Happy breathing clients

Det har vært utrolig flott å få være med på pustekoret online disse månedene. Det å være sammen, på en litt annerledes måte, har gjort ensomheten litt mindre i et koronastengt samfunn.

Du deler raust og varmt både kunnskap og egenerfaring, og leder oss stødig gjennom en time som er virkelig bare positivt for både kropp og sjel. Med variasjon i øvelser og temaer, blir det aldri kjedelig eller repetitivt.

Jeg blir også mer motivert til å gjøre pusteøvelser og bruke lydfilene dine med pustemeditasjoner mellom hver gang vi møtes online i pustekoret. Gradvis blir pustemønsteret mitt bedre, og kroppen min får det bedre. Å bruke pusteøvelser aktivt, er for meg både smertelindrende og energigivende.

Takk for mange gode timer i pustekoret. Jeg gleder meg til å fortsette til høsten.

My wife, Ruth Jenny Auran, and I went on a breathing technique trip where Anette Aarsland was the tour guide and instructor. Anette did a brilliant job and impressed us with her knowledge about breathing – not to mention how she managed to convey her knowledge in a way that helped us all learn a lot. It’s worth mentioning that I’ve had issues with a stutter, and I’ve worked a lot with speech therapists and taken various courses to learn different techniques, but nothing has had a lasting effect. After a week with Anette, my stutter is practically gone. It’s fantastic :-)

It’s the kind of holiday I’ve seen pictures of in magazines, but that I never expected to experience.

Spending a week at a monastery in Italy, in surroundings that are both simple and a feast for the senses:

Whitewashed walls, archways and a well in the courtyard, a lavender hedge around the swimming pool, two-course lunches and five-course dinners every day – Italian and delicious :). In this setting, you get to meet different people who are curious about what you can find when you explore the breath and the voice (and there’s a lot!). Anette, with her warm, authentic and unpretentious being, quickly contributed to creating a safe atmosphere in the group. She gives of herself. She’s sincerely interested in each participant and generously shares of her knowledge and experience. This is the kind of holiday everyone should treat themselves to at least once in a lifetime… Yes, maybe even twice.

This was a very good course. The course and Anette herself were very specific, professionally and scientifically founded, and practical, using exercises that made it easy to bring what we learned back with us and use it in our daily lives. Anette is very engaged in each individual, and manages to create a safe group environment. Because of this, everyone received personal guidance and achieved results.

The monastery provided a phenomenal setting. Live gave of herself and helped you with contacts and information, which meant you could choose between peace and quiet or a number of exciting activities. The food was simply delicious!! Home-cooked Italian food every day.

It was great. I recommend this wholeheartedly – especially because treating yourself to something like this, time and money-wise, really gives you something to lean on when you come home to a busy life.

I am very happy with the learning outcome from the week of breathing in inspiring surroundings, with this enthusiastic and knowledgeable course leader. Anette was thorough in facing each individual’s challenges, so there was plenty of variation in the exercises and programme.

I am a course leader in rhetoric and presentation techniques, and I experience daily how important the right breathing technique is to using your voice fully when giving presentations.

I recommend Anette’s courses to anyone who comes my way!

When I sought out Anette, I suffered from a stiff neck and headaches several times a week. For years, I’ve been trying different treatments like physiotherapy, chiropractic, naprapathy and strength training, without noticeable improvements.

With Anette, I learned simple breathing techniques I can do when it suits me – on the bus, at work and at home. I soon saw results and after a short while, the headaches were gone.

I have simply been given a tool to control my headaches and handle stressful situations in my daily life.

Anette is amazing! I’m so glad and grateful that I went to see her. I’ve now had two sessions with her, and through these sessions, I’ve learned a lot of things that have improved my life. I booked a session with her because I was struggling with anxiety and hyperventilation. In the first session, I learned exercises that finally made me able to breathe in a way that feels right for me. When I do these exercises, I feel an inner calm, I feel present, and it has increased my joie de vivre!

Even though I learned a lot during my first session, I’m very glad I came back for another session with Anette. During my second session, I learned a lot more about how to perform the breathing techniques, and I now feel I’ve mastered them. I’m so excited to learn even more from Anette. Her knowledge of breathing is incredible and life-changing! In addition, she’s a super sweet and bubbly woman who is a pleasure to learn from!

After having severe vocal issues for more than two years, with periods where my voice fell away completely and I had to take sick leave, I came to Anette Aarsland and Pusteteknikk. I had been going to see both a speech therapist and an osteopath/physiotherapist without much improvement, and I’d been told there was nothing medically wrong with my voice. The reason for my vocal issues was stress, related to both my work and my private life. I was scared, distraught and so intensely tired from not having enough of a voice to participate in life normally. I had heard about “an opera singer who works with breathing and voice” and I thought I had nothing to lose.

I met a unique human being the day I came to Anette and Pusteteknikk. I met a person with a rare combination of great subject knowledge, amazing humour, and enormous human understanding and warmth. “This will be all right,” Anette said. “You’ll be able to speak normally again.”

That day, I regained hope. For the first time, I was getting the help I needed for my vocal issues. I had been breathing completely wrong and had to learn to breathe correctly. I was given exercises and loads of comfort and warmth, as well as a new appointment the following week.

In every session with Anette, I’ve been given new exercises and adjustments to what I’ve done at home, and step by step I have rebuilt my muscles and good ways to breathe and speak. Along with the knowledge, there’s always care and warmth, and I’ve been able to send text messages when needed.

Anette has been everything during these weeks. She’s been my lifeline and angel, and in two months, I’ve gone from being scared all the time and hardly able to speak, to being in a new full-time job and speaking as much as I’d like. I still need to ask for advice, and I still get scared sometimes – I’m not all the way there, but I know I’ll get there.

Thank you, Anette, thank you so much.

With exhalations (so I’ve learned)