Our story
We are an Irish-based Holotropic Breathwork practice, founded by composer and practitioner Brian Crosby. We offer professionally facilitated experiential workshops using the Holotropic Breathwork method in Ireland.
Our work follows the methodology developed through the Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT) organisation, founded in 1989 by Stanislav and Christina Grof, the originators of the method.
We adhere to the GTT Code Of Ethics and collaborate with certified facilitators committed to ongoing professional, ethical and personal development. We are members of the European Association for Holotropic Breathwork.
Brian Crosby
Certified Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator (GTT).
Musician & Composer.
Brian is a fully certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator, and professional musician and composer.
Born in Dublin in 1973, Brian is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and lives at the foot of Carrick Mountain in county Wicklow, Ireland with his wife Layla and their three children.
Brian has always had a deep curiosity with transpersonal psychology and emotional and spiritual well being which led him to discovering Holotropic Breathwork in 2022. The experience had a profound and transformative impact on his life sparking a calling to continue the journey – not only for personal growth but as a way to integrate the work into his creative and professional life.
He has since completed the Grof Transpersonal Training programme and has facilitated several workshops in Ireland and around Europe. He is passionate about the transformative potential that Holotropic Breathwork can offer and has a mission to bring this modality to a greater community of seekers in Ireland.
Debbie Byrne
Certified Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator (GTT).
Psychotherapist.
Debbie is a fully certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator and psychotherapist working in private practice in Dublin.
Born in Dublin in 1965, Debbie graduated with an honours degree in psychotherapy in 2007 and completed a post graduate in Integrated bodywork in psychotherapy in 2009. Debbie is a core member of the long established Holotropic team in Ireland and has been facilitating workshops in Wicklow, Westport and across Europe for the past number of years.
Debbie began her Holotropic Breathwork journey in 2002 and joined the Grof Transpersonal Training in 2004. She is deeply passionate about Holotropic Breathwork and committed to supporting people on their journey of recovery and discovery.
Grof Transpersonal Training
Training & Certification — Grof Transpersonal Training
Holotropic Breathwork facilitators are certified exclusively through Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT). Founded by Stanislav and Christina Grof in 1989, it is the most established internationally recognised programme for training in expanded states of awareness, and represents the gold standard in this field.
What the training covers
The programme is grounded in Transpersonal Psychology - a framework that extends beyond conventional models of the mind to encompass the full spectrum of human experience, including somatic, relational, spiritual, and collective dimensions.
The training combines theoretical study with experiential learning. The curriculum covers the theory and practice of Holotropic Breathwork, Transpersonal Psychology, trauma and spiritual emergency, music and consciousness, and energy-focused bodywork. Certification requires completion of seven six-day residential modules, a two-week closing intensive module, as well as apprenticeships, consultations, and the facilitator’s own ongoing development. In total, the training typically spans three or more years of sustained personal and professional development.
Ethics and certification
GTT events are held with the Principles of Holotropic Breathwork and their accompanying Ethical Agreements at the forefront. Candidates must demonstrate ethics, maturity, and theoretical and practical understanding of the entire process before certification is granted. Certification is not automatic - it is at the discretion of the certification staff, ensuring that only those who meet the full standard of the programme are authorised to facilitate.
Participants who successfully complete the programme receive a certificate confirming that they have undergone training in Holotropic Breathwork and Transpersonal Psychology. Breathwork and Transpersonal Psychology. After certification, facilitators are required to engage in ongoing CPD.