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Manuel Alejandro Patiño

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Manuel Alejandro Patiño

Psychologist & Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor

  • Licensed Therapist
  • Certified Wellness Professional

Based in Venezuela · Contributing since 2025 · 126 resources reviewed

Psychologist, yogi, and passionate about bringing spirituality, the body's wisdom, and science together. Certified professional user of devices for heart-rate variability biofeedback and pulse analysis. Research-based creative writer and avid explorer of our origins as an enlightened humanity.

Healing means reconnecting with our essence, while happiness means feeling grateful for it.
Manuel Alejandro Patiño

Credentials and training

  1. 2020HRV Biofeedback for Psychotherapy & TraumaIECP + HeartMath Institute
  2. 2020Certified User of HRV-Biofeedback and Pulse Analysis DevicesVedaEducation
  3. 2016Kundalini Yoga InstructorKundalini Research Institute
  4. 2014Psychology DegreeArturo Michelena University
  5. 2013-2016Medicinal Yoga Health Coach (not completed)IUMA Yoga Medicinal

Areas of specialty

  • Yoga
  • Psychology
  • Psychosomatics
  • Biodecoding
  • Heart-Rate Variability
  • Biofeedback
  • Breathwork
  • Guided Meditation
  • Creative Writing
  • Conscious Sexuality

In their own words

A moment that shaped my work

When I learned that my own self-regulation spontaneously helps almost all my clients to do the same, and open up more easily.

My go-to grounding practice

Barefoot walking with eyes closed.

Book I keep coming back to

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

Currently exploring

Natural time cycles and endogenous power for self-regulation.

What people say

★★★★★

With a few sessions and a brief Kundalini Yoga meditation using mudras suggested for homework, after less than two months Manuel helped me regain vitality and even get my menstrual cycle back — and that was at a time when I did not have enough money to eat healthily.
Maria A.Yoga student

★★★★★

Therapy with Manuel Patiño has been life-changing. I've found healing, growth, and tools to navigate life with clarity and confidence. If you're considering therapy, take the step — it's worth it.
Jumelles N.Client on LiftTalk

Resources

Boundaries Worksheet PDF — Six Types, Scripts and a Hold LineCreate Your Own Inner Child MeditationList of Feelings: 91 Words for What You’re Actually Feeling (Free PDF)Reframing Negative Thoughts WorksheetAutomatic Negative Thoughts Worksheet7 Trauma Release Exercises PDF – Effective Ways to Release Tension & Restore BalanceWhat Is the Schumann Resonance? How Earth’s Electromagnetic Field Overlaps With Your BrainwavesWhat Is Somatic Yoga? A Nervous System–Guided Way to MoveWhat Is Circling? The Relational Healing Sharing CircleList of Cognitive Biases: 15 Hidden Mental Shortcuts Shaping Your Reality10 Somatic Exercises for Anxiety: Body-Based Tools for Stress, Panic, and OverwhelmWhat Does Somatic Mean?15 Relationship CBT Techniques for Better RelationshipsThe Best Somatic Exercises for Neck PainThe Best Somatic Exercises for Back PainThe Most Effective Somatic Exercises | Step-by-Step10 Essential Somatic Practices for Mind-Body ConnectionSomatic Breathwork for Grief & Loss | Meet Grief & Release EmotionsHow to Do Holotropic Breathwork | Deep Step-by-StepGuided Breathwork for Trauma Release | Therapist-Approved ExercisesCircular Breathwork Practice: What It Is & How to Do ItHow We Store Emotions In Our BodyWhat Is Somatic Breathwork? + Exercise ExamplesBest Breathwork Books: The Most Recommended Books on Breathwork for Learning and Practice

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ABOUT SOFIA

I am an Intern Somatic Body Psychotherapist, Neuroscientist, Dancer, and Dance Teacher. My passion for mental health began at age 14, sparked by a natural ability to attune to people’s emotional landscapes.

Over the past 15 years, I’ve travelled the world exploring the human psyche — a journey that shaped my integrated approach, rooted in neuroscience (brain), psychology (mind), philosophy (spirit), and somatic practices like dance (body).

This embedded with my empirical experience has made it a personal and interpersonal discovery – in line with my essence and natural tendency to help those around me deal with various aspects of mental well-being.

It is this multidimensional understanding of what it means to be human that is at the heart of my work.

My work as a somatic body psychotherapist draws on the concept that life is a continuous unfolding process, from the first cell in the womb to the present moment. All aspects of our being need to be considered when navigating mental health issues.

I support each client’s unique process with openness and curiosity of all these aspects, helping transform scattered energy into a coherent source of well-being and vitality, reshaping life in ways that often exceed expectations.

Through my Neuroscience of Dance project and Dance Integrated Healing Method, I offer neurocognitive and movement-based tools for healing.

For the past six years, I’ve supported dancers and educators worldwide through sessions and workshops, focusing on injury recovery, neurological rehabilitation, memory and balance, mental health, and the therapeutic potential of dance. This integration of dance, neuroscience, and psychology began during my postgraduate research on the brain mechanisms behind dance, in collaboration with a leading researcher in the field.

My research has been published in Dance Data, Cognition, and Multimodal Communication and presented at the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) conference. I was honoured when this project was nominated for the IADMS Dance Educator Award (2022) and the Applied Dance Science Award (2021) from One Dance UK, which also recognised me as a Healthier Dancer Practitioner.

Personally, advocate for neurodiversity as a proud dyslexic. I love cats, cute cafes, cats, long walks, writing, cats, poetry.

Did I say cats?

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