Paola Maitri Gradara

I was born in 1970 in Rimini and therefore I spent my childhood and adolescence by the sea.

 

From a young age I discovered one in myself creative vein that first led me to study art and fashion, but my life changed when I met Osho's teachings: his words touched me deeply, they confirmed truths that were already within me.

In 1996 I became his disciple and changed my name: since then my name is Deva Maitri which means divine friendliness or compassion.

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I started attending the Osho centers in Italy, practicing the meditation techniques he developed. They are techniques that work specifically to unhinge mental habits and give the possibility to connect with our human potential. I am a lover of these techniques, which I use daily.

I attended several therapy paths inspired by Osho: Primal de-conditioning, exploration of the dynamics of power, male and female aspect, integration of birth, awareness retreats, 'liberation process' (AFH) and other paths in techniques of massage and communication. 

Before that, dance, athletics, volleyball had been my foundation in body expression. Then came yoga and taiji, which opened me up to new expressive possibilities.

In 2018 I became an Anukalana yoga teacher at the Samadhi yoga center in Florence and Yin yoga with Arely Torres.

 

Instead, my first approach to Pulsation dates back to 1998, a unique experience learned while I was in the Osho ashram in Poona, India. A path that has opened new horizons for me. The Founder of Pulsation is Aneesha Dillon, my teacher. His is a work based on the studies of W. Reich and supplemented by Osho's vision. I finished training with Aneesha in 2003 and worked with her in Italy, India, Greece until I became one of her main assistants. In 2019 I received my diploma as a Pulsation training teacher in Italy and since then, together with the director of Pulsation Italia Magna David Rasulo, I have been teaching in the training. Pulsation is the work that has given me the possibility to experience, absorb and let go, the experiences of my life in my body and to have an understanding of how life energy and emotions move, freeze, release and give. the ability to connect to your potential. I brought this experience into yoga, formulating my own style that I called Yoga Pulsation.

 

My research is always evolving and it is the reason for my life.

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