Level One Education
Begins January 2021
Āyurvedic Health Counselor (AHC) Program
The Ayurvedic Health Counselor (AHC) curriculum is the first step to becoming an Ayurvedic Practitioner, an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist or pursuing your Masters Degree in Ayurveda.
Students are trained to provide diet and lifestyle support by integrating constitutional assessment, nutritional knowledge, basic herbology, lifestyle management, introductory counseling skills, ayurvedic bodywork therapies and introductory level Sanskrit, yoga theory and practice.
Through our supervised clinical internship and externship programs students engage in groups and one on one in preparation for a professional career as an Āyurvedic Health Counselor.
YOU WILL LEARN:
- Constitutional Assessment
- Yoga and Meditation
- Sanskrit
- Ayurvedic Anatomy, Physiology and Biology
- Ayurvedic Nutrition and Herbology
- Ethics and Counseling
- Ayurvedic Therapies
- Subtle Therapies: Jyotish, Hasta & Vastu
“Āyurveda 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 -
Goals & Aims
The Āyurvedic Health Counselor’s scope of practice encompasses a focus on preventive health care and health promotion utilizing the experience and knowledge of appropriate diet and lifestyle practices and recommendations for the unique individuals in a clinical practice. Graduates may become professional members of the National Āyurvedic Medicine Association (NAMA), start a clinical practice independently, join the staffs of yoga studios or spas, work in health resorts, and join integrative healthcare practices as diet and lifestyle counselors.
Program Highlights
The AHC is a 10 month accelerated program designed to fit the busy schedule of professionals and others from all walks of life.*
AHC Co-requisite:
- 3 college level credits of Anatomy and Physiology (required to be completed within the first 3 months of the program, by April 30)
Classes are held in the following format:
- Thursday evening check-in and integration: 2 hrs
- Three-day weekend, Fri – Sun (yoga & coursework): 27 hrs
- Four Tuesday nights a month (3 hours each) coursework & integrations: 12 hrs
- One Thursday morning per month (Sanskrit): 3 hrs
Once the coursework is complete, students have an additional three months of supervised clinical observations and practicums.
Final completion date is October 31, 2021.
Here is the typical daily schedule (subject to change)
| Per Month | Course | Time (PST/PDT) | Hrs. |
| Thursday | Integration | 5:00 - 7:00 pm | 2 |
| Friday | Yoga | 6:30 - 8:00 am | 1.5 |
| Course 1 | 9:00 - 12:30 pm | 3.5 | |
| Course 1 | 2:00-6:00 pm | 4 | |
| Saturday | Yoga | 6:30 - 8:00 am | 1.5 |
| Course 1 | 9:00 - 12:30 pm | 3.5 | |
| Course 2 | 2:00-6:00 pm | 4 | |
| Sunday | Yoga | 6:30 - 8:00 am | 1.5 |
| Course 2 | 9:00 - 12:30 pm | 3.5 | |
| Course 2 | 2:00-6:00 pm | 4 | |
| Tuesday evening 1 | Course 1 | 5:00 - 8:00 pm | 3 |
| Tuesday evening 2 | Course 2 | 5:00 - 8:00 pm | 3 |
| Tuesday evening 3 | Course 1 & 2 | 5:00 - 8:00 pm | 3 |
| Tuesday evening 4 | Course 1 & 2 | 5:00 - 8:00 pm | 3 |
| Thursday morning MONTHLY | Sanskrit | 8:00 - 11:00 am | 3 |
| Total | 44 hrs. |
*An alternative for those who want to go beyond a weekend Āyurveda course but aren't ready to commit to the full year long AHC, we also offer the FOUNDATIONS OF ĀYURVEDA.
Academic Programs Calendar for 2021 Cohort
Classes begin Thursday evenings at 5pm and end Sundays at 6pm.
Each weekend includes two courses, yoga, and integration. Throughout the rest of the month, there are four 3-hour classes on Tuesday evenings plus a 3-hour Sanskrit class once a month.
January 21-24, 2021
- AY 101 Intro to Ayurveda and AY 102 Ayurvedic Anatomy & Physiology
Feb 18-21, 2021
- AY 103 Lifestyle Management and AY 104 Yoga & Ayurveda
March 18-21, 2021
- AY 105 Ayurvedic Nutrition and AY 106 Ayurvedic Psychology
April 15-18, 2021
- AY 110 Diagnosis and AY 107 Herbology
May 13-16, 2021
- AY 113 Women's Health and AY 111 Western Interface
June 17-20, 2021
- AY 114 ENT & Counseling and AY 120 Internship
July 29-Aug 1, 2021
- AY 112 Pancha Karma Theory and AY 160 Jyotish
Coursework completes Aug 1, 2021
Following the coursework and onsite clinical internships, there are 3 additional months of clinical externship requirements that are completed in your home area.
For those who want to go beyond a weekend Āyurveda course but aren't ready to commit to the full year long AHC, we also offer the FOUNDATIONS OF ĀYURVEDA.
For questions, please contact the registrar at 408-846-4060.
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Foundations of Āyurveda
This is an in-between program for those who want to go beyond a weekend Āyurveda course but aren't ready to commit to the full year long AHC. Learn the fundamentals of Āyurvedic theory, anatomy and physiology, nutrition, lifestyle management, yoga, basic clinical assessment and Sanskrit with our master faculty. Completion of this course may be applied towards the Āyurvedic Health Counselor certificate.
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