Online / The Art and Practice of Integration

This module, originally scheduled for Joshua Tree, has been changed to Virtual.  We are grateful for your flexibility as we do our best to work with the uncertainty of these times.

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. This topic is an Optional Module.

The Art and Practice of Integration

with Mireya Alejo

In this virtual module, we will explore the theme of integration through the vehicles of expressive arts, altar and sacred space creation, context setting through Holotropic theory, communion with our “landscape” (where you are located), slowing down and contemplation.  We will also have times for community sharing.

INTEGRATION is a vital component of Holotropic Breathwork practice, as well as any other work in expanded states of consciousness. We are often reminded that preparation, session & integration are all necessary components of any complete transformational experience. Exploration with Holotropic states has impact on the totality of our being and our lives on physical, mental, emotional, environmental and spiritual levels. Giving attention to INTEGRATION offers the potential to enrich our life experience by allowing us to digest, embody and apply to our daily lives the insights and lessons learned while doing in-depth exploratory work.

Our time together will offer valuable tools to support the integration of your personal practice and Holotropic if you are a practitioner. Due to the shift into a virtual module where we are not able to do the breathwork, our time together will still be highly experiential and we will use the fuel of the inner journey of the times we have all been living.   This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity for facilitators and any seekers, and offers exciting, creative ways to support groups and individuals through the integration process.

A list of materials to have on hand will be sent to you soon after registering.

No previous artistic or creative experience for this module, all are welcome!

REGISTRATION FORM
COST: $428
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

Feedback from previous participants of the Integration module with Mireya:

“I am so glad I did it as part of my training, as I feel I gained tremendously from it.  I understand the benefits of paying attention to integration in ways I would never have gotten otherwise.”

“I’ve not had a comfortable history with ‘creativity’ & ‘arts’. Mireya presented them as tools of integration in a very holotropic way, creating comfortable & safe set & settings, and gently guiding us through each practice. It was really beautiful and treated much like the breathwork itself, so that for me I could trust that it was all unfolding as I needed and I could appreciate the uniqueness & expression of each of us in the group. I left feeling I could do another week of exploring the practices even more deeply, and I realized how valuable the practice of integration could be rather than the theory of it.”

“In the past I might have said that integrative practices were kind of common sense and I could list any number of them. But something about the way Mireya taught the module really deepened my relationship to the work and opened me to new ways of integrating it.  Many others in the group shared that they also had been stretched in ways they did not anticipate and the very modalities they had been self-conscious about in the past, were about to become a mainstay in their practices of integration.  So…not only a furthering/integrating of their personal growth as the result of the module, but for those who go on to facilitate, it will translate to their participants as well.”

Online / Spiritual Emergency: Embracing Unexpected Transformation

This module, originally scheduled for Joshua Tree, has been changed to Virtual.  We are grateful for your flexibility as we do our best to work with the uncertainty of the situation.

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. This topic is a Required Module.

Understanding spiritual emergency is one of the major contributions of the holotropic perspective. Whether you are a professional or a layperson, someone interested in working with or supporting people in transformational crises, or primarily in your own growth, the module offers a rich experience and valuable information. In addition to differentiating between psychosis and spiritual emergency, we’ll also explore the intensely practical aspects of who, in these kinds of crises, can benefit from Holotropic Breathwork® and how best to work with them in their emergencies. This workshop includes a discussion of the concept of spiritual emergency, its manifestations and forms, historical and anthropological perspectives, treatment strategies and work with family and friends.

REGISTRATION FORM

COST: $398 until January 28; $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: 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Pacific / 8:30 – 11:30 p.m. Western Europe

Friday – 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. US Pacific / 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Western Europe
Friday – 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Pacific / 8:30 – 11:30 p.m. Western Europe
There will be an related activity to do on your own

Saturday – 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. US Pacific / 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Western Europe
Saturday – 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Pacific / 8:30 – 11:30 p.m. Western Europe
There will be an related activity to do on your own

Sunday – 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. US Pacific / 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Western Europe
Sunday closing circle – 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Pacific / 8:30 – 11:30 p.m. Western Europe

Cindy Pickreign

Cindy Pickreign, M.S., M.A. (module facilitator) was born in Upstate NY and raised in Western MA, but has lived her entire adult life in the Pacific Northwest. With a Masters in Computer Science and 25 years in corporate IT, she came to Holotropic Breathwork® quite skeptical but also in great psychological pain. Her breathwork journey has been, at times, truly terrifying – at times, ecstatically joyful – and ultimately, profoundly healing and life changing. Heading back to school at Seattle U, School of Theology and Ministry she earned a M.A. in Transformational Leadership and came to understand that Holotropic Breathwork® was her ministry in this world.

Cindy is currently the President of Breathwork Northwest, a non-profit organization dedicated to Holotropic Breathwork® education and experience in the Pacific Northwest. In this role she regularly organizes and facilitates 1-day workshops, as well as 3-day residential retreats. Cindy has also been supporting all of GTT’s virtual modules since the onset of COVID-19.

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.

GTT U.S. (San Francisco) Holotropic Breathwork® – The Holotropic Shift and the Power Within

COST $425 includes Saturday lunch
or use QR code
This is a non-residential workshop, however hotel rooms are available for those coming from a distance (or nearby who want to stay at the venue).
To reserve a hotel room, please call Hotel Reservations at 800.686.3741 and let them know you are attending “Holotropic Breathing Workshop”
Holotropic Breathwork® provides a safe and caring container for deep exploration in an “expanded” or “holotropic” state of consciousness.  A combination of breath and music enables a participant to surrender to a natural process of spiritual and psychological healing. This healing takes many, often mysterious, forms and becomes a collaboration of mind, body, and spirit.
Holotropic Breathwork® is greatly recommended for people seeking meaning and context, people who want to heal from trauma, people who want to access and expand their creativity, and people who are looking for a non-denominational, non-religious, substance-free spiritual path. Long time participants report great positive changes in their lives and a sense of deep spiritual fulfillment.
Holotropic Breathwork® uses deep, effective breathing; a specially designed musical journey; and a safe and supportive setting with a trained staff of facilitators to enable an expanded state of awareness, allowing deep self-exploration and personal transformation. Mandala drawing and group processing of the journey are important integrative elements of the Holotropic process.

The workshop includes preparation, sessions, and integration.  There are two sessions of Holotropic Breathwork, so that each person has one session as a “breather” and one as a “sitter” or partner. Friday evening will present the theory underlying the work, and Sunday will include time for Q & A.

“The workshop was profoundly transformative for me, I am forever grateful for the experiences and for the new found knowledge, strength, and wisdom. Thank you.” – Simona

“I want you know that the San Fran event was the best and the whole group that does the work is more than outstanding. The love and effort is beyond excellant. Thank you.” – David

Your fee includes lunch and a coffee, tea, and snack break on Saturday. Other meals are on your own.

Overnight hotel accommodations are not included, and are optional.  You may choose to book a room at the Embassy Suites, stay elsewhere, or commute from home.

The workshop will be led by Sharanya Naik, who has conducted numerous Holotropic Breathwork workshops in the U.S. and in India for 20 years, and is a part of the Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT) staff.  She will be joined by a team if experienced HB facilitators.  Cary Sparks, director of GTT, will also be part of Sunday’s Q&A.

Approximate Schedule

Friday
5:30 to 6:30 pm Friday registration
6:30 – 10:00 pm Friday meeting

Saturday
8:30 am – 12:30 pm Holotropic Breathwork® session 1
12:30 to 1:15 lunch is included
1:30 pm – 5 pm Holotropic Breathwork® session 2
5 pm – 6 pm snack break is included
6 pm-8  pm break into small groups
Dinner is on your own

9:30 am – 10:30 am Sunday small groups
10:45 – 1 pm Sunday large group integration and Q&A
1 pm closing – lunch is on your own

Online / Returning to Brigid’s Hearth: A Time of Rebirth and Re-Emergence

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.

Returning to Brigid’s Hearth: A Time of Rebirth and Re-Emergence
with Cáit Branigan

As the world turns and cycles through the many deep and profound changes we are currently experiencing, challenging us to witness our own truth and the nature of our experience; our flaws and our blind spots, we come again to the rebirth of the new year and the emergence of the Spring. In Ireland, Spring is born in the bitter cold of January with the snowdrops and daffodils, to rise with the strengthening sun to it’s climax at the Spring Equinox. Brigid is the Patron of the Season: Inspirer; Goddess of the Eternal Flame and the Sacred Waters; Bringer of Imbas – the Exalted One – Goddess of the Dawn. As Goddess of the Hearth she teaches us to tend the flame – the fire within, the fire of our spirit – and to share the flame with our communities. She blesses us with insight and wisdom, from the depths to the heights. As we return to her Hearth, we begin our year from the sacred space within ourselves, to seek Imbas – Divine Inspiration – to guide and lead us into the year, that we may face the changes and challenges with her fiery arrow of perception, insight and clarity. With mediation, journey, sound and silence, we will come to Brigid’s Hearth to rebirth ourselves, embodying the fulness of our potential.

REGISTRATION
COST: $398 until January 7; $428 after
Discount for certified HB practitioners

Meeting times below are in the Pacific Time Zone as well as Dublin time:

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 / Movie Yoga® Salon #3

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

Welcome video for Movie Yoga Salon #3

INSTRUCTIONS FOR JUNE 14 MOVIE YOGA SALON #3

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 video.

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 Yogais 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 #3 is The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor. This film is available through Netflix and on YouTube.

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 Sunday, June 14, at 11 am Pacific 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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Mason Schreck

Mason Schreck (advisor) is a business strategist with experience as a founder, business developer, and mental health professional. He has a Masters Degree in Integral Counseling Psychology, as well as training in Transpersonal, Guided Imagery, and Expressive Arts therapy. He combines his background in both business and healthcare to assist in advancing the aims of Holotropic Breathwork® more broadly.

New Date! Online / Movie Yoga® Facilitator Training

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.

Tav has been leading Movie Yoga® one-day workshops and GTT Movie Yoga® six-day modules for years.  Over the recent weeks of quarantine, many folks have joined in for online Movie Yoga® salons with Diana Medina, Cary Sparks, and Tav.  These free community events have been a joyful and heartfelt way to deeply connect, despite being online.

Because of the interest many people have expressed in sharing Movie Yoga@ with their own groups, we’ve created this online training for those who wish to go deeper into the practice and become Movie Yoga® facilitators themselves. After this training you can work online or in person doing Movie Yoga® events with others.

The virtual training will take place over two days, after which you will be a certified Movie Yoga® facilitator. Two group follow-up sessions of 1 1/2 hours each will be scheduled for further feedback and mentoring.

Schedule (all times Pacific Daylight Time)
1) July 10, approx. 9-12 am and 3-4:30 pm.  In between these two sessions we will all watch the same movie on our own.
2) July 11, approx. 9-12 am and 3-4:30 pm.  In between these two sessions we will all watch the same movie on our own.
3) and 4) Two group follow-up sessions of 1 1/2 hours each, to be scheduled,

Cost: $200 (US). Payment plans and scholarships are available.

Watch this video about the Movie Yoga® Facilitator Training

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