BREATHWORK / DANCE & NEUROSCIENCE
The Q-Motion Dance Technique© – TRAINING PROTOCOL

The BDN‑Lab masterclass is designed to provide breathwork protocols and tools to support the daily practice of dancers and athletes, with two objectives:

  1. To support Autonomic Nervous System regulation during both activation and recovery, through evidence-based techniques of vagal modulation and respiratory control.

  2. To enhance performance, psychophysical wellbeing and daily practice: focus, endurance, centring, awareness of one's internal state, recovery capacity, and self-regulation.

MASTERCLASS

The masterclass can be tailored to different formats, audiences and needs. The following is an example.

General Structure

  • Three days:

    • 1. Foundations

    • 2. Integration

    • 3. Consolidation

  • Each session lasts 45-60 minutes and it is scheduled at the beginning of each day. Alternatively, it may be delivered at the end of the day, with the cool-down component incorporated into the session itself.

  • Composed of three distinct blocks (A, B, C)

A – Basic Regulation

Breathwork techniques
(15–20')

B – Breathing Module

Related movement task / The Q-Motion Dance Technique©
(15-20')

C – Visualisation / Grounding

Micro‑cognitive routine / EIMS protocol
(15–20')

GOALS

  • Breathing Pattern: To establish a safe, repeatable evidence-based breathing routine, as a practical tool to support performance, recovery, self-regulation and overall psychophysiological wellbeing in dancers and athletes.

  • Pre- and Post- Performance Micro-Routines: To establish brief evidence-informed pre- and post- routines that optimise readiness, facilitate recovery and enhance consistency in training and performance.

  • Cognitive Tasks + Breathwork: To introduce brief cognitive tasks, based on the EIMS protocol – European Institute of Movement Science / The Q-Motion Dance Technique© (with age-appropriate variations) and breathwork, to support: attentional control, flow state, cognitive flexibility and performance under physical and psychological demands.

Please note: all participants undergo a brief pre-participation health screening questionnaire, to identify any respiratory conditions (e.g. asthma) or other relevant contraindications, allowing the protocol to be individually adapted.

Learn more about the European Institute of Movement Science and he Q-Motion Dance Technique©: click here