GROF® HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK PREPARATION
Friday, November 8 •
7:00 PM - 10:00 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 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
This session is the first session of 3, Preparation for Sunday's experiential session.
Participants will have gone through a prerequisite screening process.
This is a ticketed experiential for deep personal exploration.
For more information or to apply please contact Basia@yogainthestars.com
more information here https://yogainthestars.com/holotropic-breathwork-london
booking link below.
THE METHOD
Grof® Breathwork is a highly experiential work recommended for those interested in their personal and spiritual growth through deep inner exploration. Stan Grof’s basic concept is that the wisdom of our 'inner healer' will direct us and bring to our consciousness what is best and most healing for us at any given moment.
The process itself combines accelerated breathing with evocative music which helps to amplify the experience and release stuck or unconscious material.
The sessions are done in pairs. During each breathwork session, the participants are lying on a mat with eyes closed, while using the power of their own breath and evocative music to enter an expanded state of consciousness (NOSC).
Such states are shown to activate our innate inner wisdom, bringing healing, release and/or insight
For this, we honor the main 3 guidelines of any work with holotropic states: the preparation, the experience and the integration of the experience.
Once the breathwork session is complete, the breather is invited to draw a mandala of their experience. This does not require drawing skills!
Additional elements of the process include focused energy release, when the body needs support releasing and healing.
The sessions are then followed by a sharing circle where people can share their experience + a practice of integration, to support the content of the breathwork session.
Format of the Workshop
Single workshop: 2 Grof (aka Holotropic) Breathwork sessions (1 as breather and 1 as sitter holding space).
The workshop consists of Grof® Breathwork sessions with evocative music, bodywork, mandala drawing, group sharing and a sequence of integration practices on the final evening.
Schedule
Participation in this experience requires to attend the full schedule.
YOUR LEAD FACILITATOR
Amy Burrell MFA, LMT, ACS Grof® / Holotropic Breathwork facilitator,
Tantra intimacy bodyworker and Transpersonal Therapist. She offers integration sessions to help those who want to integrate their experiences with Non Ordinary States of Consciousness (NOSC) and provides consultation for those training in Grof® / Holotropic Breathwork or who work with NOSC.
Amy has a MFA, a BS Dance/Psychology, is a LMT and has has extensive training in trauma-informed holistic healing modalities. Her additional certifications include Grof® Breathwork, Thriving Relationship Coach™, Authentic Tantra® teacher, Reiki Master and SET (structural energetic therapy). She has taught movement and dance at the Federal University of Goiás in Brazil and at Indiana University.
She is pursuing Grof® Psychedelic Therapists training in Spain while continuing as a practicing massage therapist. She facilitates Grof® Breathwork workshops and is a Teacher of Grof Legacy Training® nationally and internationally.
Amy’s enthusiasm for learning, traveling, and experiencing cultures continues to inspired and enrich her life and work. It is her greatest honor to hold space for others in their transformational journey.
SUPPORTED BY
Yoga In the Stars co-creator & curator; Basia Zieniewicz.
Basia Zieniewicz, B.Ed., PGDip Integrative Art Therapy, PGCert Psychedelics, Altered States & Transpersonal Psychology, EMCC PGC Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching Psychology, YTT 700(ish), Reiki Master is in her third and final year of training in Psychedelic Therapy and Grof® Breathwork through the Grof Legacy Training®.
Inspired by an interweaving of esoteric mysticism, sacred arts, and evidence based modalities Basia's speciality is in the liminal spaces, supporting individuals who seek inner and outer balance. She offers constructive guidance in both the preparation and integration of NOSC, with tender care. helping clients navigate their experiences into lasting transformation.
Participants will have gone through a prerequisite screening process.
This is a ticketed experiential for deep personal exploration.
For more information or to apply please contact Basia@yogainthestars.com
more information here https://yogainthestars.com/holotropic-breathwork-london
booking link below.
THE METHOD
Grof® Breathwork is a highly experiential work recommended for those interested in their personal and spiritual growth through deep inner exploration. Stan Grof’s basic concept is that the wisdom of our 'inner healer' will direct us and bring to our consciousness what is best and most healing for us at any given moment.
The process itself combines accelerated breathing with evocative music which helps to amplify the experience and release stuck or unconscious material.
The sessions are done in pairs. During each breathwork session, the participants are lying on a mat with eyes closed, while using the power of their own breath and evocative music to enter an expanded state of consciousness (NOSC).
Such states are shown to activate our innate inner wisdom, bringing healing, release and/or insight
For this, we honor the main 3 guidelines of any work with holotropic states: the preparation, the experience and the integration of the experience.
Once the breathwork session is complete, the breather is invited to draw a mandala of their experience. This does not require drawing skills!
Additional elements of the process include focused energy release, when the body needs support releasing and healing.
The sessions are then followed by a sharing circle where people can share their experience + a practice of integration, to support the content of the breathwork session.
Format of the Workshop
Single workshop: 2 Grof (aka Holotropic) Breathwork sessions (1 as breather and 1 as sitter holding space).
The workshop consists of Grof® Breathwork sessions with evocative music, bodywork, mandala drawing, group sharing and a sequence of integration practices on the final evening.
Schedule
Participation in this experience requires to attend the full schedule.
YOUR LEAD FACILITATOR
Amy Burrell MFA, LMT, ACS Grof® / Holotropic Breathwork facilitator,
Tantra intimacy bodyworker and Transpersonal Therapist. She offers integration sessions to help those who want to integrate their experiences with Non Ordinary States of Consciousness (NOSC) and provides consultation for those training in Grof® / Holotropic Breathwork or who work with NOSC.
Amy has a MFA, a BS Dance/Psychology, is a LMT and has has extensive training in trauma-informed holistic healing modalities. Her additional certifications include Grof® Breathwork, Thriving Relationship Coach™, Authentic Tantra® teacher, Reiki Master and SET (structural energetic therapy). She has taught movement and dance at the Federal University of Goiás in Brazil and at Indiana University.
She is pursuing Grof® Psychedelic Therapists training in Spain while continuing as a practicing massage therapist. She facilitates Grof® Breathwork workshops and is a Teacher of Grof Legacy Training® nationally and internationally.
Amy’s enthusiasm for learning, traveling, and experiencing cultures continues to inspired and enrich her life and work. It is her greatest honor to hold space for others in their transformational journey.
SUPPORTED BY
Yoga In the Stars co-creator & curator; Basia Zieniewicz.
Basia Zieniewicz, B.Ed., PGDip Integrative Art Therapy, PGCert Psychedelics, Altered States & Transpersonal Psychology, EMCC PGC Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching Psychology, YTT 700(ish), Reiki Master is in her third and final year of training in Psychedelic Therapy and Grof® Breathwork through the Grof Legacy Training®.
Inspired by an interweaving of esoteric mysticism, sacred arts, and evidence based modalities Basia's speciality is in the liminal spaces, supporting individuals who seek inner and outer balance. She offers constructive guidance in both the preparation and integration of NOSC, with tender care. helping clients navigate their experiences into lasting transformation.