Anewsecondeditionofthistitlehasbeenpublishedon9/1/2023(ISBN9781438496443)Inthislongawaitedbook,StanislavGrofandChristinaGrofdescribetheirgroundbreakingnewformofself-explorationandpsychotherapy:HolotropicBreathwork.Holotropicmeans’movingtowardwholeness,’fromtheGreekholos(whole)andtrepein(movinginthedirectionof).Thebreathworkutilizestheremarkablehealingandtransformativepotentialofnon-ordinarystatesofconsciousness.Thesestatesengenderaricharrayofexperienceswithuniquehealingpotential--relivingchildhoodmemories,infancy,birthandprenatallife,andelementsfromthehistoricalandarchetypalrealmsofthecollectiveunconscious.Inducedbyverysimplemeans--acombinationofacceleratedbreathing,evocativemusic,andbodyworkinasafeandsupportivesetting,HolotropicBreathworkintegratestheinsightsfrommodernconsciousnessresearch,depthpsychology,transpersonalpsychology,anthropology,Easternspiritualpractices,andmysticaltraditions.TheGrofs’workwithholotropicstatesofconsciousnesshasintroducedrevolutionarychangestopsychiatry,psychology,andpsychotherapy.Writteninaclear,easilyunderstandablestyle,thisindispensablebooksummarizestheirremarkableinsights.
