About Elini Maria

I am Elini Maria, integrative therapist and facilitator. I accompany people going through moments of change, important decisions, emotional overload, or the wish to better understand what they are feeling and living. I also lead rituals and group experiences.

My professional path began in communications, in large-scale events, cultural projects and premium experiences, in Brazil and internationally. I lived and studied in the United States and worked with people from different cultures, in contexts that demanded organisation, leadership and discretion. That experience deepened my capacity to listen and my attention to care in relationships.

My own experience of depression and of a profound change in my life transformed the way I understand care. I know what it is to lose your bearings and have to rebuild your way. That process brought my personal experience closer to the wish to accompany others with presence, sensitivity and respect.

Throughout this path, spirituality remained present. I kept studying, practising and learning from different religious and philosophical traditions. Over time, I began a gradual career transition, balancing projects and consultancy with a deeper commitment to integrative practices and group work.

For more than ten years, I have developed this path through study, training, travel and direct experience of spiritual and ancestral practices. I am part of Xamanismo Sete Raios, where I have worked for years as a facilitator in gatherings and ayahuasca rituals. I am also a co-founder of Casa Akueran, a space for integrative practices, and one of the facilitators of Manawa Cacau, working in cacao rituals, women's circles and group experiences.

I continue to deepen my studies at the Institute of Ancestral Ceremonies, in an apprenticeship programme connected to the Mazatec tradition. This path is still in progress, and it is part of my commitment to continuous learning and to respecting the cultural contexts of these practices.

I am the founder of Dance with Souls, a project that brings together rituals and experiences of reconnection and encounter. My work includes individual sessions and collaborations with other professionals, bringing together listening, presence and integrative practices chosen for each context.

Today, my professional experience and my spiritual path meet in the way I care for each meeting: with attention, discretion and room for a true exchange. Trust is built over the course of the process, with respect for each person's autonomy and limits.