In 2007, Mariana got her first contact with Yoga when she joined Macau’s largest Yoga Studio pre-opening team as a Sales Representative, and the interest for this Art became a reality. With a daily practice and talks with several Yoga connoisseurs, Mariana realized the powerful connection between Body and Mind as one of the vehicles to achieve optimal health.

With the booming of the Spa Industry in Southeast Asia, Mariana understood that learning about holistic therapies, aromatherapy and body anatomy could lead to a path that she was hoping for. With that idea in mind and with the urge of broadening her horizons, Mariana decided to take further steps in order to enhance her career and passion.

It was in Hong Kong that Mariana fell in love with the world of Spa after enrolling in internationally recognized courses in Spa, Beauty and complementary therapies. First came the C.I.B.T.A.C. Anatomy, Physiology and Body Massage Diploma and then the Diplomas in Beauty Therapy Services from I.A., C.I.B.T.A.C. and C.I.D.E.S.C.O., Diploma in Aromatherapy under N.A.H.A. standards and education and finally the I.S.B.C. Diploma in Spa Management, Development and Treatments. With these and with a lot of work and dedication, Mariana fast became a certified and registered Holistic Therapist and Beauty Aesthetician.

In August 2009 Mariana was ready to put her knowledge into practice as she was hired to be part of Isala Spa Pre-Opening Team for Grand Hyatt Macau, where she learned the fundamentals of Spa Operations, Spa Concept, Spa Menu, got familiar with SOPs, Spa Treatments and protocols according to it’s brand standards. After an intensive 13 week Department Orientation Program, Mariana was invited by Hyatt’s School of Hospitality to be part of the Train the Trainee (TT) course, which was an on-going program to assist on the staff training, as well as training the newly hired.

With the desire of sharing healthy habits with the World, Mariana became the author of www.lifestyleinshavasana.com a Holistic Health and Lifestyle blog designed to present an array of Holistic Health care articles and resources that can provide invaluable information to support you in reaching your long term goals and towards rebalancing your body, mind and spirit with readers and followers from all over the world.

As she continued to explore the mind-body awareness and connection and came to the realization that she was meant to heal, educate, and share her knowledge with the others, Mariana decided to embark on an amazing journey to become a Registered – Yoga Alliance - Certified Yoga Instructor (RYT) and through this training her eyes were opened to Ayurveda and the healing powers of food.

After 2.5 years of teaching Yoga, Mariana was reaching a point where the food and nutrition component had to be included in order to fulfill her career. Soon she realized that she had to add the next step to her “combo” and that’s when her Diet and Holistic Nutrition Diploma Course came in extremely handy. First came the Diet and Holistic Nutrition then the Sports Nutrition Diploma and finally the Life Coach Diploma, all accredited by the I.C.H.M. – The International College for Holistic Medicine.