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Level 1: Ayurvedic Health Counselor

Level 2: Ayurvedic Practitioner

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14 Months
900 Hours
Immersion Hybrid Program

10 Months
609 Hours
In-person & Distance Learning

Pre-requisites & Co-requisites

Ayurvedic Health Counselor certificate of completion required

High school diploma
Six credits of college-level Anatomy & Physiology (must be complete prior to certificate conferral)

No prior knowledge of Ayurveda is required!

High school diploma
Six credits of college-level Anatomy & Physiology (must be complete prior to certificate conferral)

Topics Covered

Concepts of Ayurvedic Anatomy & Physiology

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Ayurvedic Pathology
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Ayurvedic Diet & Nutrition
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Ayurvedic Herbology
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The Five Clinical Barometers
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Ayurvedic Clinical Management I & II
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Integration of Ayurveda & Yoga
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Special Topics I & II
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Advanced Ayurvedic Philosophy, Anatomy, & Physiology

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Advanced Ayurvedic Pathology
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Advanced Ayurvedic Herbology I & II
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Digestive System
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Respiratory System
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Ayurvedic Clinical Management I, II, III, & IV

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Cardiovascular System
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Musculoskeletal System
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Nervous System & Mental Health
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Reproductive System
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Urinary System
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Integumentary System
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Endocrine System & Autoimmune System
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Fertility, Pregnancy & Pediatrics 
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Ear, Nose & Throat
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Clinical Internship Component

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25 Observational Client Encounters
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25 Directly Supervised Student-Client Encounters

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50 One-on-one Client Encounters
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Total: 100 Client Encounters
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25 Observational Client Encounters
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25 One-on-one Client Encounters
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Total: 50 Client Encounters
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Scope of Practice

“Counselors are competent in health promotion and disease prevention (svasthavṛtta). They utilize the principles of Āyurvedic medicine to create diet and lifestyle (āhāra and vihāra) recommendations according to their assessment of the patient’s Āyurvedic constitution and imbalances (prakṛti and vikṛti), state of the doṣas, agni, dhātus, malas, and manas (mind).

Educate, motivate and counsel patients in order to support them to be successful in implementing the principles of Āyurveda into their lives. Āyurvedic Counselors refer patients whose disease state (samprāpti) is beyond the third stage to Āyurvedic Practitioners or Doctors of Āyurveda for diagnosis (nidāna) and treatment (cikitsā) of disease”

"Āyurvedic Practitioners are competent in managing and treating disease from the Āyurvedic perspective, using Āyurvedic etiology, (nidāna), pathology (samprāpti), diagnosis and management of diseases (kāya cikitsā), in addition to being in the prevention of disease and promotion of health (svasthavṛtta).

In addition to diet and lifestyle (āhāra vihāra ), Āyurvedic Practitioners use herbs as medicine (dravyaguṇa vijñāna) and Āyurvedic purification (śodhana cikitsā)and rejuvenative therapies (rasāyana). They also understand the basics of Western anatomy, physiology and pathology. They should be able to contribute to the profession such as by writing articles, contributing to research, teaching at professional conferences or presenting case studies."

- according to the National Ayurvedic Medical Association

Tuition

$9,950*

$7,200*

*This is the cost of tuition if paid in one-installment. Cost varies with tuition payment plan. The cost of tuition is inclusive of the seat deposit fee and the technical fee. Application fee is not included.

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