News:
(*where noted, description of HB may have errors, but the articles still have some value to readers):
Archived articles:
- Stan & Christina Grof’s Stormy Search for the Self by Keith Thompson, Yoga Journal Issue #93, July/August 1990
Newer articles:
- cnet.com article by Anna Gragert, What is Holotropic Breathwork, the ‘Non-Drug Alternative for Entering a Different State of Consciousness? October 17, 2024
- Psychotherapy Networker article by Susan McBride and Mark Cornfield, Holotropic Breathwork: An Overlooked Path to Healing Experiences? May/June 2024
- New York Times article Breathing their way to an altered state Jan 9, 2024 by
Ernesto Londoño
- Interview with Kylea Taylor on Ethics in extraordinary states including Holotropic Breathwork®
- Women’s Health (online) article What is Holotropic Breathwork and how does it work? March 2022
- Article about Johns Hopkins research project on Holotropic Breathwork® to treat PTSD in veterans.
- Article on the development of Holotropic Breathwork® and Stan Grof in Psychedelic Hotline April 2021
- Article in online journal Longevity March 2021
- Newsletter Sept 2019 with article Holotropic Breathwork at the Intersection of Meditation and Psychedelics by Cary Sparks. Et l’article traduit en français part Robert DéCarie
- Why You Have to Try Holotropic Breathwork, Natural Health magazine, UK
- Twelve Things You Should Know About Holotropic Breathwork
- Across The Universe: Stanislav Grof on Non-ordinary Consciousness, Sun Magazine
- Ethical Considerations for Psychedelic Work with Women, by GTT senior teacher Kylea Taylor, MAPS Bulletin Spring 2019
- Holotropic Breathwork: How Breathing and Music Can Improve Your Wellbeing from who.com.au
- Opening The Door To The Subconscious With Holotropic Breathwork
- Holotropic Breathwork for Visionary Transformation, Elephant Journal
- Why a Breathing Technique That Makes You Trip – Without Drugs – Should Be Your New Year’s Resolution (*note: Holotropic Breathwork can not be done in seven minutes)
- How to get high without drugs: Is hyperventilating your way into a trance using ‘holotropic breathwork’ the latest new age craze?
- Stressed? Try this breathing technique
- REMEMBERING CHRISTINA GROF: SPIRITUAL SEEKER, PIONEER, TEACHER, HUMANITARIAN by Karey Pohn (in The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology)
Research:
- High ventilation breathwork practices: An overview of their effects, mechanisms, and considerations for clinical applications Fincham, Kartar, Uthaug, Anderson, Hall, Nagai, Chritchley, and Colasanti, December 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
- Effects of conscious connected breathing on cortical brain activity, mood and state of consciousness in healthy adults accepted 10 August 2023 (Current Psychology)
- Construction and Preliminary Validation of Holotropic Work Short and Long-term Changes Survey
- Transformational Effects of Holotropic Breathwork® in Practitioners’ Orientation and Mental Well-being: Correlational Study summary / full paper
- Measure of Significance of Holotropic Breathwork in the Development of Self-Awareness
- A Clinical Report of Holotropic Breathwork in 11,000 Psychiatric Inpatients in a Community Hospital Setting
- Journal of Transpersonal Research, Vol 6 (2). Special Issue: Holotropic Breathwork and Other Hyperventilation Procedures
- Holotropic Breathwork: An Experiential Approach to Psychotherapy
- Inner Work is the Hero’s Journey: Mythic Interpretations of Holotropic Breathwork
- Examining the effects of Holotropic Breathwork in the recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, Byron Metcalf, 1995
- Additional articles referencing HB can be found here
- 1993 dissertatation study on HB