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HOLOTROPIC

BREATHWORK

A New Approach to

Self-Exploration and Therapy

STANISLAV GROF &

CHRISTINA GROF

Foreword by Jack Kornield

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xiii

xix

CHAPTER I

Historical Roms of Holoropic Breathwork

1. Sigmund Freud and the dawn of depth psychology

2. Humanistic psychology and experiential therapies

3. The advent of psychedelic therapy

4. Abraham Maslow, Anthony Suti.h, and the b inh f

transrtrnal s ych ology

CHAPTER 2

heoretical Foundations of Holo t r p i c Breathwork

I. Holorop•c states of consciousn»

2. Dlmcrutons of the human psyche

). The nature, funct1on. and architecture of cmouonal and

psychosomatic disorders

4. Effective therapeutic mechanisms

5. Strategy f p6ychotherapy and self-exploration

6. he role of sp•nuality m human life

7. The nature of reality: Psyche, csms, and conciousness

CHAPTER}

Essential omonens of Holorropic Breathwork

1. e heahna ower of breath

2. The therapeutic potential of mus•c

). The : of releasing bodywork

4. Supponive and nourishing physical conract

5. Ma d a la drawing: The expressive power ( art

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 4

The Pracuce o( Holouopic Breath work

4 7

I. Uw ( HolocroptC lktathwork 1n md1vKiual ssS d s

2. Seumg and mt:rpersooal ut S}$t:m

J. Thwreucal Pf:arauon of aruc1anu

4. Scrttnm: r phys•cal and emotional cont.und1cations

5. Pncucal •nstructloru for breathwork :SION

6. P:parauon for the session and the relaxauon :x:rcuc

7. Conducting Holotroptc Breathwork seSSIOns

8. The s.-cuum f holouopic experiences

9. The role of the facilitators

10. Mandala drawing and the procssina groups

CHAPTER S

lnregrat10n o( the Breathwork Experience and Follow-Up Work

I. C·aung corhuons (or opumal 1ntegr3uon

Z. Eas1ng th: trans1Uon to e\·eryda' hfe

102

l ConJ:ung follow-up lnten•tews

4. Usmg -'<mous methds complemenung Holotrop1c reathwork

104

CHAPTER 6

Trials and Tribulations o( Holorropic Breathwork Ftcilitators

109

I. Encountl'r w11h the military junta tn Buens Am•s

Z. Comeung With tlw exh•"•tion f -rm:m pinschers

113

114

J. Cultur�-Mund challenges (or Holoch.

fUC -athw''rk ac,htators

4. T:chnolog.cal ordeals m Holotroptc r<".tthwrk :SStON

117

120

5. h" pSOt, 01nkmg ptgl'ts, and smolJenng Kl«mxa

6. Sur�n\l' orJ. . -al own Un..kr

Ill

121

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153

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157

CHAPTER Q

Physiolog1cal Mechamsms lrwolvcJ 1n Holotroptc Breouhwork

161

I. S.ch�mtcaJ anJ rhysu)kJ!tC:Il ch;m�'\'S

161

2. Holonpte -at h \f k anJ the "hrcn·-nt�bnun syl.lrome"

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J. PsychodynamiC$ f r(:h\\tnauc J t.kn

169

CHAPTER 10

Past. Present, and Future of Holotropic Breathwork

177

I. Tnt n tfl! of H o 1 {lt r optc Breathwork factlnators

177

2. Ho 1o tropt c Brenthwork and t he a.adcmtc community

179

181

). Benefits l the h l)lml) pt c perspective

4 . Holouopic mues of conscaousness and the current gloal crisis

182

APPENDIX I

Special Situations and Interventions in Holotropic

Breathwork Sessions

185

I. The experience of choking and of pressure on 1he c hest

185

186

2. Experience of muscular tensions and spasms

3. Pr o blems related to blockages 10 the gen11a l area, sex, and nudity

188

4. Ov"racti,•", emmc, and aggresstve bchavtor

192

5. W o r k in g wtth dcmomc energy

194

6. Excessov• .Jf.conuol and maboloty to l e t go

195

7. Worctng wtth naus:a and the 1endency 10 vomtt

196

8. Sandtng and da n c t n g tn rhe esstOru

197

9. Relavang th" memory f b t o logt c al btrth

APPENDIX 2

Holoaopic Breathwork and Other Breathing Techniques

199

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

ABOUT GROF TRANSPERSONAL TRAINING

101

111

119

FOREWORD

You hold in your hands a visionary book, one that ofers a new understanding

of he a ling . mental health, and human potential, along with powerful rech�

niques to bring about these transformations. Developing such an integrated

understanding. which combines science, experience, and spirit is critical for

the twenty·first century.

The prevailing materialistic culture has created a divided world where

the sacred is relegated to churches and temples, the body w the gym,

mental heal t h to pills from the pharmacy. Economic growth is pursued as

if it had nothing to do with the environment and ignorance, racism, and

warfare continue to separate people and nations. These divisions and rhe

great su e ring they produce result from a restricted and limited human

consciousness.

Through decades of their work, Christina and Stan have developed a

psychology that reintegrates the fractured consciousness of rhe world. They

ofer a psychology of the future, one that expands our human possibility

and reconnectS s with one another and the cosmos. In forging this new

p aradigm, they exempli y the courageous and prophetic spirit of pioneers and

join a handful of remarkable igures who have helped the ield of psychology

grow in revolutionay new ways.

This book is foremost a detailed guide co the experience and practice

of Holotropic Breathwork, but it is more than that. It o ut l ines the radical

vision of this new psychology. To begin with, it includes one of the widest

possible maps of the human p syche I have ever encountered. Within it the

full breadth of human experience is valued and integrated. just the knowl

edge of this map, presented in the beginning of their workshops by Stan

and Christina, has a beneicial effect on those present. It includes, validates,

and integrates such a wide range of experience that healing takes place in

the hearts of some who simply hear this map.

The holotropic map of human experience is not just theoretical, it is

hom out of extensive clinical and experimental experience. To wimess a

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