Holotropic Breathwork high-control facilitator circles
Stanislav Grof's intensive hyperventilation practice. Mainstream training (Grof Transpersonal Training) is non-coercive; specific high-control facilitator-led communities have produced ex-participant accounts.
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BITE breakdown
0 — Stanislav Grof's mainstream training is non-coercive; specific high-control facilitator communities documented.
Profile facts
In context
Holotropic Breathwork was developed by Stanislav and Christina Grof in the 1970s. The mainstream Grof Transpersonal Training programme is non-coercive. Specific facilitator-led intensive communities have produced ex-participant accounts of psychological harm without adequate clinical support, financial-extraction patterns, and parasocial dynamics around individual lead facilitators.
Key control doctrines
- Holotropic breathwork methodology
- Transpersonal psychology framework
This profile is in progress — history, deeper BITE evidence and survivor voices are still being added. Contributions welcome via GitHub.
Timeline
- 1976Holotropic Breathwork developed by Grof
Sources
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