Annual traditional Ayurvedic Basic Training / Education Course

with certification as Ayurveda-Therapist

located at the Natural Health Center Kuhn & guided by Petra Kuhn

The course includes 12 professional weekend units

(on Saturdays & Sundays, from 10:00 to 17:00/16:00 o´clock).

The next course starts on 24/25. March 2012.

Your financial investment is 3840, - €.

The use of a NRW-Training voucher is possible at any time.

For detailed information please contact me in a personal interview.

Please call me without obligation at (+49)-02054-9353341!

For course dates and contents, see the following curriculum:

Traditional Ayurveda Basic-Education Training Course

Professional education course (12 months) with final examination and certification (Ayurveda-Therapist)

24./25. March 2012: The history of Ayurvedic medicine and its basic principles

1. Veda and Ayurveda

2. History and tradition

3. Philosophical background

4. Live according to Vedic principles

5. Prakriti and Purusha



21./22. April 2012: anatomy, physiology, pathology

1. What is Ayurveda?

2. The Ayurvedic understanding of body, mind and soul

3. Determination of the physiological factors Tridosha, tissue

and waste (Dhatus & Malas)

4. Metabolism and digestion (Agni)

5. Toxins in the body (ama)



12./13. May 2012: prevention

1. Constitution: Introduction to Theory & Practice

2. Daily routine

3. Seasonal rhythms

4. Adaptation of constitutional type and central European seasons

5. Personality development: body, mind and soul



02./03. June 2012: Nutrition in the East and West

1. Ayurvedic Nutrition

2. Impact and use of spices and herbs

3. Food combinations to maintain health

4. Guidelines for Vata, Pitta and Kapha, and mixed types

5. Diet plan created for constitutional types and their disorders



23./24. June 2012: Traditional massage techniques in theory and practice

1. Indian Head Massage (Shiro-Abhyanga)

2. Facial massage (Mukabhyanga)

3. Full body treatment (Abhyanga)

4. Foot treatment (Padabhyanga)



25./26. August 2012: Ayurveda diagnosis / diagnostic methods

1. Diagnostic principles and classification

2. Difference between constitution (Prakriti) and disease (Vikrti)

3. Clinical studies

4. Tongue and pulse diagnosis

5. Training



22./23. September 2012: Diagnostics

1. History of East & West

2. Differential Diagnosis Ayurveda

3. Mutual consultations with analysis based on the tongue, skin and heart

4. Use of Western diagnostic methods

5. Training



27./28. Oktober 2012: Pharmacology / Phythotherapy

1. Pharmacological basis of Ayurveda

2. Important medicinal plants in East and West

3. Ayurvedic medicine manufacturing

4. Herbal decoctions

5. Ayurvedic oils, ghees, Churnas



24./25. November 2012: Treatments

1. Treatment processes in Ayurveda

2. Restoration treatment (Samana Chikitsa)

3. Cleaning treatment (Panchakarma)

4. Meaning, function, sequence of treatments

5. Training



16./17. December 2012: Procedures of cleansing (Ausleitungsverfahren)

1. Indications: Pro & contra

2. Preparation Phase

3. Implementation

4. Treatment

5. Panchakarma, non-stationary in office



21./22. January 2013: Yoga and Ayurveda

1. Basic principles of Yoga and Ayurveda

2. Spiritual welfare and philosophical aspects of yoga

3. Yoga as a daily routine

4. Yoga theory and practice

5. Refresher (occasional repetition of the overall learning material)

18./19. February 2013: Final exam & graduation weekend

1. Exam (written test)

2. Colloquium (oral test)

3. Graduation with a certificate award

 

Copyright: Petra Kuhn, Naturopath & Ayurveda-Therapist, 2011