Do we breathe correctly? Do we breathe too high – meaning one-sided and insufficient chest breathing or misguided abdominal breathing – due to everyday stress or an incorrect teaching method? Breathing is an autonomous function, yet can also be influenced consciously and deliberately. 'Die Atemschule' enables everybody to recognize one's individual faults of breathing and find out what has to be done to achieve a mental and physical balance and a higher performance capacity through correct diaphragmatic breathing, i.e. breathing in the middle. The book provides singers, wind instrument players, speakers and people with respiratory diseases with an exercise programme in order to change the incorrect breathing to correct breathing, posture and support.Revised and expanded 4th edition.
Contents
Vorwort
Einleitung
I. Atemschulung nach Julius Parow und Margot Scheufele-Osenberg: Zur Geschichte der Atemlehre
Das Atemzentrum / Die Atemsteuerung
An der Atmung beteiligte Organsysteme und Muskeln
Fehlatmungs- und Fehlhaltungsformen
Wie übe ich mit diesem Programm?
Das Vorprogramm
Das Übungsprogramm
Spezielle Hinweise zur Atmung beim Spielen von Blasinstrumenten
II. Julius Parow: "Stimmschulung" und "Die Heilung der Atmung": Das Stimmorgan