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MIBE Teachers:

JUERG ROFFLER trained with Prof. Ilse Middendorf at her Institute in Berlin and was a close associate before her death. He taught there for many years before he came to the U.S. In 1991 he founded the Middendorf Institute for Breathexperience of San Francisco. In 2001 the Institute moved to Berkeley, CA where Juerg currently trains practitioners in the Middendorf form of The Experience Breath. 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 developed the Partnership and Breathexperience in Relationship and breathdance/atembewegt Program.

MARGOT BIESTMAN is a certified practitioner of Middendorf Breathwork, member of the teaching staff of the Middendorf Institute for Breathexperience, and has a private practice in Sausalito and Sonoma. She is also an author and artist, and teaches classes in Creative Living and BreathArt. She has extensive experience in education with people from ages 3-93.

FAITH HORNBACHER is a certified practitioner of Middendorf Breathwork, member of the teaching staff of the Middendorf Institute for Breathexperience, and has a private practice in Palo Alto. She is also a certified practitioner of Aston-Patterning, and has been in practice for 25 years. She is an artist and has illustrated books in the field of health education.

MARTY BARCLAY is a certified practitioner of Middendorf Breathwork with a private practice in Berkeley. She is also a landscape gardener with experience in design, installation and maintenance. Marty is a member of the teaching staff of the Middendorf Institute for Breathexperience.

NELL SMYTH is a certified practitioner of Middendorf Breath work and a member of the teaching staff of the Middendorf Institute in Berkeley. She works both in Europe and the States and has particular expertise in working with children and teachers in a variety of settings. Her book The Breathing Circle was published by Hawthorn Press in 2006. She is currently living in Ireland and writing her next book on breath and theater arts as integrative in school curricula.

MIBE Staff:

ANNE SMITH is a certified practitioner of Middendorf Breathwork and Program Coordinator for the Middendorf Institute for Breathexperience. She has a private practice in Berkeley.