Holotropic Breathwork uses a combination of simple elements like accelerated continuous breathing, emotionally charged music and some types of body work. The client lies on a mattress and breaths deeply, intensively and continuously while the music is played. The emphasis is on creating a safe space in which each participant can surrender fully to all the sensations, feelings, experiences, energy movement, visions, etc. that can arise during the session.
Experiences invoked in Holotropic Breathwork have powerful healing and transformational effect. During a session many hidden emotions and unpleasant body sensations come to the surface and are processed. This gives a person an opportunity to set free from their disturbing influence on their life.Holotropic Breathwork is a form of therapy and self discovery. It gives a person a chance to get rid of depressions, phobias, stress, fatigue, psychologically rooted physical pains. In many cases the breathwork leads to improvement of physical condition. The therapeutic potential of Holotropic Breathwork is confirmed through clinical studies. It is especially successful in treatment of addictions (alcoholism, drug addictions), neurological problems, relationship problems solving.
Holotropic Breathwork can be used by healthy people for rejuvenation and maintenance – together with physical exercises, meditation and various techniques such as rebalancing, Ayurvedic Yoga Massage, Hata Yoga, Tibetan Exercises, Tai Chi, etc. This is a highly effective therapeutic package, which in time can result not only in emotional and psychosomatic healing but also in permanent positive changes of personality.
Holotropic Breathwork is an amazing gift, given to the human beings by their own nature. .
History
In the mid 70’s the famous transpersonal psychology specialist Stanislav Grof and his wife Kristina Grof develop a method for deep empirical self-exploration and therapy called Holotropic Breathing. Holotropic comes from the Greek ‘holos’ (wholeness) and ‘tropos’ (movement). There is a constant movement towards wholeness in every human being and the holotropic approach uses the main healing powers of organism and assists them for achieving faster healing. 