SPONTANEOUS HAPPENING: Community Bonding Psychedelic Breathwork

October 27, 2024 • 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Heathcote & Star, 344 Grove Green Road
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

This weekend and next weekend we are hosting 4 special events on Sunday 27th Oct & 3rd Nov. Semi-spontaneous happenings.

These will be very unusual community bonding sessions, things like psychedelic breathwork, archetypal dance journey and kundalini yoga!
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What is Community Bonding Psychedelic Breathwork?

Psychedelic Breathwork is a hyperventilating modality influenced by what may be more widely known as Conscious-Connected breathwork and informed by learnings from Grof (or Holotropic) Breathwork. This will be about 30-40 minutes of intensive breathwork.

Is an opportunity to explore your inner self in a supportive and intentional space. While this offering is in its experimental stages, we believe in the potential of these practices to foster deep self-awareness and inner integration. If you are open to exploring, reflecting, and evolving alongside us, we welcome you to join this journey.

Note: Due to the experimental nature of this workshop, your feedback will be an invaluable part of our continued evolution of this offering.

And, yes, there may be a sharing circle. Expect to embrace your vulnerability, be a compassionate witness and be witnessed.

Psychosynthesis is a holistic psychological approach that aims to integrate various aspects of the self, including emotions, thoughts, and higher spiritual potential, to create a more unified and authentic sense of self.

***Important Contraindications***
For safety reasons, this workshop is not recommended for individuals with any of the following conditions:

• Severe mental health conditions, such as untreated PTSD, schizophrenia, or psychosis
• Cardiovascular problems (e.g., high blood pressure, recent heart conditions, or aneurysms)
• Epilepsy or a history of seizures
• Glacauma
• Recent major surgeries or physical injuries
• Pregnancy or up to 16 weeks postpartum
• Those under the influence of drugs or alcohol

If you have any of these conditions or are unsure, please consult with your healthcare provider or contact us directly to discuss your participation.


For those interested in experiencing Holotropic States of Consciousness you may be interested in revisiting these sessions regularly and consider joining us for the longer Holotropic Breathwork sessions also here and done as fully immersive retreats.