Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD
Open to new insights and transformative practices at the frontiers of psychology that create lasting healing and growth for yourself and others.
Access the power of non-ordinary states, shamanic practices and embodied healing work to transform your life as you discover an expanded cartography of the human psyche.
Have you been looking for a deeper kind of psychology that includes the higher realms of mystical experiences?
Then you’re ready for transpersonal psychology, which builds upon our “personal” psychology to include more advanced states of consciousness — as well as exciting new areas to explore in an “adventure of self-discovery.”
When you begin to open to the deeper dimensions of your psyche, you uncover a new world of understanding... from seeing how your body holds energy around physical traumas... to appreciating how your birth experience gives you the “template” for how you navigate challenges... to opening to transpersonal guidance for your daily life.
If you’ve been intrigued by phenomena such as psychic experiences, past-life memories, experiences of spiritual awakening, lucid dreaming, breathwork or shamanic journeying, you’re naturally curious about the very realms that this “future psychology” aims to explore in a scientifically grounded and credible way.
Opening a New Portal
Conventional psychology has for too long reduced us to our lowest-common denominators. Much of the spiritual depth, power and inspiration we cherish at the core of our lives has been written off by psychologists who focus primarily on behavior and cognition.
Fortunately, research at the leading edge of psychology has opened a portal into an exciting new realm of possibilities that validates many of the insights of history’s great spiritual teachers — and leads us to a deeper, more accurate and empowering view of ourselves.
In this paradigm, consciousness is not limited to your body or even to your singular life.
You can expand your identity to a cosmic scale, explore other dimensions, and even access information from what appears to be past lives.
You are not limited by time, space and causality in the way we once thought.
Furthermore, when we integrate methods of accessing non-ordinary states of consciousness, as shamans have done for thousands of years, we open to far more powerful, experiential and accelerated methods of healing and growth.
In a particularly powerful experience, we might pass through waves of profound grief from our early childhood, intense emotions associated with birth, and the ecstasy of experiencing oneness with the Divine.
In undertaking these journeys into your depths, you can release old traumas, free up your emotions, access expanded wisdom, and set a new, unitive baseline for your life.
In short, the “future of psychology” will be built by those who are willing to pioneer new methods for healing that transcend the limits of cognitive insights and allow us to access our full potential as human beings. It will be holistic, experiential and profound.
A Brilliant Pioneer to Guide You
Dr. Stan Grof has been one of the earliest and most accomplished pioneers of these realms through his decades of legal research into the therapeutic use of psychedelics and his innovative understanding of non-ordinary states based on experiential forms of psychotherapy.
From this work has emerged a new “cartography” of the human psyche that accounts for our birth experiences as well as transpersonal domains more typically explored by shamans and healers.
By exploring this new map of reality, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your potential, a more profound vision for your life, and an expanded toolkit for clearing old traumas from both your psyche and your body.
Out of his many decades spent integrating the insights, research and practices of transformational traditions from around the world, Stan developed a unique and empowering vision of the psychology of the future.
His brilliant mind and encyclopedic knowledge of the various schools of psychology enabled him to piece everything together into one coherent whole.
This view ultimately liberates you from limited ideas of who you truly are.
And now, for the first time, Stan is distilling a lifetime of mind-expanding explorations into a cohesive, online course in which you’ll expand your understanding of healing, personal evolution and the nature of the cosmos.
The Best of a New Paradigm
When you join Stan for the 7-module Future of Psychology program, you’ll have a unique opportunity to explore this new paradigm and its implications — not only for your own personal growth but also for any transformational work you may do with others.
You’ll discover more about how accessing the power of non-ordinary states allows you to develop a deeper understanding of shamanic practices (which help you move beyond talk therapy into life-changing experiences).
You’ll learn how to work with your “inner healer” as a compass to guide you into the precise next steps you need in your journey of growth.
You’ll expand your view of your psyche and our cosmos and understand the nature and role of transpersonal experiences (which can also help you avoid pathologizing truly liberating experiences). And you’ll see how conscious breath practices offer some of the most potent pathways to personal freedom.
You’ll also gain powerful insights into the importance of your birth experience in setting the foundation for your growth and development (and why clearing birth trauma can be so powerful for your healing).
If you’re a clinician, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of suicide, depression, spiritual crises (“spiritual emergencies”) and the power of death and rebirth experiences.
Simply put, you’ll be amazed at Dr. Grof’s profound knowledge and how his bold visionvision transcends more limited views of psychology and spirit. This invigorating program will give you a far deeper understanding of the cosmos and our role in it.
What You’ll Discover in These 7 Modules
In this 7-module transformational intensive, Stan will reveal the implications of modern consciousness research for the understanding of consciousness, of the human psyche, and the nature of reality. You’ll discover a vastly extended new cartography of the psyche. Special attention will be paid to experiences and observations that represent a serious challenge to the reductionist, materialistic paradigm of Western science and foreshadow an urgent need for a radical new worldview.
Each module will build harmoniously upon the next so that you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools and principles you’ll need to relate to a multitude of psychological experiences through an evolutionary lens.
Module 1 Proposal for a Radical Revision of Psychiatry & Psychology
This module draws on observations from Stan’s 50+ years of research into the subgroup of non-ordinary states of consciousness he calls “holotropic.” This research suggests a radical revision of some basic assumptions of modern psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy. These observations come from a wide range of disciplines — psychedelic research, powerful forms of experiential psychotherapy, work with “spiritual emergencies,” spontaneous episodes of non-ordinary states of consciousness, thanatology, parapsychology, field anthropology and quantum-relativistic physics. His proposed changes focus on the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter, dimensions of the human psyche and the roots of emotional and psychosomatic disorders.
These changes resemble in nature and scope the conceptual cataclysm that appeared in physics in the first three decades of the 20th century with regard to the understanding of the material world. Ironically, these changes are complementary to the new physics.
While the new findings do not support the dogmas of organized religion, they reveal that spirituality is an essential attribute of the human psyche and that a personal spiritual quest is an important and legitimate activity.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore the dynamics of revolutionary shifts in the scientific worldview throughout history and Thomas Kuhn’s concept of the “paradigm”
- Examine observations from the research of non-ordinary states of consciousness (holotropic states), which indicate an urgent need for a radical change of the basic assumptions of psychology and psychiatry about consciousness and the human psyche
Module 2 A New Cartography of the Psyche
In this module, you’ll explore the vastly expanded cartography of the human psyche that’s emerged from the research of holotropic states of consciousness. Using paintings created from psychedelic and Holotropic Breathwork sessions, you’ll traverse the domains of the psyche as yet unrecognized by mainstream psychiatry and psychology — the perinatal and transpersonal realms.
Understanding the process of psychospiritual death and rebirth that engages these levels of the psyche is essential for any serious approach to the ritual and spiritual history of humanity — shamanism, rites of passage, healing ceremonies of native cultures, ancient mysteries of death and rebirth, the great religions of the world, and the mystical traditions of all times and countries. The knowledge of this experiential territory provides important guidelines for people involved in serious self-exploration and spiritual quest. The insights from this work also throw new light on artistic creations from ancient times to the modern era and on sociopolitical events, such as wars, revolutions and genocide.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore the domains of the psyche as yet unrecognized by mainstream psychiatry and psychology
- Discover experiential patterns — Basic Perinatal Matrices (BPMs) — associated with reliving of the four stages of biological birth and discuss the specific links they have with the transpersonal domain
- Discuss the pivotal role that BPMs have in the process of psychospiritual death and rebirth
Module 3 The Roots of Violence & Greed
Since time immemorial, violence and greed have been among the most important forces driving human history. Due to technological progress and exponential population growth in the 20th century, they’ve become a threat for survival of life on our planet. It’s become imperative to gain a deeper understanding of the roots of these forces in the human psyche and to find ways of reducing their impact in the world.
In a series of slides, you’ll connect the dots between the astonishing similarities in the symbolism of posters and cartoons from the time of wars, revolutions and other types of sociopolitical crises, and the visions accompanying the reliving of birth and the experience of psychospiritual death and rebirth. These observations strongly suggest that the perinatal and transpersonal levels of the unconscious are the sources of malignant violence and insatiable greed in the human psyche.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore observations from the research of holotropic states of consciousness that offer new insights into manifestations of insatiable greed and extreme forms of human violence and social pathology, such as wars, bloody revolutions, terrorism, suicide bombing, concentration camps and genocide
- Explore the potential of holotropic states of consciousness to alleviate the influence of dangerous forces in the human psyche, which are largely responsible for the current global crisis and which threaten planetary survival
Module 4 Architecture of Emotional & Psychosomatic Disorders
Work with holotropic states of consciousness has vastly expanded the current model of the psyche — which has been limited to postnatal biography and the Freudian individual unconscious — by adding to it the perinatal and transpersonal domain. This development brought a radically new understanding of emotional and psychosomatic disorders, such as various phobias, obsessive-compulsive behavior, hysteria, manic-depressive states, suicidal tendencies and behavior, sexual aberrations, and proneness to violence.
This research revealed multilayered constellations (COEX systems) underlying these disorders. These systems consist of biographical, perinatal and transpersonal material that shares the same emotions and/or physical sensations. Thinking in terms of these dynamic systems provides a much deeper understanding of psychopathology and offers radically new therapeutic opportunities.
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore evidence indicating that emotional and psychosomatic disorders, which are not of organic but psychogenic origin, do not start in infancy and childhood as usually assumed, but have deeper roots on the perinatal and transpersonal levels of the unconscious
- Discover that effective psychotherapy likely includes experiential approaches that are able to reach deeper levels
- Find that these revolutionary discoveries shed radically new light on such phenomena as depression, mania, various forms of suicide, sexual perversions, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosomatic diseases
Module 5 Spiritual Emergency
One of the most important implications of work with holotropic states of consciousness is the discovery that many spontaneous episodes of transpersonal crises, which are currently diagnosed as manifestations of serious mental diseases, are actually crises of spiritual opening. Correctly understood and supported, these spiritual emergencies contain therapeutic, transformative, heuristic and even evolutionary potential.
In this module, you’ll:
- Discover the triggers of spiritual emergencies, ways of differentiating them from pathological states, and effective therapeutic strategies for supporting individuals experiencing them
- Explore the most important forms of spiritual crises, such as shamanic initiatory crises, awakening of Kundalini, John Perry’s renewal process, Maslow’s “peak experiences,” possession states, and difficulties with karmic experiences
Module 6 Psychospiritual Perspective on Death & Dying
In this slide-illustrated module, you’ll explore observations from various avenues of consciousness research that have important implications for the understanding of death and dying, such as psychedelic therapy, Holotropic Breathwork and other forms of deep experiential psychotherapy, thanatology, parapsychology, anthropological field work, and therapy with individuals in psychospiritual crises ("spiritual emergencies").
You’ll focus on such topics as near-death experiences (NDE), karma and reincarnation, out-of-body experiences (OOBE), the process of psychospiritual death and rebirth, psychedelic therapy with terminal cancer patients, ancient mysteries of death and rebirth, aboriginal rites of passage, eschatological mythologies, the ancient books of the dead, and interdimensional transcommunication (ITC).
In this module, you’ll:
- Explore consciousness research that sheds light on end-of-life issues
- Review the history of psychedelic therapy with terminal cancer patients and the effects this approach has on the fear of death and physical pain
Module 7 The Cosmic Game
In holotropic states of consciousness, such as those that occur during systematic meditational practice, shamanic rituals, rites of passage, psychedelic sessions, deep experiential therapy, and spontaneous psychospiritual crises ("spiritual emergencies"), people often encounter experiences that produce profound philosophical and spiritual insights into the human psyche, consciousness and the nature of reality.
These insights revolve around such fundamental problems of existence as the mystery of the creation of the universe, the cosmic creative principle, dynamics of the process of creation, the nature and function of the archetypal realm, the dilemma of good and evil, the "taboo against knowing who we are," karma and reincarnation, the role of consciousness in the universe, the relationship between consciousness and matter, and the purpose and meaning of human life.
In this module, you’ll:
- Focus on experiences in holotropic states of consciousness that bring profound philosophical and spiritual insights concerning the nature of reality, the relationship between consciousness and matter, and the dimensions of the human psyche
- Compare the understanding of existence emerging from the study of holotropic states with various spiritual and esoteric systems and with revolutionary developments in Western science, usually referred to as the new or emerging paradigm
SPECIAL BONUS OFFER
In addition to Stanislav’s transformative 7-module course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Modern Consciousness Research & the Understanding of Art
Excerpts from the Book by Stanislav Grof, MD
Richard Tarnas: The Use of Archetypal Astrology in Psychedelic Therapy & Holotropic Breathwork
Video with Stanislav Grof, MD and Richard Tarnas
In this interview, Stanislav Grof and Rick Tarnas explore the extraordinary value of archetypal astrology for work with non-ordinary (holotropic) states of consciousness induced by psychedelics and various non-drug means. They share observations and experiences from their joint research that began more than 30 years ago at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. To their great surprise, archetypal astrology proved to be what Stan called "the Rosetta Stone for consciousness research" after all conventional tools of psychiatry and psychology proved essentially useless for this purpose.
Richard Tarnas, PhD is a cultural historian and professor of philosophy and depth psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco and is the founding director of its graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness. His first book, The Passion of the Western Mind, became both a bestseller and required reading at many universities. His book, Cosmos and Psyche, is a groundbreaking work that represents a serious conceptual challenge to the current scientific worldview. Rick played a pivotal role in laying foundations for archetypal astrology, a discipline that explores significant correlations between cyclical alignments of the planets and the archetypal patterns of human experience: world history, culture, art and individual biography.
Revision & Re-enchantment of Psychology: Legacy of Half a Century
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Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven Pre-Recorded 90-Minute Modules
Experience a unique opportunity to learn from one of the pioneers of transpersonal psychology Stan Grof — from the comfort of your own home. Each session includes a streaming video and will guide you to learn the specific skills and abilities to awaken your spiritual potential.
Seven Transcripts of Sessions
In addition to the high-quality videos and MP3 audios, you’ll also receive session transcriptions. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each lesson.
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join the Online Course, Psychology of the Future
We feel honored that Stan Grof has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive online training. This is a rare opportunity to learn from an internationally-renowned psychiatrist whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
Through this powerful online format, you’ll not only save time and money on workshop costs (plus travel, accommodations and meals — which would cost thousands of dollars), you’ll be able to benefit from Stan’s incredible teachings and exercises from the comfort of your home — at your own pace!
If you’re serious about transforming your relationship with yourself and going deeper with your healing in a way that brings faster results than talking, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones and our world to take this one-of-a-kind training.
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About Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD
Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist with more than 60 years of experience in research of holotropic states of consciousness — a large and important subgroup of non-ordinary states that have healing, transformative, heuristic, and evolutionary potential.
He has been Principal Investigator in a psychedelic research program at the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Chief of Psychiatric Research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.
As a Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, he conducted professional training programs in holotropic breathwork and transpersonal psychology, and gave lectures and seminars worldwide.
Stan is one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology and the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA). In 2007, he was granted the prestigious VIZE 97 Prize from the Václav and Dagmar Havel Foundation in Prague, and in 2010 he received the Thomas R. Verny Award from the Association for Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health (APPPAH) for his pivotal contributions to this field. He received an honorary PhD degree from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (ITP), and in 2018 an honorary degree for Psychedelic Therapy and Healing Arts from the Institute of Integral Studies.
Among his publications are over 150 articles in professional journals and the books Beyond the Brain... LSD Psychotherapy... The Cosmic Game... Psychology of the Future... The Ultimate Journey... When the Impossible Happens... Healing Our Deepest Wounds... Modern Consciousness Research and the Understanding of Art...The Stormy Search for the Self... Spiritual Emergency... and Holotropic Breathwork (the last four with Christina Grof, who passed away in June 2014. He was also invited as consultant for special effects in the Metro Goldwyn Meyer science fiction movie Brainstorm and the 20th Century Fox science fiction movie Millennium.
Since April 2016, Stan has been happily married to Brigitte Grof. They live together in Germany and travel the inner and outer worlds in tandem, conducting seminars, trainings, and holotropic breathwork workshops worldwide.
In August 2019, the encyclopedia of his life’s work, The Way of the Psychonaut, was published, and the documentary film about his life and work was released: The Way of the Psychonaut: Stanislav Grof’s Journey of Consciousness.
In May 2020, he and Brigitte launched their new training in working with Holotropic States of Consciousness: the international Grof® Legacy Training. In 2026, they published their book, Stan Grof´s Quotes for Psychonauts.