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The Curious Beginner’s Guide to Holotropic Breathing

By Emma Loewe — 2020

To an outsider, that room in Costa Rica probably looked like the scene of a midday slumber party. Half of our group of 16 or so people were lying on makeshift beds of plush pillows, blankets on and eye masks secured; the other half sitting alongside, occasionally swaying to the rhythmic music playing. After a while, though, the rapid breathing would have given us away: We were all gathered for a holotropic-inspired session, hoping to use the breath to explore different states of consciousness.

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