Online Ayurveda Certification Course - Yoga Alliance

Trace the history and origin of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian medical system that uses natural plant-based healing for healthy, disease-free living; it is a section of the Veda.

Define health through five layers (physical, energy, mental, wisdom, and blessed body), emphasizing preventive living, lifestyle, daily routine, sleep, and diet in Ayurveda.

Explore the five elements—space, air, fire, water, and art—and how their proportions in the body determine the dosas in Ayurveda.

Explore the three doshas: vata, pitta, kapha, derived from the five elements, and how they regulate balance for structure, transformation and movement in the body.

Explore how the five elements shape the three doshas: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, and how predominant or combined body types influence temperament and balance, with emphasis on practical balancing strategies.

Explore the fire principle, including digestive fire and 12 metabolic fires, and how balanced agni supports energy, nutrient conversion, and relates to metabolic syndrome.

Balance vatta by nourishing the water dosha with sesame oil and cooked, oil-rich foods. Practice grounding yoga, restorative poses, longer pranayama, and silent meditation to calm the nervous system.

Balance pitta by cooling the fire with yogurt, salads, lassi, coconut oil, and coriander, and practice slow sun salutations with cooling pranayama and devotional meditation.

Balance Kapha dosha through warming oil applications, cleansing practices like neti, and a hot, spicy diet; practice active yoga, kapalabhati pranayama, and trataka meditation.

Learn a daily pranayama routine featuring kapalabhati and nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breathing) to calm the mind, balance physiology, and boost immunity in 15 to 20 minutes.

learn jal neti, a nasal cleansing technique with a neti pot and warm saline water to clear the nasal cavity, reduce mucus, with warm up, breathing, and post practice asanas.

Learn how sutra neti uses a thread to cleanse the nasal cavity, remove blockages, and support pranayama, with mindful, gradual practice under guided supervision and safety precautions.

Engage in a grounding hatha yoga session by the river Ganga, for self practice, starting with om and warm-ups, then sun salutations, standing poses, twists, and savasana.