About me

Who I am and what I do

I’m a freelance breath teacher and teach Natural Breathing for children and adults.

In Natural Breathing the focus doesn’t lie on a particular way of breathing but on the sensations of the body in space, on feelings and thoughts in connection to the experience of breathing. The way the breath flows – fast or slow, strong or shallow, taking up space or retreating, for example -is how we are present in our lives at any given moment.

 

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What‘s special about my teaching

1. My breath teaching is influenced by my training – Middendorf teaching (Institut für Atemlehre Berlin), my study – MSc in applied breathing sciences (Graduate School of Applied Breathing Sciences) and 20 years of experience in different body- and movement methods.

2. I don’t teach breathing techniques and no single method. I invite you on a journey to your body and your breath und to get in touch with yourself in the process.

How I came to breathwork

In the mid 2000 years I began to do interdisciplinary poetry workshops with schoolchildren. (Creative Writing with movement, drawing, public performance). I noticed that the communication or the creativity were sometimes blocked, in myself as well as in the children and the teachers. I felt helpless and began to observe whenever something went „wrong“ I was tensing my body and holding my breath. It was the same with the children and the teachers. I decided to learn about breathing and discovered the rich world of breath teachings.

 

What I love about it

Through exploring, experiencing and learning about breathing I get to know myself, my needs and my talents, independent of social conditioning and expectations. My Natural Breathing practice helps me to be present as a living being and to communicate with other living beings, to feel at home in myself and in my life.

I look forward to breathing with you

 

“Nicola brings a quiet, non-verbal listening quality to an interaction which opens up another way of thinking,  a space for something else. She is very intuitive, communicates on many levels with fluidity and specific associations. A poetic thinker.“
Leila, consultant and executive coach