Overview
Our mission is to train students for the Diploma – Ayurvedic Lifestyle
Counselor, Certificate – Ayurvedic Practitioner, and Masters of
Arts - Ayurveda through professional, academic and internship programs.
Our goal is to provide students with the finest classical training in
the principles and methods of Ayurveda, preparing students for professional
careers in Ayurveda.
Originating in the ancient Vedic scriptures of India, the wisdom and
practical health training of Ayurveda is a holistic complement to western
medicine. The College of Ayurveda was formed to meet the increasing
demand for trained practitioners of alternative and complementary healthcare
in the U.S., specifically Certified Ayurvedic Practitioners.
Our program includes theoretical instruction as well as practical training
in herbal medicine making, Ayurvedic cooking, Ayurvedic bodywork, and
Yoga, and clinical internships. Our instructors are classically
trained in India and/or have many years of clinical and teaching experience.
Students have opportunities for personal experience in intuitive
and spiritual aspects of Ayurveda and write papers and research
projects. We specialize in integrating Ayurveda and Western Medicine.
Programs offered include 1) a Diploma – Ayurvedic Lifestyle
Counselor (high school graduation or equivalent is a prerequisite, 7
months program), 2) a Certificate – Ayurvedic Practitioner
(Diploma is a prerequisites, 14 months program), and 3) a Master
of Arts – Ayurveda (B.A. or B.S. and Certificate – Ayurvedic
Practitioner are prerequisites, 9 months program, including internship).
Classes meet one three-day weekend per month, starting Thursday
evenings and ending Sunday afternoons, and include experiential practica
as well as academic sessions. In addition, for the Credential – Ayurvedic
Practitioner, two Anatomy and Physiology weekends must be taken prior
to the start of the Certificate program in July.
The MMI College of Ayurveda curriculum is modeled on the B.A.M.S. Ayurvedic
Medical School curriculum in India. As is traditional in a college
educational system, each course is taught by an expert in that subject
and students gain a variety of perspectives on the vast subject of Ayurveda.
In this way they develop their own understanding of the subjects, are
tested in their knowledge, and gain the ability to think, reason and
analyze for themselves, in the process gaining the ability to tap into
their intuitive knowledge. With a variety of models to emulate, students
become competent, confident and skilled Ayurvedic Practitioners with
their own unique style.
MMI's Teaching Assistant staff are experienced Ayurvedic Practitioners.
They create study guides, give homework, create and give quizzes and
exams, teach review sessions, answer questions and teach Practicums each
month. They are the glue which holds together the program as a whole. They
are skilled in comparing and contrasting the various approaches to Ayurvedic
subject matter and exposing the students to practical knowledge and experience
from their own Ayurvedic practices. Their aim is for the students to
understand and experience the material in the deepest, most profound
and clear way.
Since our program includes living and dining with fellow students during
weekend programs and meeting in study groups between weekends, students
have found that rather than being an intellectual and isolating experience,
like they imagined a college experience might be, they have experienced
increased self knowledge and community with fellow students. The Practicums
and Review sessions are likewise times when students learn increase the
depth of the educational experience.
We are pleased to offer these professional trainings which build on
the fine Ayurveda programs which have been offered at Mount Madonna Center
since 1978.
Weekend classes qualify for the following education credits:
- Continuing
Education Credit for Nurses (Prov. No. 05557)
- All classes fulfill the
spiritual practices prerequisite for John F. Kennedy University’s
School for Holistic Studies.
- May be used as electives for Mount Madonna
Center's Yoga Teacher Training 500 hour level program.
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