Forms of Grof® breathwork at the Center Holos

 

Weekend seminar of Grof breathwork

These group seminars of GB are framed to be self-exploratory and experiential, so it is meant for people, who are interested in inner work or just would like to understand the GB method better.

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The seminars are typically 2 days long. We begin on Saturday at 1pm. After the initial introduction to the technique, there will be the first round of holotropic breathwork, which is then repeated on Sunday at 9am. The work is done in couples, where during each round only one person breathes and the other one is a so called sitter, who looks after the breather – handing water, tissues, escorting to the toilet, etc. After each round, the participants share their experiences. The closing of the seminar usually happens on Sunday around 17 hours.

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Some seminars we offer can last more days and can have a slightly different program, which can always be found in the description of the specific event.

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The participants always stay around the place of the seminar, which can be in a shared room in sleeping bags or accommodated in rooms of Center Holos. It is possible to make a reservation of the rooms, if there is the capacity, in the application form.

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We provide to our participants of the seminars a whole array of techniques for the integration of their experience. In addition to capturing the experience into a mandala, it is possible to utilize the techniques Sandplay or Soul Collage. During some seminars we also make shamanic masks or a clay mandala.

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Grof breathwork in a small group

GB in a small group is done with maximum of 10 people and is meant mainly for our clients, who for any reason are not fit for the typical seminar in a large group. There is a bigger space for an individual work with a therapist.

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These small groups usually happen on Tuesdays. The participants arrive in the morning at 8:30, additionally we recommend a booking of our room, so that you can arrive a day earlier, if possible. The closing happens in the evening around 16:00. All participants breathe at the same time under the supervision of our experienced sitters and floaters, followed by a group sharing.

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Individual session of Grof breathwork

The individual session of GB (1 client – 1 therapist) is meant only for the clients in our treatment programs, for whom it is not suitable to participate in the large or the small group seminars.

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Holotropic breathing in water

The theoretical bases and the practical application of holotropic breathing in water has been developed here by Milan Hrabánek, MD, whose experiences showed, that the water environment in many cases allowed a deeper experience during the holotropic process, including the material from perinatal matrices and possible insights into past lives. This experience creates an intermedieary between the typical holotropic breathwork and a floatation tank (based on sensory deprivation).

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How is HB in water different from the typical session? The breathwork is done in groups of 3, so that every breather has access to two assistants. The breathwork is done in water on floating pontoons. For the intensification of the experience, the water is heated up to the core body temperature. For the induction into the altered states of consciousness this method uses accelerated breathing and evocative music. These states open the person to all the levels of human experiences, they enable us to understand the root cause of our unproductive behavior, the suppression of emotions and energies, which are during this process released and transformed.
The water seminars are only for those, who have already undergone a typical session of HB at least once.

The seminars of HB in water can be found in our Event program, though currently we are searching for new places ideal for these seminars.

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Grof breathwork with live music

Holotropic LIVE – happens only once a year during the seminar Farewell with summer at the end of August. This prolonged seminar of holotropic breathwork has two GB processes, one of which is with live music, that is created by the natural instruments being played by our team of music therapists, while the sitters are also allowed to join in. Part of the seminar is also the sauna of native Americans – sweatlodge. Since the program of this seminar is really loaded, there is no time for theoretical preparation, for this reason the seminar is only allowed for people, who already have at least one experience with GB.