Breath, Rhythm & Music for Your Wellbeing – Spring 2025
Join CFA professor Dr. Igor Iwanek and live musicians in learning the practice of Rhythmic Breath Control (RBC). Imagine your body is the hardware and your mind is the software. How do we keep this machine charged? RBC teaches you to create a power station for your body and mind using breath guided by rhythms of North Indian Classical music. Studies have shown how we breathe relates to how healthy we are, and in this interactive session, we’ll learn powerful ancient techniques of Naad Yog (yoga of sound) designed to promote emotional resilience and holistic wellbeing.
Check out this video in BU Today about Breath, Rhythm and Music!
Learning Objectives:
- Improve cognitive performance and self-management in stressful situations with RBC.
- Learn to recreate the profound relaxation of deep sleep, on demand.
- Understand the power of breath to overcome overwhelming thoughts, stabilize the mind and energize the body.
Throughout the semester, one hour workshops will be offered most Tuesdays at 5:30 pm in Room 209 at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground.
Spring workshop dates: 2/11, 2/25, 3/4, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29
Sponsored by:
- Student Wellbeing
- Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
- BU Arts Initiative
- BU Center for the Study of Asia
- College of Fine Arts
- CFA School of Music
- CFA Department of Composition & Music Theory
- CFA Department of Musicology & Ethnomusicology
For an idea of what to expect, check out Dr. Iwanek’s recent appearance at TedXBU: