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Module 1 – Foundation Principles (book 1)
Introduction and overview of the course
Doshas, dhatus, agni, malas, mind and senses, soul
Balances and imbalances
Historic background
Where Ayurveda fits in to the vedic sciences
Ayurveda, Jyotish, Vaastu, Yoga
The 4 main vedas
The 6 vedic philosophies (incl. Samkhya)
The main ayurvedic scriptures - greater triad and lesser triad
Chatuspada - the 4 pillars of the ayurvedic medical system
Mind, body, soul tripod
The Pancha Koshic Model
Vata, Pitta and Kapha
The dominant principle, properties, characteristics, location, general functions and actions of vata, pitta and kapha
Stages of life
Childhood
Mid-life
Growing old
The organs of the body
Therapeutics
The effect the 6 tastes have on the tissues
Chikitsa
Shodana and Shamana - categories of treatment
The therapeutic qualities of a plant - roots, bark, leaves, seeds, flowers
Practical
How to adjust kitcharee to the different doshas
Module 2 – Vata, Pitta and Kapha in-depth
(books 2,3 and 4)
Vata, Pitta and Kapha in-depth
Sub-doshas and their relationship to each other
Signs of balanced and imbalanced vata, pitta and kapha
Excess and deficiency, how to treat bi-dosha and tri-dosha
Diet and lifestyle for vata, pitta and kapha
Designing a meal for vata, pitta and kapha using the 6 tastes
How to adjust the meal for the other doshas
Herbs and spices for vata, pitta and kapha
Non-suppression of natural urges
How the seasons and the times of the day affect the doshas
Lifestyle recommendations for each season
Beneficial therapies for vata, pitta and kapha
The 20 gunas
Virya, vipaka and prabahva
Herbs and spices – forms of preparation
Creating dosha pacifying recipes, food and meal plans
Swasthasya - how to perfect health
Nidana – classification of illness – the models
Aturasya – what to do when you have become ill
Therapeutic skills
Observation skills
Categories of diagnosis
3 fold - 6 fold - 8 fold
time as a diagnostic tool
Tongue diagnosis revisited
Consultation skills - theory
Practical
Therapeutic recipes and cooking for vata, pitta and kapha
Ayurvedic foot massage
Creating an ayurvedic assessment form
Module 3 - (books 5, 6, 7 & 8)
The 7 Kalas
Dhatus
Symptoms of too much, too little, deranged dhatus
Treatment of the dhatus, too much, too little, deranged
Herbs and spices for the dhatus
Secondary tissues, upadhatus
The doshas in the dhatus
Effect of the 6 tastes on the tissues
Prana, Tejas & Ojas
Apara Ojas & Para Ojas
Herbs and spices for Ojas
Prana, Tejas & Ojas - too much, too little
The disease process
6 stages of disease revisited
Disease and tendencies for V,P & K
Weighing factors that aggravate the doshas
How a dosha moves through the disease process
Recognising the dosha in stage of illness in the dhatus
The 3 disease pathways
Causes of disease (Hetu)
The 4 prognoses of disease
Disease examination list
Specific diseases & their treatment
Srotas
Srotas revisited
Srotas correspondence with organs
Illnesses of the srotas
The 14 systems
Herbs and spices to treat the srotas
The practitioner’s scope of practice
Malas
The 9 excretory orifices
Malas - balanced and imbalanced
Therapeutic skills
Pulse diagnosis revisited
Pulse & dhatus
Pulse & organs
Establishing a pulse diary
Practical
Cookery sessions
Consultation skills, role play, case studies
Homework
Create a consultation form
Module 4 - (books 9, 10 & 11)
Ayurvedic treatments
Panchakarma
Ayurvedic and yogic cleansing Shat Karma
Rasayana - rejuvenation
Massage therapies - summary of indications and contra indications of massage therapies for each dosha
Specific diseases and their treatment
Herbs & spices
Science of Pancha Bhuta Vidya
Purification, protection, sacredness
Ayurveda and the mind
The 3 gunas
Disease tendencies of the 3 gunas
Doshas and gunas - mental natures
Spiritual ayurveda, mind, body & soul, health & real health
The 4 levels of the mind (Chitta, Manas, Ahamkara, Buddhi)
Artha, Kama, Dharma, Moksha
Treatments for the mind
Non suppression of emotions
Prajnaparadha, intelligence & disease
Sound therapy
Healing mantras
Ayurveda and Yoga
The sister sciences
Revisit Yoga from Certificate Course
How to run an ayurvedic business
Practical
Case studies
Cookery sessions
Consultation skills - practitioners intuition, advanced diagnosis, how to deepen intuition
Module 5 - Assessment days
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