Florencia:
Between art, dance and yoga
The photo session with Florencia was much more than work. The way she moved
among the rocks and the sea looked like a dance: every gesture natural, every
posture infused with the strength of the earth and the fluidity of water. The three of us
—Florencia, the photographer and I— were in complete harmony. There was
connection, complicity and a sense of flow that made everything feel authentic and
effortless.
Florencia is an artist, performer and yoga teacher. She has been living in Barcelona
for over a decade, dividing her time between artistic creation and teaching. For her,
dance is organic and visceral; yoga is structure and balance. Two different
languages that meet in dialogue, both part of the same path.
Art and yoga as crafts
Florencia explains: “Every day I appreciate more how the disciplines that accompany me on this journey intermingle, feed each other and grow stronger. I see art, dance and yoga as crafts, just like the craft of a blacksmith, carpenter or jeweler: a dedicated, directed and creative practice, built daily and in connection with the everyday.”
She likes to recall a teaching from B.K.S. Iyengar in The Tree of Yoga:
“The yogi believes in nivṛtti mārga, the inward path of renunciation; the dancer
believes in pravṛtti mārga, the outward path of creation. Yoga is jñāna mārga, a path
of knowledge; dance is bhakti mārga, a path of love. If you are artists, remember that
whatever themes you present in your artistic expression, they all rest on the inner
experiences and actions also worked on by the yogi.”
For Florencia, this teaching reflects how she understands her work: art and yoga are
not separate paths, but complementary expressions of the same practice. “I believe
my yoga classes are inevitably colored by my other practices, and vice versa,” she
says.
Where to find her
Florencia currently teaches yoga at Kosmo Yoga (Gràcia) and at the Instituto
Francesc Marieges (l’Eixample). In each session, her students experience that blend
of discipline, sensitivity and creativity that defines her.
Inspirations and rituals
Florencia’s day begins with mate, a simple ritual that connects her with her Argentine
roots. In Barcelona, she loves the libraries and, of course, the sea. Among her
inspirations are the singer and composer Juana Molina, the poetics of butoh, and the
paintings of Paul Gauguin.
In her personal practice, Sirsasana is always present. If she had to choose a color of
OMUA shorts, she would go for Henna and Gold… though she admits she loves
them all. When thinking of her homeland, she fondly remembers the criollitos from
Panadería Olmos, eaten in the patio of her mother’s house.
Philosophy and dreams
At 17, she heard a piece of advice that shaped her perspective forever: “The creative
process matters more than the result.” Since then, this principle has guided both her
yoga practice and her artistic work.
And the dream still to come true: to build a house-atelier-shala in nature, a place to
live and create in harmony.
Her art IG @flo.arte.contemporaneo
