Ayurveda Course - Level 1 (One week)

Topic

Essential Ayurveda: A journey through traditional holistic health care.

Course Date, Location & Donations

Course location is Amboli, Maharashtra, India. Please find the details of location here

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The daily course donation includes food & accommodation from the last arrival date to the first departure date, tuition as per the daily schedule shown below, course manual and the use of ashram facilities.

Pre-Requisites / Course Eligibility

Open to all interested.
This retreat where the study the ancient knowledge of Ayurveda will be emphasized, is open to all levels of Yoga or Vedanta aspirants who wish to deepen their knowledge and application of some of the Ayurveda based life style values in daily life.
Participants do not need to be experts in ayurveda or yoga sadhana.

Course Details

Topic: "Essential Ayurveda: A journey through traditional holistic health care".

This introductory course on Ayurveda will be led by a qualified doctor with a degree in Indian systems of medicine and a deep understanding of ethno-botany. You will learn the foundations of this ancient system of holistic health care.
Designed for those seeking a natural, balanced approach to well-being, the classes will be based on the canonical text of Ayurveda, viz., the Ashtanga-hridaya.
This immersive experience offers an excellent foundation for anyone interested in the preventive and therapeutic aspects of Ayurveda.
The course is held in the pristine environment of the ashram at Amboli.
There will also be regular practice of Hatha Yoga (Asanas and Pranayamas) apart from the Ayurveda based lectures, as per the following daily schedule.

Course Syllabus

The Ayurvedic principles of three doshas
Ritu-charya (seasonal rhythms)
Viruddha-aharas
The interconnectedness of mind, body and environment.
Practical sessions on Ayurvedic cooking, where participants will learn to prepare nutrient-rich dishes that align with Ayurvedic dietary principles.

Daily Schedule

• Attendance at all activities is mandatory.
Changes in the program may occur from time to time as per the prevailing conditions.

Assessment and Certification

A certificate of attendance will be offered to the participants.
There is no any kind of examination for this course.

Recommended texts / Course Manual

A course manual will be given to the participants.

Presenters

Smt. Dr. Sharada Raghav : will be the main teacher of this retreat. She will be assisted by her husband Sri Raghav Kumar.

Swami Govindananda and other ashram staff members will be assisting to give all other classes and facilities to the participants.

Smt. Dr. Sharada Raghav Dr.Sharada Raghav worked as Assistant Professor in an allopathic medical hospital viz., SRM Medical College, Chennai for eleven years. She had always been interested in spirituality and over the last twelve years, gravitated away from a regular career and chose to pursue a lifestyle based on Vedanta and Yoga at Thiruvannamalai near Sri Ramana Maharshi's ashram.

With her background in both modern Western medicine and a strong foundational degree in the Indian Systems of medicine, she loves to teach Yoga Anatomy and Physiology with several yoga schools and has been doing so since 2013. She also teaches holistic health care and Ayurveda and considers herself lucky to have learnt ethno-botany from senior Ayurvedic scholars. She has taught Yoga Anatomy in numerous 200hr and 300hr Yoga teacher training courses in Bali, Dharmashala, Goa and at the Angkor Vat, Cambodia.

Her focus is on bio-mechanics and the anatomy of movement along the lines of Western Yoga Anatomy experts like Ray Long, Leslie Kaminoff, David Keil, Jules Mitchell etc., and avoids a bookish information-heavy approach to teaching Yoga anatomy. This greatly helps with the practical assimilation of anatomical understanding relevant to Yoga postures.

Dr. Sharada Raghav can be contacted directly by email: : srisunandini@gmail.com / WhatsApp: +91-8220863167

How to register:

Please fill in all the required information in the application form online itself, then submit the completed application form.

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Once the filled up application form is received and accepted the applicants will be informed by email, of how to proceed further in the registration process. To finish the formality of registration, applicants need to send an initial course deposit also.

Please note:

Course donations are non-refundable, however any unused amount may be transferred, minus an administration fee, to another course within one year of the original course starting date. Or a credit note may be issued minus the administration fee. Credit notes are valid for one year from date of issue and can be used for any other courses/ programs or for anybody recommended by the depositor and also for boutique items or any other supplementary services.

General Information

Please read course details as well as the course location information carefully before making a decision to register. Admission to any course is on first come first serve basis.
All the courses are taught in English, there is currently no translation facility available into any other language.

Dates and donations are subject to change without notice.
For all programs, guests are subject to the suggested donation in effect at the time of final payment.
To maintain the spiritual atmosphere we ask all ashram guests to comply with the ashram rules.
Kindly refer to the Ashram rules and guidelines for more information.
The ashram reserves the right of admission and students may be asked to leave if their behavior goes against the ashram rules and teachings.
Email sivanandapeetham@gmail.com if you need further information.