GTT is excited to present this new opportunity for certified practitioners and training participants to enhance their skills at creating music sets for Holotropic Breathwork® sessions.

After leading the Music & Transcendence module online in 2020, Stacia Butterfield continued to work with those who wished to deepen their knowledge and expand their experience creating music sets. Since many people have asked us for just this sort of opportunity to work with the music, we decided to offer a similar program to anyone in the Holotropic community who has had the Music module, whether pre- or post-certification.

Meeting twice a week over a three week period, participants will work together developing new sets while supported, tutored and mentored by Stacia.  You will gain experience putting together HB music, increase your understanding of the process, and come away with one or more sets to use in your Holotropic Breathwork® practice.

Space is limited. Open to any certified person and to training participants who have previously attended the Music & Transcendence module (either in-person or online).

Dates and Times (US and Europe-friendly times)

Sessions will be held over three weeks, meeting twice weekly as follows (note that Saturdays start one hour earlier than Fridays):

Registration
COST: $398 until April 7; $428 after that date

Additional information and registration link

In this module, Holotropic theory comes alive. It’s where we experience the essence of the practice first-hand. We will discuss the principles that support and inform the practice of Holotropic Breathwork®. Sitara will explain the fundamentals of HB and why it is such a special method for personal exploration and self-healing. We will also practice the technique of focused energy release.

Topics include:

1. The power of the inner healer
2. Facilitator presence and skills
3. Focused energy release work – principles and ethics
4. Focused energy release work demonstration and practice
5. Moving toward closure and integration
6. Special challenging situations when facilitating

In this module, participants have the opportunity to learn the practice of Holotropic Breathwork®. During the six days of the module, each participant will have of four sessions of Holotropic Breathwork®, two as “breather” and two as “sitter.”

In addition to theoretical presentations and breathwork sessions, there will be art, music, movies, and integration.

Participants do not need to have previous experience with Holotropic Breathwork®.  For those working toward Holotropic Breathwork® certification with Grof Transpersonal Training, this module is one of the four required topics.

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.

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.

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. Up to two of these combined Virtual Modules + HB component can be counted toward the seven modules required for certification.

The Power of Trust and Connection: The Neurobiological Effects of Trauma and the Healing Potential of Self-Compassion

with Diana Medina

If one has compassion for self, the natural consequence is to have compassion for others. Many of us have a core imprint that “I am not safe, and I can’t trust”. The challenge for us to trust and connect with our deepest selves greatly impacts on our ability to trust and connect with others. This makes it difficult for us to risk reaching out when we need support. A daily practice of mindfulness and compassion for self and others is a crucial step towards healing traumas that make it so hard for us to trust and feel safe. In this module we will explore: a variety of simple daily practices, which can transform our relationship to ourselves; the exciting scientific research of Kristin Neff and Paul Gilbert, which connects neurobiology with our ability to be nurtured; practices of self-compassion that help to shift our neurobiological pathways and heal our instinctual response, changing it from “I don’t trust” to “I can trust and feel safe”; how self- compassion can deepen our ability to support others.

REGISTRATION
COST: $398 until February 25; $428 after.
Discount for certified HB practitioners.

Meeting times below are in the US Pacific Time Zone as well as the Western European Time Zone:

Thursday opening circle: 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific / 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. Western Europe

Friday – 7:00 – 10:00 a.m. US Pacific / 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Western Europe
Friday – 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific / 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. Western Europe
There will be an related activity to do on your own

Saturday – 7:00 – 10:00 a.m. US Pacific / 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Western Europe
Saturday – 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific / 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. Western Europe
There will be an related activity to do on your own

Sunday – 7:00 – 10:00 a.m. US Pacific / 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Western Europe
Sunday closing circle – 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pacific / 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. Western Europe

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN A GTT VIRTUAL MODULE AND WISH TO USE IT TOWARD CERTIFICATION, THIS HB WORKSHOP CAN BE USED TO COMPLETE THE MODULE REQUIREMENT.  

Information and registration

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. During this workshop two breathwork sessions (one as a breather and one as a sitter) will allow you in 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

The workshop starts on Thursday at 5:30 pm and closes on Sunday  around 1 pm.

Thursday evening: Opening Circle, getting to know each other, collage making and introduction to Holotropic Breathwork® until around 10 pm.

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.

All participants agree to staying for the whole workshop (Friday and Saturday); we do not offer an option for partial participation.

In this module, the Holotropic paradigm comes alive. Participants experience the elements of Holotropic Breathwork® focused release work. We discuss principles, then go beyond theory to show why Holotropic Breathwork® is such a special method for personal exploration and healing. While learning to accompany others on their journeys, you will also discover how to translate Holotropic theory into a tool for enriching your everyday living experience. Topics include:

1) The power of the Inner Healer;
2) The Holotropic Breathwork® lineage; the history of the healing potential of non-ordinary states;
3) The importance of facilitator presence;
4) An inside look into the framework of a Holotropic Breathwork® session;
5) How to encourage and support the integration of the Holotropic experience; and
6) Holotropic focused release work, including: its history, theory and practice, demonstration, opportunities for participants to practice, discussion of specific challenging situations that facilitators encounter, and ongoing exploration of the way Holotropic Breathwork can change our life perspective.

The module will have four Holotropic Breathwork® sessions; there will be also mandala drawing and integration time. Each person will have the experience of two sessions as “breather” and two as “sitter”.

REGISTRATION FORM

COST
Single Accommodation:  $1900 AUD
Single Accommodation backpacker:  $1600 AUD
Twin/Double Accommodation:  $1725 AUD
Shared Accommodation backpacker:  $1450 AUD
POA for Mountain Cabin for prearranged group of 2 to 4 participants.  This option carries an alternate rate and is payable by AUD bank transfer.

Movie Yoga® is a way to use movies for personal transformation, as described in the book by Tav Sparks, Movie Yoga: How Every Film Can Change Your Life.  Movie Yoga is about taking our reactions to any movie, no matter how we feel about it – even (maybe especially) a movie or genre we don’t like or feel resistance to – and applying a Holotropic perspective to discover something about ourselves, not only for insight but hopefully for transformation.

This will be the fourth Movie Yoga Salon and it’s been so much fun to gather with the extended Holotropic Breathwork® community in this way.

THE MOVIE HAS CHANGED!  The original choice, Lion, was not available in some locations, SO WE WILL BE WATCHING THE FILM:

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOVEMBER 7 MOVIE YOGA SALON #4

1) There is no charge, but you do need to register.  When your registration is sent, you will get basic a chart showing the APS – Awareness Positioning System as explained by Diana in this short video, and by Vicky in this longer video.  And here is a written summary as well.

2) Watch the video, in which Diana Medina tells us how to practice Movie Yoga®. For those who wish to go in-depth on the practice with lots of detail, stories, insight into many films, and overall movie fandom from Tav, the book Movie Yoga is available from Holotropic.com, from publishers Hanford Mead, or on Amazon.

3) Before the appointed date and time, we all watch the same movie, whenever we want to in our own homes.  Going to repeat that – watch the movie ahead of time! The movie selected for the Movie Yoga Salon #4 is Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri directed by Martin McDonagh. This film is available through Amazon Prime and YouTube Movies for a small rental fee. We have been told it is available in multiple countries, although the links may be different.

4) As you are watching the movie, follow the guidelines Diana has outlined for practicing Movie Yoga®.  Try to have a pen and paper nearby to take notes, for yourself but also in case you wish to share during the get-together.  Remember, this is not primarily about enjoying the movie, although that would be great too. Negative reactions of any sort are great for doing Movie Yoga®!

4) On Saturday, November 7 at 2 pm Pacific Time (or, if you are in Australia, Sunday, November 8, at 9 am Eastern Australia time), join the Zoom meeting via the link sent in your confirmation email.  We’ll take it from there.  Depending on how many people participate, we will talk a little bit about the practice of Movie Yoga®, and then all can share with each other in small groups and as a larger one, about the experience and our reactions.

5) That’s it!  If you can’t make this one, watch for the next announcement. We hope to continue having Movie Yoga® gatherings together for awhile.

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