Bastiaan Anthonie Baaij is the founder of The Breath Control Academy & Didgeridooschool Bastiaan Baaij. Origin being a Dutchman and trained as educator, music therapist & music teacher, vocal coach in the Netherlands. He has been working as a school educator since 2000 and started to work as self-employed entrepreneur since 2006. Providing education in 7 music instruments and vocal coaching and st
age performance. He learned means to functionally control his asthma, sleep-apnea and a burn out without medication. But thru breathing techniques needed to play didgeridoo. Almost simultaneously an article was published (2004) in the British Medical Journal by doctor Millow Puhan that covered an similar research on didgeridoo playing and sleep-apnea. This led him to develop a practical method for didgeridoo playing and founded Didgeridooschool Bastiaan Baaij in 2008. Thru increased development and his vision that in the near future people would be needing more guidance in learning to become better in their breathing he founded The Breath Control Academy in 2015. In the Netherlands, since 2006, Bastiaan frequently worked with hospitals, lung experts, health coaches, fitness clubs, commercial companies and private coaching for asthma, sleep-apnea and stress relief and performance support. Including providing weekly classes for his own students. In 2010 he got featured in a prime time Dutch television program and has been interviewed for a Health & Mindfulness magazine and has been giving multiple seminars and lectures on Health improvement fairs and events. Ever since 2006 he has been sharing his messages and training method with many thousands of people in the Netherlands. In 2015 he moved with his Finnish wife and children to Finland. After integrating to the Finnish society and learning more about the language he could restart his company The Breath Control Academy. New added training program:
Vocal Tools for Speakers (site is currently in creation : date: 09-04-2021)
Since 2017 Bastiaan has been giving classes, presentations and seminars at:
- University of Joensuu (2019/ 2020 )
- Hailuoto Musiikkipäivät (2019/ 2020)
- Pukkilan Yrittäjät (2020)
- Filosofian Akatemia (2018)
- IMN Helsinki business club (2018)
- Raaseporin Kulttuuriopisto (2017 / 2018)
- Lohja Tourist event - Tytyri Mine Experience (2017)
and more
Featured in the newspapers as Länsi Uusimaa and Rantalakeus
In 2021 health professionals as such as an osteopath, yoga teacher requested his breath coaching training to improve their own professional understanding and development of their own well-being. Bastiaan's goal is to share his message and tools that can lead to instant relaxing thru breathing with you and your employees for the benefits of Työhyvinvointi thru better breathing and Sustainability and impact of your speaking voice.
