Throughout history, virtually every culture has provided an opportunity and a method to access nonordinary states of consciousness for inner exploration and healing. These methods have included drumming, chanting, dancing, fasting, ingesting psychoactive plants, altering breathing patterns, and many others. Drawing from centuries of such wisdom and adding insights from modern consciousness research, breathwork facilitates access to all levels of human experience, including unfinished biographical material, birth memories, transpersonal phenomena, and residues of trauma stored in the body.
Conducted in pairs in a safe and supportive setting, the process uses accelerated breathing, evocative music, and focused body work to transcend normal limitations and empower the inner healer. Group sharing allows integration of the nonordinary experience with daily life.
Facilitated by Ted Riskin, LCSW and Amy Borskey Duffer, MA, LCAS.
Location
Fairview Space for Transformation
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Tuition
$110 if paid before January 4
$125 otherwise
Scholarships are available - don't be shy to ask!
In any case, a payment is required to hold your space.
Advance registration is required. Please contact Amy or Ted if you have any questions or concerns.
Agenda
Anyone who is new to breathwork, or who wants a refresher, is invited to arrive at 12:45 for a review of the breathing technique and to get any questions answered. After the rest of the group arrives, we begin with introductions at 1:00. We then make sure everyone has a partner for the day and prepare for the breathwork. We conduct two breathing sessions to music of approximately 80 minutes, each participant having a chance to experience the breathwork as well as to hold space for a partner. We end with group sharing of any material that arose during the day.
Health & Safety
With fans and a large area of windows, we can create effective ventilation, somewhat dependent on the temperature outside. However, keep in mind that you will be in a room where people are breathing in and out with gusto. Of course, if you are not well on the day of the workshop, we ask that you stay home.
Resources
Ted Riskin is a psychotherapist specializing in relationship issues and transpersonal psychology. Along with certifications in Core Energetics, hypnotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Breath Therapy, and EMDR, he is certified in Holotropic Breathwork by Stanislav Grof, MD. He served for five years as President of the Association for Holotropic Breathwork International (AHBI) and eight years as the music editor for The Inner Door. He has been facilitating Holotropic workshops regularly since January 1997, except for during the pandemic years, when he switched to offering breathwork online. In March 2022, drawing on his experience leading breathwork workshops, he began offering Group Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Amy Borskey Duffer is a Board-Certified Dance/movement Therapist, Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor, and a Psychedelic Integration and Transformational Recovery Coach, certified by Being True to You. She has been exploring the use of psychedelics and non-ordinary states of consciousness for healing and expansion since 2019. While all aspects of the psychedelic journey are important, she has particular interest in the integration phase — exploring how to take what is learned during an experience into our lives to achieve growth and wholeness. Amy has extensive experience in holding loving space for seekers of peace and healing with a background in both group and individual therapy work. You can find out more about her and her work here.
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO ITS STRENUOUS NATURE, THIS WORKSHOP IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN OR ANYONE WITH HEART DISEASE, SEVERE HYPERTENSION, EPILEPSY, GLAUCOMA, OR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.