My work is presence. Helping people feel again, make space for the nature of their emotions, and remember what it means to be human in a tribe rather than a solo performance.

I'm Miguel. Husband, father, and a trauma-informed therapist and osteopath for more than 20 years.

I began in 2005 as a massage therapist, with my hands on the body. Over time the work widened. Osteopathy and cranio-sacral therapy taught me to listen to the body's structure, Ayurveda to its rhythms, and breathwork to what the body holds and is ready to release. From that path I created Vision Quest Breathwork, the method I practice and teach today.

Later, life called me into men's work. I co-founded Men's Academy with Alex Wirthl and Pedro Collares, bringing men back into their bodies and back into community.

I work with both men and women. My own wounds were, and still are, my greatest teachers, and fatherhood is my daily school in holding space. I carry the old idea that the healing of one person is the responsibility of the whole. I am because we are.

In a circle, I'm the one who won't let the room stay in its head. The work lives in the body, in the field, in the quiet after someone has told the truth.

The lone wolf was a season. Circle is the next one.

How I work

• 1:1 sessions: osteopathy, cranio-sacral therapy, trauma-informed therapy and mentoring

• Vision Quest Breathwork sessions and training

• Retreats and ceremonies in Portugal and abroad

• Men's work with Men's Academy

Training & gratitude

• Osteopathy

• Upledger Institute for Cranial Sacral Therapy;

• Dr. Ruguê and International Academy of Ayurved for Ayurveda;

• Biodynamic Breathwork And Trauma Release System with Giten Tonkov;

• Bioenergetics with Prem Milan;

• Dr. Gabor Maté for Compassion Inquiry;

• Homa and Mukto for Tantra;

• Sacred Sons for “Connecting Men to there Heart” and mine as well!! .
  And all the therapist that help me.

• David Kessler Training, Grief Educator Certification

With all my Love