Certification in the Foundations of Ayurveda - Level 1

Description

Welcome to the Foundations of Ayurveda. This is a certified course, you will receive a certificate upon completion and this course qualifies for Continuing Education hours for Yoga Alliance teachers (3 hours YACEP). Accompanying the video lectures is a manual that you can use a reference and resource during the lectures, on your own time, and in the future.

Subjects covered in this course:

- The meaning and origins of Ayurveda

- The Chakras and how they manifest in both the physical and astral bodies.

- How we balance our mental and physical state through diet, herbs, breath, and meditation

- Nature versus imbalance (Prakruti vs. Vikruti)

- The 5 elements

- The Doshas (individual constitution)

- Determining your Dosha

- The Dhatus (body tissues)

- The Gunas (qualities/characteristics)

- Pranayama (breathing exercises

- Dinacharya (daily schedule for optimum health)

- The Doshas throughout a lifetime and in the seasons

- Like attracts like and how to balance with opposing energies

- Agni (the digestive fire and why it is crucial to good health)

- Ama (toxins and the importance of proper digestion)

- Malas (the metabolic waste products)

- Prana (universal energy), Tejas (metabolism), Ojas (the immune system)

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