Maria Eugenia Gobbato, or Mariu, born and raised in Guatemala, is a dedicated mother to three gorgeous humans, a well recommended midwife, a renowned massage therapist, seeked healer and an experienced teacher. She is passionate about sharing the gifts she has received in this life with others who cross paths with her. Teaching, healing, and working from personally embodied experiencial wisdom that is palpabable in her presence. She grew up in Quetzaltenango and moved to San Marcos La Laguna, Lake Atitlan, in the year 2010. After birthing her first two children in a beautiful birthing home in the mountains of Catalunya, Spain. This experience marked the trajectory of her life. Through birthing and becoming a mother, she discovered the loud and deep calling to be a midwife to support other women during their birth and create safe, respectful and dignified spaces for women to birth in. She started a deep self healing journey and discovered the innate wisdom of our bodies and their natural capacity to heal. This lead her to study Reflexology, and then several other healing modalities such as Maya abdominal massage, sports and deep tissue massage, swedish massage and acupressure, chi nei tsang, neuro muscular & neurolymphatic massage, tei shin therapy (needless acupuncture), reiki, energy medicine, and plant medicine. Mariu has also been apprenticing and working with local Maya midwives, herbalists, healers and ajq'ij for the past 13 years. During this time she has learned and integrated Ancestral Maya Medicine. As it used to be an integral part of community life. With the midwives being the carriers of this wisdom and respected leaders in their community. They were the counselors, wise women, village doctors and highly revered authority figures in their governance system. Mariu has had the honor of learning from many elder midwives in different parts of Guatemala. She trained in a midwifery school in Quetzaltenango, CODECOT, founded by indigenous midwives for indigenous midwives, and has been attending births in her community for the past 6 years. After years of working with the midwives on a personal level, Mariu founded The Midwife Project. A community based midwifery association that supports indigenous midwives by creating spaces where midwives can feel empowered, reconnecting to their roots and feeling resourced to be able to give high quality, evidence based and culturally appropriate health care to the women they attend in their communities. www.midwifeproject.net With this wealth of wisdom and experience, Mariu's offerings become a rich vibrational field of knowledge and lived embodied experiences. Where time slows down, and we feel more. We become more aware of our body and our surroundings. Our oneness and uniqueness. A space where deep healing and trasformation cristalize into our being. As we tap into our womb, the source of our inherent power to bring forth life. The source of our creative life force energy. Concepts that are basic and normal to Maya midwifery and Maya medicine. The womb is deeply and lovingly tended to.