FULL MOON RITUAL: Alchemy of Venus
October 9, 2022 •
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Heathcote & Star, 344 Grove Green Road, Green Grove Room
Basia Zieniewicz
I am a fully qualified and insured yoga teacher, qualified psychedelic-assisted therapist, psychosynthesis coach, and Holotropic Breathwork trainee, currently completing my certification through the Grof Legacy Training. My work weaves together yoga, depth psychology, transpersonal psychology, somatic awareness, Yoga Nidra, breathwork, and the integration of expanded states of consciousness.
My first profession was as a special educational needs specialist pedagogue, working for over 11 years with disaffected and at-risk young people. This continues to shape the way I hold space, with a particular appreciation for highly sensitive people, burnout, existential questioning, spiritual emergence, and those tender moments when we no longer feel we fit neatly into the world.
I began practising yoga in 1999 and trained as a teacher with Sevanti at Unity Yoga in 2019, after almost 20 years of personal practice. Since then, I have completed over 600 hours of further training, including Traditional Vedic Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Katonah Yoga, children’s yoga, trauma-sensitive foundations, and Yin Yoga.
Alongside yoga, I am trained in Psychosynthesis coaching, Conscious Connected Breathwork, and Permaculture Design, and have studied Transpersonal Psychology and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness under Dr David Luke. Out of both professional commitment and deep personal curiosity, I continue to develop my studies in breathwork, expanded states, spiritual emergence, and the intelligence of the body and nature.
My facilitation style is inclusive, accessible, non-hierarchical, and post-lineage. I’m interested in slowing down, listening deeply, and creating conditions where the body, psyche, breath, and inner wisdom can speak in their own time. I often weave together tenderness and resilience, softness and strength, playfulness and devotion, what I sometimes call subtle activism.
I also work across multidisciplinary collaborations in Europe, including experiential facilitation with the University of Nottingham’s psychedelic programme for medical students through PsycEdu, medicine and breathwork retreats for doctors with Able Integrative Lifestyle Medicine, and harm reduction work with Kosmicare at Boom Festival & ZNA Gathering.
At the heart of my work is a sincere wish to support people back into relationship with their own inner compass. I am still very much a student of this path, allowing the many trainings, teachings, lived experiences, and creative threads to slowly assimilate into something simple, useful, and alive.
I am a humbled co-creator of Yoga In The Stars, our avant-garde yoga club in East London, a space for continuous learning, community, practice, and growth.
I offer group yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, breathwork-informed practices, 1:1 coaching, psychedelic integration support, and guidance for spiritual emergence.
https://www.wholeexquisiteself.com/
Description
The moon is conjunct Chiron in Aries, so self-healing is paramount. With the sun with Venus being in libra - we are summoned to connect to the other through love. There is a theme of healing our inner wounds in order to come into partnership with all kinds with more love.
Expect to expand your state of consciousness, be nourished and feel connected. Three sisters are combining their toolboxes together to facilitate this event; an astrologer and a couple of yoga teachers. Combined you will be guided through cosmic insights, gentle yoga asana, pranayama (breathwork) and ritual.
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Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to check in and settle. Doors will be open from 5:30 pm. Event starts promptly at 6 and will run for approximately 2.5 hours. Dress warm and bring your socks. Mats will be provided however do feel free to bring a pillow and blanket for extra comfort.
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In the spirit of supporting each other grow, we are sharing introductory special prices on all of our offerings. Normally members will be granted discounts for special events but this time we are offering this lunar ritual gratis with each purchased.
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Your guides:
★ Resident Astrologer, Eliza Veretilo ★
Eliza is an artist, singer-songwriter, palm reader, tarot reader and astrologer based in London. Originally from Ecuador and Belarus, Eliza's interests in astrology, psychology and art have been a life-long affair, but she only started diving deep into Astrology in 2011 during her final year studying Philosophy at University, she discovered the many layers of her own natal chart and never looked back. She uses Astrology as a psychological tool to help people understand themselves and actualise their highest potential, working with the energy rather than against it. She has a deep interest in Jungian Psychology religion, esotericism and Philosophy, as well as self-development through art. She has a background in education and holds both art and astrology workshops.
★ Yoga Teacher, Sabina Bhandari ★
Sabina is a Hatha and Tantra Yoga Teacher. She's passionate about reviving the unbroken oral traditions of India for spiritual liberation and making them accessible and relevant. Her holistic approach blends movement, breath, energetic seals + locks and sound vibration to work with the subtle body; the psycho-energetic centres (chakras) and channels (nadis).
★ Yoga Student & Psychosynthesis Coach, Basia Zieniewicz ★
Basia Zieniewicz is a certified yoga facilitator, arts educator, Psychosynthesis coach and Grofian Psychedelic Therapist in training with a background in Transpersonal Psychology, plant medicine, and Integrative Arts Therapy. Basia's current commitment is to align with, what she's called, her "Cosmic Constitution" thereby discovering her destiny. Her biggest undertaking is turning life itself into an art form and to share this process is her greatest privilege. Basia’s yoga journey has consisted of 20 years of learning followed by unlearning to now relearning, studying under three different teachers from three different continents and three different lineages including Integral, Traditional Vedic, and modern western scholarly and science-based technologies. Trauma-informed, Basia also hosts sharing circles, retreats and co-space-holds lunar women’s circles and is co-creator of Yoga In The Stars.
Expect to expand your state of consciousness, be nourished and feel connected. Three sisters are combining their toolboxes together to facilitate this event; an astrologer and a couple of yoga teachers. Combined you will be guided through cosmic insights, gentle yoga asana, pranayama (breathwork) and ritual.
★ ★ ★
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to check in and settle. Doors will be open from 5:30 pm. Event starts promptly at 6 and will run for approximately 2.5 hours. Dress warm and bring your socks. Mats will be provided however do feel free to bring a pillow and blanket for extra comfort.
★ ★ ★
In the spirit of supporting each other grow, we are sharing introductory special prices on all of our offerings. Normally members will be granted discounts for special events but this time we are offering this lunar ritual gratis with each purchased.
★ ★ ★
Your guides:
★ Resident Astrologer, Eliza Veretilo ★
Eliza is an artist, singer-songwriter, palm reader, tarot reader and astrologer based in London. Originally from Ecuador and Belarus, Eliza's interests in astrology, psychology and art have been a life-long affair, but she only started diving deep into Astrology in 2011 during her final year studying Philosophy at University, she discovered the many layers of her own natal chart and never looked back. She uses Astrology as a psychological tool to help people understand themselves and actualise their highest potential, working with the energy rather than against it. She has a deep interest in Jungian Psychology religion, esotericism and Philosophy, as well as self-development through art. She has a background in education and holds both art and astrology workshops.
★ Yoga Teacher, Sabina Bhandari ★
Sabina is a Hatha and Tantra Yoga Teacher. She's passionate about reviving the unbroken oral traditions of India for spiritual liberation and making them accessible and relevant. Her holistic approach blends movement, breath, energetic seals + locks and sound vibration to work with the subtle body; the psycho-energetic centres (chakras) and channels (nadis).
★ Yoga Student & Psychosynthesis Coach, Basia Zieniewicz ★
Basia Zieniewicz is a certified yoga facilitator, arts educator, Psychosynthesis coach and Grofian Psychedelic Therapist in training with a background in Transpersonal Psychology, plant medicine, and Integrative Arts Therapy. Basia's current commitment is to align with, what she's called, her "Cosmic Constitution" thereby discovering her destiny. Her biggest undertaking is turning life itself into an art form and to share this process is her greatest privilege. Basia’s yoga journey has consisted of 20 years of learning followed by unlearning to now relearning, studying under three different teachers from three different continents and three different lineages including Integral, Traditional Vedic, and modern western scholarly and science-based technologies. Trauma-informed, Basia also hosts sharing circles, retreats and co-space-holds lunar women’s circles and is co-creator of Yoga In The Stars.