Breathwork workshop in Mauricie, between August 4 and 6, 2023.

I want to reserve my place in a shared room or a private room.

We are happy to announce that we will do a Holotropic Breathwork week-end retreat, from Friday, August 4, to Sunday, August 6, 2023.

This retreat will revolve of course around a day of Holotropic Breathwork, August 5, but will include other activities aiming to prepare the breathwork and begin the integration process. This is a unique opportunity to deepen the work in a splendid natural setting.

All activities will be held at domaine Tavibois, in Herouxville, Quebec.

I want to reserve my place in a shared room or a private room.

Cost of the workshop: 425 $* (shared room** – two single beds) or 525 $* (private room)

The price includes: two Holotropic Breathwork sessions (one as a breather and one as a sitter), 6 meals*** and lodging in a shared or private bedroom.

*Plus taxes

**Indicates that you are willing to share a room with another participant. You do not have to be with another person to make this reservation. We will assign rooms.

***The food offered is vegetarian, gluten and dairy free. If you have allergies, please let us know. If you have a special diet incompatible with the menus we offer, you will have to take care of your own meals.

Contact us for more information.

WHO ARE WE?

Alain Menier got his certification as a holotropic breathwork facilitator in 2011 and has since organized over 80 group workshops and worked with over a thousand participants. He has given conferences about the relatioship between the perinatal experience and the psyche, as well as about Stan Grof’s work. He was the coordinator for Montreal for various studies sponsored by MAPS between 2017 and 2022. Since 2021, he contributes with Therapsil for their therapists training and act as a consultant for Numinus. He has a lifelong passion for music. Since the Fall of 2022, Alain joined the faculty for Grof Legacy Training Canada, who offers trainings in Grof Breathwork and psychedelic therapy.

Alain’s partner, Isabelle Clément, has followed Grof Transpersonal Training between 2008 and 2011 and has facilitated workshops with Alain since. She completed the first two years of traning with CRAM (Centre de relation d’aide de Montréal). In her early fifties, she went back to school to study ceramics. She uses this craft to explore creation and meditation. Her maternal and reassuring presence are always deeply appreciated during workshops.

WHAT IS HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK?

Holotropic Breathwork is a powerful approach to self-exploration and healing that integrates insights from modern consciousness research, anthropology, various depth psychologies, transpersonal psychology, Eastern spiritual practices, and mystical traditions of the world. The name Holotropicmeans literally “moving toward wholeness” (from the Greek “holos“=whole and “trepein“=moving in the direction of something).

The process itself uses very simple means: it combines accelerated breathing with evocative music in a special set and setting. With the eyes closed and lying on a mat, each person uses their own breath and the music in the room to enter a non-ordinary state of consciousness. This state activates the natural inner healing process of the individual’s psyche, bringing him or her a particular set of internal experiences. With the inner healing intelligence guiding the process, the quality and content brought forth is unique to each person and for that particular time and place. While recurring themes are common, no two sessions are ever alike.

Additional elements of the process include focused energy release work and mandala drawing. Holotropic Breathwork™ is usually done in groups, although individual sessions are also possible. Within the groups, people work in pairs and alternate in the roles of experiencer and “sitter”. The sitter’s role is simply to be available to assist the breather, not to interfere or interrupt the process. The same is true for trained facilitators, who are available as helpers if necessary.