Brand New – YogaTWO

A new, structured, Certificated Course.
The first course has started and is everything I had hoped. It would seem it is just what people are looking for... something just more than the regular yoga class, structured and nurturing and just for you. The January 2012 about to start is also full and the next one will begin in September 2012 and already has places booked. It is a very valuable course for students and teachers alike. One of the great things is being with like minded people. We have other teachers with specialist knowledge coming in too.

It will be one Saturday or Sunday per month.

Running over twelve months.

A total of 60 hours.

NEXT COURSE STARTS: September 2012
 

Foundation Courses:

These are for those who want a more profound Yoga practice.

This is pure time for yourself.

It will help to regenerate your energy, revitalise your body, and bring you closer to emotional stability.

Approximately one weekend day per month,

from 10am till 4pm over twelve sessions.

 

Foundation Course Level One

This course will help you build your own personal strength from the inside. You will discover that yoga is more about inner strength than outer muscles.
You will discover that Yoga involves your whole life. it is more than an exercise program [although we will focus on body work, alignment and posture work]. You will learn how to cultivate your body, but more importantly you will learn how to nurture the life enhancing energy at the basis of all your thoughts, actions and feelings. This will make you a more joyous person in all areas of your life. Changing your emotions and moods, generating happiness in yourself and those around you and making your life more positive, are not mysterious talents. They are learned skills and you come to realise that you can change how you feel, and there is something you can do about it. Instead of being swept along by your moods and emotions, you can learn to participate in shaping them.

 

We will:
Discover – when yoga touches us, it truly transforms us.
Practise pranayama – the art of breathing.

Before pranayama, you can be at the mercy of your emotions. Better breathing gives better health, increased vitality,more clarity.
Experience sound Yoga – mantras, miraculous words of power
Learn mudras – magical hand and finger gestures that have

a profound effect on our psyche.
Know how Yoga can harness the mind – with life-enriching

affirmations for a more positive, productive and creative outlook

on the world.
Look at nutrition – in its whole context.
Manage stress – how to live with it, use it and live creatively as a result of it.
There will also be days when other tutors with specialist knowledge will be brought in.

 

The Venue: Saddleworth Oldham.
There will be fresh fruit/veg juices made especially for you,

plus coffees, teas, and herbal teas will be available all day.
The courses are regulated by the British Wheel of Yoga
[the lead body for yoga in this country].
You will be required to be a member of the BWY also.

(See their website for current membership details).

These deeper practices of yoga will help to trigger your own powers of transformation in order to regenerate your energy, rejuvenate your body and help you come closer to living from the core of your being – with authenticity. We will learn ways to detoxify the body and eliminate the burden of physical and emotional waste.

 

A few words from previous students

of the Foundation Course:

Carol Cheadle in Cheshire...
I attended Marilyn's Foundation Level 1 course and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. It was very informative, a super venue (very comfortable and accommodating) and a great group to boot.
 Marilyn is a very generous teacher in that she is happy for everyone to join in with their output and ideas.  Also, I found her to be a very kind person as she didn't push anyone to do anything they didn't want to do (or couldn't do), nor did she make anyone feel uncomfortable.  I think we were all sorry when the course came to an end and I, for one, would gladly go back to do some of Marilyn's Yoga Days.
Julia Bawden, from Halifax...

I would say "if you would like to explore the world of Yoga beyond your weekly class, and are looking for a supportive, friendly atmosphere in which to do so, then I would highly recommend Marilyn's course. She will guide you through the various aspects of Yoga, giving you insight as to how you can incorporate yoga into your daily life, and you'll have a lot of fun along the way, make new friends and drink lots of lovely freshly made juice!"... 

Jacqui Quale...

I was encouraged to go on a BWY Foundation course by my yoga teacher after expressing an interest in furthering my knowledge of yoga and came across your course on the BWY web site. I was very nervous on the first day, remember leaving really early as I was coming from Cheshire, a bit of a trek over the moors, and  I walked in with my friend, to find that your description of the setting in your advert did not do it justice!
 It is a perfect setting, beautiful white painted yoga room, with a big gold Om on one wall, french windows out onto a large pond, and book shelves filled with yoga books that we could borrow throughout the course.

The floor deserves a mention too, under floor heating really helped our yoga nidra!
The morning always started off with freshly squeezed juices made by Marilyn, and casual chat with the other students, then we would work through yoga poses in the morning, bandhas, headstands, etc, beautifully instructed by Marilyn, with real attention to detail to help us attain a more peaceful pose. We would also work in partners, which was very beneficial. A light lunch, on the little porch overlooking the pond, weather permitting, then we would perhaps discuss the yoga sutras in detail, and we would always finish with a beautiful yoga nidra. Marilyn also varied the days, we had an ayurvedic specialist in on one day, and we discussed our doshas, and then food which suited our own dosha, brilliant. We also worked with different types of meditations and chanting.
I particularly liked the walking meditation outside in the beautiful area surrounding Marilyns home, the mandala work (a whole hour to ourselves colouring in, then meditating on the mandala that we had just so painstakingly coloured, brilliant), the great help with the postures, and the in depth knowledge of the yoga sutras, to name but a few.
This course gave me the inspiration to carry on with the Diploma course, and I have been fully qualified for almost 18 months now as a BWY teacher. I taught the mandala colouring in on my first retreat, and it worked just as well as I knew it would!
I would (and often do) highly recommend Marilyn's Foundation course to my students, wether you want to teach or not, and if I wasn't so busy would do it again myself!

Please Note:

Foundation Level One dates are to be arranged
(Please contact me to register your interest)

But if you have any more questions, would like to discuss any aspect of the course, or you would like to register an interest in the next one, you are very welcome to contact me at anytime:

By telephone, 01457 870453
By Email: info@marilynyoga.com

Foundation Course Level Two
If Foundation One was dipping your toes in,
Level Two goes deeper.
We have learnt that yoga is more than physical training,

or postures to be mastered - it is not even about positions or movements or even primarily about exercise. Yoga is an ancient, practical system for accessing healing, and integrating our body and mind. Yoga practice involves our feelings, our thoughts and our emotional flexibiity. In Yoga it doesn’t really matter if your hamstrings are tight. It’s more a state of mind than having to touch your toes.
Through these deeper practices of yoga postures, pranayama and meditation, you will learn to transform the negative qualities of your mind to higher states of order and clarity, which promote overall physical and emotional wellbeing.

You will reach a new level of integration within yourself.

Who is this course for?
Anyone who has completed Foundation Course Level One and is interested in enriching their own yoga practice.
Anyone who has a passion for yoga and an open enquiring mind,and who wants to be more joyful in their lives, experiencing this through deeper practice of yoga and meditation, feeling how it brings us back to stillness more easily.
Anyone wishes to expand their knowledge of yoga and their own practice.
Foundation Two is a deeply nurturing course.

Can anyone who has not completed Foundation One apply

to do the Course?

...Yes.

For teachers of yoga it counts as In-Service Training.
A sixty hour accredited Course, consists of twelve individual one-day classes (Download info sheet for full dates).

Making a total of 60 hours over a period of 11 months.
The cost for the course is £360, payable after a deposit of £60 [and £45 to the BWY , administration fee] by £30 per day. [the last two days will have been paid with your deposit] You will be required to be a fully paid up member of the BWY currently at a cost of £25 (BWY membership number required for registration)

The Venue: Saddleworth, Oldham.
There will be fresh fruit/veg juices made especially for you, and all coffees teas and herbal teas will be available all day.
The courses are regulated by the British Wheel of Yoga
[the lead body for yoga in this country].

More about the Course:
There will be a focus on developing your own practise which becomes a source inspiration and support in your life
We will explore the rhythms of your own creativity and run to the leading edge of your growth and personal development
It will cover: Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, [deep relaxation] and meditation
Through deeper practise of the asanas you will see how you become much more in touch and in tune with your own body.
Pranayama has the power to soothe, calm revitalise and restore your body and mind. It is the bridge between the outward practise of Yoga and the internal surrendering practises that lead to more profound meditation.

Please Note:

Foundation Level Two dates are to be arranged
(Please contact me to register your interest)