Starting: 10 July 2024 at 5 pm

Closing: 13 July 2024 at 3 pm

 Konstantinos Fytopoulos 

 fytopoulosk@gmail.com 

Tlf:  00306936697444

Introduction to                   Holotropic Breathwork 

No experience necessary - the workshop is suitable for both experienced breathers and beginners.

The seminar will be conducted mainly in Greek, with English translation if necessary.

This is a single breathwork workshop, so each participant will breathe once and will sit once also.

The seminar will be hold at hotel https://www.mariva.gr/, just a few steps from the "paradise" pedestals, in Therma, on the sacred and mysterious island of Samothrace (where the ancient Greek mysteries were born).

The workshop will be led by psychiatrist, Heartmath and Holotropic facilitator, Jungian psychotherapist, and holistic medical doctor KONSTANTINOS FYTOPOULOS.

The therapeutic group will be accompanied by MARA SOLA originally from Spain and founder of Holotropic Breathwork Scandinavia, certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator since 2018.

EVANGELIA VLATSIOU, Graduate of English Language & Literature and Holistic Yoga Teacher / Thai Massage Therapist, will offer morning yoga and translation into English.

About Holotropic Breathwork

Holotropic Breathwork is one of the most powerful and effective techniques of self-exploration and transformation that has emerged from research into the potential for expanding consciousness over the past 50 years in the field of Transpersonal Psychology. It incorporates elements from the rituals of indigenous and pre-Columbian civilizations, Eastern spiritual practices, and the mystical traditions of the world, as well as modern research into the expanded mapping of consciousness.

The purpose of Holotropic Breathwork is to encourage and assist individuals in delving into the depths of their souls by gaining access to areas before and beyond our traumatic area, our personal divisiveness, and neurotic personality.

The word "Holotropic" indicates the overcoming of internal fragmentation and the sense of separation of the individual from the environment, oneself, and the Whole. It is also a gateway to the spiritual path of unified existence.

The name Holotropic literally means "moving towards wholeness" (from the Greek words "whole" and "turn").

In many ancient traditions, sacred plants and rituals have been used to create holotropic states. In Holotropic Breathwork, individuals enter into these profoundly transforming states of consciousness in a safe environment, solely with the power of their own breath.

This state is activated and directed by the inner therapeutic wisdom of each person, depending on one's readiness, resistance, or availability. The process is non-invasive/non-directional and is fully driven by the individual's internal healing intelligence and authority. The unconscious material that emerges in the foreground is unique to every human being at the specific time and space and has a strong transformational, therapeutic, and unifying effect.

In holotropic states, the soul has the amazing healing ability to choose and bring unconscious content to our awareness, often with a strong emotional charge and with great synchronistic and meaningful value. Holotropic states allow us to gain access to the deeper layers of the soul and to see from a wider, expanded spectrum our life and its meaning. They enable a wide range of unconscious material to come to light: memories related to the person's life (even episodes that have been forgotten or suppressed), physical and sensory memories, physical sensations associated with psychosomatic problems, emotions associated with important experiences, aspects of personal and collective unconscious, karmic memories, cell memories, and memories associated with our birth, shamanic visions, archetypal content, spiritual experiences, etc.

Holotropic Breathwork ™ is a powerful tool for our inner journeys into the areas of the soul, which are beyond time and duality. It is a gateway to the transpersonal dimensions of the Soul, which helps transition the perspective from ego to cosmic consciousness.


Facilitators






KONSTANTINOS FYTOPOULOS

He is trained in Jungian Depth Psychoanalysis, Cognitive analytic psychotherapy and experiential group psychotherapy. Since 1998, he has studied and participated in "Responsibility-centric Experiential Psychotherapy". He has studied the self-awareness and therapeutic use of Theatre in Toronto and Berlin. He has presented and published numerous articles and works in journals and at medical conferences.

He is involved with Stanislav Grof's "Transpersonal Psychology" community and practiice "Holotropic Breathwork" since 2011, and is a certified coach of HeartMath institute.

He practices and is involved with Yoga and methods of inner growth and expansion of consciousness since 1987. He works as a Homeopath, Psychotherapist and Psychiatrist, as of 2002 organizing and coordinating self-awareness experiential workshops in the Olympos mountain and throughout Greece.

His vision is the synthesis of methods of Eastern and Ancient esoteric traditions for expansion of consciousness, with the scientific, Western psychotherapeutic methodology.





MARA SOLA

Originally from Spain has been living and working in Norway since 2012. Mara is the founder of Holotropic Breathwork Skandinavia. She discovered Holotropic Breathwork and Transpersonal Psychology in 2015. Since then she has been interested in expanded states of consciousness, which have been a big part of her inner healing and understanding of her psyche.

In 2018, Mara completed the Grof Transpersonal Training® and participated in HB workshops in many countries in Europe. Mara is a globetrotter by heart, a visual artist and an art pedagogue in her everyday life.

Mara perceives her growing transformation as the result of a long term commitment and dedicated time to self-cultivation in the quest of being.

Location

Mariva Bungalows & Yoga centre

https://www.mariva.gr/

Therma
Samothrace, Greece
0030 6932 43 70 30

 

Price

Early bird : registration and deposit 150€, until the 13th of May 2024!

The cost (including accommodation and full board) is 390€ in a double room, or 440€ in a single room.

For registration after 13/05/24 (and if there are still places available) the cost will be 440€ in a double room, or 490€ in a single room.


Cancellation

The  150€ deposit is non-refundable, unless the event is cancelled by us or we find reason through your medical statement that participation is unfit for you. 

The payment of the remaining amount is eligible for a full refund if you give notice 14 days or more before the workshop.

If you have any severe physical or mental conditions, please contact Dr. Konstantinos Fytopoulos at fytopoulosk@gmail.com and 00306936697444 in advance to exclude any possible contraindications.



Holotropic Breathwork® Association of Europe



Holotropic Breathwork® Association of Europe – a Network of GTT certified Holotropic Breathwork® Practitioners in Europe – is providing information and support for people interested in exploring the healing potentials of Holotropic Breathwork®, as well a platform for exchange and learning for GTT (Grof Transpersonal Training® certified Holotropic Breathwork® Practitioners.



Events 

Here you can find “Holotropic Events” all over Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey). You can either look at all events or filter your search by Holotropic Breathwork® Workshops, Grof Transpersonal Training® Modules and others such as lectures and conferences on Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy. Furthermore, you can search events by date, location etc.



Holotropic Breathwork®

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Holotropic Breathwork® is a powerful technique for self-healing and self-exploration allowing for greater self-understanding, expansion of self-identity and access to the roots of emotional and psychosomatic challenges one might face. Holotropic Breathwork® comes from the Greek words ‘holos’ (whole) and ‘trepein’ (going to) meaning moving towards wholeness.





Training

GTT is a program for experiencing and studying Holotropic Breathwork® and the transpersonal perspective. It is a two-track program that can be used either to become a certified practitioner or simply to experience this practice in a more in-depth format. It is the best way to spend time with HB co-developer and one of the founders of transpersonal psychology, Stanislav Grof. Although semi-retired, Stan still teaches at some of the six-day training workshops, also called modules.



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