nuno cabral (b. 1964)
bsc in sociology — universidade nova de lisboa / fcsh (1986)
alongside his university studies, nuno began studying astrology, first with chiron, centro português de astrologia, and later at the faculty of astrological studies (london). he has worked professionally in the field, teaching and offering consultations, since 1993, in both oporto and lisbon, and continues to do so today
he practised aikido intensively in lisbon (1982–1984) and oporto (1987–1990)
his yoga practice began in 1994 in oporto, with cláudia villadelprat (a student of christian pisano — iyengar yoga) and inês matos (a student of claude maréchal — viniyoga, the european branch of the desikachar/krishnamacharya school of madras)
he continued to study regularly with both teachers until completing his viniyoga teacher training in barcelona (2000)
from 1998 to 2000, he trained with tomas zorzo and camino diez (oviedo, spain), teachers in the ashtanga vinyasa yoga tradition (pattabhi jois / mysore)
he also trained at yoga center sananda (vigo/madrid), originally affiliated with the sivananda lineage, completing its teacher training in 1997, and at centro de yoga asanga (madrid), with miguel fraile, where he completed a two-year teacher training course in yogatherapy (1997–1998)
between 2006 and 2009, he completed all three years of the iyengar basic teacher training with christian pisano and june whittaker (nice, france), although he chose not to pursue official certification or formal affiliation with the school
since 2003, and through intensive, in-person study from 2011 to the present, he has followed the work of éric baret, which draws directly on the tradition of tantric kashmiri shaivism
from this diverse range of influences, integrated with personal study, his own evolving practice, and teaching experience in a wide variety of contexts, emerges a non-systematised approach to yoga that draws on many traditions, without being specifically aligned with any one of them
alongside yoga, he has undertaken training in various forms of massage, including therapeutic and rehabilitative massage and craniosacral therapy at simac (oporto), as well as two semesters of shiatsu at imp (lisbon)
between 1997 and 2001, he taught yoga at several gyms and schools in oporto, most notably at uatip (a university for lifelong learning), where he led weekly classes for senior groups over four consecutive years
since returning to lisbon in 2001, he has worked consistently with numerous gyms, cultural associations, institutions, and dance companies, contributing to courses and training programmes for dancers and actors (alkantara, re_al, acccandermatt, fórum dança, fundação gulbenkian, sensurround, act, zdb, ccb, companhia olga roriz)
in 2004, he began teaching regular classes in bairro alto (lisbon) and, since 2013, has led one or two yoga retreats each year, either independently or in collaboration with filipa martorell
more recently, from 2022 onwards, he has taken part in a few “voice & body” workshops led by jorge parente and antónio dente, and has since begun organising weekend workshops in collaboration with antónio dente, integrating this approach with yoga