Transpersonal Holotropic Breathwork Journeys
A Sun & Moon Dream Alchemists Offering
Healing Happens When We Remember We Are Whole
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Modern life often asks us to keep moving, keep producing, and keep holding everything together.
Yet beneath the stress, anxiety, grief, transitions, and unanswered questions many people carry is something deeper: an innate capacity for healing that has never been lost.
At Sun & Moon Dream Alchemists, we believe transformation does not come from fixing what is broken. It comes from creating the conditions in which your own inner healing intelligence can emerge.
Our Transpersonal Holotropic Breathwork Journeys offer a powerful opportunity to access expanded states of awareness through conscious connected breathing, evocative music, intentional community, and skilled facilitation.
This is not therapy.
It is not a lecture.
It is not a wellness trend.
It is an immersive experience designed to help you encounter yourself more deeply.
What Is Holotropic Breathwork?
Developed by psychiatrist Dr. Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof, holotropic breathwork uses accelerated conscious breathing, music, focused inner attention, and a carefully held container to facilitate non-ordinary states of consciousness.
Participants frequently report:
• Deep emotional release
• Increased clarity and self-understanding
• Access to unresolved grief or trauma
• Expanded states of awareness
• Greater connection to meaning, purpose, and spirituality
• A profound sense of inner peace and wholeness
Unlike psychedelic-assisted therapies, this work relies entirely on the wisdom of the body and the breath.
Nothing is added.
The journey emerges from within.
Why the Group Matters
The most transformative aspect of this work is often not the breathing itself.
It is the experience of being held in community.
Each participant alternates between the role of breather and sitter, creating a field of mutual presence, trust, and support.
In a culture marked by isolation, healing together can be remarkably powerful.
People often arrive believing they are alone in their struggles.
They leave having experienced genuine human connection.
The Science Behind the Experience
Research into conscious connected breathing continues to grow.
Studies have demonstrated benefits including reductions in anxiety, stress, depressive symptoms, and trauma-related distress. Research also suggests that breathwork can occasion profound states of consciousness associated with increased well-being, emotional processing, self-awareness, and psychological growth.
Many researchers now view breathwork as part of a broader exploration of non-ordinary states of consciousness, alongside meditation, contemplative practices, and psychedelic-assisted therapies.
A full research library is available for those interested in exploring the science in greater depth.
Is This Right for You?
This experience may be valuable if you are seeking:
• Relief from chronic stress, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm
• Healing from grief, loss, or significant life transitions
• Greater self-awareness and personal growth
• A deeper spiritual connection
• A powerful complement to therapy, coaching, or recovery work
• Meaningful community and human connection
No previous breathwork experience is required.
What a Typical Day Includes
• Opening circle and preparation
• Morning breathwork journey
• Integration and reflection
• Shared lunch break
• Afternoon breathwork journey
• Creative integration and group sharing
• Closing circle
• Half-Day events include a one-way breathe, circle, integration and snacks
Upcoming Journeys
Half Day Journeys
Full Day Journeys
Saturdays, 9am-6.30 pm, Collinsville, CT $175
February 28, 2026 FULL
September 26, 2026
June 6, 2026 FULL
Nov 7, 2026
Saturdays, noon-5.30 pm, Collinsville, CT $100
ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES
Jan 7, 2027 8-9.30 pm eastern
Jan 9, 2027 11 am-3 pm eastern
Jan 14, 2027 8-9.30 pm eastern
$225
This is more than a single breathwork session. We have designed it as a three-part journey because preparation, set and setting, community, and integration all matter.
We begin on January 7, from 8–9:30 p.m. Eastern, with an opening circle for intention-setting, preparation, questions, and connection. The breathwork session takes place on January 9, from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Eastern. We return on January 14, from 8–9:30 p.m. Eastern, for a closing circle devoted to integration, reflection, and sharing.
Holotropic breathwork belongs to the spectrum of psychedelic exceptional experiences. These experiences do not begin and end with the session itself. They unfold through preparation, relationship, meaning-making, and integration.
Many breathwork offerings end when the music stops. Ours does not. We create space before, during, and after the journey so that participants feel prepared, supported, and connected as the experience continues to unfold.
Research on psychedelic exceptional experiences also points to the importance of community, shared meaning, and a sense of togetherness in creating lasting benefit. Read the Psychedelic Communitas study.
You Already Carry the Capacity to Heal
The breath does not give you something you do not already possess.It simply creates the conditions for you to remember.If you feel called to explore what becomes possible when healing unfolds in community, we invite you to join us.
Want to read the research?
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Bahi, C., Irrmischer, M., Franken, K., Fejer, G., Schlenker, A., Deijen, J. B., & Engelbregt, H. (2024). Effects of conscious connected breathing on cortical brain activity, mood and state of consciousness in healthy adults. Current Psychology, 43, 10578–10589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05119-6
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Blake, R. L. (2026). Efficacy of online conscious connected breathwork in reducing symptoms of anxiety: A randomized waitlist control trial. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.120565
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de Wit, P. A. J. M., & Moraes Cruz, R. (2021). Treating PTSD with connected breathing: A clinical case study and theoretical implications. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 5, 100152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2020.100152
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Eyerman, J. (2013). A clinical report of Holotropic Breathwork in 11,000 psychiatric inpatients in a community hospital setting. MAPS Bulletin Special Edition. https://maps.org/news-letters/v23n1/v23n1_24-27.pdf
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Fincham, G. W., Strauss, C., Montero-Marin, J., & Cavanagh, K. (2023). Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials. Scientific Reports, 13, 432. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27247-y
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Fincham, G. W., Kartar, A., Uthaug, M. V., Anderson, B., Hall, L., Nagai, Y., Critchley, H., & Colasanti, A. (2023). High ventilation breathwork practices: An overview of their effects, mechanisms, and considerations for clinical applications. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 155, 105453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105453
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Havenith, M. N., Leidenberger, M., Brasanac, J., et al. (2025). Decreased CO₂ saturation during circular breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness. Communications Psychology, 3, Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00247-0
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Miller, T., & Nielsen, L. (2015). Measure of significance of Holotropic Breathwork in the development of self-awareness. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 21(12), 796–803. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2014.0297
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Rhinewine, J. P., & Williams, O. J. (2007). Holotropic Breathwork: The potential role of a prolonged, voluntary hyperventilation procedure as an adjunct to psychotherapy. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 13(4), 489–500. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2006.6203
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Puente, I. (2014). Holotropic Breathwork can occasion mystical experiences in the context of a daylong workshop. Journal of Transpersonal Research, 6(2), 1–15. https://transpersonaljournal.com/pdf/vol6-issue2/Puente%20JTR%206%282%29%20HB%20can%20occasion%20mystical%20experiences.pdf