Basic Training in the Music Breathing Method
A music-centered and mindfulness-oriented practice.
European Music Therapy Conference 2025
Pre-Conference Seminars
MSH Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, Hamburg
23 July 2025, 9am-4pm
A course accredited by the European Association of Music and Imagery
Offered by SONORA Organisation for Music Therapy and Research
A music-centered and mindfulness-oriented practice.
European Music Therapy Conference 2025
Pre-Conference Seminars
MSH Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, Hamburg
23 July 2025, 9am-4pm
A course accredited by the European Association of Music and Imagery
Offered by SONORA Organisation for Music Therapy and Research
A music-centered and mindfulness-oriented practice.
European Music Therapy Conference 2025
Pre-Conference Seminars
MSH Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, Hamburg
23 July 2025, 9am-4pm
A course accredited by the European Association of Music and Imagery
Offered by SONORA Organisation for Music Therapy and Research
Trainer
Evangelia Papanikolaou, PhD, FAMI, EAMI, Music Therapist, GIM and MI trainer, Music Breathing trainer, clinical supervisor, SONORA’s scientific director
Assistant trainer, Joyu Lee, PhDc,FAMI, MM, MT-BC, Board-Certified Music Therapist, GIM therapist, senior therapist at UNC Health, Narrative therapist, Music Breathing assistant trainer
Course information
Are you aware of the importance of breathing for our mental and physical well-being? Music Breathing combines these two elements to harness their benefits in a method that can be useful in various situations. Swedish Psychiatrist Dr. Dag Körlin founded Music Breathing by adapting the Guided Imagery and Music method. Initially developed to support vulnerable people facing psychological trauma and PTSD, it has proven to be a versatile and simple tool that can be used in a wide variety of psychosocial and educational settings to reduce stress and increase well-being, as well as a self-care tool.
In this basic level training, participants will have the opportunity to understand the history and methodology of Music Breathing, the basic theory it is built upon, and its benefits in different settings. A significant part of this training seminar will also be experiential, allowing the participants to understand the mechanisms involved in Music Breathing based on their own experience.
By the end of the Basic seminar, participants will receive a certification of attendance. If they wish so, they may then apply to continue to the Advanced seminar (3 days online) to complete the full training and receive their certification as Music Breathing practitioners, accredited by the European Association of Music and Imagery.
Eligible participants: The training is open to music therapists, mental health/health professionals as well as medical staff and students of the MSH Medical School Hamburg who wish to incorporate Music and Breathing techniques to support their patients/clients on a physical and psychological level and as a self-care tool.