BAPAM deliver expert health and wellbeing services in the performing arts. Our events give artists, creators, technicians, teachers, and organisers the knowledge they need to improve health and enjoy sustainable careers.

Join our free online Community Drop In and:

• Embed health and wellbeing strategies into your creative toolkit
• Learn new skills with guest coaches and speakers.
• Set goals
• Take part in peer discussion and support in a safe space facilitated by an experienced BAPAM clinician

Our Community Drop In is hosted and facilitated by BAPAM GP, Dr Pippa Wheble, who specialises in performance and mental health and is also a violinist and singer.

Guest Trainer: Veronika Klirova

“I help professional musicians avoid injury and burnout so that they can enjoy sustainable careers staying connected to their love of music.”

Veronika is a flute player at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a yoga teacher for musicians, and a passionate performance wellbeing advocate. She completed her first yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India in 2018 and has been teaching and further educating herself on this subject ever since. She’s delivered Musicians’ Yoga sessions for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

A 30-minute Musicians’ Yoga practice offering a space to slow down, find calm and relaxation as well as practical techniques and postures to help manage stress and anxiety on and off stage.

A yoga mat is welcomed but not necessary. Please, have a chair or something to sit on at hand as well as a little bit of space to move around you.