transpersonal

American  

[trans-pur-suh-nl] / trænsˈpɜr sə nl /

adjective

1. extending beyond or transcending the personal.

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Other Word Forms

• transpersonally adverb

Etymology

Origin of transpersonal

First recorded in 1905–10; trans- + personal

Example Sentences

“Holotropic breathwork provides access to biographical, perinatal and transpersonal domains of the unconscious and thus to deep psychospiritual roots of emotional and psychosomatic disorder,” the Grofs wrote in their 2010 book on the technique.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

Our view is entirely naturalistic: the mind that underlies the world is a transpersonal mind behaving according to natural laws.

From Scientific American • May 29, 2018

But from all these approaches – including humanistic therapy, interpersonal therapy, transpersonal therapy, transactional analysis and so on – it’s generally agreed that one emerged triumphant.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2016

Her colorful paintings and drawings of radiating zigzags and interweaving lines and stripes are sensuously handmade but feel as if they are animated by some sort of transpersonal psychic energy.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2014

Sure, that's exactly the kind of unconventional scheduling you'd expect from a place that advertises workshops in such arcana as "ecopsychology" and "transpersonal process."

From Time Magazine Archive