Marc B. Aixalà (module teacher and facilitator) is a Telecommunication Engineer and Psychologist with Master studies in Integrative and Strategic Therapy. He has been trained in the therapeutic use of Non Ordinary States of Consciousness. Also trained in MDMA assisted-psychotherapy for PTSD by MAPS and the use of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, Marc is now working as a therapist in a clinical trial with psilocybin in Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona where he also mentors other psychedelic therapists. He has experience as a Team Leader and Trainer in emergency psychological assistance for people going through difficult psychedelic experiences at Boom Festival (Kosmicare 2010-2016).

Marc is the author of Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness (2022).

Marc collaborates with ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education Research and Service) by offering integration psychotherapy sessions 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”.

Marc B.Aixalà es Ingeniero de Telecomunicaciones (UPC- Barcelona) y Licenciado en Psicología por la Universidad de Barcelona. Posgrado en psicoterapia integrativa y Máster en terapia breve estratégica. Vive en Barcelona, donde tiene su consulta de psicoterapia. Se certificó como facilitador de Respiración Holotrópica en 2012, y desde entonces ha sido un miembro activo en los módulos de GTT en España, como facilitador y profesor y ha facilitado talleres en varios países alrededor del mundo.

Además de su rol como terapeuta y facilitador, Marc trabaja en distintos campos de la psicoterapia asistida con sustancias psiquedélicas. Se formó con MAPS en el uso de la MDMA para el Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático y con Compass Pathways en el tratamiento asistido con psilocibina de la depresión resistente. Actualmente trabaja como terapeuta en un estudio clínico en Barcelona.

Durante años Marc ha trabajado en ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education Research and Service), donde se ha especializado en la psicoterapia de integración de experiencias en estados no ordinarios.

Christine Calvert (teacher and module facilitator) is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and a certified Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator. She is the founder of Tribe, a conscious sober living home for men in Austin, TX, focusing on a transpersonal and Holotropic approach to recovery and healing. In addition to bringing Holotropic Breathwork® and other experiential workshops to mental health and addiction facilities, she is passionate about the ethics and integrity needed in facilitating expanded-state work; supporting the integration of Holotropic and psychedelic sessions through somatic resourcing; and creative expression, personal ritual, and group support. Her own personal healing journey was greatly influenced by the Holotropic perspective and she feels deeply dedicated to sharing this work with those seeking healing. She enjoys finding ways to weave her personal and professional experience of different therapeutic and spiritual systems such as Shamanism, Somatic Experiencing, Jungian psychology, attachment theory, and mindfulness practices into her work with others. Christine is currently studying to become a Naturopathic Doctor and maintains a private counseling and consulting practice in addition to facilitating Holotropic Breathwork® nationally.

Wendy Eveleigh (module facilitator) is based in NSW Australia and has been practicing in the therapy field since 1994. She has worked in Family Support Services, Crisis Intervention agencies, and Court Support programs. Between 2000–2008 she was employed by the Attorney General’s Department as an accredited mediator with Northern Region Community Justice Centre. In 2008 she commenced private practice at LIFE MATTERS Counselling & Psychotherapy Centre. In addition to private practice, Wendy was employed as a specialist counsellor with NSW Health between 2011-2022, within Drug & Alcohol Clinical Services, however has now returned to full-time private practice. Wendy completed the Grof Transpersonal Training certification in 2009, and since 2010 has worked on staff in the Australian modules.

Gary Ford (module facilitator) commenced Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT) in 2010, and completed the GTT Certification Program (USA) in 2015. Gary has apprenticed with GTT for several years, and commenced working on staff with Grof Transpersonal Training Australia in 2017.

In addition, Gary has completed the Trauma Release Global Certification Program (TRE) for trauma/ tension/stress release exercises. In 2012 – 2014, Gary completed the Transpersonal & Emotional Release Counselling Level 1 program (TERC).

He has been involved in his own personal journey work for many years and has regularly participated in Men’s Groups, Rites of Passage, and other public personal growth workshops since 2004.

Gary has a particular passion for Archetypal Astrology, men’s growth & healing work, transformative practices, and general stress reduction strategies and management.

Dr. Tom Francescott, ND (module leader and facilitator).  Dr. Tom is  naturopathic and intuitive doctor specializing in natural and compassionate care for the body, mind, and spirit through the use of science-based wisdom and naturopathic principles, mindfulness techniques, and traditional healing methods. He graduated from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington in 1999 with a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and continues ongoing advanced training in Qigong healing, shamanism, and functional medicine. Dr. Tom is the  founder and director of Dr. Tom’s Tonics a healing center and natural pharmacy in the village of Rhinebeck, NY where he sees a wide range of clients, with a clinical focus on chronic lyme disease, adrenal fatigue, and complex health challenges. 

In 2004, Tom began his personal journey with Holotropic Breathwork® after the loss of his sister. After having a “lifechanging” experience on the mat, he knew that Holotropic Breathwork® was to play a pivotal role in his life and his private practice. In 2007 he became certified as a Holotropic Breathwork® practitioner. Since then, Tom has helped facilitate many GTT modules, as well as certification. Independently, he loves to offer is own Holotropic Breathwork workshops around the world weaving various wisdom practices. On  a personal note, Tom and his husband Vincenzo enjoy living in Rhinebeck, NY  in the Hudson Valley, where Tom was born and raised. In his free time, Tom loves his Italian roots, traveling (especially to Italy), and having spiritual adventures. drfrancescott.com

Janet Kingsley (office manager and facilitator) Janet first ventured onto a Holotropic Breathwork® mat in 2010. Being a lifelong journeyer into the transpersonal, she knew she had found her place to be, as a breather, a sitter being witness to a breather, and as a facilitator creating and holding the setting for others to journey through their consciousness.  In 2015 she was offered a place on the GTT team, first as the registrar, and then in 2020 as the office manager.  July of 2017 found Janet fully certified.  She fully engages with the Holotropic Paradigm as a way of embracing everyday life.

Minnesota is Janet’s birth home, but Washington State is home to her soul.  Outside of work, she spends her time gardening, preserving food, cooking gastric delights, collecting rocks, adoring and interacting with her family and friends and caring for the furry four-legged children that surround her.

Tomek Kwieciński (organizer GTT Poland; module facilitator) In love with transpersonal psychology and Holotropic Breathwork® from the first moment, Tomek graduated from Grof Transpersonal Training in 2015 and founded Holotropic Poland. He has conducted workshops and facilitated breathing sessions in 13 European countries as well as in the USA and Colombia.

Tomek is in the middle of a four year behavioral psychotherapy program in Poland. He  finished Anne Ancelin Schutzenberger International School’s Transgenerational Therapy in 2022 and has completed the course “Ketamine and Trauma Treatment.”  Tomek co-works with Ketamine Clinic in Warsaw, facilitating and integrating sessions with clients with depression and PTSD.  With the “Psychoactive Clinic,” he works as a support for integrating psychedelic experiences. He facilitates individual sessions and retreats with psilocybin in the Netherlands.

He is author of the book Follow the Call: Therapeutic Experiences in Expanded States of Consciousness” and produces the podcast “Psychedelic Therapy” (both in Polish as of now).