AYURVEDA
PART III- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT METHODS: DIET AND HERBS
PART IV-ADVANCED TREATMENT METHODS
Ayurveda is the traditional natural healing system of India and the yogic form
of medicine going back over five thousand years. It is now recognized
as one of the most important systems of mind-body medicine available.
Its popularity is spreading throughout the world. Ayurveda offers a
complete and comprehensive method of healing and rejuvenation. Ayurveda
uncovers and heals the cause of illness; it doesn't merely treat the
symptoms. Further, with its knowledge of the doshas (Vayu or Vata, Pitta,
Kapha), it is a very personal approach to health. Thus, a very gentle
and natural healing process occurs. Ayurvedic training covers theory,
therapies, spiritual foundations of healing, and hands-on training.
Therapies include herbology, nutrition, aromatherapy, yoga, meditation,
mantra therapy, music, color, and gem therapies, life-purpose (dharma)
counseling, spiritual counseling, and much more.
Ayurveda considers all aspects of healing from diet and herbs to mantra
and meditation as a complete holistic system of medicine. It is truly
the medicine of the coming planetary age, with almost no limits to its
growth and application in the modern health situation, where Ayurvedic
like methods of disease prevention and proper life-style are becoming
the main considerations for everyone.
NATURE OF COURSE
This comprehensive program covers all the main aspects of Ayurvedic
theory, diagnosis and practice. It has a special emphasis on herbal
medicine, using western as well as Indian herbs, providing an accessible
model for treatment in the West. It explains diet and food in great
detail as well.
The course adds to these physical modalities a higher dimension of Yoga
and Ayurvedic psychology, showing an integral mind-body approach that
includes spiritual and psychological methods, with colors, aromas, gems,
asana, pranayama, mantra and meditation.
There is almost no aspect of life that the course does not address in
a practical way for healing and transformation. It is not merely introductory
but goes into great depth into its subject and will remain as an excellent
reference guide for the student for years to come.
The course is designed for Health Care Professionals as well as serious
students. It can also be taken by Doctors, Chiropractors, Nurses, Acupuncturists,
Herbalists, Massage Therapists, Yoga Therapists, and Psychologists.
COURSE DURATION
PART I- PRINCIPLES OF AYURVEDA 1
| 1. Introduction to the Course and how to use it |
| 2. Historical and Spiritual Background, Vedic and Yogic Science |
| 3. Ayurvedic Cosmology, the Twenty Four Tattvas, Samkhya, the Five Elements |
| 4. The Three Gunas, Karma, Goals of Life, Basic Principles of Ayurvedic Thought |
| 5. Ayurvedic Anatomy and Physiology in Detail: |
| 6.The Biological Humors of Vata, Pitta and Kapha - elements, qualities actions, sites, and aggravation |
| 7. The Twenty Attributes - humors, elements, gunas and usage |
| 8. Five subtypes of Vata, Pitta and Kapha (subdoshas) |
| 9. Prana, Tejas and Ojas, the Three Vital Essences |
| 10. Seven Tissues (Dhatus), actions, interrelationship, excess and deficiency states, sara condition |
| 11. The Seven Kalas |
| 12. The Three Waste Materials and their conditions |
| 13. Agni (digestive fire) and its four states |
| 14. The Fourteen Channel Systems (srotamsi) of the Body, their functions and conditions |
| 15. Ayurvedic View of the Organs and their relationship to the Doshas |
| 16. Summary of Medical Systems East and West |
| 17. Enumeration of Ayurvedic Principles |
| 18. Glossary of Terms and Bibliography |
PART II- PRINCIPLES OF AYURVEDA 2
| 1. Constitutional Analysis (Mind-body types) - examining all factors of bodily structure, metabolism, disease tendency and psychology |
| 2. Mental Nature according to Three Gunas and Three Doshas |
| 3. The Disease Process • Disease and the Movement of Time, Climate and Environmental factors • The Six Stages of Disease in Ayurveda, classification and prognosis of disease |
| 4. Examination of Disease • Aggravated states of the Doshas, Sama and Nirama conditions • Humors and Tissues in the Disease Process, the movement of the Doshas through the Dhatus |
| 5. Diagnosis and Patient Examination: Differential Diagnosis of Disease Syndromes |
| 6. Methods of pulse, tongue, abdomen, questioning and observation |
| 7. Yoga and Ayurvedic Psychology, Spiritual Principles of Ayurveda |
| 8. The Functions of the Mind and our Greater Consciousness |
| 9. The System of Raja Yoga, Ashtanga, the Eight Limbs of Yoga |
| 10. Examination of the Subtle Body, Chakras, and Nadis |
| 11. Yoga Asanas and Ayurveda |
PART III- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT METHODS: DIET AND HERBS
| 1. The Science of the Six Tastes, Rasa-Virya-Vipak-Prabhava |
| 2. Treatment through the Five Elements |
| 3. Dietary Therapy, principles, outline of Ayurvedic Diet, Food Lists per Constitution |
| 4. Food List and Food Type Analysis - Fruit and Vegetables |
| 5. Grains, Beans, Seeds and Nuts, Dairy Products, Animal Products |
| 6. Oils, Condiments and Spices |
| 7. Ayurvedic Herbalism |
| 8. Herbs for Digestion and Elimination |
| 9. Ayurvedic Herbs and Herbal Preparations - Study Guide to Yoga of Herbs |
| 10. Ayurvedic Therapeutic Measures: Palliation (Shamana) and Purification (Shodhana) |
| 11. Pancha Karma, Tonification and Rejuvenation (Rasayana) |
| 12. Ayurvedic Treatment of Disease - Study Guide to Ayurvedic Healing |
PART IV-ADVANCED TREATMENT METHODS
| 1. Subtle Healing Modalities of Ayurveda |
| 2. Aroma Therapy and list of aromatic oils |
| 3. Color Therapy |
| 4. Gem Therapy |
| 5. Mantras and their therapeutic application |
| 6. Yoga Psychology and Ayurvedic Counseling: healing the mind and emotional nature |
| 7. Patterns of Doshic Accumulation: through the skin, breath, digestion, sensation, emotion and thought |
| 8. Detailed Herbal Treatment through the Tissues and Channel Systems |
| 9. Detailed Herbal Treatment through the Subdoshas |
| 10. The Science of Prana and Pranic Healing, Treatment of Prana, Nasya, Pranayama |
| 11. Marma points and Ayurvedic Massage |
| 12. Integral Treatment of Prana, Tejas and Ojas |
| 13. Meditation and Ayurveda, prescribing meditation by Constitution |
| 14. Summary of Integral Healing System of Ayurveda |
| The institute will offer courses in Ayurveda ranging from; |
| 4 years graduation equaling to MBBS |
| 2 years Master in Doctorate |
| 2 years Ph D program in Ayurveda |