Holotropic Breathwork: An Experience Unlike Any Other

When someone asks me to explain what Holotropic Breathwork is, I try to keep it simple but I also realize that it is difficult to explain in just a few words. Many people today are familiar with the term Breathwork, however, not many are familiar with Holotropic Breathwork.

Holotropic Breathwork is a powerful way of deeply opening to innate healing wisdom in our mind, body and spirit. Drawing on ancient healing and spiritual practices, Holotropic Breathwork uses the breath and music to enter into a non-ordinary state of consciousness in a safe setting. It permits deep self-exploration, healing, and spiritual opening of the Self. This process can bring about awareness and transformation at all levels. Events that occur in our personal history, in the circumstances of our birth, or in transpersonal realms can create constrictions that impede the flow of our creative energy. These constrictions may keep us from attaining the personal wholeness, community feeling, and intelligence of spirit that brings fullness and satisfaction to life. Consequently, we may experience difficulty with our interpersonal relationships and lack a sense of life’s purpose. We may also feel stress, anxiety, or physical discomforts that conventional medicine cannot relieve. Holotropic Breathwork offers a powerful way to resolve our full potential by helping us overcome feelings that we are stuck, trapped, blocked or burdened.
Holotropic means moving towards wholeness. It is that inner capacity for self-healing at the heart of our being that makes all healing possible.

I discovered Holotropic Breathwork in 1999 when I went to a retreat in Joshua Tree, CA. Those Holotropic sessions are still with me in memory today. They were very profound experiences and left me continuing to search more about my self. Since then I completed the Grof Transpersonal Training and completed a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology.

Today, I host my own Breathwork workshops because I believe this work has powerful healing benefits for the mind, body and spirit. Also, this practice is motivational for searching inside of ourselves to heal imbalances or blockages that may not always be apparent. These wounds could stem from any number of occurrences in our lifetime or before. The awareness of my own past trauma has offered me the power of transformation in my own life and is expressed in my most recent book, Unveiling The Modern Goddess: Thru Symbolism, Chakras & Myth. In the book, I include an Appendix exploring the details of Holotropic Breathwork.

Holotropic Breathwork isn’t only for problems or imbalances we unconsciously carry around, it is also for spiritual seekers and people who are interested in learning more about their unique imprint and identity. This work would interest people who are seeking the truth in order to attain a stronger connection to the Divine. There are many reasons for exploring Holotropic Breathwork. The most common reasons are: stress-related symptoms, patterns of addiction, depression , anxiety, repressed trauma, grief, blocked creativity, spiritual awakening, critical life transitions and seekers of meaning, purpose and truth.

Are you motivated to explore a new perspective and make positive changes in your life? If so, perhaps this work is exactly what you have been looking for. Andrew Cohen, editor of What is Enlightenment? magazine quotes, “our motive shouldn’t be so we can abide in a state of peace and freedom beyond the process. Our motive should be to become passionate and egoless vehicles for an ongoing evolution.” Each one of us has the opportunity to take responsibility and wholeheartedly participate in a life process that is rich and more authentic than we could ever imagine. If this excites you, the Holotropic Breathwork will be an experience you will never forget.