TAMADA
Hello
I am Angeles. I became very interested in working with figures when I first came across a box with wooden figures in Argentina. I bought it from En Madera Materiales and fell in love with it and the support provided. It took sometime till I started to use the box regularly. I found that placing a small figure on a surface and simply looking at it had immense power.
I wanted to bring it to Europe — the whole concept, the box, the guidance to use it, more importantly, the gentleness in which it brought insights and emotions.
I had already trained in Systemic Coaching and Constellations. I then trained in a specific application of figures for coaching and therapeutic use. The Maestría de Muñecos Certification integrates Internal Family Systems, polyvagal theory and nervous-system regulation, transactional Analysis, attachment theory, somatic and trauma-informed approaches and narrative work — alongside the systemic lens. Each session draws on whichever of these is most useful for what's actually in front of us, not a single method applied by default. The training was done using mostly Playmobils and it has been a fascinating learning journey that I want to bring to my world.
What I want for TAMADA
I want every family to have a wooden box. On the shelf next to the books, taken out for birthdays and special celebrations, to make sense of an emotion or a situation, at friends' gatherings, in the days before someone leaves home. There are so many moments worth marking and we dont often take the opportunity. Marking some of life's important moments can be fun, it can connect us in a loving and caring way. It takes a little effort and it goes al long way. TAMADA helps us build our own life story and the story of people around us. The narrative of a story with TAMADA is one of connection and aliveness.
I want to bring this into organisations too. Companies are big systems, teams are systems, each system carries information, patterns, dynamics, that we don't see easily. Figures can help us understand a system and its needs better, can clarify a direction, help identify a choice, a relationship issue. I want people to experience the power of working with Playmobil figures. I am amazed every day by what becomes visible and clear, by the new narratives to old stories, by how these representations can surface information we dont access otherwise.
Why TAMADA exists
TAMADA CELEBRATE enables connection. TAMADA MOVE lets you explore the different dimensions of your system to generate movement.
Where does TAMADA come from
A very good friend told me about The Tamada at a party. In the Georgian tradition, The Tamada is much more than a toastmaster. They guide the gathering, sensing the room, inviting stories, asking the right questions at the right moment and creating the conditions for people to connect more deeply with each other. The Tamada officiates celebrations, business meetings and political gatherings.
My work, even from my early days in Argentina, was never about any particular tool or experience. It has always been about being interested in understanding people's drives, motivations, helping conversations become more inclusive and meaningful and creating spaces where people could see, hear and understand one another. With time and practice I hope I can resemble a true TAMADA!
One practice, three depths
1
Move and Celebrate
THE ENTRY POINT
Where most people first meet TAMADA. Joyful, low-threshold, no wrong moves. Birthdays, team rituals, milestone moments. You play with figures and something new surfaces — without anyone calling expecting it.
2
Explore & Make Sense
THE MAIN PRACTICE
For people to explore career, relationships, identity, leadership. Systemic coaching and narrative work using objects as a map. You don't just talk about the situation — you build it, look at it, experience it and move what is ready to be moved. And you revisit areas of the system through different lens over the sessions.
3
Heal & Transform
THE DEEP WORK
Intervention using projective techniques, narrative practices and somatic awareness. If you want to go deeper, the figures using particular modalities hold the key to dynamics we don't see through a conversation. There is a 3D world where a known situation can be seen with new information.
