Martin Prätzlich

The psychologist Dr. Martin Prätzlich heads the meeting centre of the Basel Cancer League and, as an MBSR and yoga teacher, offers various courses for people affected by cancer and their relatives. Since 2009 he has been involved in research and practice with mindfulness and meditation and has participated in numerous meditation retreats worldwide. It is a great concern of his to make the value of this mind/heart training for our lives practically tangible. In addition to physical exercises (asanas), meditation and mindfulness elements from MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), he is passionate about teaching breathing exercises (pranayama), which have proven time and again to be very valuable and effective. Having grown up in a family of musicians, he likes to enliven his classes with singing, guitar or handpan. It is important to him to round off the classes with an exchange of experiences, which promotes the bond in the group and the integration into everyday life.

Weekly Group Courses:

  • Yoga Mondays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Basel Cancer League and online, with Hervé Loosli

  • Yoga and mindfulness Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Basel Cancer League and online

  • Progressive muscle relaxation Tuesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Basel Cancer League and online

  • Breathing exercises Wednesdays from 3 to 4 pm at the Basel Cancer League and online

  • Laughter yoga Thursdays (every 2 weeks) from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Basel Cancer League and online, with Stephanie Dicke

  • Yoga for the fasciae Thursdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Basel Cancer League and online, with Stephanie Dicke

Qualifications:

  • Studied clinical psychology and neuroscience in Basel and Fribourg

  • Training as MBSR teacher with Dr. Paul Grossman and Silvia Wiesmann-Fiscalini, M.A. at the European Institute for Mindfulness in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

  • Training as MBCT teacher with Prof. Johannes Michalak, Dipl.-Psych. Petra Meibert and Dr. med. Martina Aßmann, Zürich

  • Training as Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) Teacher with Dr. Alan Wallace and Dr. Eve Ekman in Sydney, Australia

  • Further training in "Yoga for Cancer" with Gerda Imhof, various further training courses in breathing exercises/Pranayama, mindfulness, trauma

Find out more about the services offered by the Basel Cancer League: www.klbb.ch
Learn more about Martin Prätzlich: www.mind-effect.ch