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Barbara Tanze - Breathing Coach

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Barbara Tanze - Breathing Coach

Manual therapist for breathing and voice
Functional singing coach
Breathwork Optimal breathing for your best performance

22/07/2025

The one thing connecting everything I do is BREATHING.

Functional voice rehab - unimaginable without addressing functional breathing in an evidence-based, non-dogmatic way

Manual therapy - including the patient and their nervous system into the process via conscious breathing is priceless, no matter what part of the body we are working on (I specialize in jaw, voice, swallowing and respiratory issues)

Singing - exploring the breath without creating limitations and respecting each individual singer's needs has been a total game-changer

Public speaking - including the breath into conscious non-verbal communication gives speakers a tool that works both for them personally AND their audience

Athletes - just like with singers, helping amateur and professional athletes fine-tune their breath is one of the most gratifying experiences and I keep on fighting for breath-education to be explored in sports clubs

Book - my children's book Take a deep breath, Charlie is an interactive story helping kids become aware of their breath

Lifelong learning - I'll never get tired of learning more about the complexity of breathing

People - over the last 13 years of working with breathing, I have met the most amazing people both on- and offline, making friends all over the world and sharing experiences

There's probably still more to add but I'd like to finish this with a personal note. Knowing my breath and being able to use it consciously in all sorts of situations (personal and professional) has been and continues to be a total game-changer for me and I couldn't imagine living my life without partnering up with my body via my breathing.

Having been unaware of it before this journey, I remember the anxiety, feeling of powerlessness and frustration. Never going back 💪

17/07/2025

How does the Masako maneuvre work for you?

09/05/2025

Airflow is hard to grasp. The Flexiflow makes it vidible, audible and palpable so that singers and singing teachers can make necessary adaptations with more precise information!

Learn more about the many ways to use the Flexiflow:
https://www.voiceup.si/product/introductory-workshop/

And order your own to find out more about your vocal skills!
https://www.voiceup.si/product/flexiflow-starter-pack/

03/05/2025

Introducing the Flexiflow!
Join me for the first webinar about this unique tool on Wednesday, May 14th at 8pm CET (or watch the recording later).
I will be presenting how it was developed, what possible applications I see for singers, SLP/SLTs, physiotherapists and instrumentalists and some practical exercises with endoscopic images showing the effect on the vocal folds!

Here's the link to sign up: https://www.voiceup.si/product/introductory-workshop/

16/04/2025

It's world voice day today, so it feels like the right moment to post this!

I've been working on this for a decade, first in my head, then in my classroom (I don't even remember how many versions of it there have been over the years) and with my clients all over the world and now, I feel ready to present it to all of you:

THE FLEXIFLOW.

It's an evidence-informed and really innovative tool designed to visualise and understand airflow in real time. As far as my experience goes, it:

- improves breath/air/pressure control
- creates an amazing sense of awareness for the invisible part of the vocal process
- helps the teacher understand what's going on in the vocal tract
- gives you the possibility to regulate the airflow through the vocal folds
And so much more.

I have been using it with singers, breathing and voice rehabilitation clients and as a stress-release tool and am discovering new possibilities of using it every day.

On Wednesday, May 14th I will present my findings and how I use the Flexiflow via zoom for the first time - you don't need to have one to attend but I highly recommend it to those who already purchased it! There's also still time to order it if you wish to do so, the link is in my bio (or go to www.voiceup.si)

To sign up for the workshop, send an email to the.flexiflow@gmail.com 😊
The fee is symbolic (20€) as I really appreciate your interest in my weird ideas 😄

10/04/2025

Thursday thoughts...

As a singing teacher, how much anatomical knowledge do you need?

When I started out (albeit with a Master's degree!), I knew the names of some structures and very limited functional considerations of the vocal tract. Somehow, it was implied that "when the sound is right, the function is right".

Well, the further and deeper I dove and still dive into functional voice rehabilitation, the more I realise that without knowing how to understand the function of not only the structures that are directly implicated in phonation, but everything that can impact the entire system AND THERE ARE MANY!

In fact, the amount of variables in voice production is absolutely staggering and while the sound we emit CAN give important information as to the functionality of how we produce it, it is ephemeral and only offers a snapshot into the phonatory and respiratory system.

Working with functional voices, that may be sufficient to guide a student to greater and greater skill, but once the system is functionally out of whack and there are dysfunctions to deal with, we NEED to dig deeper in order to a. understand (as much as possible) and b. not aggravate the issue!

I know that many singing teachers and vocal coaches meet dysfunctional voices along their career (my whole interest in the matter began with a student who came to me with nodules 13 years ago!). But not all singing teachers are trained and able to deal with dysfunctions (I sure wasn't!)...

There are great programs out there like the
First Aider course that help with recognizing red flags and when to refer a student to a professional. Collaborating with ENTs and SLP/SLTs (where they exist) is crucial.

What is your opinion about that? Do you feel comfortable working with pathologies?

18/03/2025

Dihanje skozi nos naj bi bilo 'default' nastavitev za večino časa (podnevi in ponoči!) - ampak obstajajo tudi trenutki, v katerih je potrebno dihati skozi usta.

Evo nekaj primerov:

- plavanje (seveda odvisno od stila, a dihanje skozi nos ni priporočeno, saj obstaja nevarnost vdihavanja vode v dialne poti)
- petje in govor (hitri vdihi med stavkami/frazami so dosti bolj učinkoviti skozi usta)
- povečana potreba po izmenjavi plinov (torej pri visokih srčnih frekvencah, ponavadi med športno aktivnostjo - kdaj točno bomo odprli usta je odvisno od moči in koordinacije dihalnega mehanizma ter dihalnih navad in treninga)
- panični napadi (ko smo v izjemnem stanju živčevja nima smisla vsiljevati telesu način dihanja, ki je funkcionalno v mirnem stanju, lahko celo še poslabša situacijo! raje se počasi povrnemo v stanje, da lahko telo spet doha skozi nos)

Kdaj pa vi dihate skozi nos, kdaj skozi usta?

11/03/2025

What an absolute whirlwind of knowledge, old and new friends and amazing experiences this trip to London has been!

Thanks to everyone for organizing this! and you rock!!!

Thanks to for being so supportive and taking time to have drinks with me 😘

Thanks to for inviting me to lunch and for letting me have the first ever printed Handbook of Vocal Massage 💙

Thanks to for making Hamilton happen and for the best company to watch it with 🥰

Thanks to for the knowledge and experiences she shared with us over 4 days and all the other presenters ( and among others) at the conference for making such great presentations 😊

Thanks to and .katriou_vocals for all the deep conversations 😊

And finally, thanks to the other amazing people I met, some again, some for the first time in real life and some for the first time ever, for making this a very special time!

05/03/2025

On the list of awesome people from instagram I've been wanting to meet for a long time, was definitely close to the top!

I was absolutely delighted when he told me he was going to come to Slovenia for a workshop - learning from him AND discussing our shared passion for breathing and manual therapy was a total win-win 😊

Now I'm off to London to check a few more amazing online friends off my to-hug-list and learn some more... life is good 💙

28/02/2025

This has been awesome ✅️

Those past months with have been a deeply enrichening experience, not only when it comes to knowledge, but also for my own personal growth.

Meeting a bunch of amazing practitioners from all around the world has been a great added bonus, especially working with 💙

Now I can't wait to put all of this to good use and continue learning! Next stop London for a 3-day endoscopic interpretation class with the amazing next week 😊

Thank you for your excellent guidance over the last months, I truly appreciate your support.

And to any of you who would like to work with me, free discovery sessions can be booked from the link on my profile!

27/02/2025

Anything we do and anything we feel has an impact on our breath.

And the way we breathe has an impact on the entirety of our body, both short- and long-term.

How is it possible that we still don't take breathing seriously and see it as some alternative or even esoteric hogwash? Because it seems too simple? Too easily accessible? Not a product or drug that keeps clients dependent on buying more?

As more and more research FINALLY emerges on the importance of breathing and its influence on sleep quality, stress management and overal health, wouldn't it be time to use it as a tool for those exact reasons: it's simple, easily accessible and extremely effective.

Yes, some breathing methods and techniques are weird and some even dangerous (I've tried many, and holy s**t- I'm too rational of a person for many of them). But in the end, using your breath to your advantage is not about methods, it's about principles of anatomy and physiology and how you apply them to your own benefit for a better quality of life, better stress management and better health.

If you want to know more, you can book a free discovery session with me (link in profile) 😊

12/02/2025

Our jaw is an amazing piece of natural engineering aka evolution that can do incredible things! It is also being challenged by our modern life and nutrition habits, which will probably change it more and more in the future...

I thought this little jaw-trivia might interest you as well (I am totally fascinated by it!) 😊

Which one surprised you the most?
And what else do you know about the jaw that might be new to others?

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Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 15:00
Wednesday	14:00 - 15:00
Thursday	09:00 - 15:00
Friday	09:00 - 15:00

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http://www.voiceup.si/

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