| Hailing from Brasil, Capoeira combines elements of dance, music, acrobatics and martial arts to provide a total mind-body experience. Although it is physically demanding, some of the more gentle exercises are perfect for a pregnancy and postnatal workout. Meire Marchiori practised Capoeira through both her pregnancies, managing to spin and cartwheel up to her third trimester. |
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| Capoiera, the Brazilian martial art form marked by deft, tricky movements often played on the ground, is a great way to exercise body and mind. Bondi youngsters have been flocking to the Bondi Pavilion where capoeira instructor Meirelou Marchiori teaches the acrobatic art set to music. Meirelou, or Meire, as she is fondly called… |
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| THREE days after Brazilian-born Meire Marchiori landed in Sydney in 1989 as a traveller, she knew she would one day call Australia home. “I was in Europe for three years and that thought never crossed my mind, to live there”, the Bronte resident said. “But in Sydney, it was almost immediate. People’s warmth and sense of humour… |
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