Orlando Cani is one of the leading figures in conscious movement in Brazil. A physical trainer for Olympic athletes, two-time world champion in military pentathlon, yoga master, and tireless researcher of the body, he dedicated nearly 70 years to a profound mission: understanding how the human body can reach its fullest potential in strength, lightness, presence, and purpose. From this pursuit, Bioginástica was born — a practice that brings together ancestral wisdom and modern awareness.
With a military background and a degree in Physical Education, Orlando also studied at The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, India, under the guidance of Shri Yogendra. Founder of the Orlando Cani Academy in 1971 and one of the creators of the Brazilian Yoga Professionals Association (ABPY), he has trained hundreds of instructors and influenced generations of athletes, including Rickson Gracie, Bernardinho, Dani Genovesi, and Fernanda Keller.
Inspired by ancient traditions such as yoga, tai chi chuan, kenpo, and the instinctive movements of nature, Orlando developed a practice that integrates breathing, strength, balance, meditation, and deep bodily awareness. More than physical exercise, his method is a philosophy of life — an integral education of the self.
Today, at 90 years old, Orlando remains a living example of the lightness, vitality, and presence that his method teaches.
"When conceiving education in a more integral way, one must be interested in a physical training that is not exclusively physical, but that also reaches other levels of the human being — as a source of physical, emotional, and mental health."
— Orlando Cani
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