Holotropic Breathwork -retreat for therapists
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For therapists (also other than psychotherapists welcome) to deepen the inner process
“You cannot take your clients any further than you have gone yourself.”
— Jeffrey A. Kottler
Welcome to dive deep within in this full board retreat at Knipnäs, Tammisaari! This retreat is for therapists, to deepen your own inner process in a supportive and safe space.
Therapeutic work is, at its core, a meeting between two human beings. It calls not only for theoretical understanding and methodological skill, but above all for sensitivity, creativity, and the courage to be fully and authentically present. It is a lifelong journey of turning inward — observing and accepting one’s own reactions, emotions, and embodied experiences.
This retreat offers a space to pause and reconnect with your own humanity, to deepen into your inner process in a held, compassionate environment.
While the main focus is on your personal journey, the retreat may also provide inspiration and practical tools for professional work — drawing from a philosophy that trusts the wisdom within and emphasizes experiential, emotional, and somatic approaches to healing. We don't teach new therapeutic skills per se, but we can offer you a safe and supportive space where your “inner professional guidance” can take place, leading for example to unburdening your own emotional load or to discover new perspectives or inspirations. We welcome any therapists; psychotherapists, art therapist, body-oriented therapists, brief therapists etc.
This retreat is time for you and for your needs. On Friday we will land softly to the venue, meet the group and prepare for the inner journeys. On Saturday there will be two breathing sessions, in which each participant will be breathing in one session and sitting for the breather-partner in one. On Sunday we deepen the integration process with an easy pace.
Holotropic Breathwork is a powerful method of self-exploration, which helps us to connect more deeply with our inner healing wisdom. During the retreat you can surrender to your inner process with your own pace and style in a safe, supportive and non-judgemental space. The method consists of different therapeutic elements, such as specific kinds of music to support the inner process, intensified breathing, bodywork and emotional work, another person's compassionate presence, group process and different kinds of preparing and integration supporting practices.
This full-board retreat takes place in the charming seaside town of Tammisaari, at the Knipnäs Wellbeing Center (Linnunlaulu 1, 10650 Tammisaari – https://knipnas.fi). The price includes delicious vegetarian meals, sauna, and accommodation in a shared room (a private room is available for an additional €70). Knipnäs is easily accessible: 90 km from Helsinki and 120 km from Turku. You can arrive by car — with plenty of free parking on site — or by public transport. The train station is less than 2 km away, with trains from Helsinki and Turku taking under 1.5 hours. We can arrange pickup from the station if needed.
No previous experience in breathwork is required for the retreat. We will speak Finnish and/or English during the retreat, depending on the language skills of the participants. We can provide translation if needed.
Preliminary schedule
Friday
16:30-17:00 Registration
17:00-21:00 Opening the retreat, dinner, practices to prepare for the inner journeys
21:00 Free time
Saturday
8:00 Breakfast
9:00-21:00 2 x Breathing sessions, starting the integration
21:00 Free time / sauna
Sunday
8:00 Breakfast
9:00-14:00 Deepening the integration
14:00 Lunch
How to reserve your place in the Retreat:
1. Fill the Registration form and Medical form from the link below
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19XuNMDFKmu-C4InTbk9jX5xbdPPliLlXgTCiPHomDxA
The purpose of the Medical form is to make sure it is safe for you to participate in the retreat and that we can support your process in the best possible way. Please answer honestly. If any question is unclear to you, ask us for clarification.
2. Pay the retreat fee via the link below (installment payment is also possible):
https://holvi.com/shop/holotropic/
Your spot at the retreat is secured once you have completed the registration and health forms and paid the retreat fee. We will send you a confirmation email once we have received your forms and payment. We will send you later a link to pay the accommodation and food for Knipnäs (must be paid until one week before the event)
If this is your first time attending an event organized by Holotropic Breathwork Finland ry, we will schedule a brief video call with you before the retreat. This interview is also a great opportunity to ask any questions or share your thoughts about the event. You're welcome to reach out to us at any point if you have questions or concerns. If you’ve participated in our events before but would still like to talk with us beforehand, or if there have been any recent changes in your life that we should be aware of, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Payment Information:
Retreat Price:
€400 // Early bird €330 (until July 27)
+Full board at Knipnäs in a shared room: €195 (paid separately)
+Private room: €70 extra
If you have any difficulties with payment, would like to pay in installments, or wish to attend but your financial situation makes it difficult, please contact us — we’ll work together to find a suitable solution. If you need to cancel your participation, we will refund the full amount if the cancellation is made before August 29. For cancellations made after this date, we will retain an €80 booking fee, except in cases of illness.
Because the breathing-sessions can be emotionally or physically intense, it is not recommended for safety reasons for pregnant women, people with heart-problems and very high blood pressure, with strong psychiatric illnesses, with ongoing spiritual emergencies, with recent fractures or surgical operations, with acute infections or epileptics. If you are not sure if this method is safe for you, consult your physician/therapist or contact us so we can discuss your situation.
Facilitators of the retreat
Valde Orrenmaa
Certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator (GTT)
Transpersonal consult, cognitive brief-therapist, science of religion (M.A.)
Chairman of HB Finland ry
valdeorrenmaa.fi
Valde is a communal mystic living in Kaarina, who is drawn to depth and the practice of compassion. He has worked with individuals and groups in the areas of healing, inner growth, meditation, and therapeutic states of consciousness. As a facilitator he has calm, gentle and strong presence. He graduated from the Grof Transpersonal Training in 2019 as a facilitator of Holotropic Breathwork and a transpersonal consultant. The holotropic perspective has given him a deep understanding of the inner wisdom present in everyone, as well as the importance of creating an accepting, supportive, and safe space for personal growth. Valde is a cognitive brief-therapist and has a masters degree in science of religion, and has specialized in unusual states of consciousness and experiences. He has also worked as a trainer and event coordinator at the Finnish psycare organization Kotilo, volunteered in terminal care, and is currently studying to become a mindfulness instructor. Valde finds joy in nature, meditation, music, dance, karate, and in authentic connections with other beings.
Jussi Alihanka
Certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator (GTT)
Psychiatrist, Specialist in addiction medicine, integrative psychotherapist,
Vice President of HB Finland ry
https://minduu.fi/fi/profiili/jussi_alihanka
Jussi is originally from Rymättylä in the Turku archipelago and now lives in Kemiönsaari. He graduated from Grof Transpersonal Training as a Holotropic Breathwork facilitator in spring 2023 and co-founded Holotropic Breathwork Finland together with Valde in 2018. Jussi's interest towards altered states of consciousness and working with them has born out from personal integrative experiences. These experiences have also guided Jussi to explore different ways of perceiving and understanding the human experience. Key elements in Jussi's work are safety and the concept of 'Inner Wisdom', which seeks to describe the spontaneous tendency of the human body, mind and soul to heal and grow.
He believes that Holotropic Breathwork and its principles have a lot to offer for psychotherapy, healing, growth and increasing self-awareness and therefore aims to make the method better known and to increase its accessibility in Finland.
Iida Hokkanen
Holotropic Breathwork facilitator (GTT) trainee
Body-oriented brief therapist, Certified breath coach, nature connection guide, Somatic Experiencing - Embodied trauma therapy trainee, HR professional
Board Member and Social Media of HB Finland ry
ihmenergia@gmail.com
Iida discovered Holotropic breathwork in 2019 and since then the method has been a significant part of her own healing journey. The safe, loving and empowering breathwork community has brought much depth and richness into her life and way of being and Iida is passionately working to build awareness and accessibility for the method in Finland.
Enabling holistic well being and body-mind-spirit coherence for individuals, groups and communities is Iida’s calling. She approaches people with an open heart and brings elements from nature, nervous system education and breath in her encounters with clients. Her ways for connecting with authentic self include exploring voice, movement, conscious breathing and experiencing the nature.
In her daily life Iida is a Human Resource professional, mother and a dog person.
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