Holotropic Breathwork workshops & Seminars in Seattle | Who Can Benefit From Breathwork?

I lived for over ten years at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, where I was the director of programs, and in the course of those years virtually every conceivable form of therapy and personal transformation, great and small, came through Esalen. In terms of therapeutic effectiveness, Grof's was by far the most powerful; there was no comparison.
--Richard Tarnas, from The Passion of the Western Mind Who Can Benefit From Breathwork?

The following groups of people have reported that breathwork has been beneficial to them:

Those who want to experience the power of the breath to heal and connect
Those who want to expand their consciousness
For anyone who wants their creativity to flow more freely
Anyone who is recovering from trauma
Those who want to release emotional or physical symptoms and unproductive behavior patterns which may be negatively impacting their life and are rooted in long-forgotten past events buried deep within our unconscious.
For anyone who would like a "re-charge" from the stress of their daily activities.
For anyone who would like to connect more deeply or re-connect to the spiritual side of life
[Note: For more information about the spiritual experiences of people in Holotropic Breathwork workshops, check out Stan Grof's book The Cosmic Game.]

Breathwork is a system that brings physical healing, emotional release and spiritual development through working with the breath. — Swami Ambikananda, from his book Breathwork

For of connection to "God" and/or their version of a "Higher Power" and/or their "Higher Self"and relationship to the magic of the world we live in
For people who are grieving and feel a need to have a safe space to allow their grief to come forth.
For anyone dealing with a physical illness who feels drawn to look inward for possible psychosomatic components of the illness
For writers who are experiencing writers block and want to give themselves a jumpstart on their writing process
For "adventurers of the spirit" — those who want to follow Socrates' advice to "Know Thyself."
In response to a question about what happens in a breathwork session, one past participant simply stated: "If you feel healthy and happy, Holotropic sessions expand your awareness. If you are in pain, breathwork helps you heal."
Those who hope to experience mystical states
For anyone suffering from depression who would like to explore a non-pharmaceutical approach to regaining their joie d'vivre.
For anyone undergoing a "spiritual emergency" situation who needs a safe space to work through the issues they are facing.
[Note: For more information about spiritual emergency and spiritual emergence, read the book edited by Stan and Cristina Grof titled: Spiritual Emergency.]
For those who are experiencing a general feeling of disorientation and/or dis-connection with the state of the world today and are looking for new perspectives on how to deal with the feelings of disempowerment
For people who have come to a point where the challenges of life have made them feel they have lost touch with and/or stopped trusting their intuition and want to find a way to re-connect with their innate wisdom.

For those who are supporting another person in pain and want to learn how to better "be there" for another person
Those who want to deepen their capacity to feel "present," both with themselves and others
Those who want to feel more authentic
Those who want to know themselves more deeply
For those who have done psychedelics in the past with good results, but now want to enter a non-ordinary state without taking a substance
Those who are seeking a more fulfilling life.
Those who have read the books of Stan Grof and want an opportunity to experience Holotropic Breathwork for themselves
Those who want to build a deeper trust in their capacity to access their inner wisdom and intuition to improve their lives
And many many many more...

For more information about any of the above benefits of Holotropic Breathwork, or call 206-618-9785.

Holotropic Breathwork Worskhops / Seminars in Seattle
Led by Stan Grof trained facilitators