The Breathwork Experience: Exploration and Healing in Nonordinary States of Consciousness

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Summary: Breath: Too big a topic for warring orthodoxies
Review: Kylea Taylor's beautiful little book (135 pages of text, expanded with Appendices)is a labor of love, and a testimony to her devotion to the work of Stanislov and Christina Grof. Their particular combination of accelerated breathing, spirituality, a supportive field, and evocative music is called Holotropic Breathwork. The short descriptions of experiences of amazing healing and remission of symptoms, and relative freedom from unwanted recurring behavior patterns are compelling. As a breath-worker myself, I longed for the text to live up to the overly-expansive title. Only 8 (of 20 or so)leading breathwork approaches are even named, and the barely adequate descriptions are given in one or two paragraphs buried in Appendix A. In short, this is a manual on Holotropic Breathwork masquarading as The Breathwork Experience.

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Summary: Highly recommended.
Review: One of the more easily understood psychotherapeutic models of using the breath as an adjunct to therapy, personal transformation and recovery. Michael Grant White, Breathing Specialist