Dr. Laurane McGlynn is a clinical psychologist who integrates mind/body medicine with holistic approaches to healing and transformation. She holds doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy and Masters degrees in Counseling Psychology and Child and Adolescent Therapy. In addition, she has advanced training and certifications in mindfulness-based stress reduction, somatic resourcing, Vipassana meditation, Family Systems Therapy, Past-Life Regression and Health Psychology. In 2023, she completed training in Mind/Body medicine from Harvard Medical School. In addition, she is currently enrolled in a Masters program in Integrative Medicine. Laurane has earned licensue as a psychologist in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. She is the Director of the Healing Space - an integrative medicine and wellness center in PA. She was certified as a Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator by Grof Transpersonal Training in 2015. Laurane received her Holotropic Breathwork training directly from Stan Grof, MD and the late Tav Sparks, former Director of Grof Transpersonal Training. She currently offers private workshops and multi-day double holotropic breathwork workshops through Grof Transpersonal Training.
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Videos with Dr. McGlynn about the December workshop
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Dr. Laurane McGlynn
Private Practice
An Integrated Health and Wellness Center
Wholeness ∞ Awareness ∞ Energy ∞ Transformation ∞ Connection
January 10-12, 2025
Wintering: The Power of Rest, Renewal and Retreat
A Holotropic Breathwork Weekend Event
Kirkridge Retreat Center, Bangor, PA (Pocono Mountains)
Nature...Peace...Connection
To register, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
Holotropic Breathwork/Psychedelic-Assisted Training Program Workshop
February 26-March 2, 2025
Toronto, Canada
Private Workshop - By Invitation Only
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, John Stockberger and Ronda Lobsinger
March 30 – April 3, 2025
Sacred Geometry: The Healing Nature of Mandalas
A Journey of Self-Discovery
A Holotropic Breathwork Special Topics
5 day Double Breathwork Retreat
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Phoenicia, NY
We invite you for a rare opportunity to join Dr. Laurane McGlynn, special guest teacher from Ireland, Geoff Fitzpatrick and special guest facilitator from England, Sarah Hirigoyen to experience the remarkable healing potential and therapeutic benefits of Holotropic Breathwork®. In this special topics workshop, we have the extraordinary opportunity to learn about Sacred
Geometry and participate in the creation of a group sand mandala.
Holotropic Breathwork™ a powerful experiential breathing process thatallows for self-exploration and healing. With eyes closed and lying on a mat,each person uses their own breath and the music in the room to enter anexpanded state of consciousness. This state activates the natural inner
healing potential of the breather, or inner healer, which guides the experience.
We create a safe and supportive setting with highly trained and experienced Holotropic Breathwork facilitators. In this double breathwork workshop, each person will experience four Holotropic Breathwork® sessions (two as abreather/two as a sitter), a talk on sacred geometry and the
process of creating sand mandalas, creation of a group sand mandala, sound healing session,
sharing circles, mandala drawing and an evening community fire gathering.
This workshop can help you reconnect with your own inner healing wisdom.This workshop is open to new breathers, experienced breathers, those in the Grof Transpersonal Training community,
Grof Legacy Training community, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies or anyone interested inHolotropic Breathwork, Sacred Geometry or the healing nature of mandalas. This workshop is approved by Grof Transpersonal Training for completion ofthe double breathwork requirements for the online training modules. It is alsoapproved by Grof Legacy Training to
meet the breathwork requirements for their training program.
This work can support inner exploration, healing trauma, self-discovery,working with
anxiety and depression, connection to self and others andspiritual awareness.
To register, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Geoff Fitzpatrick, Sarah Hirigoyen and Staff
May 18-21, 2025
Holotropic Breathwork Double Breathwork Workshop
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Phoenicia, NY
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, John Stockberger and Jeffrey Warren
June 8-13, 2o25
Holotropic Breathwork and Nature Immersion Workshop
A 5 day Holotropic Breathwork
Double Breathwork Residential Workshop
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
West Stockbridge, MA
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Dr. Tom Francescott and Jeffrey Warren
Apprentice: DiVina Pridham
For more information, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
August 17-21, 2025
Follow the Call:
Integration of Psychedelic and Holotropic Experiences:
A 5 day Holotropic Breathwork Special Topics
Double Breathwork Workshop
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Phoenicia, NY
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Tomasz Kwiecińsk, John Stockberger and Team
To register, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
October 26-29, 2025
Healing the Hungry Ghost of Addictions: The Quest for Wholeness
A Holotropic Breathwork Special Topics
Double Breathwork Workshop
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Paul McCormack and John Stockberger
November 9-14, 2025
Holotropic Breathwork 5 day Retreat
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
West Stockbridge, MA
December 7-10, 2024
Deepening Presence and Self-Compassion: Moving Toward Wholeness
A Holotropic Breathwork
Double Breathwork Workshop Residential Workshop
Location to be announced
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, John Stockberger and Team
To register, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
Coming in 2026
Wild Women Retreat
A Holotropic Breathwork Self- Renewal Workshop for Women
Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful forces, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is WILD WOMAN.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Wild Man Awakens:
A Holotropic Breathwork Workshop for Men
SOUL STORIES:
A Holotropic Breathwork and Past-Life Regression
Double Breathwork Workshop
In this double breathwork workshop, we create a safe and supportive setting, with highly trained and experienced Grof Transpersonal Training Holotropic Breathwork certified facilitators.
Dr. McGlynn has been trained in Past Life Regression by Dr. Brian Weiss.
We begin with a talk on the theory and practice of Holotropic Breathwork and connect as a community.
Each person will experience four Holotropic Breathwork sessions (two as a breather/two as a sitter),
one past-life regression session (optional), integrative writing practice, nature spirit mask making, sound healing session, expressive arts with mandala drawing, group support and integration
through sharing circles and our evening fire ritual and community gatherine
PAST-LIFE REGRESSION SESSION IS AN ADD-ON SESSION AND IS OPTIONAL. FOR THOSE
WHO CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PAST-LIFE REGRESSION THERE WILL BE
A NATURE-BASED PRACTICE AVAILABLE DURING THAT TIME.
Wild Calm: Rewilding in Nature
A Holotropic Breathwork and Nature Immersion Workshop
Transforming Trauma: Healing Our Deepest Wounds
A Holotropic Breathwork Double Breathwork Residential Workshop
MOST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF TRAUMA IN OUR LIFETIME...
Surviving a pandemic, diagnosis and treatment of a medical illness, loss, abuse, addiction, violence, grief, social isolation, mental health challenges.... Trauma has the power to transform.
However, it is some of the most difficult work a person can ever do.
Trauma can impact your body, your mind and your spirit.
Holotropic Breathwork is a journey of moving toward wholeness. In this workshop, we create a safe and supportive setting, with highly trained and experienced Holotropic Breathwork certified facilitators, where you can begin to reconnect, heal and regain connection to your body, yourself and life. Holotropic Breathwork™ is a powerful experiential breathing process that allows for self-exploration and healing. With the eyes closed and lying on a mat, each person uses their own breath and the music in the room to enter an expanded state of consciousness. This state activates the natural inner healing potential of the breather, or "inner healer", which guides the experience.
This workshop includes four Holotropic Breathwork sessions (two as a breather/two as a sitter), a talk on the history and practice of Holotropic Breathwork, integrative writing practice, earthing (nature-based grounding practice), healing sound journey, creating art altars in nature, evening fire gathering, mandala drawing, 3 nights housing, 9 meals, connection, community and support.
Embracing The Shadow - A Journey of Self-Discovery
A Holotropic Breathwork Double Breathwork Retreat
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Phoenicia, NY
Out of the shadows and into the light...
Bringing the shadow into consciousness, and experientially knowing these parts of ourselves,
can allow us to discover our own inner strengths and resources. In a safe and supportive
setting, through the process of Holotropic Breathwork, we can start to reveal, reconnect,
integrate and heal these parts of ourselves.
All of our Holotropic Breathwork double breathwork workshops are approved by Grof Transpersonal Training to meet the requirements for in person double breathwork sessions for completion of the virtual modules.
All of our workshops are approved by Grof Legacy Training to meet the requirements for completion of the breathwork components of the training,
John Stockberger is a musician, certified Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator, certified Grof Legacy Training facilitator, Kundalini Yoga and meditation teacher and has a private healing practice. His work focuses on Inner Healer activation through authentic presence and touch, deep relaxation, intuitive guidance, chakra and polarity balancing, connection to Archaetypal realms, guided meditation, profound inner journeying, sound immersion, healing breath, physical, emotional and energetic realignment and release. He has studied with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Buddhist meditation, Qigong, Vipassana, Buddha Dharma and traditional Shipibo Conibo healing in the Amazon rainforest. John received his training in Past Life Regression from Dr. Brian Weiss. He teaches and facilitates Yoga and breathwork workshop in the United States and abroad.
Explore breathwork, nature, and sound healing
The New York Times described Holotropic Breathwork as “heart opening” and a way to heal yourself.
The therapeutic benefits of Holotropic Breathwork can include release and
healing of trauma, improving anxiety and depression, higher insights of spiritual understanding,
increased connection to self and others, and opening to compassion and love.
We invite you to experience the remarkable healing potential and therapeutic benefits
of Holotropic Breathwork®. Holotropic Breathwork™ a powerful breathwork practice that
allows for self-exploration and healing. With the eyes closed and lying on a mat, each person uses
their own breath and the music in the room to enter an expanded state of consciousness.
This state activates the natural inner healing potential of the breather, or
"inner healer", which guides the experience.
Program Highlights
Talk on the theory and practice of Holotropic Breathwork
Four Holotropic Breathwork Sessions
Shamanic Journey (Optional)
Guided Sound Bath
Nature-Based Mask Making
Interactive Q & A
Sharing Circles
Integration Talk
Mandala Drawing
Evening Fire Healing Ritual and Community Gathering
Schedule
Day 1: Check-in begins at 3:00. After check-in, there is a dinner at 6:00 followed by an opening circle and talk on the Theory and Practice of Holotropic Breathwork from 7:15 - 9:30.
Daily Activities: Each full day of retreat begins at 8:00am with breakfast and ends around 9:45 pm.
Monday and Tuesday there are two Holotropic Breathwork sessions. Our morning session is 9:15-12:15 and afternoon session is 2:15 - 5:15. Each day there are three meals and an evening sharing circle and integration acitvity.
Monday evening activity is a Sound Healing session
Tuesday evening activity is a Shamanic Journey, fire ceremony and community gathering
Last Day: There is a nature based mask making practice, a talk on integration and a closing circle followed by lunch from 12:30 - 1:30. The retreat officially ends after lunch.
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Menla is a 330-acre private nature reserve. Sitting at the head of a breathtaking glacial valley, it’s one of the
most beautiful parts of the Catskills. Stay in a range of deluxe accommodations or shared cabins set in fragrant woods and gardens with murmuring streams and trails nearby. Featuring spiritual and wellness retreats as
well as exclusive getaways, their world-class Dewa Spa offers one-of-a-kind experiences. Immerse yourself
in the magic of their pristine mountain forests. Explore hiking trails, encounter wildlife, and discover a rich tapestry of wellness experiences and activities. This includes workshops, yoga, meditation, Tibetan healing therapies, massages, bodywork, and so much more. From our Dewa Spa to fully equipped yoga and movement spaces, fitness room, and hiking trails, there’s so much to do. Explore the surrounding Catskill Forest
Preserve with guided hikes, river rafting, swimming, horseback riding, and more!
There is a $75 discount off cost of workshop and 20% discount on housing unitl November 22
This workshop is open to new or experienced breathers or anyone interested in experiencing Holotropic
Breathwork. This workshop is approved by Grof Transpersonal Training and Grof Legacy Training to meet the breathwork requirements of the training. For anyone in a psychedelic-assisted therapy training program, this workshop may fulfill your requirement for sitting for others in expanded states of consciousness.
CONTRAINDICATIONS: This workshop is not appropriate during pregnancy, for persons with cardiovascular disease including heart attacks and angina,
Severe or Uncontrolled Hypertension, Severe Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Epilepsy, Glaucoma or Retinal Detachment, Recent Surgeries,
Recent Physical Injuries, Recent Infectious/Communicable Diseases, Asthma (if you have asthma, bring your inhaler to the workshop).
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, John Stockberger and Jeffrey Warren
To register, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
SACRED JOURNEYS:
A HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK
WINTER RETREAT
December 1-4, 2024
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Phoenicia, NY
Geoff Fitzpatrick is a certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator and guest teacher with Grof Transpersonal Training. He has studied psychology in Trinity College Dublin, and is a Graduate of the Milltown Institute of Theology where he studied spiritual enrichment. Geoff was introduced to Mandalas while studying the pioneering work of Carl G Jung and has spent the past 20 years exploring the intersection of geometry, spirituality and psychology through these symbols. Working with Mandalas has opened Geoff to the profound power Sacred Geometry possesses to influence states of consciousness. He has an active interest in modern consciousness research. Geoff has been constructing mandalas for 10 years and is driven to promote the transformative potential of these sacred circles. Geoff has hosted over 50 MandalaNature© in-person workshops over the last decade in Ireland. The construction of sacred sand mandalas during Geoff’s Mandalanature© sessions opens people to a deeper aspect of themselves by blending creativity, geometry, and mindfulness in a unique and special way. https://sacredgeometryacademy.com/geoff-fitzpatrick
Jeffrey Warren is an advanced healing arts practitioner and instructor trained in more than 20 modalities. He is a certified Holotropic Breathwork® Facilitator, Kundalini Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Fire Walk Instructor, Ecstatic Dance Facilitator, Sound Healer and Shamanic Practitioner. Jeffrey is an instructor of ThetaHealing®, Integrated Energy Therapy® and Magnified Healing (LI-III), plus holds triple Reiki Master Teacher certificates in Usui/Holy Fire III, Kundalini Reiki and Lightarian Reiki.
Additionally he is an Advanced Pranic Crystal Healer, certified in Melchizedek Method Level 5, Access Bars, and has trained in the Arcturian Healing Method® with Dr. Gene Ang, and BioGeomety® with Dr. Robert Gilbert. He has studied withglobal shamanic leaders and is a student of Sat Nam Rasayan. Jeffrey is deeply committed to personal discovery, spiritual growth and conscious evolution through the healing and spiritual arts.
Dr. Laurane McGlynn is a clinical psychologist who integrates mind/body medicine with holistic approaches to healing and transformation. She holds doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy and Masters degrees in Counseling Psychology and Child and Adolescent Therapy. In addition, she has advanced training and certifications in mindfulness-based stress reduction, somatic resourcing, Vipassana meditation, Family Systems Therapy, Past-Life Regression and Health Psychology. In 2023, she completed training in Mind/Body medicine from Harvard Medical School. In addition, she is currently enrolled in a Masters program in Integrative Medicine. Laurane has earned licensue as a psychologist in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. She is the Director of the Healing Space - an integrative medicine and wellness center in PA. She was certified as a Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator by Grof Transpersonal Training in 2015. Laurane received her Holotropic Breathwork training directly from Stan Grof, MD and the late Tav Sparks, former Director of Grof Transpersonal Training. She currently offers private workshops and multi-day double holotropic breathwork workshops through Grof Transpersonal Training.
Sarah Hirigoyen, MA is a Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator. Sarah was educated in Paris and London. She received a BSc. in Psychology from City University in London and an MA in Psychotherapy. She has always been fascinated in people and has enjoyed devoting her whole working life to understanding them deeper and better. Sarah worked in severe mental health and then went on to train in Integrative Psychotherapy, receiving UKCP and BACP accreditation. While working as a therapist she became curious in the enormous healing power of breathwork and expanded states of consciousness. She received her certification as a Holotropic Breathwork facilitator in 2015, and has since then been offering her own workshops with her wonderful spiritual friend Geoff Fitzpatrick. Sarah loves the idea of healing in community and creating a safe space within which healing happens. She hugely credits Holotropic Breathwork and the breathwork community for the breakthroughs and massive upgrades in her life, so it only feels right to bring it to other like-minded people. Sarah has a particular interest in neurodiversity.