Alchemy
of Life
In the “alchemy” of life, body/somatic awareness becomes an equal participant together with mind and spirit in the unfolding of trust, flow, and agency for collective communication and decision making. In this workshop you will learn about the development of sensory awareness for the movement of breath in the body as a source for identification of Self and Other. You will also learn how to “read” not only your own breath’s meaning but become able to differentiate own and other breath rhythms, leading to a more authentic and conflict-free communication. Approaches of the breathexperience modality have been developed by Ilse Middendorf and Juerg Roffler.
Friday
16:00 - 18:30
Juerg A. Roffler
Juerg Roffler trained with Prof. Ilse Middendorf at her Institute in Berlin and was a close associate until her death. He taught there for many years before he came to the U.S. In 1991 he founded the Middendorf Institute for Breathexperience in San Francisco. In 2001 the Institute moved to Berkeley, CA where Juerg currently trains practitioners in the Middendorf form of Breathexperience. He also maintains a private practice in Berkeley, and teaches workshops all over the world. Juerg is the director of the U.S. Middendorf Training Program and has also developed the Programs Breathexperience in Relationship, breathmoves/atembewegt , Breathexperience in Performing Arts and the Breathexperience Integration Program. He also directs professional training programs in Europe and Canada. Juerg's training program is accredited by the German BVA/AFA.