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Holotropic Breathwork: the potential role of a prolonged, voluntary hyperventilation procedure as an adjunct to psychotherapy.
Rhinewine JP, Williams OJ. Rhinewine JP, et al. J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Sep;13(7):771-6. doi: 10.1089/acm.2006.6203. J Altern Complement Med. 2007. PMID: 17931070 Review.
OBJECTIVES: To pose the question of whether Holotropic Breathwork (HB), a prolonged, voluntary hyperventilation procedure, might be useful in treatment of common psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depressive disorders. ...
OBJECTIVES: To pose the question of whether Holotropic Breathwork (HB), a prolonged, voluntary hyperventilation procedure, mig …
High ventilation breathwork practices: An overview of their effects, mechanisms, and considerations for clinical applications.
Fincham GW, Kartar A, Uthaug MV, Anderson B, Hall L, Nagai Y, Critchley H, Colasanti A. Fincham GW, et al. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2023 Dec;155:105453. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105453. Epub 2023 Nov 2. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2023. PMID: 37923236 Free article. Review.
High Ventilation Breathwork (HVB) refers to practices employing specific volitional manipulation of breathing, with a long history of use to relieve various forms of psychological distress. ...
High Ventilation Breathwork (HVB) refers to practices employing specific volitional manipulation of breathing, with a long history of …
Decreased CO(2) saturation during circular breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness.
Havenith MN, Leidenberger M, Brasanac J, Corvacho M, Carmo Figueiredo I, Schwarz L, Uthaug M, Rakusa S, Bernardic M, Vasquez-Mock L, Pérez Rosal S, Carhart-Harris R, Gold SM, Jungaberle H, Jungaberle A. Havenith MN, et al. Commun Psychol. 2025 Apr 13;3(1):59. doi: 10.1038/s44271-025-00247-0. Commun Psychol. 2025. PMID: 40223145 Free PMC article.
Scientific studies of breathwork are only just emerging and its physiological and psychological mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, we track physiological and experiential dynamics throughout a breathwork session, comparing two forms of breathwork: Holot …
Scientific studies of breathwork are only just emerging and its physiological and psychological mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, …
Measure of Significance of Holotropic Breathwork in the Development of Self-Awareness.
Miller T, Nielsen L. Miller T, et al. J Altern Complement Med. 2015 Dec;21(12):796-803. doi: 10.1089/acm.2014.0297. Epub 2015 Nov 13. J Altern Complement Med. 2015. PMID: 26565611 Free PMC article.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether Holotropic Breathwork (HB; Grof Transpersonal Training, Mill Valley, CA) has any significance in the development of self-awareness. ...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether Holotropic Breathwork (HB; Grof Transpersonal Training, Mill Valley, CA) has any significa …
Hypoxia, Psychedelics, and Terminal Lucidity: A Perspective on Neuroplasticity and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.
Zhang J, Du X, Li X, Lv X, Wang X. Zhang J, et al. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci. 2025 Aug 12;8(9):2848-2854. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.5c00440. eCollection 2025 Sep 12. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci. 2025. PMID: 40969901 Review.
This perspective explores the hypothesis that controlled reductions in oxygen availability whether through psychedelics, near-death experiences, meditation, holotropic breathwork, or hypoxia therapies trigger calcium signaling pathways that promote synaptogenesis an …
This perspective explores the hypothesis that controlled reductions in oxygen availability whether through psychedelics, near-death experien …
Applying intervention mapping approach to a program for early intervention in first-episode mental crisis of a psychotic type.
Machado DM, Murta SG, da Costa II. Machado DM, et al. Psicol Reflex Crit. 2020 Mar 13;33(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s41155-020-00141-0. Psicol Reflex Crit. 2020. PMID: 32170555 Free PMC article.
This article describes the needs assessment, implementation, and evaluation of an experiential and educational program on the holotropic mind perspective and its praxis, Holotropic Breathwork (HB), with students and professionals from the Group for Early Int …
This article describes the needs assessment, implementation, and evaluation of an experiential and educational program on the holotropic …
A proposal to evaluate mechanistic efficacy of hallucinogens in addiction treatment.
Burdick BV, Adinoff B. Burdick BV, et al. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2013 Sep;39(5):291-7. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2013.811513. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2013. PMID: 23968172
The proposed design would evaluate abstinence outcomes in a population of prescription opioid abusers after exposure to one of three conditions: a drug-induced altered state using psilocybin, a non-drug-induced altered state via hyperventilation (Holotropic Breathwork …
The proposed design would evaluate abstinence outcomes in a population of prescription opioid abusers after exposure to one of three conditi …
Janet Quinn, RN, PhD. Therapeutic touch and a healing way. Interview by Bonnie Horrigan.
Quinn J. Quinn J. Altern Ther Health Med. 1996 Jul;2(4):69-75. Altern Ther Health Med. 1996. PMID: 8795925
Quinn is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, and is active in a diverse group of professional organizations including the American Nurses Association, American Holistic Nurses Association, Association for Holotropic Breathwork International, Association for Transpersonal P …
Quinn is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, and is active in a diverse group of professional organizations including the American Nurses Associati …