About this Retreat
Dr. Laurane McGlynn, PsyD is a clinical psychologist who integrates mind/body medicine, psychotherapy, mindfulness, meditation, Holotropic Breathwork, nature- based practices and functional medicine to support 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.
Dr, McGlynn has devoted the past 25 years to working as a clinical psychologist, helping and supporting others who have been managing psychological and medical issues. She specializes in working with individuals with trauma, chronic medical illnesses and cancer but her work spans the whole spectrum of human experience.
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 2025, 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 licensure as a psychologist in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. She is the Director of the A Healing Space - A Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness in Pennsylvania. She was certified as a Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator in 2015. Laurane received her Holotropic Breathwork training directly from Stan Grof, MD and the late Tav Sparks, former Director of Grof Transpersonal Training. Her work is heart-centered, compassionate, intuitive and empowering.
Dr. McGlynn offers Holotropic Breathwork workshops throughout the United States and Canada to private groups. organizations, educational institutions, spiritual and religious groups, medical schools, psychedelic-assisted therapy program. Publications: Opening Inward: A Collection of poetry from the Inner World of Holotropic Breathwork Paperback – May 3, 2018. Available through Amazon.com.
www.drlauranemcglynn.com
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
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.
Details of this retreat
This workshop will explore how Holotropic Breathwork®, Sacred Geometry and creating a sand mandala can facilitate healing, our desire for transcendence, wholeness and connection to our Divine Nature.
You are invited to join us to experience the remarkable healing potential and therapeutic benefits of Holotropic Breathwork®, a powerful breathwork practice that allows for self-exploration, transformation and healing. With eyes closed and lying on a mat, you will use your 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.
Holotropic Breathwork is a tool for bringing unconscious material into conscious awareness. It can serve as a portal into the unconscious, allowing participants to access, process, and release unprocessed memories, trauma, and repressed emotions. For centuries, and across many cultures, expanded states of consciousness have been used as a tool for transformation and healing.
The therapeutic benefits of Holotropic Breathwork® can include release and healing of trauma and grief, improving anxiety and depression, supporting recovery from addiction, higher insights of spiritual understanding, increased connection to self and others, and opening to compassion and love.
In this workshop, you will also have the rare opportunity to explore the Myth and Mystery of Sacred Geometry and participate in the transformative experience of creating a group sand mandala under the guidance of our dynamic Sacred Geometry teacher and Holotropic Breathwork facilitator from Ireland, Geoff Fitzpatrick. Our highly trained and experienced team of clinical psychologist Dr. Laurane McGlynn and psychotherapist and trauma specialist, Sarah Hirigoyen from England, will support and guide you on your Holotropic journey of self-discovery and healing.
In this double breathwork workshop, each person will experience four Holotropic Breathwork® sessions (two as a breather/two as a sitter), an introductory talk on Holotropic Breathwork, an interactive presentation on sacred geometry and the process of creating sand mandalas, creation of a group sand mandala, sound healing session, sharing circles, mandala drawing, an evening dance celebration and a closing healing ritual and ceremony with the sand mandala.
This workshop is open to new breathers, experienced breathers or anyone interested in Holotropic Breathwork, Sacred Geometry or the healing nature of mandalas. 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.
Schedule:
Sunday, April 4
3 pm Check-in begins
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 8 pm Opening Circle
8 - 9:30 pm Talk: Introduction to Holotropic Breathwork
Monday, April 5
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:15 am - 12:30 pm Holotropic Breathwork #1 - Please arrive by 9
1 - 2 pm Lunch
2:15 - 5:30 pm Holotropic Breathwork #2
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 8:45 pm Sharing Circle
8:45 - 9:15 pm Sound Healing Session
Tuesday, April 6 – Mandala Day
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9 am - 12 pm Introduction to Sacred Geometry talk, The Mandala Nature Process, Preparation for the Journey
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 pm Free Time
2:15 - 5:30 pm Creation of Group Sand Mandala
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Mandala Meditation with Screen Presentation/ Sharing Circle
Wednesday, April 7
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:15 am - 12:30 pm Holotropic Breathwork #3 – Please arrive by 9
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
2: 15 - 5:30 pm Holotropic Breathwork #4
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 9 pm Sharing Circle
9 - 9:45 pm Dance Celebration
Thursday, April 8
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9 - 9:45 am Integration Talk
10 - 11 am Closing Ceremony with Sand Mandala
11:15 am - 12 pm Closing Circle
12:30 -1:30 pm Lunch
2 pm Departure
*Please note this schedule is subject to change.
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