Contributors
We come together in a CIRCLE as a symbol for unity and oneness.
Though the RIPPLE EFFECT of our togetherness we hope to raise awareness of WATER,
for DRINKING, for HEALING, for EDUCATION, for AWAKENING and for all MARINE LIFE.
Coming together in a CIRCLE is an opportunity for us to practice taking COMMUNITY action together.
Though the RIPPLE EFFECT of our togetherness we hope to raise awareness of WATER,
for DRINKING, for HEALING, for EDUCATION, for AWAKENING and for all MARINE LIFE.
Coming together in a CIRCLE is an opportunity for us to practice taking COMMUNITY action together.
Sophia Michalopoulou WATER & EDUCATION Hello! I am #waterhappy. My work is dedicated to re-sensitising parents, families and communities to the invisible natural boundaries of babies and children who are unable to protect, speak or assert themselves. This often includes having to re-visit the painful experience of our own personal spaces and boundaries, which were consciously or unconsciously penetrated by the adults in our early year environments as well as life itself. While I work to empower babies and children to stand for the truth of who they are, I stand for the creation of safe educational spaces for babies and children to explore, discover and remember more of who they are. I am a newborn and baby aquatic educator, a perinatal therapist as well as a pregnancy and birth doula. I would like to create a purpose built container of water to support life in from pre-conception to early infancy. My vision is called AQUAGENESIS |
Evi Terzi water & DANCE Geia sas! I was born in Greece and after my studies in contemporary and classical dance as well as in History and Archaeology, I found myself in Athens where I continued learning and researching with dance workshops and teachers of my choice. In 2013 I moved to Berlin and worked as dancer, choreographer and as a teacher. There I also founded the contemporary dance collective "Somanauts" ,with non-professional dancers that led to choreographies and performances together in all different kind of venues including nature. One year now I live in Corfu and while growing my own vegetables and flowers I initiated a dance circle with locals. I believe that the practice of dance is not there to validate the state of society and its divisions, but to transform it with novel arrangements. I dream of choreographies that reflect the vibrations of nature and demonstrate devotion and communion. |
Arianna Artioli WATER & HEALING Aloha, my name is Arianna Benedetta. I love Nature and am passionate about supporting people reconnect with a more natural and holistic lifestyle, to cultivated real wellness. I became a Yoga teacher many years ago, to be able to empower my students by sharing practical tools to help them be present in their amazing bodies and to quiet their busy minds. For the last 20 yearsI have also been exploring the wide landscape of holism and personal growth, an interesting self discovery journey that has lead me to self publish « 13 Steps of Wellbeing, a handbook of healthy practices» in 2020. Along with Human wellbeing, I have become passionate about the awesome Planet that hosts us, and have been learning permaculture and regenerative agriculture to better care for it. I love to cook healthy and delicious meals with fresh, organic, possibly local ingredients and to inspire people to take care of their health and that of their families through many natural good habits! |
WATER CONSCIOUS CIRCLES aim to inspire projects and solutions in our local communities and to raise funds
for an enclosed all year round warm water educational and therapeutic container of water on the island of Corfu, Greece
to learn, heal and REMEMBER more of who we are. To remember that we are water.
Colleen Grassnick WATER & DRINKING Hi, I’m a Naturopath and a passionate advocate of Mother Earth. I grew up internationally and fell deeply in love with our magnificent planet from a young age. My fascination with biology and the desire to be in service to humanity lead me to completing a pre-medical bachelor (BSc) followed by a Bachelor of Naturopathy (BNat). In my profession I help clients achieve their health goals with evidence-based herbal and nutritional medicine, as well as dietary and lifestyle changes. I moved to Corfu in 2016 and have been living off the grid on my land since 2018. Living close to nature gives me the opportunity to explore forward-thinking practices like permaculture, regenerative agriculture and forestry, medicinal and edible plant propagation, and water catchment strategies with local and international volunteers. |
Kate Kapsokavadi WATER & SEA Hello, my name is Kate. I have a deep care and respect for nature, especially the amazing variety of animals, plants and trees. I graduated with a degree in Environmental Science BSc from York University in 2006 and have worked mostly in communication related to recycling and waste management. After travelling the world I returned to my birth place of Corfu just two years ago where I have found myself inspired and touched by both the people I have met and the beautiful surroundings. My passion is to encourage the protection of the sea in order to ensure we still have majestic creatures for many generations to come.me. |
Apostolia Papadamki WATER & HEALING Apostolia is an internationally acclaimed performance director and choreographer. With scholarships from the Onassis and the Goulandris foundations, she studied Performance & Choreography for 4 years in New York. Some of her outstanding artistic achievements are DROPS OF BREATH, at the Temple of Poseidon, the 1st underwater dance performance in the world, with disabled performers and children among the cast, inspiring people to believe that the impossible is possible. Apostolia's life-long project ANAMNESIS, is an outdoor participatory performance in sublime Greek archaeological sites. It started in 2018 at the Temple of Apollo Epicurius, received unanimous approval from the Archaeological Council of Greece, and lasted 14 hours at height of 1.300m Her vision is to create an Anamnesis performance in 50 archaeological sites of Greece, in the next 10 years, involving the local communities and attract national and international audiences. "I hope Kerkyra will be one of them" she says. |
Our VALUES for this WATER CONSCIOUS CIRCLE are:
Listen like water - the deeper we listen to each other the more we are able to hear.
Love like water - we practice accepting where the other is at by staying in our hearts.
Transparent like water – we practice speaking in person and from personal experience.
Yielding like water - we practice allowing another to unfold in their own time.
Listen like water - the deeper we listen to each other the more we are able to hear.
Love like water - we practice accepting where the other is at by staying in our hearts.
Transparent like water – we practice speaking in person and from personal experience.
Yielding like water - we practice allowing another to unfold in their own time.
Igor Ezendam WATER & CONSCIOUSNESS My name is Igor Olivier Ezendam and I’m a a singer, voice coach and improvising musician, specialised in Overtone Singing. My knowledge of the vowels and their use as a diagnostic tool for self-development and healing is transferable and easy to learn. When someone sings or talks, we can hear the same feeling echoing inside us, like ripples in the water, as we are communicating vessels. Our sound has a profound effect on our own body and on the outside world. Our words are only half or less of what we communicate. Our emotional state, the Water element, and our mindset are the other half, readable in the way we say things, in the kind of sound we transmit. To hear, recognise and accept our sound as it comes out, without judgment, is the voyage of discovery that I love to accompany people on. We gather courage to vibrate more, to feel more, to be heard more and to transform old emotions, in order to experience a new sense of freedom! In my sessions, seminars and retreats on Singing Freedom and Overtones, I take participants on a quest for natural, authentic sound. Join me on the various voice training programs offered on Corfu at the Music Farm and online. |
Mukta Arianna Tidei LOCATION MANAGER Welcome! My love and passion to explore deeper dimensions of Being has been my guidance in the last twenty years. I am Italian and I’ve been a passionate traveller until I happily found home 6 years ago on the island of Corfu in Greece. I have a degree in Holistic Counselling and Somatic Experiencing (P. Levine TraumaResolution Work) and I also have a background as a body worker and a Reiki Master. I’ve worked for a few years with people sharing my love for inner exploration but what has been catching my attention more and more is holding the space for others so that whatever their process is, it can happen in the safest, deepest and more loving and contained way possible. I could offer that through some professional past experiences in Meditation Centres around the World and especially today taking care of the program and the staff at Corfu Buddha Hall Seminar House in Corfu Greece. |
Christina Panagiotidou STRATEGY & LOGISTICS Hi, my name is Christina and I was born in Greece. I studied linguistics in Holland, economy and management in Greece. I am also an accountant, an entrepreneur, I run an IT business and own a travel agency. I organise international events locally in Arillas Corfu, providing the structure for projects to flow. My passion these last years has been to stand next to like minded visionaries and help them shape and realize their projects. A world where we all live in harmony, love and respect for each other, our amazing planet and all her creatures is my dream. All my life I lived next to the water and I am happy to contribute to it’s flow. P.S. Happy mother of two mermaids. |