Is experienced through sacred technologies, developed by ancient and aboriginal cultures, for ritual and spiritual purposes. This may include a combination of sound technologies (e.g., drumming, evocative music, chanting), dancing, shifts in breathing, sensory and social deprivation/isolation, stays in specific types of environmental regions (e.g., arctic, desert, high mountains, etc.), and psychedelic plant medicines. Non-ordinary states of consciousness can be experienced through various meditation techniques for awareness, Shamanic techniques, Rebirthing, neo-Reichian approaches, and Holotropic Breathwork.
Published in Chapter:
Intuit What You Need: Within and Through an Immersion in the Holotropic Breathwork Community
Derek Galanto (Saybrook University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3665-0.ch009
Abstract
One research question guided the autoethnographic inquiry: “What is the experience of intuition and immersion in the Holotropic Breathwork community?” The experience of intuition and Holotropic Breathwork are subjective. An autoethnography is proposed to allow focus on personal and evocative narratives of the author. Specifically, Jones, Adams, and Ellis method for autoethnographic data analysis was followed to bring the reader into the experience while being vulnerable. Data analysis revealed (1) appropriate set and setting, (2) mutual support, and (3) self-trust as salient themes. Future considerations to inform possible alternatives and integrative methods for coping with anxiety, depression, and enhancing quality decision making given the experience of intuition and immersions in the Holotropic Breathwork community are discussed.