Ayurvedic Practitioner Professional Training

Ayurvedic Practitioner (AP)**

**If you have a BA or BS degree, you may apply instead for the Master of Arts in Ayurveda and earn an Ayurvedic Practitioner’s certificate concurrently.

900 Hours of Academic Excellence and Clinical Practicum

AP Pre-Requisites:

• Successful completion of the Ayurvedic Health Counselor (AHC) program required. If the student completed their AHC elsewhere, they must successfully pass the AAC Board Exam or the MMI Final Exam at the AHC level.

• 6 College Credits of Anatomy and Physiology (2 additional credits above the AHC level)

Recognized by the Ayurvedic Accreditation Commission (AAC), MMI’s Ayurvedic Practitioner Program significantly builds on the foundational Ayurvedic Health Counselor Program.

The AP is an exploration into classical texts, traditional clinical treatments, practices, and formulations, guiding the student to a deeper understanding of the 5,000 year old art and science of Ayurvedic medicine and philosophy.

Experience a full and rich immersion into the “science of life,” with extensive training, clinical experience, and a scope of practice well beyond what is first studied in the Ayurvedic Health Counselor Program.

Students enjoy a rich and stimulating educational environment while receiving in-depth academic instruction in disease management, herbal medicine, mother and child care, geriatric health, rejuvenative therapies, subtle healing modalities and counseling skills and an introduction to research. Yoga and Sanskrit study are integral aspects of the curriculum.

Goals & Aims

AP graduates continue to focus on preventive healthcare and health promotion through diet and lifestyle management with their clients, however the AP scope of practice is expanded well beyond that of the Ayurvedic Health Counselor to include pathophysiology, disease management and advanced herbology. Graduates will have had extensive supervised clinical practice during the program, giving them the confidence and capacity to fully engage in an independent or joint clinical healthcare practice.

Graduates will qualify for the AAC board certification exam. Upon passage qualify for professional membership in AAC as Ayurvedic Practitioners.

California residents may work independently as Ayurvedic Practitioners under the California Health Freedom Act or join the staff of medical clinics or hospitals offering complementary modalities.

Program Highlights

This program, designed to allow the student to enjoy Mount Madonna’s 380 acre mountaintop campus, is also offered in a remote option. Students meet (in-person or online) one weekend a month. There are additional complementary (synchronous) online classes offered throughout the month. Students are taught by a variety of teachers which will enable them to experience a variety of perspectives. The program is steeped in the classical texts of Ayurveda.

Program format:

• 20 month program (including Clinical)

• 15 modules offered HYBRID

• Choose a REMOTE OPTION for as many as 3 modules.

• Required IN-PERSON for 12 modules (including the 3 Clinical Internship modules of Dec 2022, April & August 2023).

• **The AAC Recognized Format is required to take the AAC AP Board Exam and to continue into an Ayurvedic Doctor (AD) Program

Classes are held in the following format:

• In-seat Thursday afternoon (2:00 pm) – Sunday (5:00 pm) (Yoga & Courses): 33.5 hours per month

• Online Monday nights weekly (5:00 - 8:15 pm) (Course Complements and Integration) (~9 hours per month)

• Online two Friday mornings per month (9:00 - 11:00 am) (Sanskrit): 4 hours per month

• Self-study asynchronous learning: ~15 hours per month

• Homework: ~ 80 hours per month

Here is the typical daily schedule (subject to change)

Per Month	Course	Time (PST/PDT)	Hrs.
Thursday	Course	2:00 - 5:00 pm	3
	Course	6:00 - 8:00 pm	2
Friday	Yoga	7:00am - 8:30 am	1.5
	Course	9:30 am - 12:30 pm	3
	Course	1:30 - 5:30 pm	4
	Integration	6:30 - 8:30 pm	2
Saturday	Yoga	7:30 - 9:30 am	2
	Course	11:00 am - 2:00 pm	3
	Course	2:30 - 5:00 pm	2.5
	Course	6:00 - 8:30 pm	2.5
Sunday	Yoga	7:00 - 8:30 am	1.5
	Course	9:30 - 12:30 pm	3
	Integration	1:30 - 5:00 pm	3.5
Total hours "in-seat"			33.5