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May 18-21, 2025
ReWilding:
A Holotropic Breathwork
and Nature Immersion Workshop
Explore the healing potential of
Holotropic Breathwork, nature, art and sound
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa, Phoenicia, NY
The ReWilding workshop is a four-day immersive retreat that integrates Holotropic Breathwork, mindfulness, sound healing and nature-based practices to work with the physical, emotional, relational and spiritual aspects of the human experience.
Holotropic Breathwork® is 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. The therapeutic benefits of Holotropic Breathwork can include releasing and healing trauma,
improving anxiety and depression, higher insights of spiritual understanding, increased
connection to self and others, and opening to compassion and love.
The retreat is suitable for a wide range of issues including chronic medical issues, chronic pain, relationship issues, professional or personal burnout, feeling stuck or trapped, loss of meaning and purpose, significant life transitions, grief and loss, depression and anxiety and support for those in recovery from addictions.
In this double breathwork workshop, you will experience:
Four Holotropic Breathwork® sessions (two as a breather/two as a sitter)
A Sound Healing session
Creating Nature Mandalas
Nature-based Mindfulness practices
Forest Meditation
A Woodland Evening Fire Gathering
Menla is set in a secluded valley beside an enchanting stream in the heart of the Catskill mountains. Menla is a modern resort and destination spa surrounded by thousands of acres of unspoiled wilderness. Explore hiking trails, encounter wildlife, and discover a rich tapestry of wellness experiences and activities. Menla also offers a full service spa, exercise room, meditation chapel, outdoor pool and gift shop.
Whether you are new to Holotropic Breathwork or highly experienced, this program can help you reconnect with your own inner healing wisdom. It is open to new or experienced breathers or anyone interested in learning more about this type of breathwork. It is also approved by Grof Transpersonal Training and Grof Legacy Training to meet the breathwork requirements of your 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.
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn and John Stockberger
Assistant: Dr. Aimon Kopera and Apprentice: Haley Schell
To register, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
*Contraindications: pregnancy, serious heart conditions, epilepsy, glaucoma, retinal detachment, history of severe mental or emotional disorders, acute infectious disease, and recent injury or surgery.
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
Join Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Dr. Tom Francescott and Jeffrey Warren and experience the remarkable healing potential and therapeutic benefits of Holotropic Breathwork®.
Holotropic Breathwork® is 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. The New York Times described holotropic breathwork as an effective way to heal yourself and improve mood (source). The therapeutic benefits of holotropic breathwork can include releasing and healing trauma, improving anxiety and depression, higher insights of spiritual understanding, increased connection to self and others, and opening to compassion and love.
In this double breathwork workshop, you will experience:
Four Holotropic Breathwork® sessions (two as a breather/two as a sitter)
A sound healing session
Nature-based practices
Mask making
Movie yoga
Expressive movement
Creating art altars in nature
An evening community fire gathering
Whether you are new to holotropic breathwork or highly experienced, this program can help you reconnect with your own inner healing wisdom. It is open to new or experienced breathers or anyone interested in learning more about this type of breathwork. It is also approved by Grof Transpersonal Training and Grof Legacy Training to meet the breathwork requirements of your 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.
To register please call Kripalu Center 413.448.3500
For more information https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/holotropic-breathwork-and-nature-immersion-workshop-journey-expanded-states
or 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 and John Stockberger
Guest Facilitator from Poland Tomasz Kwiecińsk and Special Guest: Dr. Aimon Kopera
To register, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
October 10-13, 2025
Sacred Journeys:
A Holotropic Breathwork and Shamanism
Double Breathwork Workshop
Pocono Mountains, PA
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn and John Stockberger
November 9-14, 2025
Holotropic Breathwork and Nature Immersion Workshop
A 5 day Retreat
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
West Stockbridge, MA
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, John Stockberger,
Yulia Meshoyrer and Guest Teacher: Dr. Aimon Kopera
Coming in 2026
March 29- April 2, 2026
Sacred Geometry and the Healing Nature of Mandalas
A Holotropic Breathwork Special Topics Workshop
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Phoenicia, NY
Facilitated by Dr. Laurane McGlynn, Geoff Fitzpatrick and Sarah Hirigoyen
May 17-20, 2026
Healing with Healers: THE POWER OF HUMAN CONNECTION
A Holotropic Breathwork Retreat for Healers
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Phoenicia, NY
August 9-12, 2026
Embracing The Shadow - A Journey of Self-Discovery
A Holotropic 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 create a space to reveal, reconnect, integrate and heal these parts of ourselves.
October 11-14, 2026
Transforming Trauma: Healing Our Deepest Wounds
A Holotropic Breathwork Workshop
Menla Mountain House and Dewa Spa
Phoenicia, NY
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.
December 2026
Lost and Found: Addictions and the Spiritual Quest for Wholeness
Healing the Hungry Ghost
Coming in 2027
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 gathering.
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
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 also approved by Grof Legacy Training to meet the requirements for completion of the breathwork components of the training.
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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.
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.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Dr. Laurane McGlynn
Private Practice
An Integrated Health and Wellness Center
Wholeness ∞ Awareness ∞ Energy ∞ Transformation ∞ Connection
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.
Aimon Kopera, MD, is a trailblazing leader in mind-body medicine. With over 30 years of experience, she has worked across diverse disciplines, including lifestyle medicine, psycho-spiritual health and consciousness exploration. Early in her career, she served with the United Nations medical team. As Thailand’s leading expert in psychedelic medicine, Dr. Aimon is a MAPS-certified therapist and has trained under the Grof® Legacy Training program based on Stan Grof’s research into psychedelic therapy, Holotropic Breathwork, transpersonal psychology and spiritual emergency. Her work integrates techniques that guide individuals on a transformative path of self-discovery, healing and expanded consciousness.
Dr. Kopera introduced the Gross National Trauma Index (GNT), a groundbreaking framework inspired by Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index. The GNT will quantify the societal burden of trauma across psychological, social, and economic dimensions. This is a radical shift, bringing trauma out of the shadows and putting it squarely on the agenda of global policymakers.
Haley Schell PT, DPT is a GTT Holotropic Breathwork Apprentice. She practices physical therapy in the state of Pennsylvania and js a Certified Associate Pranic Healer. Her own healing journey led her to Holotropic Breathwork after a personal loss. She attributes great healing and transformation to the work and the Holotropic Community. She is participating in the training program to become a GTT Holotropic Breathwork facilitator so she can support and hold space for others in their own healing and growth journeys.
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 with global 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. Jeffrey Warren is an advanced healing arts practitioner and instructor trained in more than 20 modalities. He is a Kundalini Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Fire Walk Instructor, Ecstatic Dance Facilitator, Sound Healer and Shamanic Practitioner.