Welcome to Holotropic Breathwork Skandinavia

We’re passionate about the potential of every persons ability to heal and grow, through establishing and honouring the connection with their own inner healing wisdom.

We provide safe spaces for healing and growth, where the power, responsibility and credit comes from and belongs to the participant who shows up to do their work.

Safety, ethical practice, grounded preparation and the importance of integration are key components of our work.

We’re space holders, fellow travellers and facilitators of opportunities to dive deep. Creating settings where you can let go and trust the process to do your deepest work, and then return back into a safe space for landing and integration.

Who are we?

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Meet the team

Holotropic Breathwork Skandinavia was established in 2018 and is based out of Stavanger, Norway with core team members Maravillas Sola and Guro Ellingsen. Both Mara and Guro work internationally with other teams, and when needed colleagues from the international family of Holotropic Breathwork facilitators make guest appearances at workshops in Norway.

  • Mara is the founder of Holotropic Breathwork Skandinavia. Originally from Spain, Mara has been living and working in Norway since 2012. She discovered Holotropic Breathwork and Transpersonal Psychology in 2015. Since then she has been interested in expanded states of consciousness, which have been a big part of her inner healing and understanding of her psyche.

    In 2018, Mara completed the Grof Transpersonal Training. She has trained and participated in HB workshops in many countries in Europe. Mara is a globetrotter by heart and a visual artist in her everyday life. She perceives her growing transformation as the result of a long term commitment and dedicated time to self-cultivation in the quest of being.

    Mara also offers 1:1 HB sessions and personal consultations.

  • Guro's work is rooted in a deep curiosity about what it means to be human, and the capacity we each have for healing, growth, and transformation. For most of her life, she has explored holistic living, mind-body practices, and psycho-spiritual development. This curiosity has led her to yoga, meditation, Holotropic Breathwork®, Trance Movement™, and other approaches to inner exploration. Alongside her professional training, her facilitation is shaped by lived experience. Through years of personal practice, self-inquiry, and working with non-ordinary states of consciousness, she has developed a deep trust in each person's inherent capacity for healing and growth.

    When she first experienced Holotropic Breathwork®, she was deeply moved not only by its transformative potential, but also by the integrity of the framework itself. Its emphasis on safety, ethical practice, clear boundaries, and respect for each person's unique process inspired her to train as a certified Holotropic Breathwork® Facilitator and later as a certified Trance Movement™ Facilitator. What continues to inspire her is the trust these frameworks place in each person's own inner wisdom, and the facilitator's role in providing a safe, ethical, and well-held space for that process to unfold.

    Today, Guro is dedicated to creating compassionate spaces where people can explore non-ordinary states of consciousness with curiosity and trust. She believes that when people are met with presence, respect, and the freedom to follow their own inner process, healing, integration, and transformation can unfold naturally. She considers it a privilege to accompany others on their journeys, continually inspired by the courage, wisdom, and resilience she witnesses along the way.

    Guro also offers 1:1 HB sessions and personal consultations.