An Evening of Yogic Philosophy - with Stephen Silver / Yoga Nidra - with Basia / Sound Bath - with Cummings Twins / PAY AS YOU WISH
Sunday, February 11 •
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Heathcote & Star, 344 Grove Green Road, Green Grove Room
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 trainings 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 self-leadership 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-parent to our avant-garde yoga hub 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 to create a Masterpiece of Life.
For a more in-depth understanding of my services and qualifications, please visit my website at https://www.wholeexquisiteself.com/
Description
An evening of yogic philosophy with Stephen Silver (Principal for The School of Philosophy and Economic Science - London)
With Yoga Nidra with Basia Zieniewicz and sound bath with the Cummings Twins (Mystery School of Sound)
Bhagavad Gita - A Yogic Philosophy
We are thrilled to announce that Stephen Silver, Principal of The School of Philosophy and Economic Science will be joining us here at Yoga in the Stars for a special evening of yogic philosophy, in a practical exploration of The Bhagavad Gita and how we take these ideas and philosophies into our lives.
The session will bookend with a Yoga Nidra to open the mind towards new and expansive ideas, and close with a sound bath with gongs and other instruments to allow you to let ideas settle in their own way. We will dive into the exploration of the Gita itself and how ideas held within may show up in our lives.
The focus will be Chapter 2.
In chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gītā, Arjuna asks what are the qualities of a wise person, a person of steady knowledge. Krishna answers through the rest of the chapter. The description is interesting and, in parts challenging. More importantly, the description tells us what we have to practise to grow in wisdom, in steady knowledge. We all have the capacity to be wiser than we are already; we all have the capacity to be wise. Krishna’s answer shows us how.
There will be chai and chats afterwards!
This is a Yoga-Social / £0 / Pay As You Wish / Everyone welcome
Starts 630pm
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A bit about the The School of Philosophy and Economic Science and a message from Stephen Silver.
A bit about the The School of Philosophy and Economic Science and message from Stephen Silver.
One of the basic premises in the School of Philosophy is that what we are looking for is already within us. What we are seeking may be expressed in many ways, but ultimately the journey is inwards.
In the School we draw heavily of the ancient teachings from the West and from the East, in particular the teaching of Advaita, non-duality or unity. The Sanskrit word yoga can be translated as union or path. It is a path leading to union with the goal – or more accurately the source.
The School is not religious but it is spiritual. One of the scriptures that we refer to a lot is the Bhagavad Gītā, where the prince Arjuna is led by the teaching of the Lord Krishna from despair to calm resolution.
It will be illuminating, fun and, possibly, challenging.
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For the Waterperry Retreat Programme
The School of Philosophy is running a series of short residentials at its retreat centre at Waterperry, near Oxford. In March, the focus will be on the Bhagavad Gītā and Yoga. The word Yoga is used variously throughout the Gītā. We will study and practise together to gain some understanding of the different ways the word is being used. And I’m delighted that Tarin will be coming to lead some sessions of simple yet effective yoga as a way to help deepen our experience.
The retreat will run from the evening of Monday March 11th to mid-morning on Thursday 14th. The cost is £190.
Link for more information about the Waterperry retreat programme and how to register.
https://schoolofphilosophy.org/products/wrp2023
Waterperry House is a Georgian building in the middle of Waterperry Gardens, one of the top 25 gardens to visit in the country. The gardens were used as the setting for the BBC TV programme Make it at Market, where there are great arial shots of the gardens. Or watch this YouTube clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHFw9k0VPrA . A description of the house, including the Waterperry Frescoes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtmTdn72ZnU
Stephen Silver
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With Yoga Nidra with Basia Zieniewicz and sound bath with the Cummings Twins (Mystery School of Sound)
Bhagavad Gita - A Yogic Philosophy
We are thrilled to announce that Stephen Silver, Principal of The School of Philosophy and Economic Science will be joining us here at Yoga in the Stars for a special evening of yogic philosophy, in a practical exploration of The Bhagavad Gita and how we take these ideas and philosophies into our lives.
The session will bookend with a Yoga Nidra to open the mind towards new and expansive ideas, and close with a sound bath with gongs and other instruments to allow you to let ideas settle in their own way. We will dive into the exploration of the Gita itself and how ideas held within may show up in our lives.
The focus will be Chapter 2.
In chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gītā, Arjuna asks what are the qualities of a wise person, a person of steady knowledge. Krishna answers through the rest of the chapter. The description is interesting and, in parts challenging. More importantly, the description tells us what we have to practise to grow in wisdom, in steady knowledge. We all have the capacity to be wiser than we are already; we all have the capacity to be wise. Krishna’s answer shows us how.
There will be chai and chats afterwards!
This is a Yoga-Social / £0 / Pay As You Wish / Everyone welcome
Starts 630pm
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A bit about the The School of Philosophy and Economic Science and a message from Stephen Silver.
A bit about the The School of Philosophy and Economic Science and message from Stephen Silver.
One of the basic premises in the School of Philosophy is that what we are looking for is already within us. What we are seeking may be expressed in many ways, but ultimately the journey is inwards.
In the School we draw heavily of the ancient teachings from the West and from the East, in particular the teaching of Advaita, non-duality or unity. The Sanskrit word yoga can be translated as union or path. It is a path leading to union with the goal – or more accurately the source.
The School is not religious but it is spiritual. One of the scriptures that we refer to a lot is the Bhagavad Gītā, where the prince Arjuna is led by the teaching of the Lord Krishna from despair to calm resolution.
It will be illuminating, fun and, possibly, challenging.
__
For the Waterperry Retreat Programme
The School of Philosophy is running a series of short residentials at its retreat centre at Waterperry, near Oxford. In March, the focus will be on the Bhagavad Gītā and Yoga. The word Yoga is used variously throughout the Gītā. We will study and practise together to gain some understanding of the different ways the word is being used. And I’m delighted that Tarin will be coming to lead some sessions of simple yet effective yoga as a way to help deepen our experience.
The retreat will run from the evening of Monday March 11th to mid-morning on Thursday 14th. The cost is £190.
Link for more information about the Waterperry retreat programme and how to register.
https://schoolofphilosophy.org/products/wrp2023
Waterperry House is a Georgian building in the middle of Waterperry Gardens, one of the top 25 gardens to visit in the country. The gardens were used as the setting for the BBC TV programme Make it at Market, where there are great arial shots of the gardens. Or watch this YouTube clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHFw9k0VPrA . A description of the house, including the Waterperry Frescoes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtmTdn72ZnU
Stephen Silver
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