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Mudra and Bandhas

The Three Bandhas for Maha Mudra

AIMS OF PART ONE – there will be: Use of the CD, Course Material and a Practice Diary, relevant to beginners
1. Practice in isolating the pelvic floor muscles.
2. Sitting positions for pelvic floor lifts.
3. Theory on the pelvic floor.
4. Consideration on personal and teaching outcomes.
OBJECTIVES – we will have practiced and considered:
1. Standing positions for beginners in isolating the three separate muscle groups.
2. Sitting positions for beginners in isolating the three separate muscle groups.
3. The course material on the pelvic floor related to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
4. The use of the practice diary to evaluate.
AIMS OF PART 2 – there will be: Use of the CD and a Practice Study Sheet and Photographing, relevant to experienced
1. Practice of the three Mudras.
2. Practice of the position for Maha Mudra.
3. Practice of Maha Mudra.
OBJECTIVES – we will have practiced and considered:
1. Jalandhara Bandha and Uddiyana Bandha
2. Janusirsasana for Maha Mudra with modifications where needed.
3. Maha Mudra with Bandha Traya.
TEACHING MATERIAL USED ON THE COURSE
Approx 22 pages in the course pack.
An audio CD for the physical practice.
METHODS OF PRESENTING THE SUBJECT
Keeping a Personal pro forma Diary of progress in each practice section and returning to Tutor for comment / advice.

Email and optional phone contact.
ABOUT THE TUTOR: PAM HORTON
Pam Horton
Pam is the BWY Distance Learning Tutor, designing the Foundation and past Diploma material and now advising on parity of material in these DL in-service/on-going training courses. She has been attending Education committee meetings for many years, producing information and training courses for the BWY. She is a Diploma course verifier, has a Cert Ed, 5 certificates from the National Coaching Foundation and runs a wide range of IST days. She has experience in the main yoga traditions and her main yoga influence was Swami Venkatesananda. More information may be seen on her web site.
OUTLINE PLAN FOR THE RUNNING OF THE COURSE
  1. You will Register and pay on line. Print out these two pages to keep track.
  2. Your Tutor will be informed through the web site that you have been registered and will receive confirmation of all your contact details which you have filled in on line at 1. above.
  3. Your Tutor will send you a welcome letter with all their 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 course material, and also contact by email or phone should you have any queries.
    There will be 2 CD’s. CD 1 will be the audio practice/information CD.
    CD2 will have the course material files on.
    You will download CD 2 onto your PC and print off, to give you a clearer overall view
    Then you will work on screen for the material which is to be returned to your Tutor. 
  6. Begin your course.
  7. You will have all the dates for completion in the letter you have had at 4 above.
  8. Follow the dates carefully and let your Tutor know, should there be any holdup due to health, life event etc.
  9. 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.
  10. 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 and fill in on line.
  11. 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’
  12. 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
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.
Pam.