YOGA / NIDRA & SOUND BATH
October 23, 2022 •
7:30 pm - 9:30 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
You are invited to experience a BAST method of soundbathing with Laura Klovaite, and yoga and breathwork with Basia.
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You'll be laying down while the vibrations and sounds of the gong and therapeutic percussion will work on all levels of your being. No effort required, just close your eyes and fall into deep relaxation.
The BAST method of soundbathing has been specifically designed to give the mind and body a rest. A regular soundbath can be really beneficial for reducing stress, anxiety, muscle tension, pain and therefore alleviate many stress and tension related health conditions.
Studies have shown that during/after a soundbath it’s possible to experience:
- A positive mood state
- Bliss
- Insight
- Unity
- Physical relaxation
Therapeutically it has also been found to positively influence:
- Pain relief, management & control
- Muscle tension
- Mental health
- Emotional distress
- Improving mood state
- Self awareness, emotional intelligence & reflective thinking
- Blood pressure, heart rate & stress related illness
- Openness to experience, resilience & adaptive thinking
- Appreciation of the arts, each other & beauty
IMPORTANT NOTE: Soundbaths are not suitable for anyone who suffers from fits (epileptics), or anyone who is extremely sensitive to sound. They are also not recommended for women in the first trimester of pregnancy due to the unstable nature of pregnancy during that time. If you have any concerns, please speak with your doctor in advance.
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You'll be laying down while the vibrations and sounds of the gong and therapeutic percussion will work on all levels of your being. No effort required, just close your eyes and fall into deep relaxation.
The BAST method of soundbathing has been specifically designed to give the mind and body a rest. A regular soundbath can be really beneficial for reducing stress, anxiety, muscle tension, pain and therefore alleviate many stress and tension related health conditions.
Studies have shown that during/after a soundbath it’s possible to experience:
- A positive mood state
- Bliss
- Insight
- Unity
- Physical relaxation
Therapeutically it has also been found to positively influence:
- Pain relief, management & control
- Muscle tension
- Mental health
- Emotional distress
- Improving mood state
- Self awareness, emotional intelligence & reflective thinking
- Blood pressure, heart rate & stress related illness
- Openness to experience, resilience & adaptive thinking
- Appreciation of the arts, each other & beauty
IMPORTANT NOTE: Soundbaths are not suitable for anyone who suffers from fits (epileptics), or anyone who is extremely sensitive to sound. They are also not recommended for women in the first trimester of pregnancy due to the unstable nature of pregnancy during that time. If you have any concerns, please speak with your doctor in advance.