BWY Foundation Courses 1 & 2
- BWY Foundation Course 1
- 10-month course (60 hours) meeting one Saturday every month in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
- For those who wish to explore how to bring Yoga even more into their lives
BWY Foundation Course 2 – NEXT COURSE STARTS FEBRUARY 2027
- 10-month course (60 hours) meeting one Saturday every month in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
- For those who have completed Foundation Course 1 or Yoga Teacher Training and wish to deepen their understanding and experience of Yoga practices and philosophy
BWY Foundation Course 1
I have been offering BWY Foundation Course 1 every year since 2017, and it continues to be one of my favourite things to share.
This is a course that facilitates the wonderful exploration of all things yoga.
If you love yoga and want to learn more, this course creates the perfect opportunity for you to develop your personal practice and your understanding of yoga, providing the opportunity for you to dig deeper than you ever would in a class, workshop or even retreat.
When I undertook this course myself, I found it to be a liberating experience for me and my yoga practice and was a real ‘life changer’ in how I experienced yoga in my everyday life.
This course is aimed at those with a good grounding in yoga (the usual suggestion is to have attended classes regularly for 2 years).
This course is ideal preparation for those who may wish to train as yoga teachers in the future, but equally suitable for those who do not wish to teach but rather deepen their personal experience of yoga.
Foundation Course 1 Content
Foundation Course 1 includes the preparation and practice of a range of yoga asana (postures), breathing and pranayama techniques, an understanding of the relevance of relaxation along with various relaxation practices, concentration and meditation techniques, an understanding and practice of mudra (sealing gestures), and mantra.
The course will also include teachings, talks and discussions on the context and meaning of yoga, covering the history of yoga, the different paths of yoga, the eight limbs of yoga, and the use of Sanskrit language.
My foundation course will also include practice, talks and discussions on prana and the pranic body, chakras and nadis, the mechanics of breathing, mindfulness, and developing a home practice.
Students will be required to practice regularly throughout the course and will be encouraged to maintain a journal to reflect upon and make notes on their personal journey. Other than this there is no written homework and the course is not formally assessed. Each course session will involve a mixture of mat based practice, group talks and discussion and points for reflection.
Foundation Course 2
Foundation Course 2 offers the opportunity to explore Yoga far deeper than Foundation Course 1.
Ideal for those who have completed Foundation Course 1, but don’t wish to go on to train to teach. Also fantastic for anyone who has completed their teacher training and want to revisit some of the deeper practices and Yoga philosophy as continuous professional development.
This course delves into asana (more ‘advanced’ postures than Foundation Course 1) with a focus on further development of a personal practice.
Yoga philosophy plays a central role in this course with opportunity to explore deeper elements of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras along with studies into The Upanishads and The Bhagavad Gita – central yogic scriptures.
More subtle practices are also included in this course syllabus, such as mudra and bandha. A key part of this course is also understanding and experiencing pranayama and meditation.
This course is a joyous sharing, with a group of like minded people committed to furthering their understanding and exploration of what Yoga could mean to them in their day-to-day lives.
If you would like to know more about either of these courses or you would like to register your interest please email me cath3hope@hotmail.com
