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Ayurveda Course Content

 
PART 1. PRINCIPLES OF AYURVEDA 1

  • Introduction to the Course and how to use it
  • Historical and Spiritual Background, Vedic and Yogic Science
  • Ayurvedic Cosmology, the Twenty Four Tattvas, Samkhya, the Five Elements
  • The Three Gunas, Karma, Goals of Life, Basic Principles of Ayurvedic Thought
  • Ayurvedic Anatomy and Physiology in Detail:
  • The Biological Humors of Vata, Pitta and Kapha - elements, qualities actions, sites, and aggravation
  • The Twenty Attributes - humors, elements, gunas and usage
  • Five subtypes of Vata, Pitta and Kapha (subdoshas)
  • Prana, Tejas and Ojas, the Three Vital Essences
  • Seven Tissues (Dhatus), actions, interrelationship, excess and deficiency states, sara condition
  • The Seven Kalas
  • The Three Waste Materials and their conditions
  • Agni (digestive fire) and its four states
  • The Fourteen Channel Systems (srotamsi) of the Body, their functions and conditions
  • Ayurvedic View of the Organs and their relationship to the Doshas
  • Summary of Medical Systems East and West
  • Enumeration of Ayurvedic Principles
  • Glossary of Terms and Bibliography

PART II. PRINCIPLES OF AYURVEDA 2

  • Constitutional Analysis (Mind-body types) - examining all factors of bodily structure, metabolism, disease tendency and psychology
  • Mental Nature according to Three Gunas and Three Doshas
  • The Disease Process
    • 1: Disease and the Movement of Time, Climate and Environmental factors
    • 2: The Six Stages of Disease in Ayurveda, classification and prognosis of disease
  • Examination of Disease
    • 1: Aggravated states of the Doshas, Sama and Nirama conditions
    • 2: Humors and Tissues in the Disease Process, the movement of the Doshas through the Dhatus
  • Diagnosis and Patient Examination: Differential Diagnosis of Disease Syndromes
  • Methods of pulse, tongue, abdomen, questioning and observation
  • Yoga and Ayurvedic Psychology, Spiritual Principles of Ayurveda
  • The Functions of the Mind and our Greater Consciousness
  • The System of Raja Yoga, Ashtanga, the Eight Limbs of Yoga
  • Examination of the Subtle Body, Chakras, and Nadis
  • Yoga Asanas and Ayurveda

PART III. AYURVEDIC TREATMENT METHODS: DIET AND HERBS

  • The Science of the Six Tastes, Rasa-Virya-Vipak-Prabhava
  • Treatment through the Five Elements
  • Dietary Therapy, principles, outline of Ayurvedic Diet, Food Lists per Constitution
  • Food List and Food Type Analysis - Fruit and Vegetables
  • Grains, Beans, Seeds and Nuts, Dairy Products, Animal Products
  • Oils, Condiments and Spices
  • Ayurvedic Herbalism 
  • Herbs for Digestion and Elimination
  • Ayurvedic Herbs and Herbal Preparations - Study Guide to Yoga of Herbs
  • Ayurvedic Therapeutic Measures: Palliation (Shamana) and Purification (Shodhana)
  • Pancha Karma, Tonification and Rejuvenation (Rasayana)
  • Ayurvedic Treatment of Disease - Study Guide to Ayurvedic Healing

PART IV. ADVANCED TREATMENT METHODS

  • Subtle Healing Modalities of Ayurveda
  • Aroma Therapy and list of aromatic oils
  • Color Therapy
  • Gem Therapy 
  • Mantras and their therapeutic application
  • Yoga Psychology and Ayurvedic Counseling: healing the mind and emotional nature
  • Patterns of Doshic Accumulation: through the skin, breath, digestion, sensation, emotion and thought
  • Detailed Herbal Treatment through the Tissues and Channel Systems
  • Detailed Herbal Treatment through the Subdoshas
  • The Science of Prana and Pranic Healing, Treatment of Prana, Nasya, Pranayama
  • Marma points and Ayurvedic Massage
  • Integral Treatment of Prana, Tejas and Ojas
  • Meditation and Ayurveda, prescribing meditation by Constitution
  • Summary of Integral Healing System of Ayurveda