Barbara Tanze - Breathing Coach

Barbara Tanze - Breathing Coach Manual therapist for breathing and voice
Functional singing coach
Breathwork Optimal breathing for your best performance

17/10/2025

It's been months that I've been sitting on this secret, now that it's official I couldn't wait telling you!

As of this semester, I am a teaching assistant for vocal pedagogy students at the Music Academy in Ljubljana - more specifically, I'll be teaching functional breathing to future classical singing teachers 🤘

I can't wait to start to deepen my understanding of the subject matter (learning by teaching fdw!!!) and to collaborate with who so kindly offered me this position.

Of course, I will still be available for on- and offline sessions if you wpuld like to learn more about breathing and/or the voice - I'll just have a new, fancy title 😉

Have a great weekend 💙

16/10/2025

Talk talk talk vs. do do do - what do you think?

I'm so sick and tired of listening to people on social media trying to explain breathing for singers. Most of it is complete BS but because people use big words (that they apparently don't even understand themselves) and seem really confident, they get a lot followers.

The longer I work in this field and the more people I get to help, the more I realise that you can't teach funktional breathing by explaining it, only by experiencing it. And that goes with exploring, observing, ysing all our senses and caring about giving students accurate information about anatomy and physiology (as far as we know it by now).

What do you think?

14/10/2025

Flexercises

Regulating pressure for smooth singing can be really challenging - for some people more so than others.

Making it easy to hear, see and feel the airflow via the balloon and Flexiflow, we can gradually fine-tune that coordination which is otherwise both hard to explain and translate into sensory feedback.

Using more of our senses and less "this is how you should do/feel it" is a very effective way to create regular airflow from the inside out instead of trying to force it. Your vocal folds will thank you for it!

If you have any questions about airflow, pressure regulation or tje Flexiflow, send me a dm or check my stories for the "anonymous questions" link ☺️

13/10/2025

Good morning and happy Monday!

I love it when my week is filled with lots of exciting things, new experiences and wonderful people. However, I benefit so much more from all of this when I remember to take little moments to exhale, release tension and regulate my nervous system.

How about you?

Have a great week!

10/10/2025

Flexi-LABs are going to be a place to exchange experiences and learn together on an irregular basis - every time I gather enough new material, questions or research, I'll set one up online and/or in person.

We will explore the exercises I have developed over the last years together and discuss different applications of the Flexiflow with singers, voice issues and respiratory training.

Would you be interested in joining?

Just say Flexi in the comments and I'll send you a dm to get your contact 🎈

08/10/2025

A smooth transition or 'mixed' voice is one of the things we are looking for when learning to sing.

We can use many different exercises in order to train this complex coordination and as we are all different, it doesn't hurt to have as many tools and techniques as possible at our disposal!

Using the Flexiflow, we approach this process from a different angle than most methods I have studied as we are able to take the entire pressure-regulating system into consideration.

Wanna try it? The link to get your Flexiflow is in my bio!

It's Flexi-Friday and today, I'd like to just say a big thank you to EVERYONE who has supported this adventure so far an...
26/09/2025

It's Flexi-Friday and today, I'd like to just say a big thank you to EVERYONE who has supported this adventure so far and believed in it!

Thank you to everyone who ordered/bought a Flexiflow, it's incredible how far it has travelled 😊 17 countries so far and I really hope that we can deliver them to the US again very soon (this depends on nothing but politics, so 🤞)

Thank you for all and any question that you might have about using the Flexiflow in different environments. I'm sure that there are fields of use that I haven't thought of yet, so keep thrm coming - we are here to learn together and the Flexiflow is just one tool among others.

Thank you for your trust when working with different pathologies and special needs - it's increfibly humbling to see people getting better control over their bodies using the Flexiflow and I'm always happy to assist.

Thank you for attending my intro class and I hope to finally get an ongoing format ready where we can experiment with the Flexiflow together and I can help with specific cases and questions you might have.

Thank you for sharing, using and exploring my content and the Flexiflow itself with your students, patients and whoever else. I truly appreciate it sooo much as our margins are very small and there really is no budget for marketing because I find it more important to grant accessibility to as many people as possible.

It's been almost 6 months that the Flexiflow is "out" and even though there were some challenges as we are only two people taking care of everything from the website to the local production organisation (yes, everything is made, prepared and packed here in Slovenia), accounting, marketing and all the other things I now forget (mostly trouble-shooting technology and tariff issues) it has been an amazing journey and I hope it's not over!

Please let me know if there's anything you would like me to talk about more or that you need to know in order to get a Flexiflow that I haven't covered... sometimes it's hard to see the needs that I don't know exist 🫣

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Using the Flexiflow is easy and incredibly versatile - you can use it for any vocal style, different breathing exercises...
05/09/2025

Using the Flexiflow is easy and incredibly versatile - you can use it for any vocal style, different breathing exercises and even in voice therapy.

Its strength is to make airflow easy to understand for anyone, and use it to improve your vocal skills and train your breathing system!

It helps you focus on whats actually happening INSIDE of you and how to coordinate all of the structures involved without any need for charging a battery - it's powered by your exhale only.

An introductory instructional video is available for a symbolic price on my website for more information.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Watch out for those symptoms and don't wait too long to get help ☺️
25/08/2025

Watch out for those symptoms and don't wait too long to get help ☺️

The one thing connecting everything I do is BREATHING. Functional voice rehab - unimaginable without addressing function...
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

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