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Kids Temple Team
Welcome to the team and community behind Essência Kids Temple! We are growing community with permanent residents and volunteers living on a spectacular land in south Portugal. The school project is a central element in the Eco Village we are building and a way of inviting locals with kids to come and enjoy our 20 hectares of land in wild nature.

Driver & Kids Space Holder
Sofia & Marius
Since she was a child, Sofia has been communicating with the spirits of the before-life—the spirit babies. They have reached out to her through dreams and play, and deep within, she always knew that one day she would be guided to create a place where New Earth children could blossom and flourish.
“Creating a school for New Earth children is my life mission.”
Even before she got pregnant with her oldest child, that child’s spirit was guiding her, leading her to make a conscious decision to step away from the disconnected culture during her pregnancy. Now, this is a commitment to life.
When her daughter was born and during the first couple of years of her life, Sofia felt that her daughter was a different kind of being. Later, she learned that children are highly attuned, and it is we, as adults, who are disconnected—from our essence, our true nature, and our emotions, which are energy that needs to flow through us.
Sofia is committed to supporting kids and parents in navigating all kinds of emotions and helping parents hold space for themselves and their children.
Both before and after becoming a mother, she has been driven to explore the mysteries of life in all its aspects.
She has studied developmental psychology, pre- and perinatal psychology, and movement therapy. She is also an Aware Parenting instructor, trauma-informed therapist, pre- and postpartum yoga teacher, and spirit baby channel.
Sofia hosts workshops for parents and parents-to-be, facilitates playgroups and family events, offers one-on-one sessions for parents, and conducts spirit baby readings.
She is also the mother of two—Salima (6) and Fenya (3).

Driver & Kids Space Holder
Wind Fox
Fox mission on earth is to built temples and create healing community spaces for children and human beings.
As a social worker he supported children and teenagers in refugee camps, boarding schools, children's homes and youth clubs in Germany.
At the age of 17, he first had the desire to create a place for children where they could develop free of constraints.
He trusts the wisdom of the (inner) children, the healing through playfulness and the powerful nature around us.
He loves embodiment in all his forms (dancing, swimming, yoga, sports) and the creating of mandalas with nature materials.
Fox is a father of a son and lives in Essência.

Founder Essência & Kids lovers
Simona & Antoine
Simona is a well traveled social educator, institutional clown and holistic therapist. She offers polarity therapy sessions, nutrition coaching, conscious pregnancy doula,
Tao Tantric Arts coaching, workshops and retreats, with a strong experience in women’s work and trauma healing, Aroma Yoga courses and teacher training.
Antoine is passionate hospitality professional with over 15 years of international experience
and 8 businesses design, financing, launches and promotion. He now serves as positive impact entrepreneur mostly motivated by his mission to create sacred spaces for everyone to discover who they are.