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A FREE VIDEO EVENT

With Co-Founder & One of the Chief Theoreticians of Transpersonal Psychology
Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD

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Brigitte Grof, Jack Kornfield, Rick Doblin, Paul Grof, Jay Dufrechou, Chris Bache, and Diane Haug

Hosted by Shift Network CEO
Stephen Dinan

2026-07-01 5:30:00 pm
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Explore the pioneering legacy of the transpersonal movement Stanislav Grof helped found through the eyes of some of his most eminent colleagues in fields ranging from spiritual practice and breathwork to psychedelics and archetypal astrology.

Receive a rare chance to see, celebrate, and bless one of the most beloved living leaders in the consciousness movement.

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 quest for discovery.

For his 95th birthday, some of his most eminent collaborators, allies, and friends are coming together to honor him, 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.

Stan’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, Stan 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, Stan 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 Stan 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.

In this hour-long event, you’ll:

  • Understand how Stan’s psychedelic research provided a foundation for today’s psychedelic renaissance
  • Understand how the study of perinatal experiences and the developing psyche shaped a new generation of therapy and clinical practice
  • Appreciate how Stan’s willingness, despite scientific stigma, to investigate the field of archetypal astrology opened new insights into the deeper patterns shaping the psyche and society
  • Glimpse the core metaphysical insights that emerged through thousands of psychedelic and breathwork sessions, pointing the way toward a sacred, ensouled version of the cosmos
  • Discover how non-ordinary breathwork states empowered a more experiential, somatic approach to clearing traumas, healing childhood wounds, and accessing transpersonal dimensions of consciousness
  • Witness spontaneous stories from beloved teachers and pioneers whose lives and work were profoundly shaped by Stan’s legacy
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When you attend, you’ll also be among the first to hear about a unique opportunity to gain access to some of Stan’s most important cosmic insights and research during an upcoming 7 week course — drawing from “The Cosmic Game,” a powerful recorded seminar at Spirit Rock that hasn’t previously been available, alongside new teachings and discussions with remarkable transpersonal pioneers.

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2026-07-01 5:30:00 pm

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What People Are Saying About Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD...

“...so valuable to our ever-expanding understanding of the human psyche...”
I feel privileged to have had an opportunity to be a part of these conversations with two well-respected pioneers and experts in this exciting field. Grof and Tarnas’ experience and their deep understanding of these concepts, transmitted so articulately, is so valuable to our ever-expanding understanding of the human psyche and its relationship with the cosmos.
Julie

Queensland, Australia

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“... a basis for a whole new strategy of research.”
I know of no work that so well incorporates the findings of Freud, Jung, and Rank, adding fresh insights, which the methods of those psychotherapists could never have achieved. I do not doubt that many others working in this field would find Dr. Grof’s discoveries a basis for a whole new strategy of research.
Joseph Campbell

Author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces

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“Grof marshals an impressive array of data...”
Grof marshals an impressive array of data and speculation in support of the timely demand that Western science acknowledge consciousness and its many non-ordinary states.
Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), PhD

Psychologist, spiritual teacher, and author of the spiritual classic, Be Here Now

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“Grof has had far and away more experience in psychedelic research...”
Grof has had far and away more experience in psychedelic research than anyone else and has come up with the most comprehensive and helpful framework for interpreting the data in this bewildering area.
Huston Smith, PhD

Author of The World’s Religions and Beyond the Postmodern Mind

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“Tarnas writes lucidly, brilliantly, passionately...”
Tarnas writes lucidly, brilliantly, passionately, unfolding the great drama of the evolution of the Western mind act by act, scene by scene in precise and scholarly detail.
Anne Baring

Author of Resurgence

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About Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD

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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.

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