{"id":869,"date":"2016-02-08T23:26:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T04:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/about-us-contact\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T09:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:39:09","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/en\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"About us\/Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Regular team<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1045 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-1200x1198.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-400x399.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/robertPortait2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Robert D\u00e9carie<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;started practicing Holotropic Breakwork\u00ae and his training to become a certified facilitator in 2008. He is certified both with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.holotropic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GTT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/grof-legacy-training.ca\/\">GLT<\/a>. He facilitates HB workshops in Ottawa since 2015. Until May 2024, he was also a counselor working with adults, couples and people grieving after a loss. He is a Focusing teacher\/practitioner  and is certified with The International Focusing Institute. He paints, writes and leads groups in forest wandering.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"836\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6055-836x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3252 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6055-836x1024.jpeg 836w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6055-245x300.jpeg 245w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6055-768x941.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6055-1253x1536.jpeg 1253w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6055-1200x1471.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6055-400x490.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6055.jpeg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 85vw, 836px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Marni Burbela<\/strong> is a certified <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holotropic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GTT<\/a> facilitator, deeply inspired by the work of Stanislav Grof, as well as the quest for self-understanding and the exploration of consciousness. She is also a certified Kundalini yoga instructor and is currently pursuing a master\u2019s degree in Counselling Psychology. Marni expresses her creativity through songwriting and making music. Committed to her own healing journey, she is dedicated to supporting others on their paths of growth and transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Guests<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sharon-Graham2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2520 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>Sharon Graham<\/strong> did her first Holotropic Breathwork in 2010 in a room with more than 100 people, presided over by Stan Grof. The experience had a profound effect on her. It gave a new perspective on the prolonged depression she had been suffering. Over the past 13 years Sharon has continued to use Holotropic Breathwork for self discovery. She has been part of workshops in Austria; Czech Republic; Spain; United Kingdom; United States and Ireland. She has done one-on-one sessions, and breathed in a room of more than 300 people. Since 2019, Sharon has co-facilitated Holotropic Breathwork workshops in Toronto, the city she considers home. Currently she also co-facilitates in St. Catherine\u2019s (Ontario), and Ottawa. Sharon is the Mother of four now adult children. She is Grof Breathwork certified (<\/span><em><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grof-legacy-training.ca\/\">GLT<\/a>).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ariadne-4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2964 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ariadne-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ariadne-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ariadne-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ariadne-4-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ariadne-4-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ariadne-4-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ariadne-4-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Ariadne Patsiopoulos<\/strong> discovered Holotropic Breathwork&nbsp;through a series of synchronicities in 2017. After her first workshop she was astounded by the sense of homecoming she felt. To this day, she is awed when she witnesses how deeply transformative these experiences can be, not just for herself, but for many others, breathers and facilitators alike. She became a certified HB facilitator with <span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.holotropic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GTT<\/a><\/span> in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 20+ years, Ariadne (MA Counseling Psychology) has worked with people at almost every age and stage of life in community and post-secondary contexts in a range of roles including facilitator, counsellor, social service worker, instructor and editor. She believes the holotropic paradigm has much to offer us all as we navigate together with resilience and compassion the liminal, and often chaotic passage of our times.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/ottawaholotropic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ruth-Webster.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2518 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Ruth Webster<\/strong> started practicing Holotropic Breathwork in 2015 and trained with Grof Transpersonal Training. Since 2017 she assisted Robert in many of his workshops in Ottawa \/ Gatineau.&nbsp; In 2023 she became a certified facilitator with Grof Legacy Training&nbsp;(<em><a href=\"https:\/\/grof-legacy-training.ca\/\">GLT<\/a>)<\/em> and now co-facilitates with Robert and occasionally other facilitators.&nbsp; She has a passion for health and well-being, her own self discovery and loves supporting other people in their journey of self-discover and self empowerment.&nbsp; Early 2023 she became an accredited practitioner with Journey Work by Brandon Bay.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular team Robert D\u00e9carie&nbsp;started practicing Holotropic Breakwork\u00ae and his training to become a certified facilitator in 2008. He is certified both with&nbsp;GTT and GLT. He facilitates HB workshops in Ottawa since 2015. Until May 2024, he was also a counselor working with adults, couples and people grieving after a loss. 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