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languid movement of shapes like a lava lamp. It feels like
every cell in my body is blissed out. This isn’t what I was
expecting at all. In fact, it’s quite unlike anything I’ve
ever done...
Later that day
, I get the opportunity to catch
up with Dolan, and it gives me the opportunity to find
out how he ended up here. It transpires that little more
than a decade ago, the softly spoken Brit was a
confirmed member of the rat race – much like the people
he now treats. Working in PR for a multinational in Saudi
Arabia, he regularly pulled six 12-hour days a week.
“I was sharing a house with two colleagues in Riyadh,”
he tells me. “Dial-a-dinner was the norm. I was addicted
to caffeine, cigarettes and alcohol. My life was way
out of balance, leading to increased levels of stress and
depression. Driving to work one morning, it became
crystal clear: I was making a very good living, but I had
absolutely no life. Unchecked, my future didn’t look good.”
In 2003, he worked out his exit strategy. Handing in
his notice, he left for a 12-month sabbatical with an
idea of becoming a yoga instructor and setting up a
centre somewhere.
“It was like being under water for a long time and
finally coming up for air,” he says. Eight weeks in, he
found himself in Costa Rica and it was there he
discovered Transformational Breath at the Nosara Yoga
Institute. Within 50 minutes of the first session, he had
his epiphany, changed his plans and decided to book a
plane ticket to Connecticut, to train with Dr Judith
Kravitz, the technique’s pioneer.
“I couldn’t believe that something so simple could
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