A BreathExperience International Program

Italy Breath and Voice Experience September 2026

Experience three+ weeks of Breath and Voice and Mediterranean life, from Northern Italy all the way to Sicily BreathExperience, voice, culture, beautiful nature, art, sensuality, delicious food including two Breath-Retreats and one Breath/Voice Workshop taught by master teacher-trainers Silvia Biferale and Juerg Roffler

The Program

From Bonassola/Liguria over Rome to Sicily

We start in Bonassola/Liguria with a five day
BreathExperience Retreat with Juerg Roffler,
from Monday, September 7, 4:30 pm through Friday, September 11, 1 pm 2026. Retreat/Workshop details below

From Friday, September 11 afternoon, you are on your own with the goal to arrive in
Rome by Friday afternoon, September 18.

In Rome for the weekend of September 19 and 20, 2026, Silvia Biferale will introduce you to the breathexperience based AtemTonusTon / BreathTonusSound voice work, details see below

From Monday, September 21, you again travel on your own to arrive in
Motta Camastra / Sicily at the beautiful
Vista Alcantara Retreat Center by Saturday afternoon, September 26.

We conclude the program with another BreathExperience Retreat with Juerg Roffler, at Vista Alcantara Retreat Center, Motta Camastra/Sicily from Saturday, September 26, 4:30 pm through Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 1 pm. Retreat/Workshop details below


The three workshops focus on your personal process and integration with your
breath and voice practice in a supportive environment with accomplished and experienced breath and voice teacher/trainers.
You will be able to go through several cycles of being supported and coached in your personal process and being by yourself, finding your own path through life and beautiful Italy.

  • Teaching language: English / German (Italian translation possible)
  • Maximum participants: 10 people
  • Previous experience in BreathExperience – Erfahrbarer Atem recommended
  • A) Bonassola / Liguria – book your own accommodation (Airbnb or hotel)
  • B) Rome – book your own accommodation (Airbnb or hotel)
  • C) Vista Alcantara, Motta Camastra / Sicily – accommodation included

Website: vistaalcantara.com

  • Arrive on or before September 7, 2026 in Bonassola
  • Leave on or after September 30, 2026 from Motta Camastra / Sicily

By air:

  • Fly into Milan
  • Fly out of Catania
  • Cheap flights are available between Milan and Catania

How you get from  one Workshop place to the next and where you will be staying during travel is completely up to you
Within Italy the train system is extensive but not always on schedule.
For more independence we recommend renting a car, particularly in Sicily.
Car rental fees in Italy are low.


Accommodation and meals in Bonassola and Rome are not included and need to be organized by you.

  • Bonassola: Airbnb in Bonassola or Levanto
  • Rome: Airbnb along Metro Line A, central Rome

Food and accommodation at Vista Alcantara Retreat Center are included in the price.

Hostess Venerina and Chef Chris, together with
Mount Etna, the Ionian Sea, and the location embedded in  authentic Sicilian culture and history will make your stay unforgettable.

Total price: €1,725

  • Includes teaching fee for Bonassola Retreat
  • Includes Rome Workshop
  • Includes Vista Alcantara Retreat (food and accommodation)

Other expenses such as travel, food, and accommodation in Bonassola and Rome
are not included.

If you need help with planning and organizing your trip,
we can provide support and recommendations.

Registration

and further questions
  • Juerg A Roffler:
  • Silvia Biferale:

Retreat and Workshop Details

Teaching language:

  • - For BreathExperience Retreats Bonassola and Vista Alcantara: English / German
  • - For Atem-Tonus-Ton Workshop Rome: English / Italian

Breath Retreats/Workshops – BreathExperience

This program connects you with the essential content and tools that teach you how to access and integrate the source of knowledge available through the experience of breath. Through a deeper and further developed breath awareness and experience, a powerful effect implements in key areas of consciousness and competence: It expands personal, social, professional, creative, and pedagogical skills through connecting with your own innate resources. The work is process-oriented and supports personal growth and transformative processes of healing.

Breath-Retreat Bonassola/Liguria

September 7 through 11, 2026
Juerg Roffler

Monday, September 7, 4:30 pm through Friday,
September 11, 1 pm
Morning sessions: 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
Afternoon sessions: 4:30 pm – 6 pm

By appointment only, fee Euro 100

Via Berroni 6, I-19011 Bonassola/Liguria
70 km South of Genova, 10 km North of Cinque Terre
Book your own Airbnb or Hotel in Bonassola, Levanto or Framura

Breath-Retreat Alcantara, Motta Camastra/Sicily

September 26 through 30, 2026
Juerg Roffler
Saturday, September 26, 4:30 pm through Wednesday, September 30, 1 pm
Morning sessions: 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
Afternoon sessions: 4:30 -6 pm

By appointment only, fee Euro 100

Vista Alcantara Retreat Center, I-98030 Motta Camastra/Sicily
at Vista Alcantara Retreat Center, included in Fee

Atem-Tonus-Ton Workshop

September 19 and 20, 2026 in Rome
From the inspiration to the expression and back again
Atem-Tonus Ton is a continuation on the path of BreathExperience into voice and gesture, maintaining its refernce to the most inner core of being. The permeability of the breath becomes a scenic presence. Voice and breath, as an exploration and experience of the inner self, become audible in improvisational play. Inspiration, as a receptive moment, becomes the space and time of creative transformation. The shaping of the vocal body springs from inspiration and remains constantly connected to it.
Silvia Biferale
Saturday, September 19, 10:00 to 1:00 pm and 4:00 to 7:00 pm
Sunday, September 20, 10:00 to 1:00 pm and 4:00 to 7:00 pm
possible with Silvia Biferale Friday, 18 September and Monday, September 21, 2026 by appointment only, fee Euro 100, not included in the fee.
Centro Yoga Orsini, Via Cesare Beccaria 16, I-00196 Roma, close to Piazza del Popolo, Metro A Flaminio
Please book your own accommodation near Piazza del Popolo or Piazza di Spagna, centre of Rome, near Metro A. If you need help, ask Silvia at silbif@gmail.com

Teachers

Silvia Biferale

Bio
Rehabilitation Therapist at Sapienza University of Rome,
trained and specialized as a Breathing Therapist and Pedagogue according to Ilse Middendorf’s BreathExperience work and as a Voice Peadagogue according to Maria Höller-Zangenfeind’s Atem-Tonus-Ton work
Author of the book Breathing Therapy, from Sensory Experience to Musical Expression, published by Astrolabio in 2014
Editor of the Italian editions of Ilse Middendorf’s book The Perceptible Breath and Maria Höller-Zangenfeind’s The Body of the Voice, both published by Astrolabio
Author of the book The Child and Music, published by Edizioni Curci.
In 2022 she published an essay in the book The sense of Breathing, Forms and Paths in Atem-Tonus-Ton, edited by Luciano Minerva and Ilaria Drago, published by Castelvecchi.
In 2025 she co-edited with Chiara Guglielmi the book The Voices of Breathing, Forms and Paths in Atem-Tonus-Ton, published by SolosMedia.
She teaches “Breath and Voice” at the Cassiopea Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and at the Fondamenta Theater School in Rome.
She teaches “From Breath to Performance” at the Rome Conservatory of Music.
She is responsible for Italy’s International Atem-Tonus-Ton project.
She is co-founder and current president of the Ra-arte e Cura del Respiro Collective, made up of Italian Atem-Tonus-Ton teachers,
She teaches internationally in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, Portugal and Chile.

Juerg Roffler

Bio
Juerg is a certified Breath Therapist, AFA® and BV-Atem certified Trainer, He trained at the Ilse Middendorf Institute Berlin with Ilse Middendorf, was a staff member at the Ilse Middendorf Institute Berlin for BreathExperience, before he founded and directed the Institute for BreathExperience San Francisco and Berkeley, USA/California.

He is a member of the BreathExperience training teams in Berkeley, Vancouver, Berlin and GanzAtem OneBreath Germany/Switzerland. He teaches workshops and retreats in Breathexperience internationally and holds a private practice in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Jürg integrates breathwork into artistic and expressive projects and performances through the breathmoves projects.

«My many years of experience and deep integrative connection with breath give me the strength, confidence, and competence to support people in connecting with their own innate resources and processes of healing through breath.»