Impressions

Underestimated "secret knowledge": Breathwork. Breathing exercises, breath therapy, integrative breath health, breath education... gradually, more and more services and offerings related to conscious breathing are emerging. A high-caliber roundtable discussion addressed breathwork within the tension between scientific recognition and public perception, between need and potential.

The participants in the discussion:
Dr. Wilfried Ehrmann (Psychotherapist, Breath Therapist; Austria), Marika Grankvist (Certified Conscious Connected Breathwork Practitioner; Sweden), Mag. phil. Linda Bauer, MAS (Integrative Breath Trainer, Chairwoman of the ATMAN Association; Austria), Krista-Gilda Kerner (Trainer for Integrative Somatic Breath and Body Work; Austria), Yvonne Kern (Academic Breath Educator; Austria), Maria Faust (Integrative Breath Therapist and Alternative Practitioner in Psychotherapy; Germany), Dr. Wolfgang Fellner (Scientific Breath Competence Trainer; Austria)

The questions and topics that were actively discussed:
* How has breathwork changed over the years?
* How have the needs of clients changed in recent years?
* How could conscious breathing / breathwork be received by the general public?
What do people need to know to be able to judge whether an offer or service in the field of respiratory health is reputable?
* How can associations, organizations, and stakeholders in this field ensure ethical principles of breathwork and make breathwork "safe"?