BWY Yoga Foundation Course

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British Wheel of Yoga Foundation Course 1

With Yoga Foundation course 1 you have opportunity take your yoga and self on a deeper journey. Would you like to join me in Autumn 2025?

Throughout you record your progression with self-reflection in a journal format and experiment to create your own self-practise. The certificate course can be a stepping stone towards BWY teacher training or simply your own journey deeper in yoga and self development.

Interested to know more? Welcome to have a chat or maybe join one of my classes to see my regular teaching style. We have a Foundation Introduction day for everyone to meet and decide if this is the right group and course for you.

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Yoga Foundation Course in 2020

Through the madness of 2020 we successfully continued with our course in shorter half days online. Luckily we had met up for our first session in the hall, so we could carry the feel of the live group atmosphere of this great group of folk intact.

Part of the Foundation journey is discovering the joy of yoga that suits us, & its adaptability to give us what we need in this moment. Zoom enabled us to continue but great relief when finally Covid restrictions ceased so we could be together, and even the sun smiled on us!

Next one definitely in person. Will you be joining the new group?

Yoga al fresco for FC2020

The course

The full course is across ten days: Saturdays in Cumnor Old School and Sundays in Old Headington, hoping for Summer and possible al fresco yoga. Additional fees are registration fee of £60, BWY membership of £42 and two course yoga books which we can purchase with group discount. My yoga library will be available of books, magazines and some media.

Agenda:
The ten Saturdays are spread monthly across the 9 months, and try to avoid half-term and bank holiday weekends. As soon as we have dates please put these in your diary now to ensure you don’t miss any of the course.

What can the course give you? For most the course with like minded folk who enjoy yoga find it a fascinating course of self discovery and development. The Foundation gives a wide overview and taster of many of the aspects of yoga.

Next Steps:
Students have gone onto further study with the Yoga Foundation course II, and range of different modules, such as Meditation and Pranayama offered by BWY and affiliated bodies.

This course is not a teaching qualification course but is a great introduction and preparation to then go onto to train fully with a yoga teacher training course. Our local teachers come and introduce themselves to you and discuss the BWY Teaching Diploma qualification course available locally for you to apply for if your next step.
Why not find out more and apply now?

Previous Students in their favourite poses

It has always such a privilege teaching the Foundation courses. Each years group is all down to the wonderful students who came with open minds and hearts. Each have created the group atmosphere, been considerate to each other and shared their stories, some difficulties, good humour and honesty, and some great baking and shared lunches. Can't wait for the next group to begin!

A hall of Fishes 2020

Writing Journal in shade 2020

Pose and Certificates 2018!

Local Halls for our full day sessions

Poses and Certificates 2016

The main venue for the Yoga Foundation course is the Old School in Cumnor. Fingers crossed for a couple of days in Old Headington allow us to enjoy al fresco yoga, if the weather permits.

The Halls are on bus routes and we can arrange car sharing. We bring a shared lunch which can be a real highlight of the group experience.

Across the courses 8 have gone on to become qualified yoga teachers and folk have discovered their passion for self practise, writing and been published, singing, teaching other projects, and lots more.

The British Wheel of Yoga

The Yoga Foundation course is one of the many courses offered by the British Wheel of Yoga. It is accredited by the BWY and can be a stepping stone towards starting the Teacher Training Diploma.

Membership of the BWY Join is a great way of connecting with the yoga world and locally. You receive the benefit of yoga days at reduced prices, quarterly magazine Spectrum and the local South magazine covering the five counties.

The BWY is a charity mainly run by volunteers. Do sign up for some Karma yoga by joining the Committee for South Region or helping out. Find out what is happening now in BWY Our region is South.

The Yoga Foundation is a great journey, why not find out more. All those years ago I did and so happy to look back 20 years after I qualified in 2004.