Impact of Altered States of Consciousness Induced by Holotropic Respiration on Self Transcendence

This study addresses altered states of consciousness through Holotropic breathwork. technique can induce a state deep trance, giving access to different levels identity construction, particularly on the emotional, somatic and psychological level. considerable piece introspective work falls within school transpersonal psychology whose major contribution is integration transcendent nature into human dimension. The objective estimate impact this psychotherapeutic method. sample consists 115 male female participants who have tried at least once. Data were collected Adult Transcendence Inventory (Levenson, 2005), in order assess level decentration. Our statistically validated results indicate predominantly positive psychotherapy, demonstrating transcendental effect holotropic