Double Holotropic Breathwork -retreat
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Welcome to connect with your inner wisdom in this full board retreat with sauna and lake swimming!
Welcome to dive deep within in this full board retreat! 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.
This retreat is a great opportunity to explore the method in-depth, since there will be altogether 4 breathwork sessions, in which each participant will be breathing in two and sitting in two. On thursday we land together at the venue, meet the group and prepare for the inner journeys. Both on friday and saturday there will be two breathing sessions. During the whole retreat we will provide good tools for integration and especially on sunday we will deepen the integration process. Because the double breathwork can sometimes open quite deep layers of psyche, you can support the overall process scheduling as easy days as possible for wednesday before the retreat and monday after the retreat.
Retreat is held in Ystävyyden Majatalo (Kalkkilantie 74, 25110 Kruusila, https://ystavyydenmajatalo.fi). The venue is in the middle of Turku and Helsinki and you can reach it by bus from both directions.
Food and accommodation are paid separately when arriving at the venue. Along with tasty vegetarian food there will be snacks and tea/coffee during the whole weekend. Accommodations are in private rooms. In the peaceful surroundings of Ystävyyden Majatalo there is also the possibility for sauna and swimming in a lake.
No previous experience of Holotropic Breathwork is required. We will use english and/or finnish, depending on the language of the participants. Translation is provided if needed.
Preliminary schedule
Thursday
17:00 Introductory lecture to Holotropic Breathwork (mandatory for first time breathers)
18:00-19:00 Registration / dinner
19:00-21:00 Opening circle and evening practice
21:00 Free time / sauna
Friday
8:00 Breakfast
9:00-21:00 Breathing sessions, foods and evening circle
21:00 Free time / sauna
Saturday
8:00 Breakfast
9:00-21:00 Breathing sessions, foods and evening circle
21:00 Free time / sauna
Sunday
8:30 Breakfast
9:30-12:00 Deepening the integration
12:00-14:00 Closing the retreat and tips for going back home
How to reserve your place in the retreat:
1. Fill the Registration form and Medical form from the link below
https://forms.gle/ix7mMAWiJdtiuJp17
The purpose of the Medical form is to survey your relevant background information and possible contraindications for the retreat. This helps us to ensure that you can participate safely in the retreat and that we can support your process in the best possible way. If any question is unclear to you, ask us for clarification.
2. Pay the payment of the retreat in the link below
https://holvi.com/shop/holotropic/
Price of the retreat (accommodation and food is paid separately):
We want to keep the event as accessible as possible, so we offer three pricing options. You can choose the price that fits your situation.
Supporter price: €410
Standard price: €360
Supported price: €260
Early bird discount: –€50 (until April 30)
If you are able to pay the supporter price, you help make supported places available for other participants.
Accommodation and food 253€ (incl. vat) (paid when arriving to Ystävyyden Majatalo)
Your place will be confirmed after you have filled the registration and medical forms and made the payment of the retreat. We will send you a confirmation email after you have filled the forms and we have got your payment.
We arrange a short video call with new participants before the retreat. First time breathers needs to come also for the introductory lecture on Thursday at 17:00 (voluntary for other participants)
If you have problems with the payments or you would like to participate but your financial situation doesn’t allow it, just contact us so we can try to find a good solution. It is also possible to pay in installments. If you need to cancel your participation for any reason, we will refund your payment fully if the cancellation is done before 1.5. If the cancellation is done after that, we will keep 80€ as a reservation fee.
Because in the breathing-sessions there can be sometimes strong emotional and physical experiences, for safety reasons it is not generally recommended for pregnant women, people with heart-problems and very high blood pressure, with strong psychiatric illnesses, with ongoing spiritual emergency, with recent fractures or surgical operations, with acute infections or epileptics. If you are not sure if this retreat is safe for you, just contact us so we can discuss your situation.
Facilitators of the retreat
Valde Orrenmaa
Certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator (GTT)
Transpersonal therapists, cognitive brief-therapist, meditation-instructor, 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 holotropic states of consciousness. As a facilitator he has calm, gentle and strong presence, and passion to hold space for the entire spectrum of inner experiences. He graduated from the Grof Transpersonal Training in 2019 as a facilitator of Holotropic Breathwork. 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 and therapy. Valde has worked as transpersonal therapists and cognitive brief-therapist from 2024. He 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, and has volunteered in terminal care. Valde finds joy in nature, meditation, dance, karate, climbing 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
Certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator (GTT)
Body-oriented brief therapist, Certified breath coach, nature connection guide, Somatic Experiencing - Trauma therapist 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 mother and a dog person.
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