One of only five certified Holotropic Breathwork® facilitators in the State of Texas, USA, and the only certified Trance Movement™ facilitator in the United States, Stephenie is in her fourteenth year of doing deep, internal work through expanded states of consciousness. She spent over five years and 700+ hours training to certify in both Holotropic Breathwork® and Trance Movement™ Stephenie is an expert in creating safe containers in which her clients can work in expanded states of consciousness.
STEPHENIE CREDITS HER WORK IN EXPANDED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS WITH:
1. Helping her overcome a life-threatening addiction to alcohol by serving as a reorganizing psychospiritual principle in her life, creating new neuropathways in her brain, and negating maladaptive coping mechanisms.
2. Leading to her success as a fundraiser in higher education. Through her work she learned how to hold space for donors so that they could share the most intimate details of their lives. Through this process they were able to align their philanthropy with what was meaningful to them.
3. Teaching her how to support and serve as a sacred witness for others during transcendent and difficult life experiences. One of Stephenie's greatest honors was to sit with her mother during the last hours of her life.
A lifelong student of philosophy, Stephenie has a daily practice revolving around spiritual and philosophical texts. She is particularly interested in the intersection of science, religion, and spirituality at the mystical level. A Perennialist, Stephenie believes in one overarching truth accessed by many paths.
In addition to her certifications in Holotropic Breathwork® and Trance Movement™, Stephenie holds a degree in Communications with an Emphasis in Public Relations from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a Paralegal Certificate with a Specialty in Civil Litigation from the National Center for Paralegal Training. Stephenie spent 22 years work- ing in law firms as a paralegal, legal assistant, and legal recruiter. She went on to a successful career in higher education fundraising at The University of Texas at Austin, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, The University of Colorado at Boulder, and St. John's College of Santa Fe.
"This work not only saved my life.. IT GAVE ME A LIFE WORTH LIVING.”
~Stephenie B. Purnell
