cYs Foundation Yoga Study Course Overview and Bookings
The Foundation Yoga Study Course is intended for those students from any background or style who, having completed an Introductory Yoga Workshop Course, wish to explore further the teachings to develop and deepen their personal Yoga practice and study. As in the Introductory Study Workshop this will be through developing an appreciation of the core teachings that underpin the viniyoga (application) of Yoga.
cYs Foundation Yoga Study Courses offer eight days through four weekends over six months for in-depth personal study and practice. This can be for our own interest and development in Yoga, either for personal development or professional skills, as well as part of the pre-requisites for teacher training.
Sep 29 2012Foundation Yoga Study Course - Programme no 26 Four weekends to deepen our understanding and practice of the viniyoga of Yoga.
From September 29/30th 2012 to March 23/24th 2013
Sep 28 2013Foundation Yoga Study Course - Programme no 27 Four weekends to deepen our understanding and practice of the viniyoga of Yoga.
From September 28/29th 2013 to March 22/23rd 2014
Aims
To present a view of the viniyoga (application) of Yoga to help develop our practice and deepen our relationship with Yoga. This means respecting the vital source from which these teachings originated and their place in our age and culture. Its role is not to train students as Yoga teachers. They are offered with respect for the vital source from which these Yoga teachings originated and their place in our age and culture.
Framework
The Foundation Yoga Study Course reflects the teachings of TKV Desikachar and his father and teacher T Krishnamacharya as taught to Paul Harvey over 25 years through:
Guidance in emphasising a personal Yoga practice to support your everyday life.
Understanding the principles known as the viniyoga (application) of Yoga which inspire and shape Yoga practice.
An overview of and background to the important Yoga teachings around body and mind.
Familiarisation with basic Yoga terms and practice techniques.
Appreciating how your body can work more effectively in asana.
Deepening our work with and importance of the breath in practice.
Professional
Even though the Yoga Study and Practice teachings and techniques developed in the Foundation Course can enhance any Yoga Teachers professional skills there is no requirement to teach or to intend to teach Yoga. This is not the role of the course.
In fact not everybody wants to or actually needs to become a Yoga teacher to further their practice and study. Here the priorities are towards personal development and thus questions relating to our personal practice and study are the priorities. The Foundation Course reflects this viewpoint.
The aim is that we are all here in this course as students and it offers an opportunity for all teachers to step back from their teaching role and re-enhance their personal study and practice path.
In addition it is a pre-requisite for those interested in training to teach Yoga, or develop existing teaching skills. In fact the content in this and the Introductory Yoga Course are also invaluable and an essential part of the training for the Yoga teacher and the 200 pages of material in the IW and FC manuals interweave into and add to the 800 page teacher training manual.
Thus the Foundation Course also forms an essential part of the preliminary prerequisites necessary before moving on towards further professional Yoga teacher training offered through the Yoga teacher and Yoga therapy Practitioner Training Programme.
The Foundation Yoga Workshops Duration:
A total of of over 60 contact and home study hours comprising:
42 group contact hours plus suggestions for 20 hours guided home study and practice
Through four two day weekends over six months each comprising:
10.5 hours in each weekend workshop
5 hours (approx) home study and practice suggestions from each weekend.
The Foundation Yoga Workshops topics total over 40 hours through:
Yoga Practice – 10.0 hours
Learning practice techniques and awareness skills to help refine your short term and long term personal practice.
Yoga Sūtra - 3.0 hours
Exploring some key concepts and primary Sūtra in Chapter One from this primary Yoga teaching.
Exploring some key concepts and primary Sūtra in Chapter Two from this primary Yoga teaching.
Origins of Yoga – 0.75 hours
What is Yoga and has its place and meaning changed within modern society?
Evolution of related Yoga Teachings.
Āsana in Yoga Practice – 10.5 hours
What is the definition, purpose and benefits of Āsana?
Exploring selected forward bending, back bending, twisting and seated Āsana and Mudrā.
Why and how we use movement or choose to stay as tools in Āsana practice.
What are the components and techniques of practice inherent in an Āsana practice?
Introducing sequence building for personal Āsana practice planning.
Learning to look into our Āsana practice with greater awareness.
Prāṇāyāma in Yoga Practice – 4.5 hours
What is the definition, purpose and benefits of Prāṇāyāma?
What is relationship of Prāṇāyāma with the practice of Āsana?
Exploring helpful techniques in the practice of Prāṇāyāma.
Understanding the different components inherent in the practice of Prāṇāyāma.
Yoga Meditation (Dhyānam) in Practice – 1.5 hours
What is the definition, purpose and benefits of Meditation?
How to learn the basic techniques of Dhāraṇā (Concentration) and Bhāvana (Visualisation) through Āsana and Prāṇāyāma.
How to learn the basic techniques of Meditation through Āsana and Prāṇāyāma.
Therapy in everyday life – 5.25 hours
The Role for Yoga as a Constitutional or Therapeutic practice tool.
Introducing the purpose and application of Āyurveda and its links with Yoga.
Understanding the primary principles inherent within the energetic diagnostic tools in Āyurveda.
Learning how to self-diagnose our energetic constitution as taught in traditional Āyurveda.
Appreciating the role and effects of food on our energetic constitution as taught in traditional Āyurveda.
Applying the purpose of Āyurveda as a lifestyle support within everyday life.
The Yoga Student – 0.75 hours
The tradition of Yoga teachings from T Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar.
The stages of evolution within the teaching methodology from T Krishnamacharya.
Course Review and Home Study Guidance – 4.75 hours
Informal support guidelines of a practical nature through review, reading, questions for reflection and personal practice.
The Foundation Yoga Workshops Weekend Schedule
Saturday
9.30 – Onwards for refreshments
10.00 – Prompt Start introducing the days themes
10.15 – Yoga Practice
11.00 – Break
11.15 – Session
12.00 – Break
12.15 – Āsana Study and Workshop Session
1.00 – Lunch
2.00 – Session
2.45 – Break
3.00 – Session
3.45 – Break
4.00 – Session
4.45 – Yoga Practice
5.15 – Closing and Review
5.30 – Departures
Sunday
9.00 – Onwards for refreshments
9.30 – Prompt Start introducing the days themes
9.45 – Yoga Practice
10.30 – Break
10.45 – Session
11.30 – Break
11.45 – Āsana Study and Workshop Session
12.30 – Lunch
1.30 – Session
2.15 – Break
2.30 – Session
3.15 – Yoga Practice
3.45 – Closing and Review
4.00 – Departures
Prerequisites
Prospective students will have successfully completed an Introductory Yoga Workshop Weekend Study Course.
Feedback
Support and advice will be offered on the students’ progress and on possibilities for further development after the course. There is also the possibility of written work being suggested to help the transmission of the teachings.
Certification
The Foundation Yoga Study Course Certificate is awarded to successful students with full workshop attendence. Please note that any missed weekends can be made up on a future course free of any further fees. It can also count for BWY CPD points for BWY Teachers over 1-2 years.
Weekend Dates
The Dates for the September 2011 to March 2012 Foundation Yoga Study Course Weekend Workshops are:
September 24/25th 2011
November 26/27th 2011
January 21/22nd 2012
March 24/25th 2012
The Dates for the September 2012 to March 2013 Foundation Yoga Study Course Weekend Workshops are:
September 29/30th 2012
November 24/25th 2012
January 26/27th 2013
March 23/24th 2013
The Dates for the September 2013 to March 2014 Foundation Yoga Study Course Weekend Workshops are:
September 28/29th 2013
November 30/December 1st 2013
January 2014
March 2014
Fees & Booking
The 2011-2012 workshops are £140 per weekend.
The 2012-2013 workshops are £145 per weekend.
The 2013-2014 workshops are £150 per weekend.
A Registration fee of £100 is required. This will not be refundable but will be offset against the final weekend’s fee. All the Yoga workshops must be paid for even if the student is unable to attend. Missed weekends can be taken on future courses free of charge. The weekend fees are payable at each Yoga weekend and the cost includes a further 80 page colour manual, tuition, a delicious vegetarian lunch each day and all refreshments.
All Foundation Yoga Sutra Study Course deposits made payable to Paul Harvey and sent to Yoganjali, Princes Place, Bristol BS7 8NP. Confirmation will be sent. All deposits are non-returnable. In the case of Yoga courses not running an acceptable alternative or a full refund will be offered.
cYs Foundation Yoga Study Course Overview and Bookings
The Foundation Yoga Study Course is intended for those students from any background or style who, having completed an Introductory Yoga Workshop Course, wish to explore further the teachings to develop and deepen their personal Yoga practice and study. As in the Introductory Study Workshop this will be through developing an appreciation of the core teachings that underpin the viniyoga (application) of Yoga.
cYs Foundation Yoga Study Courses offer eight days through four weekends over six months for in-depth personal study and practice. This can be for our own interest and development in Yoga, either for personal development or professional skills, as well as part of the pre-requisites for teacher training.
View or Download a PDF eBrochure with the cYs Foundation Yoga Study Course details
Upcoming Dates
Four weekends to deepen our understanding and practice of the viniyoga of Yoga.
From September 24/25th 2011 to March 24/25th 2012
Four weekends to deepen our understanding and practice of the viniyoga of Yoga.
From September 29/30th 2012 to March 23/24th 2013
Four weekends to deepen our understanding and practice of the viniyoga of Yoga.
From September 28/29th 2013 to March 22/23rd 2014
Aims
To present a view of the viniyoga (application) of Yoga to help develop our practice and deepen our relationship with Yoga. This means respecting the vital source from which these teachings originated and their place in our age and culture. Its role is not to train students as Yoga teachers. They are offered with respect for the vital source from which these Yoga teachings originated and their place in our age and culture.
Framework
The Foundation Yoga Study Course reflects the teachings of TKV Desikachar and his father and teacher T Krishnamacharya as taught to Paul Harvey over 25 years through:
Professional
Even though the Yoga Study and Practice teachings and techniques developed in the Foundation Course can enhance any Yoga Teachers professional skills there is no requirement to teach or to intend to teach Yoga. This is not the role of the course.
In fact not everybody wants to or actually needs to become a Yoga teacher to further their practice and study. Here the priorities are towards personal development and thus questions relating to our personal practice and study are the priorities. The Foundation Course reflects this viewpoint.
The aim is that we are all here in this course as students and it offers an opportunity for all teachers to step back from their teaching role and re-enhance their personal study and practice path.
In addition it is a pre-requisite for those interested in training to teach Yoga, or develop existing teaching skills. In fact the content in this and the Introductory Yoga Course are also invaluable and an essential part of the training for the Yoga teacher and the 200 pages of material in the IW and FC manuals interweave into and add to the 800 page teacher training manual.
Thus the Foundation Course also forms an essential part of the preliminary prerequisites necessary before moving on towards further professional Yoga teacher training offered through the Yoga teacher and Yoga therapy Practitioner Training Programme.
The Foundation Yoga Workshops Duration:
A total of of over 60 contact and home study hours comprising:
Through four two day weekends over six months each comprising:
The Foundation Yoga Workshops topics total over 40 hours through:
Yoga Practice – 10.0 hours
Yoga Sūtra - 3.0 hours
Origins of Yoga – 0.75 hours
Āsana in Yoga Practice – 10.5 hours
Prāṇāyāma in Yoga Practice – 4.5 hours
Yoga Meditation (Dhyānam) in Practice – 1.5 hours
Therapy in everyday life – 5.25 hours
The Yoga Student – 0.75 hours
Course Review and Home Study Guidance – 4.75 hours
The Foundation Yoga Workshops Weekend Schedule
Saturday
Sunday
Prerequisites
Prospective students will have successfully completed an Introductory Yoga Workshop Weekend Study Course.
Feedback
Support and advice will be offered on the students’ progress and on possibilities for further development after the course. There is also the possibility of written work being suggested to help the transmission of the teachings.
Certification
The Foundation Yoga Study Course Certificate is awarded to successful students with full workshop attendence. Please note that any missed weekends can be made up on a future course free of any further fees. It can also count for BWY CPD points for BWY Teachers over 1-2 years.
Weekend Dates
The Dates for the September 2011 to March 2012 Foundation Yoga Study Course Weekend Workshops are:
The Dates for the September 2012 to March 2013 Foundation Yoga Study Course Weekend Workshops are:
The Dates for the September 2013 to March 2014 Foundation Yoga Study Course Weekend Workshops are:
Fees & Booking
The 2011-2012 workshops are £140 per weekend.
The 2012-2013 workshops are £145 per weekend.
The 2013-2014 workshops are £150 per weekend.
A Registration fee of £100 is required. This will not be refundable but will be offset against the final weekend’s fee. All the Yoga workshops must be paid for even if the student is unable to attend. Missed weekends can be taken on future courses free of charge. The weekend fees are payable at each Yoga weekend and the cost includes a further 80 page colour manual, tuition, a delicious vegetarian lunch each day and all refreshments.
All Foundation Yoga Sutra Study Course deposits made payable to Paul Harvey and sent to Yoganjali, Princes Place, Bristol BS7 8NP. Confirmation will be sent. All deposits are non-returnable. In the case of Yoga courses not running an acceptable alternative or a full refund will be offered.
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