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| Unnaturalistic Methods: H, 26/1/2005 |
| HaelanWork: "Complementary healing therapy" that purportedly blends centering prayer (see "divine therapy"), "healing dialogue," Holotropic Breathwork, meditation, and Therapeutic Touch. Holotropic Breathwork (Grof breathwork, holonomic breathwork, holonomic therapy, holotropic breath therapy, holotropic therapy): Psychotherapeutic technique developed in the 1970s by Czechoslovakian-born psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, M.D., and his wife, Christina Grof, author of The Thirst for Wholeness. It involves breathwork (hyperventilation), sound technology (mainly loud music), and the drawing of mandalas (aids to meditation), and it may include "focused bodywork." Holotropic Breathwork is an alleged access to one's "natural healing energies." It purportedly can induce "transpersonal experiences," which, according to Dr. Grof, can provide information about any "aspect" of the universe in the present, past, and future.
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| Unnaturalistic Methods: I, 14/6/1997 |
| integral counseling psychology: Form of psychotherapy taught at the California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco. It encompasses bioenergetics, Gestalt therapy, holotropic therapy (see "Holotropic Breathwork"), Integral Yoga, psychosynthesis, "spiritual mind healing," Taoism, and "Theosophical Therapy." One of its major premises is that one can help humans to contact and activate their "inner organizing center for holistic living."
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| Unnaturalistic Methods: T, 4/6/1997 |
| Carl Jung (see "Jungian psychology") apparently was the first to use the expression "transpersonal" (überpersönlich), in 1917. Psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, the codeveloper of Holotropic Breathwork, coined the name "transpersonal psychology."
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