Mindful parenting. Meditation. Yoga. Ancestral wisdom. Dharma5 Academy turns personal growth into a practice — through live cohorts, world-class instructors and a community that actually shows up.
Personal growth is not a course you finish. It's a relationship you keep — with your breath, your children, your body, your attention. Dharma5 is the room where that relationship gets practice.
Each program is a 4–8 week live cohort with a dedicated instructor, weekly sessions, a private community, and lifetime access to recordings.
A 1-week masterclass (and full 6-week follow-up) on mindful, conscious parenting — for parents of children 0–12.
A meditation foundations program. Daily 15-minute sits, weekly live group sessions, and a private retreat weekend.
A trauma-informed yoga series for adults who think yoga "isn't for them". Modifications, props, and zero ego.
Six ancient frameworks (Stoicism, Vedanta, Sufism, Taoism, Buddhism, Indigenous knowing) translated into daily urban practice.
A research-backed program on self-compassion, gratitude, and the cognitive habits of genuinely happy people.
An anti-diet approach to food — eating with attention, pleasure and rhythm. Includes a private community kitchen.
Since 2014, every Dharma5 program has been built on the same three-pillar method — the engine that took us from a kitchen-table project to Portugal's #1 personal development platform.
Every cohort is hosted by the actual instructor — not a moderator, not a producer. Real humans, on camera, every week.
Each program ships a tangible artifact: a workbook, a ritual, a daily prompt. You'll do something, not just listen.
A private cohort space, weekly live circles, and lifetime access to the alumni network. The room is the real teacher.
The parenting program changed our household in three weeks. My partner and I still use Mikaela's "pause ritual" when things escalate. Worth every euro.
I joined the meditation cohort skeptical. I left it with a daily practice I actually keep, six months later. The community keeps me honest.
Took Ancestral Wisdom three times — once live, twice on recording. Each time I caught something new. That's how you know a course is built for life, not for launch week.
Live, small, and intentionally limited. Most cohorts cap at 24 seats.
Every Dharma5 instructor teaches live. No ghostwriters. No talking heads. Just people who have done the work and want to share the room.
Founder of Dharma5 (2014). Built Portugal's #1 personal-development platform. Leads the Founder-Led curriculum.
Creator of the Secret Language of Parenting 2.0. Mother of three, 15+ years in conscious parenting practice.
Co-founder of Dharma5. Studied comparative philosophy at Coimbra. Teaches Ancestral Wisdom.
Trauma-informed yoga teacher (RYT-500). Leads Yoga for Real Bodies and the alumni retreat weekends.
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