About us

Born in the South of Russia (Rostov-on-Don) and raised in Oymyakon, Siberia (coldest inhabited place on Earth), Yulia carries with her a profound sense of resilience and a lifelong curiosity about the human experience in all its extremes.

She earned her first Master degree in Psychology from Southern Federal University. In 1999, she moved to Moscow, where she expanded her academic and professional scope by completing another Master degree in Marketing and an MBA from the MIRBIS Institute.

In 2005, she relocated to New York City with her husband, opening the door to a more integrative and somatic approach to healing. Between 2009 and 2011, she completed a Kundalini Yoga Therapy Training, grounding her practice in mind-body awareness and energy work.

Her path in transpersonal development deepened in 2011, when she began her Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT). She received her certification in 2014 in Spain and has been actively facilitating Holotropic Breathwork since 2016 in New York City and other locations. She also contributes to the Grof Legacy training process, offering support to trainees and helping guide the next generation of facilitators.

In 2018, she completed a Master degree in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University, where she also earned a Dream Studies Certification, enriching her understanding of the unconscious and symbolic processes in healing. Her focus on non-ordinary states of consciousness further evolved through training with Emma Bragdon as a certified Spiritual Emergency Coach.

She is the founder of Holotropic Space, a platform devoted to deep inner work through Grof Breathwork. Alongside this, she also works extensively in the field of psychedelic integration and harm reduction, having received specialized certification from Fluence in 2020.