FULL MOON RITUAL - Himalayan Kriya Yoga Initiation with Swagatika Senapati / Nidra Induced Trance with Shamanic Journey with Basia Zieniewicz / Sound Journey with live Synths and Piano With David Franklyn
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Sunday, October 29 •
7:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Heathcote & Star, 344 Grove Green Road, Meet in The Pink Room (Downstairs)
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/
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Full Moon Ritual_ THE HUNTERS MOON
Cross-cultural ritual_ Himalayan Kriya Yoga Initiation / Nidra Induced Trance with Shamanic Journey accompanied by Sound Journey with Live Synths & Piano_
With Basia Zieniewicz / Swagatika Senapati / David Franklyn
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JOIN US FOR FULL MOON_
A cross-cultural ritual, celebrating and connecting with each other and self.
The Hunter’s Moon, the moon that follows the Harvest Moon, which is the moon that follows the Autumnal Equinox.
These names are not derived of folklore, as other Full Moons, but are tied to the tides of our solar cycles - the long cycle or full cycle. And the Hunter’s Moon is more than symbolic, it is the recognition of the coming winter. It is a direct and primal reminder to take care of what is needed to last out the cold months.
The Cree called this the Migration Moon, observing the time when birds start to fly south to warmer places.
The Hunter’s Moon is also in observance of the Wolf and Fox who become bolder and more active as the winter colds draw in.
We gather together for warmth and to take recognition of life on Earth, moved by cycles and tides, attuning to our circadian rhythms and larger migratory cycles, as a natural response to natural shifts - the seasons.
It is a time to gather your resources and make provisions for the coming season. Turning your attention to the coming months to make the most of your harvest. Shaping and taking this into your daily life.
Despite the streetlights, between the alarm clock and the thermostat, the electric light and the supermarket trips, can you feel into the shift -and pause into what it can mean for you?
A cross-cultural ritual and gathering to help remind us of the connection_
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The gathering_
Himalayan Kriya Yoga with Swagatika. The mystic and secret traditions of Kriya Yoga were passed by teacher to student through initiation, and even today Kriya yoga is seldom practiced in studio settings, and yet they have been central as the most potent aspects of yoga practices. The ancient seers of India (rishis) perceived these practices of spirit to be a powerful way to connect with source and the self-realisation of the godhead. Kriya was re-introduced after nearly 2,000 years by a Himalayan mystic known only as Babaji.
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Yoga Nidra with Basia. Yoga Nidra is the practice of going into yogic trance through a guided or self-guided portal within the body. Through the practice of Nidra the body can find deep rest, the recharge and repair and whilst in Trance, the mind or the spirit can go wander. The Nidra for the Hunter’s Moon will be written with shamanic symbolism and story journeying, for insight, direct inner connection and guidance.
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Sound Journey with David. David is a composer and producer and in 2022 produced a 50 minute semi-composed, semi-improvised sound journey for Yoga in the Stars community. David returns with the second part, using piano, synths and sound samples to create pathways to deep journeying in non-ordinary states.
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Sound / Trance / Kriya
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The space will be held through Reiki, invocation, intention and blessing to protect the gathering and allow you to open into yourself and connect however you need to. Go wander in the forest of your mind. Go hunting in the Otherworlds_ and see what you find...
This is not theatre_
Meet in the Pink Room between 715 - 730pm_
