British Wheel of Yoga: Wales Region

BWY Foundation Courses

Foundation Course Students are required to have practised Yoga for a minimum of 2 years with a BWY (or accredited ) teacher.

Foundation Course 1

This 60-hour course (usually one day a month) is designed to explore yoga in more depth than you would get in an average class. It will enable students to deepen their knowledge and understanding of all aspects of yoga from a basic level. It includes practical and theoretical work on the eight limbs of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras Chapters 1 and 2 e.g. asana, pranayama, concentration, and meditation as well as topics such as the history of Yoga, and the different paths and schools of yoga.

The course also includes the practice of different methods of relaxation, basic chanting, kriyas and mudras. No homework but students are expected to record their progress in the form of a diary/journal as well as the commitment to home practice and study.

This course is suitable for students who have a minimum of two years yoga experience and wish to take this opportunity to expand and develop their personal practice, broaden knowledge and understanding of the basic requirements of yoga in order to proceed to the BWY diploma course. Equally suitable for students who do not wish to teach but want to continue their personal development and deepen knowledge of yoga philosophy.

Students will be required to attend 80% of the course to obtain the relevant certificate.

Foundation Course 2

Foundation Course Level 2 is also of 60 hours' duration and is for students who have completed Foundation Course level 1 who would like to continue to broaden their depth of yoga knowledge but do not wish to train as a BWY Teacher.

The course is more in-depth. The content includes more asana, more pranayama, meditation, chanting, prana, nadis, kosas (pancamaya), mudras, bandhas, kriyas, further study of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras Chapter 1, and how to plan personal practices specifically designed for individual needs.