Stan Grof on Breath and Non Ordinary States of Consciousness

Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature, bridge the gap between ancient wisdom and modern science, and reconcile the differences between Eastern spirituality and Western pragmatism.
- Stan Grof from Beyond the Brain
Holotropic Breath techniques to access transpersonal realms.
Stanislav Grof, professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, is one of the fathers of transpersonal psychology. 50yrs as a pioneering researcher into the use of altered states of consciousness as a method of healing, growth, and insight. Grof's unique approach was influenced by Sandoz Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Switzerland, when in 1954 they sent a sample of a newly-developed lysergic acid diethylamide to the lab Groff worked in, to be studied and reported on.