Curriculum Vitae
Brigitte Grof
Brigitte Grof, PhD (Ubiquity University, USA) is a psychologist, licensed psychotherapist, and artist with 40 years of experience in holotropic breathwork and Holotropic States of Consciousness. In 1986 she was trained at the Esalen Institute in California by Stan and Christina Grof and got certified in the first Grof training groups in USA and Switzerland. From the beginning of the Grof Training she has was teaching training modules in USA, France, and in Germany and was leading a 3-year holotropic breathwork training with Dr. Ingo Jahrsetz. Since 2004 she developed and has been teaching her own method of individual therapy combining breathing and bodywork based on holotropic principles. She works in her private practice, and offers holotropic breathwork workshops and retreats. Her artwork is inspired by her own experiences of holotropic states of consciousness and by shamanic art of native cultures. In 2017 her book “The True King,” a spiritual fairy tale with her narrative and illustrations was published in English. Since April 2016, Stan and Brigitte Grof are happily married; they travel the inner and outer worlds in tandem. In the last years they conducted holotropic breathwork workshops and seminars in China, Chile, Ecuador, USA, Sweden, France, Argentina and Peru, Switzerland and at the Esalen Institute, California, USA. In May 2020 they launched their new training in working with Holotropic States of Consciousness, the International Grof® Legacy Training (www.grof-legacy-training.com). In 2021 she published her birthday book for Stan´s 90th birthday.The title is “ Stanislav Grof LSD Pioneer, From Pharmacology to Archetypes”. In 2024 she received a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) from Ubiquity University, USA. Ubiquity University is an independent non- state accredited institution. In 2025 she published her book “Holotropic Art- Images from Hidden Words”. Her website is: www.brigittegrof.com |