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About this Event
Holotropic Breathwork, Psychedelics & The Quest For Peace
Can "turning in" prevent us from "tuning out? Do we really contribute to the global peace movement by working on ourselves?
Stan Grof is a pioneer in the field of psychedelic therapy and has created a cartography of the psyche’s process of (self-) healing in “non-ordinary” or ‘expanded” or “holotropic” states. Sharanya has been a Traveler in these spaces and a student of Grof’s since 1996. This evening, she will offer a talk about Grof’s work, about how we have been using it since psychedelics were made illegal, and then what the recent resurgence of psychedelic work could mean for those of who choose to take this road. The miracle of Holotropic Breathwork, created because entheogens became illegal, is that psychedelic work is now available without the substances. Same road, different vehicles.
Sharanya will share some of Grof’s methods and insights and discuss her own experiences in the field – as participant and facilitator. Her focus will be on the notion of creating a peace process through this spiritual modality. How we think of ourselves colors how we think of the world. And our thoughts become our actions.
Price: $30 early Bird; $35 on the day of.
Time: 7 pm.
Sharanya Naik is a practitioner of Holotropic Breathwork™, a school teacher and leader, a bodyworker, and a spiritual traveler with deep roots in (the best parts of) Hinduism. She has been working in expanded states of consciousness since 1996, was certified as a Holotropic Breathwork facilitator in 2003, and has since facilitated the Holotropic process for groups and individuals in many cities in the US and in India. She was the editor of The Inner Door – a journal for Holotropic Breathwork practitioners. She is a certified funeral celebrant and has been a hospice volunteer. Sharanya is a student of many kinds of bodywork. She is a certified massage therapist and was an Indian Classical and American Modern Dancer for most of her life. She has been a student of Peruvian shamanism for 20 years.
Event Venue
The Center SF, 548 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, United States
USD 30.00 to USD 35.00