375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States
October 19 - 22, 2025
About this Retreat
Dr. Laurane McGlynn, PsyD is a clinical psychologist who integrates mind/body medicine, psychotherapy, mindfulness, meditation, Holotropic Breathwork, functional medicine and shamanic practices to support healing and transformation. She holds doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy and Masters degrees in Counseling Psychology and Child and Adolescent Therapy. In addition, she has advanced training and certifications in mindfulness- based stress reduction, somatic resourcing, Vipassana meditation, Family Systems Therapy, Past Life Regression and Health Psychology. In 2023, she completed training in Mind/Body medicine from Harvard Medical School. In addition, she is currently enrolled in a Masters program in Integrative Medicine.
Laurane has earned licensure as a psychologist in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. She is the Director of the
A Healing Space - A Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness in Pennsylvania. She was certified as a Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator in 2015. Laurane received her Holotropic Breathwork training directly from Stan Grof, MD and the late Tav Sparks, former Director of Grof Transpersonal Training. Her work is heart-centered, compassionate, intuitive and empowering Dr. McGlynn offers Holotropic Breathwork workshops throughout the United States and Canada and trainings to psychedelic-assisted therapy programs. Publications: Opening Inward: A Collection of poetry from the Inner World of Holotropic Breathwork Paperback – May 3, 2018. Available through Amazon.com.
www.drlauranemcglynn.com
Geoff Fitzpatrick is a certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator and guest teacher with Grof Transpersonal Training. He has studied psychology in Trinity College Dublin, and is a Graduate of the Milltown Institute of Theology where he studied spiritual enrichment.
Geoff was introduced to Mandalas while studying the pioneering work of Carl G Jung and has spent the past 20 years exploring the intersection of geometry, spirituality and psychology through these symbols. Working with Mandalas has opened Geoff to the profound power Sacred Geometry possesses to influence states of consciousness. He has an active interest in modern consciousness research.
Geoff has been constructing mandalas for 10 years and is driven to promote the transformative potential of these sacred circles. Geoff has hosted over 50 MandalaNature© in-person workshops over the last decade in Ireland. The
construction of sacred sand mandalas during Geoff’s Mandalanature© sessions opens people to a deeper aspect of themselves by blending creativity, geometry, and mindfulness in a unique and special way.
https://sacredgeometryacademy.com/geoff-fitzpatrick
Sarah Hirigoyen, MA is a Holotropic Breathwork® facilitator and psychotherapist. Sarah was educated in Paris and London and received a BSc. in Psychology and a MA in Psychotherapy from City University in London. She began her training in the mental health field working with individuals with severe and pervasive mental health issues in a hospital and community setting. She has been in the mental health field guiding individuals toward health and healing for over 25 years and became an accredited Integrative Psychotherapist in 2000. She is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
Sarah has received training in shadow work, cognitive-behavioral therapy, attachment theory and transpersonal therapy. Sarah specializes in working with trauma, anxiety and self-improvement. She has been trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). This form of psychotherapy is designed to help individuals process and recover from traumatic experience. Sarah also has a particular interest in neurodiversity.
She has always been fascinated in people and has devoted her professional life to understanding them on a deeper level. While working as a therapist Sarah became curious about the enormous healing power of breathwork and expanded states of consciousness. In 2015, she received her certification as a Holotropic Breathwork facilitator from Grof Transpersonal Training and was trained by Stan Grof.
Sarah has been offering her own Holotropic Breathwork workshops throughout the United Kingdom and the United States. Sarah loves the idea of healing in community and creating a safe space within which healing happens. She attributes Holotropic Breathwork, and the breathwork community, for the breakthroughs and transformations in her life. That has been the catalyst and motivation for her to invite others to experience the healing potential of Holotropic Breathwork.
Details of this retreat
A Holotropic Breathwork Workshop
It is hard to imagine the scope of an individual life without envisioning some kind of trauma, and it is hard for most people to know what to do about it -Mark Epstein
MOST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF TRAUMA IN OUR LIFETIME...
Surviving a pandemic, diagnosis and treatment of a medical illness, loss, abuse, addiction, violence, grief, social isolation, mental health challenges.... Trauma has the power to transform. However, it is some of the most difficult work a person can ever do. Trauma can impact your body, your mind and your spirit.
Holotropic Breathwork is a journey of moving toward wholeness. In this workshop, we create a safe and supportive setting, with highly trained and experienced Holotropic Breathwork certified facilitators, where you can begin to reconnect, heal and regain connection to your body, yourself and life.
The New York Times described Holotropic Breathwork as an effective way to heal yourself and improve mood. The therapeutic benefits of Holotropic Breathwork can include releasing and healing trauma, improving anxiety and depression, higher insights of spiritual understanding, increased connection to self and others, and opening to compassion and love.
Holotropic Breathwork™ is a powerful experiential breathing process that allows for self- exploration and healing. With the eyes closed and lying on a mat, each person uses their own breath and the music in the room to enter an expanded state of consciousness. This state activates the natural inner healing potential of the breather, or "inner healer", which guides the experience.
In this workshop you will experience:
Four Holotropic Breathwork sessions (two as a breather/two as a sitter)
Introductory talk on Holotropic Breathwork.
Engaging with Nature – Forest Bathing Practice and Foraging in Nature
Healing Sound Journey
Creative Expression through Art (Mask Making and Mandala Drawing)
Evening Fire Ritual and Healing Ceremony
Loving-Kindness Meditation
Journaling for Reflection and Release/ Integrative Writing Practice
Group Support and Connection
This workshop is open to new breathers, experienced breathers, those in the GTT Holotropic facilitator training, Grof Legacy Training or anyone interested in experiencing Holotropic Breathwork. For those who are in a psychedelic-assisted therapy training program or MAPS training, this workshop may fulfill your requirement for practical experience sitting for others in expanded states of consciousness.
This workshop is approved by Grof Transpersonal Training to meet the requirements for an in person double breathwork session for completion of the virtual modules. This workshop is approved by Grof Legacy training to meet the breathwork requirements of the training program.
To register, please email drmcglynn6@gmail.com
CONTRAINDICATIONS: This workshop is not appropriate during pregnancy, for persons with cardiovascular disease including heart attacks and angina, Severe or Uncontrolled Hypertension, Severe Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), Epilepsy, Glaucoma or Retinal Detachment, Osteoporosis, Recent Surgeries, Recent Physical Injuries, Recent Infectious/Communicable Diseases, Asthma (if you have asthma, bring your inhaler to the workshop).
Schedule
Sunday, October 19
3 pm Check-in Begins
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 8 Opening Circle
8 - 9:30 Talk: Introduction to Holotropic Breathwork and Working with Trauma
Monday, October 20
8 - 9 - Breakfast
9:15 am - 12:15 pm Holotropic Breathwork #1 - Please arrive by 9 am
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 2 pm Foraging in Nature for Mask Making on Wednesday morning
2 - 2:30 pm Break/Self-Care Time
2:30 - 5:30 pm Holotropic Breathwork #2 - Please arrive by 2:15 to set up
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 8:30 pm Sharing Circle
8:45 - 9:30 pm Sound Healing Session/Loving-Kindness Meditation
Tuesday, October 21
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:15 am - 12:15 pm Holotropic Breathwork #3 (Please arrive by 9 am to set up)
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 pm Forest Bathing Practice or Self-Care Time
2:30 - 5:30 Holotropic Breathwork #3 - Please arrive by 2:15 to set up
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:15 - 8:15 pm Sharing Circle
8:30 - 9:30 pm Community Fire Gathering and Healing Ritual
Wednesday, October 22
8 - 9 am Breakfast/Room Check-Out
9:15 - 10:30 am Mask Making
10:30 - 11 am Integrative Writing Practice
11 am - 12:15 pm Integration Talk/Closing Circle
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
2 pm Departure
*Please note that the schedule is subject to change at any time.
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