BWY FOUNDATION COURSE LEVEL 1 

Who it is for?

The Foundation Course 1 is run nationally (in England, Scotland and Wales) and is suitable for anyone who wishes to develop their personal practice of yoga and widen their experience. It provides a comprehensive grounding in basic practical techniques taught in the context of the philosophy that underpins Yoga.  It is an ideal preparation for those who may wish to train as yoga teachers in the future but equally suitable for yoga students who do not wish to teach. 

Award

British Wheel of Yoga Foundation Course 1 Certificate of Attendance. 

Pre-requisites

1.         Minimum of two years class attendance with a suitable qualified and experienced yoga teacher.

2.         Students must join the British Wheel of Yoga if not already a member.  Registration paperwork will require your BWY membership number.  This can be done online www.bwy.org.uk and costs £30 per year.

Length of Course

The course length is 60 hours with ten meeting held on Saturdays and /or Sundays 9.30am – 4.30pm.

The course starts with an introductory day which will give you a full flavour of the course. This day is charged for separately as there is no obligation to continue with the course if you find it is not right for you on the Introductory day. You will be asked to make a firm decision at the end of this day and pay the remaining course fees plus registration fees ( both of which are non- returnable) 

The Course

The core syllabus of 45 hours is obligatory. It includes preparation for practice, asana (postures), mudra (sealing gestures), basic breathing, kriya (cleansing practice), pranayama (breath control), concentration techniques, relaxation techniques, mantra, talks and discussions on the context and meaning of Yoga.   A minimum of 15 hours is added, content of which at the discretion of the course tutor, to meet the particular needs and interests of individual students and to reflect the tutor’s own tradition.

Students are encouraged to practice regularly throughout the course and are encouraged to reflect upon and make notes on their practice in journal form.  Other than this there is no home written work and the course is not formally assessed.

For a copy of the full syllabus click here

Size of group

 The course will run with a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 16 participants

Cost

Introductory day fee £45 payable to Terri Hilder with application to attend Introductory day.

Rest of Course fees £440 (payable to Terri Hilder) plus a Course registration fee £60.00 (payable to BWY) payable immediately on acceptance of a place on the course

Venue

Silver Courts Community Centre , Brandon , Durham DH7 8 NP.  Please do not use this address for correspondence. Good Public Transport Links

 

Provisional Dates Introductory day March 17th  (note this day will be postponed if there are not enough applicants.)

April 21st, May 12 and 13,  June 10th (Sunday),  July 15th (Sunday) , September 8th, September 29th and 30th, October 20th .

Note that for the certificate of attendance to be awarded 80% attendance is required.That is at least 8 or the 10 sessions.     

Booking :

Complete an application form and send to Terri via email or post. Either send a cheque for £45  payable to T Hilder for a place on the Introductory day or I will send you details for a BACs bank transfer.CLOSING DATE 1st March 2012.

Testimonials - although this will be the first BWY Foundation Course I have tutored you can find out about what previous diploma course students say about my courses here.

Note the comments about homework or assessments do not apply to the foundation course! :)