A birthday offers us a special opportunity to honor the contributions, gifts, and impact of an extraordinary life — one that’s left beneficial ripples across the globe.
From his early years as a pioneering psychiatrist researching psychedelics, to his creation of Holotropic Breathwork and programs like the Grof Legacy Training, to groundbreaking books on the nature of the psyche and the structure of the universe, Stanislav Grof is the kind of figure who changes the course of history — not out of ego, but out of an insatiable spirit of discovery.
For his 95th birthday, some of his most eminent collaborators, allies, and friends are coming together to honor him as a man, chronicle his extraordinary legacy of positive impact, and illuminate why his seminal insights into the nature of reality are even more important today, during a time of rising authoritarianism and global conflict.
Grof’s insights into how the foundational patterns of birth shape the psyche, how non-ordinary states of consciousness can catalyze profound transformation, and how psychology must evolve beyond a brain-only model of reality remain essential to heal the collective dysfunctions that jeopardize our future.
Born in Czechoslovakia, Grof first experienced LSD as a promising therapeutic tool while working in the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague. That launched him on a lifelong journey as a pioneer of psychedelic research and explorer of the realms and frontiers of human consciousness.
Throughout his long career, Grof has inspired generations of explorers across science, psychedelics, and psychiatry — to expand their cosmology, open themselves to transformative experiences, heal traumas beyond personal biography, and reimagine the human story itself.
During this birthday celebration you’ll hear from Grof and other prominent teachers about the impact of his life and legacy, receive stories that bring light and color to his remarkable journey, and witness a paradigm-shifting conversation about the future frontiers of consciousness.
