A 26-year old moderately mentally retarded woman was taught the Transcendental Meditation techniq... more A 26-year old moderately mentally retarded woman was taught the Transcendental Meditation technique. She experienced spontaneous improvements in her verbal and social behavior and physiological functioning over a period of three years while practicing the technique.
Objectives: critical review of etiological theories of phenomena reported in Holotropic Breathwor... more Objectives: critical review of etiological theories of phenomena reported in Holotropic Breathwork [HB]. Method: literature on Holotropic Breathwork, hyperventilation syndrome, polyvagal theory, SARs theory, classical mytho-poetic traditions, the role of music, anomalous experiences and healing, and classical psycho-spiritual explanatory models are reviewed. Discussion: physiological and neurophysiological models, transpersonal, and cognitive psychological models, ethno-epistemological problems and methodological concerns are reviewed. Narrative logic versus stochastic models is examined. Conclusions: voluntary over-breathing and music provide access to non-ordinary states through the putative effects of vagal toning and sonic integration. Cognitive processes may play a role in permitting the anomalous internal narrative experiences.
20 minute interview discusses psychedelic experiences induced my music and enhanced breathing [Ho... more 20 minute interview discusses psychedelic experiences induced my music and enhanced breathing [Holotropic Breathwork]
Objectives: critical review of etiological theories of phenomena reported in Holotropic Breath- w... more Objectives: critical review of etiological theories of phenomena reported in Holotropic Breath- work [HB]. Method: literature on Holotropic Breathwork, hyperventilation syndrome, polyvagal theory, SARs theory, classical mytho-poetic traditions, the role of music, anomalous experiences and healing, and classical psycho-spiritual explanatory models are reviewed. Discussion: physiological and neurophysiological models, transpersonal, and cognitive psychological models, ethno-epistemological problems and methodological concerns are reviewed. Narrative logic versus stochastic models is ex- amined. Conclusions: voluntary over-breathing and music provide access to non-ordinary states through the putative effects of vagal toning and sonic integration. Cognitive processes may play a role in permit- ting the anomalous internal narrative experiences.
A 26-year old moderately mentally retarded woman was taught the Transcendental Meditation techniq... more A 26-year old moderately mentally retarded woman was taught the Transcendental Meditation technique. She experienced spontaneous improvements in her verbal and social behavior and physiological functioning over a period of three years while practicing the technique.
Objectives: critical review of etiological theories of phenomena reported in Holotropic Breathwor... more Objectives: critical review of etiological theories of phenomena reported in Holotropic Breathwork [HB]. Method: literature on Holotropic Breathwork, hyperventilation syndrome, polyvagal theory, SARs theory, classical mytho-poetic traditions, the role of music, anomalous experiences and healing, and classical psycho-spiritual explanatory models are reviewed. Discussion: physiological and neurophysiological models, transpersonal, and cognitive psychological models, ethno-epistemological problems and methodological concerns are reviewed. Narrative logic versus stochastic models is examined. Conclusions: voluntary over-breathing and music provide access to non-ordinary states through the putative effects of vagal toning and sonic integration. Cognitive processes may play a role in permitting the anomalous internal narrative experiences.
20 minute interview discusses psychedelic experiences induced my music and enhanced breathing [Ho... more 20 minute interview discusses psychedelic experiences induced my music and enhanced breathing [Holotropic Breathwork]
Objectives: critical review of etiological theories of phenomena reported in Holotropic Breath- w... more Objectives: critical review of etiological theories of phenomena reported in Holotropic Breath- work [HB]. Method: literature on Holotropic Breathwork, hyperventilation syndrome, polyvagal theory, SARs theory, classical mytho-poetic traditions, the role of music, anomalous experiences and healing, and classical psycho-spiritual explanatory models are reviewed. Discussion: physiological and neurophysiological models, transpersonal, and cognitive psychological models, ethno-epistemological problems and methodological concerns are reviewed. Narrative logic versus stochastic models is ex- amined. Conclusions: voluntary over-breathing and music provide access to non-ordinary states through the putative effects of vagal toning and sonic integration. Cognitive processes may play a role in permit- ting the anomalous internal narrative experiences.
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