Mens Group: Death, Rebirth & Transformation

Join us for this Men's Group special series of 4 workshops where we explore Stan Grof's cartography of the psyche and dive deep into the power of the death, rebirth cycle. 

Via the power of breathwork, groupwork, active listening and other relational exercises we will build a container that will allow us to open to the power and potential of making personal change while staying in contact with community.

The workshop series will run over a period of 4 months with the same cohort of participants. We will follow a format that allows for the exploration of the theme of death, rebirth and transformation via the head, heart and spirit (breath).

Head

Each session will include a small amount of material that explores the themes of Stan Grof's basic perinatal matrices, fundamental archetypal patterns of the death and rebirth process and how they may show up in our lives.

Heart

A key part of any integration work is the ability to be able to connect and share story with others. We will use a number of Gestalt and Holotropic informed practices that allow participants to not only open to deep transformational energy but be able to share those patterns with other members of the group. Deep listening and sharing of personal story is a crucial way in which to build connection, intimacy and relationship.

Breath

This is an opportunity to experience a truncated version of our Holotropic Breathwork weekend workshops. The breathwork component of these sessions follow the same format and philosophy of our Holotropic Breathwork workshops but in a condensed format. Each participant will experience being both a breather and a sitter during each session of the series.

About Stan Grof and the Basic Perinatal Matrices

Stan Grof is one of the pioneers of LSD research in the 1950's and 1960's. He discovered that through the experience of the non-ordinary state of consciousness, the participant was able to allow previously uncompleted psychic processes and material to come to a state of completion or integration. That through moving towards difficult emotional, psychological and spiritual material we could allow previously unprocessed experiences to be brought into awareness and gift the participant with wisdom gleaned from these previously disowned elements of their experience.

The basic perinatal matrices follow the physical birthing process that we experience int he womb -

• BPM 1: Oceanic universe / connection to the mother / toxic or difficult womb 
• BPM 2: No exit, trapped and no escape
• BPM 3: Death / transformation / escape
• BPM 4: Rebirth