Juan Pedro Maciel

Juan Pedro
Maciel.

A wellness coach and movement practitioner based in Sydney, offering a unique somatic movement ecosystem that integrates Feldenkrais, Calisthenics and Capoeira.

Certified ATM® Practitioner Feldenkrais Institute Australia
Capoeira Angola Educator Instituto Bantu
Wellness Coach Somatic Movement
The practice

An integrated approach

Juan Pedro's work brings together three complementary disciplines into a single, coherent movement practice. Feldenkrais provides the foundation of awareness and restoration, teaching the nervous system new possibilities. Yoga and Calisthenics build body mechanics and vitality. Capoeira Angola adds the dimensions of dance, musicality, and joyful connection with others.

Together, these disciplines form an ecosystem, each enriching and informing the others, and each offering a deeper way into the question of how we inhabit our bodies.

Feldenkrais

Training & credentials

With ten years of personal Feldenkrais practice, Juan Pedro commenced formal training with the Feldenkrais Institute Australia in January 2024. He is currently a Certified Awareness Through Movement® practitioner and is pursuing further studies to qualify as a Functional Integration® practitioner.

The Feldenkrais Method has become not only a professional offering but a lens through which Juan Pedro understands all movement, including his Capoeira and strength practices.

Capoeira Angola

A living tradition

Juan Pedro practises and teaches Capoeira Angola in the tradition of Mestre Roxinho and Instituto Bantu in a lineage grounded in social justice, trauma healing, and cultural empowerment.

He is drawn to the fullness of Capoeira Angola as a practice: the culture, the music, the movement, and the way it cultivates freedom, respect, and cooperation between people. His study of Feldenkrais has refined and deepened his Capoeira in ways he continues to discover.

Connect

Work together.

If this resonates and you'd like to connect, please do reach out. Juan Pedro is interested in hearing what draws new students to somatic movement, and in finding the right entry point into practice for each person.

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