Grof® BREATHWORK FACILITATOR

Colleen Reid 

Colleen Reid is a Grof® Breathwork Facilitator and currently serves on faculty for Grof® Legacy Training U.S.A. Colleen holds a B.A. in psychology from Dartmouth College and a Master of Environmental Studies from Yale University. For decades, she was committed to a career in conservation. She also competed at the World Cup and Olympic level in the sport of skeleton. Colleen’s life changed after a powerful spiritual emergence and life-changing spontaneous awakening that informs her current work. In the years that followed, she turned her full attention to studying the nature of consciousness. Her personal experiences deeply align with Stan Grof’s holotropic philosophy of healing and transformation. She became a Certified holotropic breathwork facilitator in 2015. She later founded BodhiBreath® which offers teaching, spiritual coaching, psychedelic integration and breathwork workshops in Southern California, Arizona, and Colorado. Colleen also completed a year-long certification in global mysticism with Mirabai Starr and Andrew Harvey. She served on the Advisory Board for the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. As a facilitator and teacher of Grof® Breathwork, a writer, a poet, a naturalist and mother of two young adults, Colleen uses her long career and life experiences to inform her approach to healing and wellness. 

yoga and chinese medicine educator

Angela Patriarca, LAc. 

Angela has dedicated the last 20 years to the study and practice of east-asian medicine and yoga, helping thousands of students and clients experience profound shifts in health, well-being, and purpose through courses, trainings, retreats and individual treatment. 

The Live in Rhythm School is the bringing together of everything she has learned and discovered about women's health over the past two decades, distilled into a format that she believes has the power to change the culture of health in society. It is her mission to bring together women who are ready to receive this information and put them together in one place, so they can practice together, and use this shared space to positively change all aspects of their lives for the better.

Grof breathwork Facilitators in Training

Wendy Boes 

Wendy was introduced to holotropic breathwork in early sobriety as a way to access non ordinary states without the use of substances. The power of using just breath and music to access these profoundly regenerating and healing states moved her greatly and have lead her to deeply believe in the power of the healing intelligence we all have access to. She is currently a student in the Grof Legacy Training Program to become a certified Grof Breathwork Facilitator.

Melanie L. Kaplan L.Ac.

Melanie L. Kaplan L.Ac. is a board-certified Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist. Practicing since 2004, Melanie graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors while attending Emperor’s College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Santa Monica. Melanie completed clinical rounds at the Emperor’s College Clinic as well as internships at Cri-Help, focusing on addiction, and rounds at the Arthur Ashe Student Clinic at UCLA, where she focused on general medicine.

In addition to her studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Melanie holds an M.T. from the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing with further training in Deep Tissue, Pregnancy Massage. She completed Cranial Sacral training with Hugh Milne and through the Upledger Institute, as well as training in Visceral Manipulation through the Barral Institute. Melanie is also trained in Aroma Acupoint Therapy, Trager Therapy, and is a certified Restorative Wellness Practitioner, and Kiiko Matsumoto/Master Nagano acupuncture practitioner.  

She is also certified in Somatic Experiencing, and a Mindfulness Meditation teacher, and has completed meditation trainings with Davidji, and Unplug.  Melanie is currently pursuing her certification in Grof holotropic breathwork, and is completing her final part of psychedelic practitioner training through Synthesis Institute.  She continues her studies with Lonny Jarrett, Jeffrey Yuen and Kiiko Matsumoto, and maintains a private practice in West Los Angeles.

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Prices include: Tuition, Accommodations and Food

Deadline to sign up January 28th, 2025

Accommodation Options:
Main House (Total Retreat Price) More Pictures of the Main House - Opens in New Window
Master with Bath (1) $1665 (sold out)
Upstairs Bedroom Double (2) $1390
Upstairs Bedroom Queen (1) $1515 (sold out)
Upstairs Bedroom King (1) $1590
Music Room (1) $1440

Small House (Total Retreat Price) More Pictures of the Small House - Opens in New Window
Bunk Bed Room (1) $1490
Double Bedroom (2) $1390
Bedroom with King (1) $1590

Camping Spot with Outdoor Kitchen $1165

*Medical Disclaimer: This retreat is designed for personal growth and spiritual exploration and is not a substitute for professional medical treatment or psychotherapy. The practices offered, including GROF® Breathwork, yoga, and Chinese medicine, are complementary modalities and should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition. Participants with a history of cardiovascular problems, severe psychiatric conditions, recent surgery, pregnancy, or other serious medical conditions should consult their healthcare provider before participating. The facilitators reserve the right to decline participation to anyone for whom these practices may be contraindicated.