the importance of dance as a way to connect to myself, to quiten and even switch of my mind and find moments of peace through movement, in my busy life.

Understanding myself and others and creating dialogue through movement and touch has ever been a passion and a deep yearning of my soul. This deep call led to years of experimenting and study. I have explored various body-oriented modalities such as Modern Dance, Improvisational Dance, Contact Improvisation, Yoga, Somatic Therapy, Butoh Dance Theatre, Body-Mind Centering and Dance and Movement Therapy.

In 2002, I graduated as a psychologist and an "Integrated Expression and Dance Therapist" in Budapest and started working as a therapist with individuals and leading groups through this body-orientated modality.

In 2004, I discovered Ma-uri massage, a massage modality that involved dancing and was related to Polinesian culture and their ancient wisdom. This touched me so deeply that I decided immediately to learn it. My first teacher of Ma-uri was Witold Kucharczyk, who is my main teacher up until today. I finnished the higher level trainings of the Ma-uri Institute in Denmark and New Zealand and had the honor to learn from Hemi and Katja Fox. I learned Swedish massage and Naturopathy as well and started practicing professionally as a massage therapist in 2006.

A few years later I have seen my teacher Witold Kucharczyik perform Hawaiian Lomilomi massage and my heart answered with a deep yearning to learn it. In 2014, I completed the 4 levels and received my certificate of Integrated Lomilomi Massage® from Witold Stanislaw Kucharczyk's school (Centre for Polynesian Healing Arts, Budapest). Ever since I have been learning and practicing, and took every opportunity I had to continue deepening my knowledge of Lomilomi Massage and bodywork and Hula Dance.

In 2024, I was invited by Witold Kucharczyk to teach the first two modules of his comprehensive Integrated Lomilomi® Massage and Bodywork training program and started teaching in Portugal.

I offer Integrated Lomilomi® sessions to clents as well, near Aljezur and also travel more far in the Algarve.

I feel honored and grateful to be able to walk on this path, together with my clients and students.

It nurtures me as much as I get to nurture others.

I keep learning something every day, trying, failing, succeeding, growing, and I am excited about it...

Mahalo Nui!

Júlia