Clara Schlaffhorst

Clara Schlaffhorst
Born16 October 1863
Memel
Died1945
Seefeld, Pommern
OccupationSinger

Clara Schlaffhorst (16 October 1863 – 17 February 1945)[1] was a German singer and promoter of physical education including breathing gymnastics. Schlaffhorst and Hedwig Andersen founded the Methode nach Schlaffhorst und Andersen [de], a method of respiration, speech and voice therapy.

Schlaffhorst was born in Memel. She advocated a system of breathing gymnastics with physical education with Hedwig Andersen.[2] Their method involved breathing, rhythmic movement and swinging exercises to train posture-breath coordination. In 1916, they founded an institute to promote this method known as Tonschwingubungen (sound-swinging exercises) until the 1940s.[2] Schlaffhorst was influenced by the Swiss organist Leo Kofler.[3] In 1897, she translated his book The Art of Breathing into German. The book formed the basis of her Rotenburger Breathing School (Rotenburg School of Respiration).[3][4]

The Rotenburg School of Respiration became the Schlaffhorst-Andersen School in 1982.[4]

Publications

  • Atmung and Stimme.[5]
  • Atmung Stimme Bewegung.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Clara Schlaffhorst". fembio.org. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Maas, Philipp André; Preisendanz, Karin. (2018). Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Vienna University Press. p. 519. ISBN 978-3-7370-0862-4
  3. ^ a b Shuck, Glenn W; Kripal, Jeffrey John. (2005). On the Edge of the Future: Esalen and the Evolution of American Culture. Indiana University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0253345561
  4. ^ a b "The Schlaffhorst-Andersen Method". cjd-schlaffhorst-andersen.de. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ^ Atmung and Stimme on GoogleBooks
  6. ^ Atmung Stimme Bewegung on GoogleBooks