Breathexperience Information

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. Juerg trains practitioners in the Middendorf form of BE in Switzerland, Germany, Canada, and the U.S. He developed the BE Programs in Relationship, Performing Arts, and Integration. Juerg is living in Switzerland and joins us in the Bay Area annually. MARTY BARCLAY is a certified practitioner of Middendorf Breathwork with a private practice in Berkeley. She is also a horticulturalist with 40 years of experience in landscape design, installation and maintenance. Marty is a member of the BE Berkeley teaching staff. She loves teaching the practical building of the body of breath to support the full range of Breathexperience from the inner to the outer! FAITH HORNBACHER was born and raised in Michigan, shaped by loving family and the benevolent outdoors. She was encouraged to ask questions of the waters and the trees. Only now in her later years is she learning to direct her questions to her breath. Following that and learning to listen, Faith is becoming more embodied in this ongoing dialogue into her everyday breath experience. GRETCHEN VANDERSLICE is a certified practitioner of Middendorf Breathwork with a private practice in Berkeley. She teaches movement and expressive arts. Gretchen performed as a member of San Francisco dance companies and taught and performed with musician Jim Valley throughout the west coast and Europe. She has trained professionally in various movement and body/mind modalities and expressive arts therapy. She has also worked as a mental health counselor and movement/expressive arts teacher with the elderly.