Moviefone: Holotropic Breathwork: A Conversation with Christina & Stanislav Grof, MD (1994)
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Stanislav Grof
Stanislav Grof is a Czech-born American psychiatrist. Grof is one of the principal developers of transpersonal psychology and research into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of psychological healing, deep self-exploration, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche.
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Born 1 July 1931 · Q508620
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The documentary The Way of the Psychonaut was released, which explores Grof's lifework and contributions to transpersonal psychology
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2011· 1 entry
Moviefone: Stanislav Grof: Researcher, Author, Teacher, and Visionary - Where to Watch
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded The VIZE 97 Prize (2007).
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1993· 1 entry
Grof received an Honorary Award from the Association for Transpersonal Psychology for major contributions to and development of the field of transpersonal psychology, given at the occasion of the 25th Anniversary Convoca
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1977· 1 entry
Grof was the founding president of the International Transpersonal Association, serving as president for several subsequent decades
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1973· 1 entry
Was invited to the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, and lived there until 1987 as a Scholar-in-Residence, developing his ideas and conducting month-long workshops
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1969· 2 entries
Grof also became Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University
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Went on to become Chief of Psychiatric Research for the Spring Grove Experiment at the Research Unit of Spring Grove State Hospital (later part of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center where he worked with Walter P
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1967· 1 entry
Received a scholarship from the Foundations Fund for Research in Psychiatry in New Haven, Connecticut, and was invited by Joel Elkes to be a Clinical and Research Fellow at Henry Phipps Clinic, a part of Johns Hopkins
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1965· 1 entry
Training as a Freudian psychoanalyst at this time
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1962· 1 entry
Grof was in a short documentary about LSD called Looking for Toxin X
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1956· 1 entry
Studied at Charles University, Doctor of Medicine (1956).
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-07-01.
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