Sunday (Inner) Sermon Breathwork - An Experiential Psychedelic Journey
April 6, 2025 •
10:30 am - 2:00 pm
Heathcote & Star, 344 Grove Green Road
Basia Zieniewicz
I am a fully qualified and insured Yoga Instructor. After almost 20 years of practice, I began an 18-month teaching diploma training under Sevanti at Unity Yoga in 2019 and completed more than 400 hours of various training since.
Beginning my yoga journey in 1999, I've found my practice to be an incredibly powerful tool for support and positive transformation in my life. I've practiced and studied with teachers from various styles and traditions but I consider my practice and sharing to be post-lineage. I endeavour to share yoga practices in an inclusive, accessible and non-hierarchical way which respects your own inner wisdom and natural rhythmic cycles.
I embrace the role of a guide in the realms of both tenderness and resilience, softness and strength, in what I like to call “subtle activism” and am inspired by embodiment practices. I like to slow things down and I encourage this at every opportunity. My approach emphasizes nurturing an inquisitive awareness of the body, mind, and spirit. I aim to be playful in my devotion and facilitation, interweaving my various yoga trainings, esoteric practices, and transpersonal psychology. I like to focus on honesty and introspection in practice, guiding yogis to connect deeply with themselves to discard the superficial and delve into the breath to clear the mind & steer it towards clarity. I am passionate to guide towards cultivating a more sensitive connection to the subtle cues within and outside the body in order to align you with your most unique compass code. It's my firm belief that our duty is to discover what inspires us so we can be bold and share our sparkle in this world.
In addition to my initial teacher training certificate, I see myself as an ongoing student of yoga, inspired by many brilliant teachers, and have trained under Dr Kumar in Traditional Vedic yoga, Uma Dinsmore Tuli in Yoga Nidra, WeEvolve and Katonah yoga under Selena Gareffino, as well as yoga for children with Zen Kids and Trauma-Sensitive Foundation with Centre for Trauma and Embodiment.
With a degree in arts education and an accredited and certified Therapeutic Depth Psychology Coach, my post-graduate therapeutic trainings include Integrative Arts, Psychosynthesis and Grofian Psychedelic and Breathwork psychological models, being an ongoing student of spiritual psychology since 2020. I specialise in supporting and integrating spiritual emergence and emergencies.
A humbled co-creator to our avant-garde yoga club in East London, Yoga In the Stars, where we embody the philosophy of being a "merging of the emerging," and space for continuous learning, community and growth.
I offer 121 coaching packages, yoga sessions, yoga nidra and am in the process of creating an online mentorship program - in due course
For a more in-depth understanding of my services and qualifications, please visit my website at https://www.wholeexquisiteself.com/
Description
Let's call this Recreative Breathwork: A Playful Approach to Inner Transformation
The word Recreative; is inspired by the balance between play and transformation—honouring a recreational approach to breathwork while allowing space for profound emotional release. Rather than a solely heavy process, this is an invitation to explore creatively: to move what longs to shift within us, to re-create our personal narratives, and to reconnect with ourselves in new ways.
This is an opportunity to step beyond old identities and fixed beliefs, embracing a sense of curiosity about what is possible.
This is an advanced practice and also open for complete beginners. You will be encouraged and supported to explore within your comfort zone.
You may have seen promotions for, or heard of, the Grof/Holotropic Breathwork Intensives, where each participant experiences both roles—breathing for three hours while supported by a partner and then holding space as a sitter for another three hours. To support this journey, we are offering this as a one-hour preparatory breathwork session designed to help participants acclimate, integrate, or simply explore this deeply cathartic practice before the full immersion.
It can also be a stand-alone session for your own interest or mind, body, spirit clearing.
Why Join?
Even ten minutes of deep breathing can unlock emotions—joy, catharsis, unprocessed grief, or a novel sense of presence.
An hour can be a profoundly transformative experience, whether you're preparing for the intensive or simply curious about ways to use your breath as a tool to explore expanded states of consciousness.
This session allows you to:
• Familiarise yourself with the space and practice
• Connect with others attending the intensive
• Experience an expanded state of awareness in a safe, guided environment
• Process emotions and stuck or stagnant energy
• Create space for new emergent creative connections
• Enliven a fresh sense of vitality
Session Details:
📍 Arrivals at 10:30 AM for a prompt 10:45 AM start
• Opening: Meditation & Check-in
• Induction: Guidelines & Safety Considerations
• Gentle and grounding movement
• Breathwork Session: One-hour guided practice
• Yoga Nidra
• Sharing Circle: Small-group reflections
• Closing: Gentle breathwork & moments of stillness
**Complimentary for full-course participants. If you decide to book the immersive weekend, this fee will be deducted.**
***Important Considerations***
While this is not a Grof/ Holotropic Breathwork session, it closely aligns with Conscious Connected Breathing, a practice inspired by Holotropic Breathwork and known for deep emotional release. As an advanced breathwork experience, it shares the same contraindications:
**** Not suitable for individuals with:****
• Cardiovascular conditions (heart disease, high blood pressure, history of stroke)
• Severe psychiatric conditions (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dissociative disorders)
• Epilepsy or a history of seizures
• Severe anxiety or depression (as symptoms may intensify)
• Recent surgery or serious injury
• Glaucoma or retinal detachment
• Aneurysms (or a family history of aneurysms)
• Pregnancy or postnatal recovery (up to 16 weeks postpartum)
• Use of strong psychoactive medications/substances
By registering, you take full responsibility for your well-being. If you have concerns, please consult a healthcare professional before attending.
Spaces are limited.
If you feel called to explore this work and face financial barriers, please email basia@yogainthestats.com and we can discuss what making this accessible to you would look like.
We look forward to welcoming you.
The word Recreative; is inspired by the balance between play and transformation—honouring a recreational approach to breathwork while allowing space for profound emotional release. Rather than a solely heavy process, this is an invitation to explore creatively: to move what longs to shift within us, to re-create our personal narratives, and to reconnect with ourselves in new ways.
This is an opportunity to step beyond old identities and fixed beliefs, embracing a sense of curiosity about what is possible.
This is an advanced practice and also open for complete beginners. You will be encouraged and supported to explore within your comfort zone.
You may have seen promotions for, or heard of, the Grof/Holotropic Breathwork Intensives, where each participant experiences both roles—breathing for three hours while supported by a partner and then holding space as a sitter for another three hours. To support this journey, we are offering this as a one-hour preparatory breathwork session designed to help participants acclimate, integrate, or simply explore this deeply cathartic practice before the full immersion.
It can also be a stand-alone session for your own interest or mind, body, spirit clearing.
Why Join?
Even ten minutes of deep breathing can unlock emotions—joy, catharsis, unprocessed grief, or a novel sense of presence.
An hour can be a profoundly transformative experience, whether you're preparing for the intensive or simply curious about ways to use your breath as a tool to explore expanded states of consciousness.
This session allows you to:
• Familiarise yourself with the space and practice
• Connect with others attending the intensive
• Experience an expanded state of awareness in a safe, guided environment
• Process emotions and stuck or stagnant energy
• Create space for new emergent creative connections
• Enliven a fresh sense of vitality
Session Details:
📍 Arrivals at 10:30 AM for a prompt 10:45 AM start
• Opening: Meditation & Check-in
• Induction: Guidelines & Safety Considerations
• Gentle and grounding movement
• Breathwork Session: One-hour guided practice
• Yoga Nidra
• Sharing Circle: Small-group reflections
• Closing: Gentle breathwork & moments of stillness
**Complimentary for full-course participants. If you decide to book the immersive weekend, this fee will be deducted.**
***Important Considerations***
While this is not a Grof/ Holotropic Breathwork session, it closely aligns with Conscious Connected Breathing, a practice inspired by Holotropic Breathwork and known for deep emotional release. As an advanced breathwork experience, it shares the same contraindications:
**** Not suitable for individuals with:****
• Cardiovascular conditions (heart disease, high blood pressure, history of stroke)
• Severe psychiatric conditions (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dissociative disorders)
• Epilepsy or a history of seizures
• Severe anxiety or depression (as symptoms may intensify)
• Recent surgery or serious injury
• Glaucoma or retinal detachment
• Aneurysms (or a family history of aneurysms)
• Pregnancy or postnatal recovery (up to 16 weeks postpartum)
• Use of strong psychoactive medications/substances
By registering, you take full responsibility for your well-being. If you have concerns, please consult a healthcare professional before attending.
Spaces are limited.
If you feel called to explore this work and face financial barriers, please email basia@yogainthestats.com and we can discuss what making this accessible to you would look like.
We look forward to welcoming you.