HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORKTM

Facilitated by Ted Riskin, LCSW & Elizabeth Hess Stamper, LHMC

WHEN: Saturday, May 6th 1 - 6:30 pm
Experience Two 80-minute Breathwork Sessions, Group Sharing and a Powerful Movement Meditation into Deep Ecstatic Alive Presence

Sunday, May 7th 1 - 6:30 pm
Group Breathwork, Core Energetics Group Process and Meditation/Healing Circle into Divine Oneness and Bliss

WHERE:

Cost of Each Workshop: $65 if received by May 1st, $75 after that date.
Cost of Whole Weekend: $120 if received by May 1st, $135 after that date.

Preregistration required.

Send check ($65 or $120) or nonrefundable Deposit ($20) to

Elizabeth Stamper
2085 Hwy A1A, #3601
Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937

Contact Elizabeth at
321-777-6216 or eliz121@juno.com

For more information see:

Information

Throughout history, virtually every culture has provided an opportunity and a method to access nonordinary states of consciousness for inner exploration and healing. These methods have included drumming, chanting, dancing, fasting, ingesting psychoactive plants, altering breathing patterns, and many others. Drawing from centuries of such wisdom and adding insights from modern consciousness research, Holotropic Breathwork facilitates access to all levels of human experience, including unfinished biographical material, birth memories, transpersonal phenomena, and residues of trauma stored in the body.

Breathwork is a term used increasingly by practitioners who use breathing techniques where the focus is on the breath. By freeing the breath one learns to breathe through difficult or uncomfortable experiences and feelings. Often energy from a denied experience is freed up to move through the body to be released. The after effects of this can be an enormous sense of relief. Old patterns of holding begin to gently break up and a new sense of aliveness enters as the breath anchors ones self in the present.

Conducted in pairs in a safe and supportive setting, the process uses accelerated breathing, evocative music, and focused body work to transcend normal limitations and empower the inner healer. Mandala drawing and group sharing allow integration of the holotropic experience with daily life.

 Elizabeth cofacilitates these workshops with Ted Riskin, LCSW, a Holotropic Breathwork practitioner certified by Stanislav Grof.  Please see his website for more information: www.tedriskin.com.

Quotes from Participants:

• "My experience with Holotropic Breathing has been holistic with life-changing awarenesses. Holistic in terms of its effectiveness in the physical, emotional, and spiritual realms. I am transformed from a sickly, fearful, faith-lacking being (that my belief system pretends I am) into a powerful, bold, spiritual being that God knows me to be. True reality comes into focus and distorted 'images' are no longer needed.
       Breathing is the vehicle that takes me to this place of remembrance. It is as if I awaken to hear Spirit remind me of everything that I had forgotten or pushed aside so that Ego may reside. I cannot wait to start breathing because my body, mind and spirit want to be 'set free' once again. The loving touch of Spirit takes me to places I've been and will be, all with the assurance that life is pure energy, and God rests in the midst of that energy. The breath is blessed."
  -- Diane Karshnick, nurse & author, FL
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• “I’ve done the breathwork four times and each time I was totally amazed at what happened. It seems to me that the mind is truly huge, and most of the time I experience just the tip of the iceberg. Holotropic breathing pushes me into the water and not only do I not drown, but I learn that the water itself is me. As I do the Breathwork repeatedly, I am learning how to be comfortable in the water rather than crouching on the tip of the iceberg and shivering. I think the Breathwork is powerfully helpful in my struggle to become who I am."