Healing Our Deepest Wounds: The Holotropic Paradigm Shift

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH AMAZON ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS BOOK NEVER ARRIVED...ALL OF THE "ROBOTIC" WAYS TO SAY ANYTHING DON'T HAVE A PERSON TO TALK TO! I DO UNDERSTAND FROM BARNES AND NOBLE THAT THE BOOK IS "PRINTED ON DEMAND" SO I ASSUME THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE ORDER SENT FROM AMAZON AND THE HOLOTROPIC GROUP, THERE IS ALSO NO COMMUNICATION.SO, I ADVISE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO READ THIS BOOK EITHER ORDER IT AND PAY THE FULL PRICE FROM THE STAN GROF GROUP, WHICH IS A FEW DOLLARS MORE, BUT IT'S REAL...OR ORDER FROM BARNES AND NOBLE WHERE IT COMES IN ABOUT 5 DAYS.I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MY $14.95 BACK FROM AMAZON SO I HOPE THIS IS READ AND SOMEONE READS THIS AND CONSIDERS IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A WAY FOR CUSTOMERS TO CONTACT A REAL PERSON!IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ THIS VERY GOOD BOOK, I SUGGEST YOU ORDER IT FROM BARNES AND NOBLE

This book was amazing to read after going through a Holotrophic workshop. It helped me understand my experiences during the workshop better and clearer. I achieved substantial healing and my experience was cathartic. I admire Dr. Grof and his work.

Truly. This book summarizes Stan Grof's most important findings and essentially, is his life's work. My husband & I signed up for the Holotropic Breathwork course immediately after reading this book. We owe it to ourselves and our children to ... transcend. Get this amazing book now!

I find Stan Grof to be eminently readable. While he’s brilliant and a doctor he writes for laypeople like myself. And while I’m enjoying this book—I just started it and I’m almost halfway through—the title has nothing to do with the content inside. This is a historical volume, it offers no concrete ways to heal our wounds; he alludes to the fact but nonetheless he talks nothing about how to heal with Holotropic breathwork or how to heal with psychedelics or plant medicines. I find that quite disappointing…albeit a fascinating historical account and read. If you’re looking for a way to use Psychedelics, Holotropic substances, or Breathwork to heal trauma, this is not the book. And I am a huge fan.

Grof's writing is spectacular, his understanding of consciousness is beyond anything else available to read and allows for a non-academic to understand & processHighly recommended

This is one of the finest books I have read in a couple of years! WOW! Stan is a Sage!!!

Provides some answers on questions and explains some experiences I have been looking for for years now.A definitive Aha-experience

Brilliant book by an brilliant mind!

Este libro es una obra de arte de la práctica en respiraciones terapéuticas.Lo recomiendo ampliamente para todos aquellos interesados en la limpieza profunda del espacio interior

Das Buch ist großartig, besonders wenn man eine Zusammenfassung des Lebenswerkes von Stanislav Grof sucht. Es gibt einem viel Motivation weiter an der "Bewußtseinsrevolution" mit zu helfen!

Stanislav Grof is one of the pioneers of transpersonal psychology who has spent over fifty years exploring consciousness and various ways of accessing it, including breathwork and LSD. He is a qualified psychiatrist whose researches are thorough and disciplined, and his work on LSD was on the scientifically and ethically disciplined end of the research, far from the "tune in and drop out" aspects that lead to the drug being banned.However, Grof's observations have also lead him to the radical conclusion that the current scientific paradigm is inadequate to explain what he has observed. He holds the view that a greater awareness of consciousness will make for a radical change in our view of ourselves. In doing this he has surveyed various forms of psychotherapy (including Freudian, Rankian and Jungian approaches) to develop an inclusive approach that addresses different levels of consciousness including the instinctual, personal, existential and archetypal.This is inevitably controversial in some conventional areas. I will leave readers to make their own mind up over these issues, though personally, I have found Grof's observations useful. What we get here is a succinct guide to his ideas that is engaging and and clear. Grof is also literate on the philosophical differences which lead him to accept evidence that others will discount.The book itself came about after Grof received an award from the former Czech President Vaclav Havel in 1997. It contains transcripts with speeches from the from the ceremony. There are also chapters on the history of transpersonal psychology, Grof's ideas about levels of consciousness, birth trauma, spiritual crisis, what his researches have revealed about the roots of violence, as well as on psychedelic research and a tribute to the discoverer of LSD Albert Hoffman.Readers familiar with Grof's work may find this holds little new for them. But the text is referenced for those who wish to follow up what is read here. That said there are some updates on some of his work. Those coming to Grof for the first time won't find a better short introduction even from the man himself.

the author gives us hope to healand we thank him for sharing his experiences and wisdomfor us he is a a master

interesting book, recommend it, scientifically based on an unconventional topic. may be of use for addicts and not only. very informative