AHC Level-1 Education

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 group and one on one consultations 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
• Ayurvedic Psychology
  
• Ethics, Counseling, and Western Interface
  
• Ayurvedic Therapies
• Jyotish: Vedic Astrology
  
• ENT and Sense Therapies
• Women's and Children's Health

“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 12 month program designed to fit the busy schedule of professionals and others from all walks of life.*

AHC Pre-requisite for 2022:

• 4 college level credits of Anatomy and Physiology (required to be completed before the program starts in late January 2022.

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 (2 hours each) coursework & integrations: 8 hrs
• One weekday 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 December 18, 2022.

Here is the typical daily schedule (subject to change)

Per Month	Course	Time (PST/PDT)	Hrs.
Thursday	Integration	5:00 - 7:00pm	2
Friday	Yoga	7:00 - 8:30am	1.5
	Course 1	9:30 - 12:30pm	3
	Course 1	1:30 - 5:30pm	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 - 5:00pm	2
	Course 2	6:00 - 8:00pm	2
Sunday	Yoga	7:00 - 8:30am	1.5
	Course 2	9:30am - 12:30pm	3
	Course 2	1:30 - 5:30 pm	4
Tuesday evening 1	Course 1	5:00 - 7:00pm	2
Tuesday evening 2	Course 2	5:00 - 7:00pm	2
Tuesday evening 3	Integration	5:00 - 7:00pm	2
Tuesday evening 4	Integration	5:00 - 7:00pm	2
Weekday morning MONTHLY	Sanskrit	TBD	3
Total Synchronous Meetings			39.5 hrs
Total Monthly Time Commitment including Asynchronous and course work			approx 97.5 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.