Ayurvedic Health Counselor Level-1 Education

Ayurvedic Health Counselor (AHC) Program

The Ayurvedic Health Counselor (AHC) program prepares students to educate clients on appropriate diet and lifestyle choices. The curriculum is the foundation for further studies, including Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy or a Masters Degree in Ayurveda.

YOU WILL LEARN:

• Constitutional Assessment
• Yoga and Meditation
• Sanskrit
• Ayurvedic Anatomy, Physiology and Biology
• Ayurvedic Nutrition and Herbology
• Ayurvedic Psychology
  
• Ethics, Counseling, and Western Interface
  
• Ayurvedic Therapies
• Jyotish: Vedic Astrology
  
• ENT and Sense Therapies
• Women's and Children's Health
• Clinical Internship

“Ayurveda is for freeing the mind which is trapped in the body. Yoga is for freeing the soul which is trapped in the mind.” - Baba Hari Dass -

Outcome of the Program

Ayurvedic Health Counselors motivate, educate, and support clients to be successful in implementing Ayurvedic practices into their lives.

Graduates of the AHC program have gone on to:

• start a clinical practice
• join integrative healthcare practices as diet and lifestyle counselors
• work as a personal chef
• offer Ayurvedic bodywork in their massage practice
• integrate Ayurveda into their yoga instruction
• corporate coaching
• develop products
• write books on Ayurveda

Program Highlights

This 633 hour program combines in-person and online learning coursework to prepare students for a professional career as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. Total program length is 12 months.

AHC Pre-requisite:

• 4 college level credits of Anatomy and Physiology (required to be completed prior to submitting an application)
• Applicants unable to complete A&P before the application deadline may join our Foundations program and complete A&P concurrently with the Foundations modules. Enroll in the program upon successful completion of both by April 1st.

Classes are held in the following format:

• Extended weekend intensive runs Thursday evening through Sunday evening and includes yoga, Sanskrit, and coursework. Classes also meet weekly online on Tuesday nights from 5:00-7:00 pm.
  
• For 2023 we will be hosting in-person classes with a remote option for attendance from January-April. Starting in May, all weekend courses must be attended in-person. (Tuesday evening classes are online for the duration of the program.)

Here is the typical daily schedule (subject to change)

Per Month	Course	Time (PST/PDT)	Hrs.
Thursday	Integration	6:00 - 8:00pm	2
Friday	Yoga	7:00 - 8:30am	1.5
	Sanskrit	9:30 - 11:00am	1.5
	Course 1	11:00am - 12:30pm	1.5
	Course 1	1:30-5:30 pm	4
Saturday	Course 1	8:00 - 10:00am	2
	Course 1	11:00am - 1:00pm	2
	Yoga	1:00 - 2:30pm	1.5
	Course 2	3:00 - 5:30pm	2.5
Sunday	Yoga	7:00 - 8:30am	1.5
	Course 2	9:30am - 12:30pm	3
	Course 2	1:30 - 5:30pm	4
Tuesday evenings (weekly online)	Integration, Courses 1 & 2	5:00 - 7:00pm	8/month
1 Friday morning monthly (online)	Sanskrit	8:30-10:00am	1.5
Total Synchronous Meetings			36.5 hours
Asynchronous Requirement (approximate per month			30 hours
Total Course Hours			66.5 hours

Most students spend 8-10 hours per week completing homework.