1.    To offer seed ideas for introducing Muladhara 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 understanding of Muladhara chakra in their teaching.
3.    To develop physical awareness of the body.

1.    Participants will be able to reflect aspects of Muladhara chakras and relate their understanding of this chakra to philosophy and the texts they read.
2.    Participants will have an awareness of some of the benefits and potential dangers of working with Muladhara chakra.
3.    Participants will reflect on their personal experience of a range of Muladhara chakra practices with a view to considering which, if any, of these practice might be adaptable for use in their own yoga teaching.

•    Audio CD, “Some practices for Muladhara Chakra”.
•    Audio CD, “3 Earth Based Relaxations”.
•    CD-rom of course notes.
•    Copies of texts and books that the students already have access to. They may also wish to use the internet (for example, for accessing the website www.sudokasana.co.uk ).

•    Practice guided by verbal instruction.
•    Written step-by-step instructions.
•    Reading of books and texts students already know and like.
•    Participant reflection, guided by worksheets to be completed by participant.

The course is in three parts:

Part 1. Reflection on and reading about the different aspects of Muladhara Chakra.

Participants will look at a table of some of the aspects of Muladhara Chakra and then read their favourite texts and books for a quote for five of the aspects of the chakra listed.

Part 2. Considering practices to emphasise Muladhara chakra.

Participants will practise some practices guided by a supplied audio CD. They will then reflect on these practices, considering which aspect of Muladhara chakra they feel they relate to and how they might adapt the practices for inclusion in the yoga classes they teach. They will also reflect on the potential benefits and cautionary issues relating to working with Muladhara Chakra.

Part 3. Practice and evaluation of an earth-based relaxation.

Participants practise an “earth-based relaxation”, 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 how (if at all) they might adapt this relaxation to make it suitable for use in their own yoga teaching.

Note: the different parts of the course can be worked on concurrently or sequentially as the students feel would work best for them.

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.

1.You will Register and pay on line. Your Tutor will give you information about the initial use of the site, that is, how to register yourself in order to get onto the Members page.  The details of the payment method will be seen on the web site. 
2. Your Tutor will be informed through the web site that you have registered and paid to do the course.  They will receive confirmation of all your contact details which you have filled in on line when you registered.

3. Your Tutor will send you a welcome letter with all relevant contact details (by email) confirming to you within a few days, unless away on holiday.
4. At the same time, they will give you a date for when you can expect to receive your material. This may be within 2 weeks or six months depending upon the course start date you have chosen
5. Confirm to your Tutor, when you receive your email as at 4. above, and also confirm when any course material arrives.  You may contact by email or phone should you have any queries.
6. There will be 3 CD’s. CD 1 & 2 will be the audio practice / information CD.  CD3 will have the course material files on.   You will down load CD 3 onto your PC and print off to give you a clearer overall view.  Do not try and work on the material first solely on the PC.  When you have the overall picture, and have listened to your CD, then you will work on the screen for the material which is to be returned to your Tutor. 
7. Begin your course.
8. You will have all the dates for completion in the letter you have had at 4. above.
9. Follow the dates carefully and let your Tutor know, should there be any hold up due to health, life event etc.
10. When you have returned all your material to your Tutor and your Tutor has returned the material back to you, with their comments, then confirm that you have received it.
11. Finally, to complete the course, you will go back on line into your membership number and your original password chosen when at 1. above. Bring up the course Evaluation page (by finding ‘my booked places’ on the left hand vertical column), this will display your own details and you will directed to fill in the Evaluation page and then print your certificate.
12. When you enter the completed Evaluation, you will only then be registered as completed and gain the 7.5 CPD points and receive your Certificate.  So, please make sure that you send the Evaluation, otherwise your Office record will not be ‘official’
13. There will be an additional button on your course tabs which you can enter to pass any other comments about the course and also suggestions for future topics.
14. The site will also direct you to where to enter your CPD points.
The course is expected to take between 5 to 6 hours of your time, but you can take more if you want to. If you miss the completion dates without an agreed reason, then you may keep the material but not have a refund.
I hope you will find the study useful and satisfying and I look forward to working with you.