The decade of the 1990s was marked on television by a choral series starring, among others, the actor Mariano Alameda. The fiction that many thirtysomethings still remember was called ‘Al Salir de Clase’.
In the series, Mariano Alameda gave life to the character of Iñigo, a guano farmer with “a cape” hair as was worn back then, which perhaps today would seem like a horror to us, but which, at that time, was very fashionable.
He himself admits that it has taken him decades to remove Iñigo’s name from the general public and that is, although after the series he did some fiction and plays, the character persecuted him incessantly until he said enough.
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It is now 12 years since Mariano Alameda left the acting profession that brought him so much fame and the path to inner healing and mental and spiritual peace captivated him in such a way that he opened his own yoga and therapy center.
According to what he told ‘El País’, he was in India in the year 2000 meditating at dawn on the Ganges River when some Spanish tourists yelled at him “Iñigo, it’s Iñigo!” then he knew that it was not enough to have gone on a trip to the other side of the planet: “I got really pissed off and realized that it wasn’t enough to change the scene, to run away; I had to change inside.”
Currently, the guano plantations of the nineties have given way to a mature man who dedicates himself completely to Nagual, his yoga academy and associated activities that have the objective of disseminating useful practices and techniques to achieve self-knowledge, personal development and, in consequently, life satisfaction.
In addition to directing the center, Mariano teaches both face-to-face and online classes, according to the website. And, in addition to this vital vocation towards yoga and spirituality, the exactor has also published a beautiful book of illustrations.
It is from the Kyrie publishing house and It is called “The teachings of the Zen dog” in this book we find illustrations with ‘short poems’ in Japanese style called haiku that narrate the great teachings of Zen who, according to Alameda, taught him to be himself, to live in the present, to be authentic and lose the fear of dying.
The truth is that everyone who lives with an animal knows that these valuable life lessons are given to us in a natural way and it is beautiful that Alameda has connected at that deep level with Zen during the 16 years of life of his beloved life partner . Furthermore, he also demonstrates a strong connection with himself due to his personal quest and his profession.
It is curious how, although we have not seen him in fiction for so many years, when we see his face it is inevitable to remember that young Iñigo and I am sure that, although from the distance and the calm of living away from the crest of the media wave, he also keeps a great memory for that character in his heart.
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Mariano Alameda: from his fame ‘Al Salir de Clase’ to anonymous yoga teacher