- from the Greek holos (whole) and trepein (progressing toward something)
- the technique broke the mind down and moved it toward wholeness
- created by Czech psychiatrist named Stanislav Grof
- initially he experimented with LSD
- but he and his wife looked for a therapy with the same hallucinatory and healing effects that wouldn’t get them thrown into jail
- they’ve discovered heavy breathing
- essentially Tummo cranked up
- they’ve discovered heavy breathing