Holotropic breathwork [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to self-exploration and therapy / / Stanislav Grof & Christina Grof ; foreword by Jack Kornfield

• Autore: Grof Stanislav <1931->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.8/36
• Soggetto topico: Holotropic Breathwork (Trademark); Psychotherapy - Methodology
• Altri autori: GrofChristina
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK""; ""HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CHAPTER ONE: Historical Roots of Holotropic 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 Sutich, and the birth of transpersonal psychology""; ""CHAPTER TWO: Theoretical Foundations of Holotropic Breathwork""; ""1. Holotropic states of consciousness""; ""2. Dimensions of the human psyche"" ; ""3. The nature, function, and architecture of emotional and psychosomatic disorders""""4. Effective therapeutic mechanisms""; ""5. Strategy of psychotherapy and self-exploration""; ""6. The role of spirituality in human life""; ""7. The nature of reality: Psyche, cosmos, and consciousness""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Essential Components of Holotropic Breathwork""; ""1. The healing power of breath""; ""2. The therapeutic potential of music""; ""3. The use of releasing bodywork""; ""4. Supportive and nourishing physical contact""; ""5. Mandala drawing: The expressive power of art"" ; ""CHAPTER FOUR: The Practice of Holotropic Breathwork""""1. Use of Holotropic Breathwork in individual sessions and groups""; ""2. Setting and interpersonal support system""; ""3. Theoretical preparation of participants""; ""4. Screening for physical and emotional contraindications""; ""5. Practical instructions for breathwork sessions""; ""6. Preparation for the session and the relaxation exercise""; ""7. Conducting Holotropic Breathwork sessions""; ""8. The spectrum of holotropic experiences""; ""9. The role of the facilitators""; ""10. Mandala drawing and the processing groups"" ; ""CHAPTER FIVE: Integration of the Breathwork Experience and Follow-Up Work""""1. Creating conditions for optimal integration""; ""2. Easing the transition to everyday life""; ""3. Conducting follow-up interviews""; ""4. Using various methods complementing holotropic breathwork""; ""CHAPTER SIX: Trials and Tribulations of Holotropic Breathwork Facilitators""; ""1. Encounter with the military junta in Buenos Aires""; ""2. Competing with the exhibition of Doberman pinschers""; ""3. Culture-bound challenges for Holotropic Breathwork facilitators"" ; ""4. Technological ordeals in Holotropic Breathwork sessions""""5. The pisspot, oinking piglets, and smoldering Kleenexes""; ""6. Supreme ordeal Down Under""; ""7. Conducting Holotropic Breathwork in adversarial settings""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN: Therapeutic Potential of Holotropic Breathwork""; ""1. Healing of emotional and psychosomatic disorders""; ""2. Favorable Effect on Physical Diseases""; ""3. Effect on personality, worldview, life strategy, and hierarchy of values""; ""4. Potential for healing of cultural wounds and historical conflict resolution"" ; ""CHAPTER EIGHT: Therapeutic Mechanisms Operating in Holotropic Breathwork""
• Sommario/riassunto: The definitive overview of this transformative breathwork.
• Titolo autorizzato: Holotropic breathwork
• ISBN: 1-4384-3395-6; 1-4416-6961-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807455703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series in transpersonal and humanistic psychology.