Meditation and Holotropic Breathwork

[capriciousduck]

Hi, I have seen Leo's Holotropic breathwork video and I myself have researched a bit about it. I have also done a few sessions of holotropic breathwork myself. I sense an improvement in myself and decreased cravings. I felt like some energy left my body and overall, my experience with holotropic breathwork is good. But I have one question. I see a lot of posts that one can have altered states of consciousness with holotropic breathwork which I think is one of the aims of people who do meditation. Then why people do Meditation instead of Holotropic breathing to attain higher consciousness? If breathwork could help people experience higher consciousness in much less time, then why do people meditate?