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.

The inaugural Movie Yoga get-together was held last week and it was a joy to be able to share our Holotropic spirit in this way! We hoped it would be a vehicle for folks in the Holotropic community to stay connected, as well as to tap into our personal journeys at a time when we aren’t able to hold Holotropic Breathwork® workshops and trainings.

INSTRUCTIONS

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 the video link below. Within a few days, you will also get a Zoom invitation by email.

LINK TO REGISTRATION

2) Watch the video via the link below, 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.

LINK TO VIDEO

2) 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 #2 is Her directed by Spike Jonze. This film should be easily available through Netflix or Amazon Prime.

3) 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 Tuesday, May 19 at 11 am Pacific time, join the Zoom meeting.  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.

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.

This will be a live, in-person module that includes Holotropic Breathwork, however Diana Medina will be teaching the group by video conference.  COVID-19 protections will be in place, including mandatory quarantine prior to arrival. Check with organizers for details.

Since it is still not permitted in Joshua Tree, nor do we feel it is safe in the U.S., to gather in person for Holotropic Breathwork® this module will now be held as a GTT Virtual Module.

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 community, 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 Virtual Module offers exciting new dimensions in working on oneself and with others. Discovering ethical “right relationship” with people in our lives – including with clients if we work professionally with others – invites the same courageous approach to self-discovery that brought us to Holotropic Breathwork®. We will learn how to find right relationship with our own inner parts, as well as with the other people in our lives. InnerEthics™ provides a no-blame model based on self-compassion and curiosity that supports a willingness to uncover and own our motivations, share with our peers what we have learned from ethical missteps, and make good choices on behalf of our clients and ourselves.

We’ll not only learn the InnerEthics™ model developed by Kylea Taylor, author of The Ethics of Caring and multiple books on Holotropic Breathwork®, we will also get to experience the dynamic expressive arts, self-discovery method of SoulCollage®, a creative practice that helps us view and listen to the feelings and counsel of our many parts. SoulCollage® is wonderfully compatible with the principles and practice of Holotropic Breathwork® and is a valuable addition to your tools for personal transformation and integration.

Below you will find a list of materials you will need to have purchased ahead of time, available on Amazon or on your own.*

Registration
Cost:  $398 through Oct 5, 2020; $428 after that date

While open to anyone interested, this topic can be used as one of the three Optional Modules for anyone wishing to become a certified Holotropic Breathwork® Facilitator. It must be paired with a GTT Holotropic Breathwork event to be held later (see italic section above).

Module schedule (all Pacific Time Zone):

Thursday afternoon – opening, 12:30-3:30 pm
Between Thursday and Friday sessions there will be an related activity to do on your own
Friday morning – 8-11:00 am
Friday afternoon – 12:30-3:30 pm
Thursday afternoon – opening, 12:30-3:30 pm
Between Friday and Saturday sessions – there will be an related activity to do on your own
Saturday morning – 8-11:00 am
Saturday afternoon – 12:30-3:30 pm
Thursday afternoon – opening, 12:30-3:30 pm
Between Saturday and Sunday sessions – there will be an related activity to do on your own
Sunday morning – 8-11:00 am
Sunday – afternoon – 12:30-3:30 pm, closing

*Materials required for InnerEthics™ & SoulCollage® Virtual Module:

In order to participate in this module, you will need to have supplies to create SoulCollage® cards.  Here is the list of what you should have on hand, ready to use:

• Magazines for images. Have at least 5 or 6 magazines that contain a selection of images. National Geographics are great, but there are many other magazines you can use. Avoid magazines that are mostly text. Other sources of images: art books, personal photographs (if you copy them or don’t mind cutting them up), calendars, and greeting cards.
• Scissors. While any scissors will do, ideally you would have a pair of small, precision detail scissors for cutting small areas around images.These can be found at craft stores such as Michaels, or on Amazon. Additionally, having a pair of larger, everyday scissors can be useful. Hanford Mead  offers one of this type as well.
• Cards, plastic sleeves, a frame, and glue are available in a single pack (or for alternatives, scroll down)

SoulCollage Card-Making Supply Pack, $16.95 available at this Amazon link.

If you order the Supply Pack, consider buying an additional pack of cards as some people are fast card makers and may have time to make more than 12 cards. Optional.
SoulCollage® Card Pack (extra cards), $7.95 available at this Amazon link.

If you don’t, or can’t, buy the packs above, here are alternatives:

1. The cards in the packs above are made of 5×8 matboard. Alternatively, you can purchase a package of 5×8 heavyweight, unlined, white index cards (or if your are outside the USA, the equivalent size and weight available to you).
2. Glue sticks. One is included in the Card-Making Pack. If you get an extra one or buy separately, it is highly recommended to get acid-free, archival quality.
3. Plastic sleeves. Optional, to protect your cards. The 24 plastic sleeves included with the Card-Making Pack are enough for the additional 12 cards in the extra Card Pack.

Note: The Card-Making Pack and the extra Card Pack and scissors can also be purchased from Hanford Mead Publishers but in these COVID times with both USA mail and overseas mail slow-downs, Hanford Mead cannot guarantee speedy delivery. If you order for delivery in the USA by Oct 8, it should be possible to receive your order in time.

If you have a chance, watch the 6 minute youtube video “Introduction to SoulCollage®” and start tearing out from magazines the images that “call” to you, keeping them in a pile for the module.

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