Meet Avril Bastiansz, Aka Bubble, Libran, Woman, Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Counsellor, Teacher, Yogi, Born in Sri Lanka, Creator of Become YOU & The Renaissance Woman’s Circle.
I am all of these and none.
Tat Tvam Asi (Sanskrit) I am that !
Avril says, “I love to teach. I love to learn. I weave together all that I know and all that I am to bring you these teachings, my lifes work, to support & empower you to Become YOU”
“I teach yoga with the highest end-goal in mind. Yoga as a pathway to the Self (Vedanta).”
In all her work, Avril takes a holistic (body-mind-soul) view, focusing on your whole self & life experience.
She has been a yoga teacher for over a decade and this knowledge informs her therapeutic work, teachings and offerings.
She considers yoga a transformative, spiritual practice and way of Being which leads to Self-Realisation. The practice of yoga enables a continuous process of ever increasing self-awareness which leads to an expansion of individual consciousness with cosmic consciousness - a pathway to Being, Becoming & Belonging.
As a teacher, Avril incorporates all the elements of yoga : asana, vinyasa, pranayama, kriya, mantra, meditation including vedic rituals with knowledge and philosophy in order to create a safe and transformative experience for her students. Her teaching philosophy is deeply rooted in the supreme knowledge of the Veda and Vedanta and the scriputal texts including the Baghavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Pathanjali (eight-limbs of yoga).
Having trained as a Hatha Yoga teacher, the deepening of her own practice led her to explore the subtler meditative practices of yoga and to become a teacher of Vedic Meditation.
Avril is a qualified Counsellor & Psychotherapist. Her approach is holistic, humanistic, person centered and integrative. She describes it as bio-psycho-social-spiritual & environmental. Recognising that the body, mind and soul are not separate parts but rather an expressions of one integrated and interconnected whole on a continuum from subtle to gross and in relationship with the cosmos.
Believing that the true goal of our journey is not one of self-improvement but one of self-discovery that leads to Self-realisation, Avril supports and guides the seeker to identify the patterns of behaviour preventing them from Becoming their authentic Self. The goal of her work is to enable and empower the seeker to discover their innate wisdom to Become a fully conscious Being.