Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing that has its origins in the Vedic culture of India. Although suppressed during years of foreign occupation, Ayurveda has been enjoying a major resurgence in both its native land and throughout the world.
This 40-hour training program is specially designed for yoga teachers, holistic health care practitioners, and anyone who is interested in knowing more about Ayurveda and everyday life.
Course instructor Matthew Remski is an insightful teacher, who masterfully articulates the breadth and complexity of this ancient science.
What Is Ayurveda?
It is the naturopathy of yoga, "sister" to yoga, "mother" to yoga, sharing yoga's tradition and language
If you seek yoga as a therapy, ayurveda provides an empowered medicine to support it
With Ayurveda, we use sensual (accessible) data to find the causes of imbalance: it provides a way of seeing and making healthful connections
Who Is This Course For?
Teachers and students of yoga who wish to further support their Yoga knowledge with Ayurvedic lifestyle. (contributes towards 500hour YTT)
Members of the public who wish to learn about and practice Ayurvedic lifestyle
What Students Get
Notes for all classes, along with references for subsequent study
Access to our online quizzing system
Access to our online Q&A forum
Optional homework and contemplative tasks each week
The opportunity to learn about and taste common
Ayurvedic compounds for digestion, colon health, and seasonal imbalances
Common recipes for doshic balance and cleansing.
The opportunity to sample standard massage oils for doshic balancing
Demonstrations of nasal irrigation and nasya application
e-mail support teacher support
Required texts
Syllabus
Twelve weekly classes
12 “homework” suggestions
12 contemplation suggestions
For certification tract: 12 online quizzes
Since the basis of Ayurvedic lifestyle is svadhyaya (study of self and root-texts) each class will begin with 75 minutes of theoretical overview.
Since theory is best learned through immediate practice, the third quarter of each class will introduce an aspect of Ayurvedic lifestyle to be practiced over the following week. These homework assignments will generate discussion and question-‐and-‐answer for the following week’s class.
Since practice is best enriched through jnana (wisdom), the fourth quarter of each class will introduce a topic suggested for dharana (concentration) through the following week. This is in keeping with traditional Ayurvedic training, in which Vaidyas are required to meditate on the various tattvas and principles in order to personalize their learning and enhance their intuition.