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Since its inception, this artistic form of breathing education, developed by Professor Ilse Middendorf, has achieved international attention for its effectiveness as a somatic healing and growth process. Professor Middendorf began practicing her work in 1935. In 1965 in Berlin, she founded the Institute for the Perceptible Breath (now called The Experience of Breath), which certifies practitioners in the Middendorf Breath work.

This work has seen a pattern of steady growth, so there are now several Middendorf schools in Europe. Each year these schools graduate between seventy and ninety new practitioners who work in a variety of areas of private practice music and acting schools, clinics for rehabilitation, and psychology & counseling offices.

In 1986, Advanced Seminars of Berkeley, California, a center for Feldenkrais education and other somatic explorations, together with the Berlin Middendorf Breath Institute, sponsored the introduction of Professor Middendorf's work to the United States. Since then, Ilse Middendorf and her close associate, Jürg Roffler, returned each year to conduct workshops and training seminars. In 1989, to support the growing interest in the Middendorf Breathwork, Jürg Roffler, initiated the first training program leading to the certification of Middendorf practitioners in the United States. In 1991 Jürg founded the Middendorf Breath Institute and is now Director of the Middendorf Institute for Breathexperience.

The first group of certified practitioners graduated in April, 1992. The newly formatted 3 block Professional Training Program is offered in the Bay Area and New York City. The Berlin and Berkeley Institutes use the same curriculum for the certification and training program. The Professional Training and Certification Program is approved by the California Council for Private Post-secondary and Vocational Education.  

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Wyatt Gregory - Certified Middendorf Breath Practitioner - (314) 452-7368 - wpg3@naturalbreathexperience.com