Salena and Felipe
Salena and Felipe are both physical therapists at the helm of the holistic project Harmonious Life in Barcelona Since the center’s founding in 2005, both have dedicated themselves to learning the most up-to-date trends in therapeutic exercise to bring GYROTONIC® , GYROKINESIS®, and BREEMA® to Barcelona. As leaders in Spain of these disciplines, both are committed to improving people’s lives from a holistic perspective that links body and mind together.
Together with their work as therapists, both are trained in BREEMA® and offer, along with other instructors, training in GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® at Harmonious Life.
I want to help people become more connected with their bodies.
- Salena Gissola
Salena’s career can be traced back to dance. With undergraduate and post graduate degrees in dance and as an instructor of Pilates since 2001, in the late 1990s she enrolled in the prestigious Elaine Demarkondes Center in Brazil, where she studied kinesiology and anatomy of movement in Pilates.
For many years she worked in athletic centers and dance schools in Brazil, and she also taught at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) in Austria.
A pioneer in practicing GYROTONIC® , GYROKINESIS® and BREEMA® in Spain, and trained by Jon Schreiber, Director of The Breema Center in California, she also studied physical therapy at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili de Reus (Tarragona), and she specialized in Informational Osteopathy (Pialux-Poyet Method) at the Universidad Internacional de Catalunya.
Salena loves to help people connect with their bodies, to become more aware of their posture and habits, and to be able to change what is not healthy. To relax and stretch and strengthen tense muscles correctly in order to move correctly and biomechanically without pain.
She has a perfectionist eye regarding body movement, and at the same time she is sensitive to the particular needs of a person, always with the aim of achieving greater physical, mental and emotional balance in order to experience more meaning and harmony in their life.
I have a holistic vision of persons, not only regarding their physical state but also their emotions.
- Felipe
Felipe studied Forestry Engineering in Brazil, and later around the year 2000 reoriented his career towards therapeutic exercise through Pilates and BREEMA®.
After working in different centers in Brazil, the United States and Austria, he moved to Barcelona with Salena in the early 2000s, and they established the Harmonious Life Center.
Following postgraduate work in Therapeutic Pilates at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), he studied physical therapy at the Universitat de Lleida and, with Salena, he offers BREEMA® bodywork as well as GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® training at the Harmonious Life Center.
Felipe takes a holistic approach to clients, not only considering physical tensions or injuries but also the level of stress and tension, as well as respiratory issues. He works to find balance using the different techniques at his disposal to achieve a genuinely healthy body: physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Our Center
In 2005 Felipe and Salena began to offer instruction in BREEMA® and Pilates in Barcelona, following two years teaching classes in Austria and having trained in Brazil. In 2007, after being awarded a project of Barcelona Activa, they founded Harmonious Life. The first Harmonious Life Center was located in Buenos Aires street in Barcelona, near Francesc Macià plaza. In the following years, Harmonious Life continued to grow, and in 2009 Salena and Felipe relocated to be able to attend to the growing number of clients Viladomat Street, in 2024 they move to Les Corts neighborhood, since then, the center has been located at the current address on Lluça Street, in Barcelona.
In 2009, with the goal of deepening her knowledge of the body, Salena began physical therapy classes in the Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, earning her official degree in 2012. She then continued post-graduate studies in Poyet Osteopathy. Felipe, for his part, earned his Physical Therapy degree in 2019.
In 2012 they discovered GYROTONIC®, at that time practically unknown in Barcelona, and they quickly saw its potential and the benefits that it offers to those who practice it. They decided to pursue the necessary prerequisites to be able to offer classes, and in 2013 they began training as instructors of GYROTONIC® , including studying with the founder of the technique, Juliu Horvath, and have participated in various events and trainings.
At Harmonious Life Center we are pioneers in the holistic approach to therapeutic exercise in Barcelona from our Center we organize individual and group classes to practice disciplines at the vanguard of physical and mental training such as GYROTONIC®, GYROKINESIS® and BREEMA®We also offer Physical Therapy and Osteopathy sessions.
As benchmarks in these innovative disciplines and pioneers who have introduced them in Spain and Barcelona, our facilities have the latest machines. If you are interested in learning what a personalized program can do for you, don’t hesitate to schedule an initial session for evaluation and drawing up a tailor-made work plan.
As well, with our commitment to these disciplines, Harmonious Life offers training for health and sports professionals who want to learn GYROTONIC®, GYROKINESIS® and BREEMA®, in Barcelona as well as other locations in Spain and Europe.
OUR SERVICES
Are you looking for GYROTONIC® in Barcelona? Have you heard of GYROKINESIS® and BREEMA®? Are you aware of how these practices can help you?
In an environment more and more standardized that seeks common solutions to diverse and complex problems, at Harmonious Life we believe that every person needs their own tailor-made approach. For that reason, we draw up a work plan for every person who comes to us that responds to their particular needs. We combine a handful of physical therapy techniques with our experience and knowledge as physical therapists, offering an integral, holistic, approach that seeks body-mind balance.
Do you have a specific ailment or have you heard of some of these techniques? At Harmonious Life we invite you to consult with the experts. Schedule an initial session so that we can evaluate your situation and offer the perfect program for you.
BODY THERAPIES AND THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE AT HARMONIOUS LIFE
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THE HARMONIOUS LIFE CENTER
At Harmonious Life we see exercise as part of a holistic focus on the body in achieving improved physical, mental, and emotional health. We are pioneers in this approach in Barcelona.
In our facilities in Barcelona we organize individual and group sessions using the latest techniques in the field of therapeutic exercise, such as GYROTONIC®, GYROKINESIS®, and BREEMA®. Additionally, we use classical techniques Physical Therapy and Osteopathy, depending on the needs of each of our clients.
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Our center is located in the neighborhood Les Corts in Barcelona and is easily accessible from anywhere in the city.
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ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
At Harmonious Life we have been pioneers in introducing physical exercise therapies such as BREEMA®, GYROKINESIS®, and GYROTONIC® to Barcelona and other parts of Spain. Both as therapists and in our role as trainers in these disciplines, some social media platforms have highlighted our work in recent years.
Your Opinions
More than 15 years ago, we created Harmonious Life with the goal of treating body ailments in a broad and integrative way. Aware of how easy it is to lose the connection between our body and our mind in a society that lives on the edge, today there are hundreds of people who share with us how personalized therapeutic exercise has helped you balance your daily life and achieve a life in harmony with yourselves and your environment.
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