MATIJAS SLIVNIK
Let me introduce myself… I am Matijas Slivnik, originally from the Soča Valley (Slovenia) and the proudest father in the world to my daughter Timea. By profession, I am a therapist – a certified naturopath (natural and evidence based healing methods in the field of traditional and clinical naturopathy). I have been working as a therapist for more than a decade (from 2013), and since 2017, I have been running my therapeutic services under my own brand, PraNaturas Method, helping people to reach their true potencial of health, especially mental health challenges. I am specialised in area of adrenal fatigue and anxiety.
From a very young age, I have also been a musician. In 1997, I started playing the drums actively and continued to acquire other musical skills, with professional and academic teachers and as a self-taught musician. A significant portion of my musical knowledge came from my father and my late grandfather. Big thanks to them, I am very grateful for the opportunity to be in music area, and they both gave me the one.
I have quite a rich musical history behind me. It all started when I was 3 years old and became more serious at the age of 6 when we formed a family band called 3 Generacije, where I played the drums. We frequently appeared on television and radio shows, one of the more Slovenian well-known being the musical TV show “Orion.”
A few years later, I joined a wind orchestra and soon after, the Jazz Punt Big Band in Tolmin, where I played in the trumpet section for 15 years (I learned to play the trumpet at a music school). During this period, I continued playing drums in rock genres and bands, and for the last 10 years, I actively performed in a party band where I took on the role of singer and guitarist.
However, I must emphasize that playing drums remains my number one passion in music. Nowadays, I actively play healing and meditatve music on meditative acoustic steel drums, such as the handpan and rav vast. I love creating and playing music in the embrace of nature, where I feel a genuine connection and inner peace. Through this type of music, I express both, my inner and outer worlds. Sound is a primal element, and deep inside, I always feel and know, that it can have a therapeutic effect. So I put it in my therapeutic practise.
You are warmly invited to join me in my musical and therapeutic journey.