Courses and Workshops
In addition to The Signature Art of Speech Course, The Art of Speech Collective offers workshops for participants who wish to develop and deepen their relationship with Creative Speech. Learn more about the available offerings below.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Sound Informed Breath
Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech (ATS)
with Dietrich von Bonin
Breathe better through speech
It’s impossible to speak without breathing. Conversely, speaking influences breathing: vowels and consonants modify our exhalation. Sound Informed Breathing uses sounds, syllables, and rhythmic sentences for targeted breathing therapy.
Your breath doesn't follow your speech. Your speech shapes it.
Dietrich Von Bonin has worked with a simple, powerful insight: when sound and breath are aligned, something shifts. Sound Informed Breathing (SIB) uses sounds, syllables, and rhythmic sentences for targeted breathing therapy. Through decades of clinical work in Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech (ATS) his research continually shows how SIB can inform our own speaking and therefore enhance others so that our breath is balanced and there is a coordination between our heart and breath.
Teachers using SIB techniques will find that the room quiets and our voices can be heard.
When we speak using our breath and our sound in creative speech we find that our voices carry without effort. Our audience engages in a different way.
Many of us experience the opposite.
The held breath before speaking
Words that feel blocked or explosive
A voice that exhausts us by day's end
A classroom where attention scatters
These aren't separate problems. They're all symptoms of sound and breath having lost their natural relationship.
What Happens in This Workshop
In this workshop, you'll work directly with vowels, consonants, and rhythm. Not as technique, but as a way to restore that coordination.
And because breath attunes those around it (especially children), what you practice here becomes something your students and colleagues simply settle into.
You'll Leave With
Specific vocal practices you can use immediately for yourself and older students in your classroom or work
A new awareness of how your own presence affects the whole room
Tools to find your voice again and breath, anytime you need to recenter
An experience of what happens when sound and breath work together
About Dietrich von Bonin
Dietrich von Bonin brings decades of clinical work in authentic speech practices. His research reverses what we assume about breathing and speech: it is sound (vowels, consonants, the rhythm of spoken text) that organizes the breath, not the other way around.
He works with teachers, facilitators, and leaders seeking to restore the natural coordination between sound, breath, and presence.
Who This Is For
Teachers who want a more confident, authentic classroom presence
Facilitators seeking to hold attention and create deeper connection
Leaders wanting to communicate with greater presence and impact
Anyone who has felt their voice stick in their throat or sensed a room's energy drain
Workshop Details
This is intimate, experiential work.
Limited to 20 participants to ensure deep, transformative engagement.
No prior experience necessary. Just bring your voice and your willingness to explore.
Sunday, October 18, 2026: 10:30-12:30 ET
Sunday, November 8, 2026: 10:30-12:30 ET
Hosted by The Art of Speech Collective
Questions?
If you have questions about this workshop, contact me. I’m happy to help.
Ready to restore your presence and transform how your voice lands in a room?
This workshop is waiting for you.