Begins Sunday, 19 February, 6:00 pm, ends Saturday 4 March, 1:00 pm

For those who have completed the necessary requirements. Because of the unusual nature of the past three years, please contact us about your individual situation if you are close to fulfilling all of your requirements.

To attend certification, you also must:
1) have applied and been accepted to GTT
2) have applied and been accepted to attend the Certification Intensive
3) register for the Certification Intensive with GTTAustria

Information
Registration

Application information and support packet
Forms for applying
Facilitator recommendation form
Ethical Agreements of Holotropic Breathwork® Practitioners
Principles of Holotropic Breathwork®

About becoming certified in Holotropic Breathwork

The aim of this new optional module is to deepen the experience of Holotropic facilitation in Expanded States of Consciousness (ESC).

It is based on the knowledge learned in “The Power Within” (Bodywork module) and its purpose is taking the skills of the facilitator to a higher level.

This module is open to anyone interested in Holotropic Breathwork, but is especially oriented towards those who are already facilitating or who intend to become HB facilitators in the future.

Topics in this module:

• Learning the “language” of the processes
• Significant differences in the intervention during the session and the closure
• Understanding the curve and flow of experience
• The process as the main thread of facilitation
• Focused energy release work
• The keys to intensification
• Voice, words and silences
• Specific exercises to improve the facilitation
• “Leading” a process and facilitating as a team
• Deepening in the challenges: dissociation experiences, severe trauma and abuse, demonic, deep 2nd matrix, choking, others.
• The Inner Healer of the facilitator allies with the Inner Healer of the breather
• Sharing the same field of experience: promises and pitfalls
• Specific questions from participants

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 materials

In 2020, GTT is 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 module is an exciting and transformative journey through the world of music. Sound and rhythm have always been vital creative and spiritual tools for transformation. Music has even been called the language of the soul. This is a special opportunity to learn first-hand the music structure that defines Holotropic Breathwork in such a special way.

In addition, we’ll also explore other exciting strategies that help make the Holotropic perspective an essential tool for everyday living.

This module includes: 1) Holotropic music: its history, theory and practice, detailed discussion of the three part structure of a Holotropic Breathwork music set; with demonstrations of specific pieces for each section; 2) Holotropic group work: it’s history, theory and practice, discussion of common group experiences and challenging situations; 3) COEX systems: how we work with multi-level patterns; 4) demonstration of relaxation; 5) facilitator self -care; 6) Practical workshop information – venue, pricing, promotion, brochure, types of workshops.

Registration and cost

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 forms and pricing

A new generation of psychedelic researchers and therapists, many informed by the pioneering research of Stanislav Grof, MD, are again examining the enhanced wellness, healing, creativity and spirituality inherent in the psychedelic experience.  During this retreat we will explore both the healing potential and the perils of working with strong psychoactive catalysts. Topics will include the time-honored, cross cultural use of psychoactive substances as sacraments for visioning and healing; contemporary ‘best practices’ for reducing harm, optimizing outcome, and integrating deep experience;  and current approaches to training the psychedelic therapists of the future.     The topic of psychedelics will be entirely theoretical.  However, this will be an excellent opportunity to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness through the vehicle of Holotropic Breathwork®.

Registration forms and pricing

With Holotropic Breathwork each participant gains direct access to his or her 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 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.

In addition, there will be a presentation of the breakthrough “APS” (Awareness Positioning System) technology, developed by Tav Sparks, which can be used to apply the principles of HB to enhance and upgrade your everyday life. By using this practice, every outer experience can become an opportunity for transformation and self-empowerment.

“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

Register using this link.

Early price of $345 through December 15 / $395 after December 15
Includes lunch Saturday and Sunday. Other meals are on your own.

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

Approximate Weekend Schedule:
Saturday, January 25
8:30-9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Preparation for Holotropic Breathwork
Followed by Small Groups
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (included)
1:30 – 5:00 p.m. Holotropic Breathwork Session #1
Mandala Drawing
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Small Groups
Dinner (on your own)
8:30 – 9:00 evening (optional, TBA)

Sunday, January 26
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Holotropic Breathwork Session #2
Mandala Drawing
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (included)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Small Groups
2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Awareness Positioning System
Closing
Note: Exact times are subject to change.

Stacia Butterfield is a long-time staff member of Grof Transpersonal Training. She has facilitated at many GTT workshops and modules, and spoken on Holotropic Breathwork in a variety of settings. She had led large weekend workshops at the California Institute for Integral Studies and in other locations.

Over twenty years of body centered studies have informed Stacia’s approach to integration of deep inner work and led to innovative roles in the Addictions and Transformational Medicine fields. She offered integrative classes at Healing Visions, an early Ibogaine clinic in the British West Indies; and has also made contributions to the MAPS MDMA Therapy Training Program and the Ketamine Training Center.

In addition to her Bay Area workshops, Stacia enjoys working privately with groups of educators, artists, and optimizers.

Tav Sparks has over 35 years of experience working therapeutically with people in expanded states of awareness. He is Director of Grof Transpersonal Training, the only program to certify practitioners of Holotropic Breathwork worldwide. Tav is the author of four books, including The Power Within: Becoming, Being, and The Holotropic Paradigm and Movie Yoga: How Every Film Can Change Your Life, and a four-CD series on Holotropic Breathwork.
(extended bios at links)