Pascoal Amaral

Pascoal Amaral serves as Visiting Assistant Professor at Lisbon Dance School (Escola Superior de Dança) within Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, while concurrently holding clinical leadership roles as technical director of TNC at Clínica Médica Central and clinical internship coordinator at CCMTC. His work uniquely bridges dance education, movement therapy, and integrative health practices.

His academic credentials include:

• Dance degree from Lisbon Dance School specializing in contact improvisation and Eastern practices (Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Qi Gong, Yoga)
• Master's in Public Health and Development from Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (New University of Lisbon)
• Doctoral candidate in Health Education at Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon
• Specialist certification in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Amaral's research critically examines Traditional Chinese Medicine's role in public health systems, focusing on epidemiological patterns of TCM utilization, regulatory frameworks for non-conventional therapies, and clinical applications of acupuncture for anxiety disorders. His work emphasizes movement's holistic impact on health preservation and mind-body awareness, integrating Eastern practices with Western health education frameworks. This interdisciplinary approach addresses gaps in complementary medicine integration within national health systems.

His publication record (2017-2021) reveals concentrated expertise in Traditional Chinese Medicine, with recurring themes of regulatory policy, clinical efficacy studies, and mind-body exercise protocols. Key contributions include Portugal's non-conventional therapy regulations analysis, Lisbon TCM user epidemiology, and Ba Duan Jin standardization for health applications.

Recognition includes:

• Mechanism: Merit Scholarship from Directorate-General for Higher Education (2019/2020)

In clinical practice, Amaral leads TNC's technical team while coordinating CCMTC internships, creating synergies between his academic research on movement therapy and hands-on patient care. His dance methodology draws from collaborations with prominent artists including Olga Roriz, Willi Dorner, and Yan Teng, emphasizing embodied knowledge transfer through movement-based pedagogy.