Slovenia Holotropic Breathwork® Double-Breathwork Weekend Workshop

Offers two Holotropic Breathwork® sessions and two “sitting” experiences for each participant. The holotropic process briefly referred to as “breathing,” allows you to connect with the source of wisdom and healing transformative powers within you. GTT certified facilitators make sure that you can open up to Iner Wisdom and inner healing power in a completely safe, supportive environment…

Important for GTT students / practitioners: These particular workshops will fulfill the Virtual Module requirement.

Event details

Slovenia Holotropic Breathwork® Double-Breathwork Weekend Workshop

Offers two Holotropic Breathwork® sessions and two “sitting” experiences for each participant. The holotropic process briefly referred to as “breathing,” allows you to connect with the source of wisdom and healing transformative powers within you. GTT certified facilitators make sure that you can open up to Iner Wisdom and inner healing power in a completely safe, supportive environment…

Important for GTT students / practitioners: These particular workshops will fulfill the Virtual Module requirement.

Event details

 

Laura Prescott

Laura Prescott has been certified as a Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator since 2013 and is a licensed social worker in Arizona and Colorado. Laura’s teaching is informed by her own history of trauma that led to addiction, homelessness and a foray into the mental health system. The discovery of Holotropic Breathwork® completely changed her life. These experiences have deepened her commitment to ensuring others are provided safe places to heal and thrive. To that end, she has conducted human rights investigations and met with trauma survivors in psychiatric facilities, jails and prisons in over ten countries and thirty states in the US. Over the last three decades, Laura has provided consultation to federal, state and international organizations concerned with developing person-centered, trauma-informed approaches to policy and practice in mental health, substance abuse and correctional systems. Most recently, she has had the opportunity to provide individual therapy, outreach, housing and support for homeless Veterans from the Hopi Nation during the pandemic. Laura is interested in non-medical, cultural-specific, indigenous approaches to recovery, the healing possibilities offered by psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, body-oriented and expressive therapies. She currently lives in a small, rural farming community in southern Colorado where she spends time taking photographs that capture the ever-changing light and seasons.

Online / The Inner Healer, Surrender & the Yoga of the *Cross

The Inner Healer, Surrender & Yoga of the Cross*
(*the geometric cross)

“Geoff is not only a gifted facilitator, but the content was amazing and he brought it all to life with his extraordinary slides and videos, music, and breath. In addition, I rarely experience someone who can hold space and create a safe container in the way he does – especially on zoom, and he did this in spades! He also radiated such joy in being with us and in teaching what he is so passionate about. It was truly a beautiful experience.” – virtual module participant

In this module we will explore a triad of core holotropic principles:

  • The Inner Healer
  • Surrender
  • The Yoga of the Cross – also called the Awareness Positioning System, or APS

Tav Sparks championed the primacy of the Inner Healing Principle for healing, spiritual growth and transformation. He wrote, “The most essential foundation of any authentic psycho spiritual practice is the experience that all true power of transformation COMES FROM WITHIN”.

Everything we need to heal is within us. However sometimes our ability to access our inner healer is obscured by clouds.  Surrender and Letting Go can support us to cleanse the lens of our perception and help us get direct access to this natural resource.’

Drawing from the example of traditional mandala creation and dissolution we will explore how to let go and surrender to the deepest, truest part of ourselves. Guided visualizations, mandala work and journaling will be harnessed for facilitating access to your inner healer.

A welcome nuance of virtual modules is the fact that as we illuminate our inner healers ‘remotely’ we are already in our everyday lives. Even though Holotropic states can be ‘top of the mountain / peak experiences’ where we can be gifted glimpses beyond the veil into the true nature of reality. The time inevitably comes when we return from the top of the mountain to our everyday worlds.

True transformation includes being and becoming. In addition to the mountaintop peak experiences, Holotropic work blossoms beautifully when we engage with it as a moment-to-moment yoga.

‘The Yoga of the Cross’ is a bridge from the top of the mountain into our everyday lives. Starting with a simple diagram, this practice is an invaluable resource we can use to bring the brightness of our true selves into meeting the world just as it is. Now!

Learn about:

  • The Inner Healer – The Pearl Beyond Price
  • Surrender and Letting Go
  • Cleansing the lens of perception
  • “Be Here Now”

Experience:

  • Guided Visualizations
  • Journaling
  • Inner Healer Meditation
  • Mandalanature process

This “Virtual Module” is open to anyone interested. There will be group interaction, teaching, and experiential sessions.  Everything except actual Holotropic Breathwork® sessions, since HB cannot be done virtually.

Although you may attend this Virtual Module as a stand-alone event, there is also an option for those who wish to get full module credit. In that case, you will be able to make up the Holotropic Breathwork® component in HB-only workshops that we will offer as soon as it is safe to do so.

To enhance the group experience for everyone, please note that you will be expected to attend all sessions of the module just as you would if it were being held live, at a retreat center.

REGISTRATION
COST: $398 until January 8; $428 after
Discount for certified HB practitioners

Below shows U.S. Pacific and Dublin times, so please adjust for your time zone:

Thursday opening circle:   10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Dublin

Friday – 6:00 – 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Dublin
Friday – 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Dublin
There will be an related activity to do on your own

Saturday – 6:00 – 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Dublin
Saturday – 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Dublin
There will be an related activity to do on your own

Sunday – 6:00 – 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Dublin
Sunday closing circle – 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Dublin

Online / Deepening into Samhain

The season of Samhain, and the festival which marks the beginning of the Celtic New Year, is one of four important festivals in Irish tradition: Imbolc (Spring); Bealtaine (Summer); Lughnasadh (Autumn) and Samhain (Winter).
The word Samhain means ‘Summer’s end’ and is seen as important in all Celtic calendars. Samhain is the beginning of the dark season and is greatly associated with the dead (ancestors) and the Otherworld. The Irish, in common with many indigenous cultures, placed great importance on their dead ancestors and this was reflected in their customs and beliefs.
At Samhain, focus was placed on the telling of our ancient myths and legends; storytelling and the telling of anecdotes; fireside craft; study and learning. Samhain Eve was a time of setting out on voyages to the Otherworld and the blurring of customs through mask-wearing and cross-dressing. In ancient times, the fires were put out in the home and relit from the sacred fire on the Hill of Tlachtga.
In this workshop, we will prepare for the coming of Winter, exploring our ancestral stories and the evolution of familial and cultural traditions. Through shamanic journeys, creativity, sound and movement, we will explore the fears we carry societally and individually, represented by the masks we wear at Halloween.
* * *

In 2020, GTT began offering real-time virtual events that are as close to a GTT module experience as we can make them in an online format.

This “Virtual Module” is open to anyone interested. There will be group interaction, teaching, and experiential sessions.  Everything except actual Holotropic Breathwork® sessions, since HB cannot be done virtually.

Although you may attend this Virtual Module as a stand-alone event, there is also an option for those who wish to get full module credit. In that case, you will be able to make up the Holotropic Breathwork® component in HB-only workshops that we will offer as soon as it is safe to do so.

To enhance the group experience for everyone, please note that you will be expected to attend all sessions of the module just as you would if it were being held live, at a retreat center.

REGISTRATION
COST: $398 until September 30; $428 after
Discount for certified HB practitioners

Below shows U.S. Pacific and Dublin times, so please adjust for your time zone:

Thursday opening circle:   10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Dublin

Friday – 6:00 – 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Dublin
Friday – 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Dublin
There will be an related activity to do on your own

Saturday – 6:00 – 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Dublin
Saturday – 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Dublin
There will be an related activity to do on your own

Sunday – 6:00 – 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Dublin
Sunday closing circle – 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Dublin

Online / The Holotropic Paradigm: The Psyche, The Inner Healer and Moving Toward Wholeness

This Virtual Module is an exciting exploration of the philosophy, principles, and strategies underlying the experience and practice of Holotropic Breathwork®.

Topics covered include:

  1. the power of the Inner Healer and moving towards wholeness;
  2. presence: the disciplines required to become an effective Holotropic Breathwork® practitioner;
  3. COEX’s: how the Inner Healer orchestrates transformation through our experiences of the psyche;
  4. exploration of the frontiers of the psyche through Movie Yoga;
  5. session stories: valuable teachings from practitioners through their work with breathers;
  6. open forums focusing on every facet of the Holotropic experience;
  7. experiential personal work facilitated by Vicky Nicholson (not HB)

No previous experience with Holotropic Breathwork® is necessary.  Space in this event is limited to approximately 40.

REGISTRATION AND COST

Open to anyone interested.  This topic is also one of the four Required Modules for anyone wishing to become a certified Holotropic Breathwork® Facilitator, see below about attending a future in-person double-HB workshop to complete the requirement.

Module schedule (all times Eastern Australia)

Thursday evening – opening, 6-9 pm
Friday morning – 9 am-noon
Friday afternoon – 1:30-4:30 pm
Friday evening – there will be an related activity to do on your own
Saturday morning – 9 am-noon
Saturday afternoon – 1:30-4:30 pm
Saturday evening – there will be an related activity to do on your own
Sunday morning – 9 am-noon
Sunday – afternoon – 1:30-4:30 pm, closing

To enhance the group experience for everyone, please note that you will be expected to attend all sessions of the module just as you would if it were being held live, at a retreat center.

In 2020, GTT began offering real-time virtual events that are as close to a GTT module experience as we can make them in an online format.

This “Virtual Module” is open to anyone interested. There will be group interaction, teaching, and experiential sessions.  Everything except actual Holotropic Breathwork® sessions, since HB cannot be done virtually.

Although you may attend this Virtual Module as a stand-alone event, there is also an option for those who wish to get full module credit. In that case, you will be able to make up the Holotropic Breathwork® component in HB-only workshops that we will offer as soon as it is safe to do so.

Holotropic Breathwork® Double-Breathwork Weekend Workshop

Meets the requirements to complete one GTT Virtual Module.

This double Holotropic Breathwork® workshop allows for self-healing and self-exploration as well as accessing the roots of emotional and psychosomatic challenges one might face. This workshop will allow you a very safe setting to access expanded states of consciousness, in which your own wisdom connects with your inner healing and inner transforming power. This healing wisdom guides the experiences towards those aspects which carry a charge, and are ready to be processed or integrated. Holotropic Breathwork® might be of interest if

  • You are seeking a more experiential approach to healing, one that goes beyond talk therapy.
  • You are experiencing a major life crisis and seeking deep wisdom and insights.
  • You want to release unresolved issues from the past.
  • You want to understand the emotional roots of a persistent physical / psychosomatic condition.
  • You want to expand your consciousness and further explore your spiritual path.

Schedule

We start on THURSDAY, with registration from 16:30 pm to 18:00 (with introduction for the first time breathers) and close on SUNDAY around 1 pm.

Thursday evening: Opening Circle, getting to know each other, collage making and introduction to Holotropic Breathwork®.

Friday and Saturday: four breathwork sessions:  two times “breathing” and two times: “sitting”. Integration will happen through artwork, sharing (as much or as little as you like) and body movement. Information on integration and self-care will be given.

Sunday: sharing and closing circle and practical information on integration.

The workshop will be held in English with translation to German if needed.

To register please fill in the registration and medical form. If you have any severe physical or mental conditions please contact Thomas Liska (+43 699 17187915) in advance to exclude any possible contraindications.

GTT (U.S.) Holotropic Breathwork® Double-Breathwork Retreat

This event is open to all.  You do not need prior experience with Holotropic Breathwork® and there are no pre-requisites to attend.

NOTE: For those who have completed a GTT Virtual Module, this double-breathwork will fulfill the requirement toward certification.

With Holotropic Breathwork® each participant gains direct access to his, her or their own inner healing wisdom. In your HB session, this wisdom brings you a unique and ideal combination of experiences that can include aspects of your personal history and birth, as well as psychological death/rebirth, and an infinite array of transpersonal experiences.

Through deep, effective breathing; a specially designed musical journey; and a safe and supportive setting with a trained staff of facilitators, you experience a true expanded state of awareness, allowing deep self-exploration and personal transformation. Mandala drawing and group processing of the experiences are important integrative elements of the Holotropic process.

Approximate daily schedule:

Thursday, September 29, evening: Registration, followed by introduction to, and preparation for, Holotropic Breathwork®
Friday, September 30, morning: Holotropic Breathwork® session 1; afternoon Holotropic Breathwork® session 2; evening sharing group
Saturday, October 1, morning: Holotropic Breathwork® session 3; afternoon Holotropic Breathwork® session 4; evening sharing group
Sunday, October 2, morning: integration and closing; approximately 3 pm closing

Registration

Note: Space is limited to 30 participants
Early registration is $775 before September 1; $995 after September 1
Discount of $100 for certified HB facilitators

Online / A Holotropic Approach to Psychedelics: Past, Current and Future

In recent years, we have witnessed a renewed interest in psychedelic therapy and research being called “the psychedelic renaissance.” Many people are discovering the potential benefits of psychedelic substances and master plants, and shamanism has become an increasingly sought method for healing. Dozens of clinical trials study the efficacy of psychedelic medicines such as MDMA, psilocybin and ketamine to treat serious conditions like PTSD and treatment-resistant depression. At the same time, the importance of Stanislav Grof’s Holotropic Paradigm and of Holotropic Breathwork® in the development of the psychedelic field still remains unknown to many.
With respect to this new era of psychedelics, those of us involved with the Holotropic paradigm have much to contribute and consider. How do psychedelics compare with or compliment Holotropic Breathwork® as tools for personal development? What is the role of Holotropic Breathwork® now that psychedelics are becoming an accessible therapeutic method? How is the future of Holotropic Breathwork® affected, now that more people can access deep experiences through psychedelics and master plants?
In this virtual module we will explore in depth:
  • The different paradigms in which psychedelics have been used, and are currently used.
  • General characteristics of the main psychedelic medicines and the process they induce.
  • The use of psychedelics from the Holotropic Paradigm developed by Grof, Sparks, and others.
  • How do psychedelics compare to Holotropic Breathwork®?
  • The principles of supporting processes from the Holotropic perspective.
  • Dealing with challenging situations.
  • The importance of integration of psychedelic experiences.

Registration
Cost: $398 until May 20; $498 after May 20
See times below

Marc B. Aixalà (see full bio here) Is a GTT module leader trained in the therapeutic use of Non Ordinary States of Consciousness; in MDMA assisted-psychotherapy for PTSD by MAPS;  and in the use of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression. Marc works as a therapist and mentor in a clinical trial with psilocybin in Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. He has experience as a Team Leader and Trainer helping people through difficult psychedelic experiences at Boom Festival (Kosmicare 2010-2016).

Marc collaborates with ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education Research and Service) by offering integration psychotherapy for people in challenging situations after psychedelic experiences, developing theoretical models of intervention and training and supervising therapists. He is the author of “Psychedelic Integration: non-ordinary logics and the challenges of psychotherapy in expanded states of awareness”.
Meeting times

If you are not located in any of the time zones listed below, please remember to calculate the time for your zone.  We will begin letting participants into the meeting room about five minutes prior to the start of the module.

Opening Circle: Thursday, June 10th

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time / 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. Spain (Central Europe Time)

Days 2-4: Friday-Sunday, June 11th-13th

Session One:  6:30 – 9:30 a.m. US Pacific Daylight Time / 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Spain (Central Europe Time)

Days 2-4:  Friday-Sunday, June 11th-13th

Session Two:  11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. US Pacific Daylight Time / 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. Spain (Central Europe Time)