Mariana Candeia (Mita) is a phenomenological-existential psychologist and ecopsychologist. She started her journey in Outdoor Education through Outward Bound in 2006 and leads mountaineering expeditions in Alaska and Patagonia through the NOLS school, facilitating leadership and self-knowledge processes since 2009. Senior instructor in hiking, climbing and mountaineering courses, as well as Leave No Trace courses.

 

Mita has extensive experience in traditional climbing with several achievements spread out across various locations of Brazil (Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais). She has embarked on many adventures to other countries, nurturing her connection with the mountains and cultures from different parts of the world.

 

Since 2013 she has dedicated herself to studies and exploration of fields that connect the human psyche and nature. She has a master's degree in “Earth Wisdom and Primordial Mind”, from Wisdom University, California. From there, “Wisdom Puha - Nature-based Psychology” (www.sabedoriapuha.org) was born, where it develops programmes that combine ancestral traditions and modern sciences, such as Vision Quest and other sensitive and profound experiences with the aim of activating the unconscious ecological.

 

Mita is a professor at the International Ecopsychology Training (Brazil) and a member of the IES - International Ecopsychology Society. She currently lives in Bariloche, Argentina and is dedicated to the Outdoor Education Programme - Being Natural, designed to reinforce the connection with nature in early childhood and child development.

 

Mita also acts as a neuromuscular therapist through the Romanowski Method. This method combines muscle pressure and breathing, helping to release memories that are contained in the body and in breaking the patterns of behaviors and emotions that leads us to a limited perception of our human potential. The aim of the technique is to bring about a profound change in self-imposed limits through true delivery of energy and vital flow.