375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States
March 30 - April 3, 2025
About this Retreat
Dr. Laurane McGlynn, PsyD is a clinical psychologist who integrates mind/body medicine, psychotherapy, mindfulness, meditation, functional medicine and shamanic practices 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. 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 licensure as a psychologist in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. She is the Director of the Center for Counseling and Wellness - an integrative holistic healing center in PA. 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.
www.drlauranemcglynn.com
Publications: Opening Inward: A Collection of poetry from the Inner World of Holotropic
Breathwork Paperback – May 3, 2018. Available through Amazon.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
A Holotropic Breathwork 5-Day Double Breathwork Residential Workshop
We invite you for a rare opportunity to join Dr. Laurane McGlynn, special guest facilitator from England Sarah Hirigoyen, and special guest teacher from Ireland, Geoff Fitzpatrick 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™ is a powerful experiential breathing process that allows 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 an expanded 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 a breather/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 in Holotropic Breathwork, Sacred Geometry or the healing nature of mandalas. This workshop is approved by Grof Transpersonal Training for completion of the double breathwork requirements for the online training modules. It is also approved 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 and spiritual awareness.
*Contraindications: pregnancy, serious heart conditions, epilepsy, glaucoma, retinal detachment, history of severe mental or emotional disorders, acute infectious disease, and recent injury or surgery.
For more information or to register please use this link or email drmcglynn6@gmail.com.
Schedule
Sunday, March 30
3 - 6 pm Arrival & Check-in
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 8 pm Opening Circle
8 - 9:30 pm Talk: The Theory and Practice of Holotropic Breathwork
Monday, March 31
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:15 am - 12:15 pm Holotropic Breathwork #1 – Please arrive by 9
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 pm Break
2:30 - 5:30 pm Holotropic Breathwork #2 – Please arrive by 2:15
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 8:45 pm Sharing Circle
8:45 - 9:15 pm Sound Healing Session
Tuesday April 1
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:15 am - 12:15 pm Sacred Geometry Preparation Talk
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
2 - 6 pm Group Sand Mandala Creation
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Group Sharing Circle
Wednesday, April 2
8 - 9 Breakfast
9:15 -12:15 Holotropic Breathwork #3 – Please arrive by 9
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 pm Break
2:30 - 5:30 pm Holotropic Breathwork #4 – Please arrive by 2:15
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 9 pm Sharing Circle
9 - 10 pm Community Fire Gathering (Time and Weather Permitting)
Thursday, April 3
7 - 11 am Check-out of Rooms
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:30 - 10 am Integration Talk
10 - 11 am Closing Circle
11 am - 12:30 pmClosing Ceremony with Sand Mandala
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
2:00 – Departure
*Schedule subject to change at any time.
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