Ayurveda Foundation Course

No, the good news is that this course is for anyone who wants to learn about Ayurveda and how to apply it to their everyday living.

Anyone can do this course – whether you are a yoga teacher, a therapist, a health professional, or simply have a love for health and nature and want to understand yourself better.

15 hours in total of pre-recorded sessions (the session lengths are between 10 minutes to 45 minutes - depending on the content).

11 hours in total of live sessions with the tutors.
Self-study optional – flexible timing depending on what you can allocate.

Each week – 1 x 2 hour live session with the tutors 11.00am - 1.00pm

1 x weekly Zoom tutorial group 6.30 - 7.30pm

Plus, online workshops to watch in your own time over a seven day period (about five hours needed to watch all videos each week).

Regular interactive online engagement with the group and tutors (you will need to download Zoom if you haven’t got it already).

Yes. During the three weeks of the course, you will be allocated to a tutorial group with tutor support to help you with any questions you may have.

You have access for the following twelve months after the course has ended.

No. To become a safe practitioner you have to do the Dru Ayurveda Health Coach Diploma course (this foundation course gives you access to this).

Yes, all the sessions are uploaded to a private online network. You can ask questions in the chat and to the tutor in your buddy group. If you would like a question answered in the live sessions, then you just need to pose the question beforehand and watch the recording afterward.

Ayurveda is an ancient science that recognises that everything outside of us affects what goes on inside - the food we eat, the supplements we take, the seasons, the environment, the type of exercise we do and the therapies we receive. 

All of these influences have a particular type of impact on your body, mind and emotions. As you understand yourself better, you will notice how your health, relationships and quality of life improves. 

According to the healing science of Ayurveda, every living and non-living thing in the universe is made up of a combination of five basic elements – space, air, fire, water and earth.

Our human body is also made up of these five elements in various compositions. They manifest in the human body as three basic principles, or subtle energies, known as doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha.

Space + air combine to form Vata.
 Fire + water combine to form Pitta.
Water + earth combine to form Kapha.

This is why everything outside of us can affect what goes on inside of us. We can be so affected by the food we eat, the herbs or supplements we take, what we drink, the seasons of the year, the environment around us. Even what type of exercise we do and therapies we have, have a particular type of impact on our body, mind and emotions.

Knowledge of the five elements and the three doshas is essential in order to lead happy and healthy lives. When they are in balance, we are able to function at our highest level as human beings.

By understanding the positive and negative aspects of each element and dosha, we can design our life in such a way that we can live the life we want to - healthy, happy and fulfilled.