1.    To offer seed ideas for introducing chakra concepts into yoga classes in the hope that this will stimulate course participants to develop their own approaches.
2.    To give yoga teachers greater confidence in developing and sharing their chakra understanding in their teaching.
3.    To develop physical awareness of the body

1.    Participants will be able to reflect on their experience of a practice and form a view of which chakra(s) they tend to be primarily working with.
2.    Participants will have practised increasing their chakra knowledge via internet research.
3.    Participants will have experienced first a localising  of physical awareness via 9 tadasana practices followed  by a chakra contemplation practice.
4.    Participants will reflect on their personal experience of a chakra practice with a view to considering what, if any, components of that practice might be adaptable to use in their own yoga teaching.

•    Audio CD “Some different approaches to Tadasana”.
•    Audio CD “A feather and chakra contemplation”.
•    CD-rom of course notes.
•    Internet for accessing website www.sudokasana.co.uk

•    Practice guided by verbal instruction.
•    Written step by step instructions.
•    Guided internet research.
•    Participant reflection guided by worksheets to be completed by participant.

The course is in three parts:

Part 1. Practice of and reflection on some different approaches to Tadasana practice.

Participants practice different Tadasana practices as guided by the supplied audio CD. They then reflect on their experiences and indicate on the supplied table which chakra(s) each approach to Tadasana mainly works with.

Part 2. Guided internet research on when and how to adapt practice to emphasize a chakra.

Participants go to a specified part of a specified internet site to help them find information for completing a supplied table. Also included is a reflection on what chakra experiences they might have had.

Part 3. A Feather and Chakra Contemplation.

Participants practise a “chakra closing and grounding practice”, as guided by the supplied audio CD to give a “light” meditation-based introduction to mental chakra work. Then participants practise a “feather and chakra contemplation” as guided by a supplied audio CD – they then reflect on this, guided by a worksheet asking them to reflect both on their personal experience and on what aspects of this practice they may wish to take as seed ideas for developing their own teaching.

Tabitha has over 12 years teaching experience with yoga. She has been a BWY Diploma Course tutor since 2001 and has served 3 years in the BWY Education Committee as NISTO (BWY In-Service Training Officer). Prior to investing deeply in yoga training and study she was a research scientist (with an Honours Degree in Chemical Physics at Edinburgh University) and in 1998 she obtained a PGCE in Secondary Science from De Montfort University. She has of course done other training (e.g. ITEC Anatomy, Physiology and Body Massage Diploma in 1993 and BWY Yogic Philosophy Module 2005). Currently, along with her husband she set up and runs the www.sudokasana.co.uk which offers a growing library of yoga information and ideas � all free to view, print and share.