The work of a woman is one of receptive, awakened consciousness.
I’m Yiota…
I welcome you to my page.
We all come to this work through our own journey, our own calling. Here is a little of what brings me to the work you find here today.
Born in the UK to a Greek Cypriot, Greek Orthodox family, the Christian story was woven into me from the beginning. In my early twenties I met my Tai Chi and Qigong teacher, trained in Chinese medicine, and so the Taoist and Buddhist traditions naturally became a part of the very fabric of my daily life.
In my late twenties I met my teacher in the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah, and from there began an integration - of East and West, body and spirit, the visible and the invisible.
What slowly emerged over many years was a deepening interest in the feminine qualities that live within all these traditions. The receptive. The hidden. The part that listens deeply. That part that knows through the lived experience of the body and the willing engagement of the heart.
Now, as I enter my fifth decade, with over twenty-five years of practice behind me, the work I offer women draws on what I have lived and learned - across traditions, through the medicine and wisdom of the body, and in the quiet, often hidden places of experience. It asks one simple question: what becomes possible when a woman turns towards her own depths?
The Work
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Hecate's Threshold
A 9 Week Initiation for Women at Midlife
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The Women's Circle
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Facing Shame
A Six-Session Mythic & Somatic Journey
Commencing September 2026
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The Monthly Practice
“The work of a woman is one of receptive, awakened consciousness. Her soul the vessel within which there begins a mating dance of the masculine and feminine sources of life. And the body, the temple floor where this dance occurs.”
— yiota panayiotis
Hecate’s Threshold
A Nine Week Initiatory Passage for Women at Midlife
A One-to-One Online Intensive
By Application Only
This nine week container is for women at midlife who sense that something is changing - not on the surface, but deep in the bones. Women who feel they have arrived at a threshold and know, somehow, that there is no going back.
It is an intimately held, one-to-one space for the kind of inner work that cannot be rushed. We move through it slowly, with intention - mapping the inner landscape of where you are, approaching your threshold as a conscious initiation, and beginning to integrate what emerges on the other side.
This work is offered by application only, to those women who feel they are ready.
What we work with:
Deep Self-Inquiry and Reflection · Somatic and Embodied Practice · Symbolic and Archetypal Exploration · Guided Visual Meditation · Personalised Embodied Ritual
The Details:
9 weeks · Zoom · One-to-One
90-120 minute sessions · weekly
Recordings available after each session
Daily practice commitment of 10-20 minutes.
Investment: £1400 · Payment plan: 3 x £470
Optional herbal medicine and nutritional support available on request.
The Monthly Practice
Somatic Work · Non-Linear Movement · Meditation
Open to All Women
Once a month we gather online for an hour of embodied feminine practice. Each session carries its own theme, timed where possible to align with the astrological and seasonal rhythms relevant to the work.
We work with the Non-Linear Movement Method™ - a somatic practice that invites the body to move freely, without choreography or imposition, releasing held tension and awakening the body’s own intelligence. Alongside this, guided meditations rooted in Taoist Qigong and Chinese Medicine theory bring attention to the pelvic region - the womb, the ovaries and lower belly - honouring this territory as a centre for feminine wisdom and vitality.
Each session is different. Each session returns to the same essential question: what does your body know?
Next Session Tuesday 11 August 2026 · 7pm · Online over Zoom
This month: The Alchemical Fire of the Womb
On the eve of the solar eclipse, as Mars enters Cancer, we will engage in a simple breathing meditation and somatic practice to connect to the inner flame of the womb.
£15 per session.
Facing Shame: An Alchemy of the Underworld
A Six-Session Mythic & Somatic Journey
September 2026 - January 2027 · Online via Zoom
· An Intimate Circle of Four Women ·
When we experience shame, something of the self becomes veiled — unseen, unspoken, sent into hiding. It contracts the body, silences the voice, and keeps our deepest medicine buried in the dark. Yet, when we consciously turn toward these hidden places within an intimately held, safe container, the very material that caused us to hide becomes the ground for a profound return to wholeness.
Facing Shame is a deeply transformative initiatory journey designed for just four women, carefully structured to align with the natural energetic cycle of autumn’s descent into darkness and the first stirrings of light at winter’s solstice.
Together, we will step into the unconscious underworld of our internal shame. We will enter shame as a physical landscape waiting to be met, held, and alchemized through myth, ritual, creative form, and somatic movement.
From September through January, we will gather online every three weeks, giving the deep body-work of each session time to settle into your bones.
Throughout our six gatherings together, we will move through three distinct phases:
The Descent & The Wound: Anchoring into ancient myth to safely map the unconscious parts of ourselves that carry and guard our historical shame.
Embodying Sovereignty: Moving through primal somatic practices and creative externalization to face trauma responses with fierce protection, power, and movement.
The Winter Incubation & Rebirth: Aligning with the Winter Solstice and the wisdom of the I Ching’s idea of Return, we come to the end of a cycle as our old story of shame births a new beginning.
The Details
Format: Small, closed group sessions over Zoom.
Capacity: Strictly limited to 4 women to preserve total intimacy and safety.
Frequency: Meeting every 3 weeks over 6 sessions (September – January).
The Ritual Parcel: Every participant will receive a surprise physical package in the post containing your essential, hand-picked ritual materials and a journal to use together across the journey.
Please note: UK shipping for your parcel is included. International shipping will be calculated at checkout.
Cost: £480 (Payment plans available: 3 x £160).
Because of the restricted group size and the depth of this somatic work, entry to the circle is by application to ensure this container is the right fit for your journey.
How to Apply:
Please email me directly at yiotapanayiotis@gmail.com with the subject line "Facing Shame Application." I will then send you three gentle questions to complete via email so we can ensure this space aligns with your path.
The Women’s Circle
A Small Closed Circle · Meeting Every Three Weeks
For the past two years a small group of five women has been meeting together every three weeks. This is a closed circle - intimate, ongoing and not currently open to new members.
It is held by donation and works in the space where depth, ritual and feminine community meet.
If you would like to be considered for future availability, you are welcome to get in touch.