Maria Pushnaya
Travel designer/photographer/cultural researcher
Nice to meet you
Maya Maria Pushnaya - travel designer and personal guide, photographer, cultural studies researcher, event designer. Multidisciplinary specialist in creating unique impressions. 14 years of photography, 18 years of independent travels around the world.
My services
Costume photography
If you need an art-photo shoot in an unusual look - contact me.
More than 14 years of costume photography and photography in tours and travels. Several personal photo exhibitions.
Creating holistic image - costume, accessories, style, work as stylist at photoshoots. My photo shoots are the way to discover inner archetypes and personalities of the person.
Costume photo projects - Russia, Germany, Iceland.
More than 14 years of costume photography and photography in tours and travels. Several personal photo exhibitions.
Creating holistic image - costume, accessories, style, work as stylist at photoshoots. My photo shoots are the way to discover inner archetypes and personalities of the person.
Costume photo projects - Russia, Germany, Iceland.
Personal guide, travel design
Personal guidance and excursions. I organise travels since 2005, crafting journeys and working as guide. More than 100 happy tourists that traveled under my guidance.
Education in cultural studies and certified tour guide.
Design of unique journeys that could change your life.
My specialization - transformational tourism, meaningful journeys.
cultural tours to historical places, photoshoots in tours.
Would love to travel with you!
Education in cultural studies and certified tour guide.
Design of unique journeys that could change your life.
My specialization - transformational tourism, meaningful journeys.
cultural tours to historical places, photoshoots in tours.
Would love to travel with you!
Event designer
Event management in tours and cultural events such as celebrations, performances, cultural holidays, musical and dance events. Creating the art-concept of events and parties, creating performances, hiring performers, costume stylist for performers, creating style of events. Organizing art-exhibitions. Experienced event and art manager in culture.
Tea ceremony
Tea art as a cultural tradition of Asian countries was my practice for many years. Combination of performance, costumes, tea tasting calms the mind and has aesthetic impact on people. I was performing tea ceremonies in different countries - Russia, Germany, Netherlands and Iceland at musical and cultural events, in tea clubs and in nature for 5 years. I hold tea sessions on request.
Experienced traveler
18 years of independend journeys to Europe, Asia
and around Russian regions from nature hiking to comfort trips in different teams, from nature exploring to etnographic research
and around Russian regions from nature hiking to comfort trips in different teams, from nature exploring to etnographic research
Skills
- Passion to create unique journeysI`m co-creator, guide and photographer in tour company of transformational tours "Dancing with the wolves" with 6 years of journeys to powerful natural places - mountains Altay and lake Baikal. We have more than 100 satisfied traveleres, some of them were coming back to us, buying new tour for their next holiday. The unigueness of the "Dancing" is in balanced journey with deep connection to the nature, a big variety of transformational practices such as tea ceremony, dance and body-work, meditation, crafting and hand-made classes, costume photo-shoot. All of this is goes with comfort housing and transportation, supporting team and warm, open co-tourists who became friends after travel. Personal groth and transformation is the core idea of our journeys.
- Artistic mindArtistic education made me able to add creativity to each of my projects: photo-shoots, travel, event making, ets. My mission is to bring more beauty and culture in everyday life of people. It could be beautiful photo-shoot in costumes, one-day trip to the nature with dance practices, tea ceremony or costume performance at some event - everything could become a piece of art and co-creation.
- Culturological viewI studied culture of different countires since my childhood, I tend to bring it into everyday life and share with the people. Cultural exchange is important to broaden our minds and be open to different experiences. I create tours with historical background, costume-stylised parties, costume performances and other events.
- Flexibility and inventivenessI like to be inventive in work. To organise techno rave in the building of classical theatre, to craft costume for photo shoot from unusial materials, to hold tea ceremony at icelandic lava field to connect with the earth, to make art-trip around Iceland with models and shoot them in costumes in the most unusial locations.
Feedback - our tour guests
- And I'm sitting here in Yekaterinburg now and I'm very jealous! I envy those who are now packing their bags and getting ready for the next tour, trying to find on the map where this Sentelek is located in the Altay Mountains. It is in a magical place! In a place where time stops, where you can breathe easily, where sometimes you just want to sit on a sofa on the veranda and look at the mountains and the moon... (or even just laugh in a great campaign), where you sit in a yurt and make a mug, you understand that at this moment you are happy... We conquered mountains, ate sausages roasted on a fire by a beautiful lake, rafted down the Charysh River, listened to lectures, looked into the world of metaphorical cards, composed fairy tales, made wishes. It's not easy for me to "dig" into myself, and even talk about it, but now I know several areas in which I should work... In general, I envy myself that I was on this tour)))))) )). Thanks to guides Valentina, Maya, Alex) and our wonderful campaign. It was really cool!
Ann MaslovaTourist from Ekaterinburg, 2019 - "Dancing with Wolves" is not just a tour, it is a great opportunity to get acquainted with the beauties of Altay, reboot and get to know yourself a little better.
Many thanks to Maya and Valentina for this magical journey, for the fairy tales told around the fire in the yurt, for the dance filled with freedom and strength, for the opportunity to fashion dishes from clay and try on a fairy-tale image, to honor our ancestors on the mound in Lammas.
Sentelek is a place that enchants, fills you with energy and allows you to forget about the bustle and routine of the city for a while. And when you return with new strength and drink tea at home from herbs collected in Altay, and remember how milky white clouds cover the mountains, no fuss can unsettle you. Because somewhere in your heart there remains a piece of the majestic and power-filled Altay.Angela KotilenkovaTourist from Kaliningrad, 2020/2021 - The place Sentelek is one love.This was my first trip with my husband, and I am glad that we chose Altay mountains. Interesting excursions filled with the spirit of adventure, hikes to the mountains, places of Power, mountain lakes, rafting, interesting lectures on self-development, psychology, history and culture of the ancient Scythians.. Guides Valentina, Maya, as well as our wonderful group, thank you for everything). If only It was possible, I would not have left).
...After a long journey, you will be greeted by mountains that support the sky with their peaks, hiding in fluffy clouds. Behind their peaks a light is born that illuminates the plains of Altay, meadows and forests. Here, trees and herbs reach for the sun's rays, whisper with the cheerful Altay wind, fill with tart and sweet juice... Fragrant catnip, bitter thyme, sweet ziziphora... A cup of tea from them will warm your palms when the Shaman tells you her tales to the music of a tambourine. The fire in her yurt will burn until late at night, echoing the lights of the constellations in the dark sky...
In the morning you will listen to the sound of a cheerful mountain river, the singing of birds and watch how the silver of dew sparkles on the leaves.
And in the evening you will sit on the veranda in the company of like-minded women, laugh at their jokes, listen to their stories, wrap yourself in a warm blanket.
And then you will feel the weight lift off your shoulders. Just like everything that had weight and pulled down becomes lighter than a feather. You realize how relative everything is there, outside of this moment and space.
And the wings grow again...Ksenya Gilina, RussiaTourist from Tymen, 2019/2020 - Have you ever experienced absolute fatigue of the body, will, or intellect, when, it would seem, you no longer need anything? There is no strength, I just want to stay in peace, fall asleep and not touch on any problems, matters, questions. This has happened to most of us. We explain this to ourselves by the crazy pace of modern life (those who didn't have time are late), the mass of responsibilities and contacts, the general chronic neurosis and other signs of our time. Reboot...I urgently need a reboot...! The universe heard me! I got on the "Dancing with Wolves" tour in July. And off we go... Clay modeling, mandala therapy, art therapy, lectures and workshops "Women's fairy tales", "Women's archetypes", fairy tale therapy and writing, the Scythian Royal Mound and megaliths, meditation, a bathhouse with fragrant herbs, Mount Teplaya, an unforgettable costume photo shoot in the chosen look, fragrant invigorating tea, Lake Ozernoe, the wild nature of Altay, Sentelek, Charysh river, unforgettable stars, a yurt, clean and invigorating air that makes your head spin. Unforgettable evenings when something inexplicable happens. Sometimes it blows with sadness, sometimes with light joy..., sometimes with stormy and even wild fantasies that turn into unique fairy tales. In the evening we were different. We wanted cozy conversations, warm tea, and snacks. Every evening turned into a small miracle. We were distracted from our thoughts and carried away by the moments. Changed your thoughts, feelings, words and actions for the better.
Don't be shy about living your life! We indulged in our favorite ice cream and smiled at each other. Allow yourself incredible dreams! They opened the doors to new opportunities and slammed the doors to the unnecessary, superficial. You left in your life only what inspires and fills you with energy.
The co-creators of this whole miracle were Valentina, Maya and the participating girls. Thank you!!! I took with me harmony in my soul, the ability to create happiness out of nothing, to love what is and fill this world with love! Come to mountains!Natalya PropastinaTourist from Krasnoyarsk, 2019
It`s important for me to show people the beauty of nature and themselves - to be a guide to wonderful places and on the way to themselves.
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WhatsApp +79069577802
tywithteg1@gmail.com
tywithteg1@gmail.com
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