Category: Education

Sadhaka Pitta

October 17, 2011 Posted by monica under 500 Hr Ayurveda practitioner, Ayurveda, Ayurveda and Yoga Practice, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Education, Learn Ayurveda, Meditation, Theory of Ayurveda, Tridoshas, Uncategorized
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“sadhaka pitta processes emotions into intelligence and sadhaka pitta in the heart processes emotions into love and compassion. If this functional integrity of sadhaka pitta in the brain and sadhaka pitta in the mind is affected,

Learning Ayurveda by ‘Virtual’ classes

April 7, 2011 Posted by hgroover under 500 Hr Ayurveda practitioner, Ancient Healing, Announcements, Ayurveda, Ayurveda and Yoga Practice, Distant learning, Education, Learn Ayurveda, Online Ayurveda Courses
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Virtual learning is a ‘new’ term. Certainly, no Ayurveda college is offering Virtual Learning yet! Some are offering distant learning, and, others – where you attend classes once a month.

Body Odour Herbs in Ayurveda

October 25, 2010 Posted by Dr.Santosh under Ancient Healing, Ayurveda, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Education, Herbs, Learn Ayurveda, Online Ayurveda Courses, Student Assignments, Study Ayurveda, Theory of Ayurveda, Weight Loss, Yoga
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There are about 2 to 4 million sweat glands situated under the skin. They function mainly for regulation of body temperature and provide an emotional response. The watery secretion produced by these glands make the body moist and helps to cool the body temperature. The glands are under the control of sympathetic nervous system. Sweat contains water and some salts like sodium, chloride, potassium, urea, bicarbonate, calcium and other excretions from the body such as amino acids.

Ayurveda and Memory

October 8, 2010 Posted by Dr.Santosh under Announcements, Ayurveda, Ayurveda and Yoga Practice, Ayurvedic Therapies, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Common Cold, Diet, Education, General info, Herbs, Injuries, Meditation, Sankhya, Theory of Ayurveda, udvartana
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During a common cold, there is blockage of olfactory nerve there is a total loss of sensation of smell. This is very common example experienced by most of the people. Similarly, if there is any kind of blockage in the optic nerve, the sensation of visual experience will be blocked; auditory nerve will result in impaired listening etc. For acquiring the knowledge, the body uses 5 sense organs. Ears, Skin, Eyes, Tongue and Nose are collectively called sense organs. The sensations experienced by these sense organs are transmitted to the brain. The sensory nerves conduct messages through chemical transmission and then they are stored in the brain.

Maintaining Health during Season Change

September 29, 2010 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Ayurveda and Yoga Practice, Ayurvedic Therapies, Diet, Education, Herbs, Meditation, Misconceptions about Ayurveda, Sankhya, Theory of Ayurveda, Weight Loss, Yoga
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cold dry day would even raise kapha. The year can be divided in two where we lose strength, stability, vitality and another when we build up those qualities. The year can also be described as the 6 seasons being separated in 2 adana (associated with the sun) and visarga (associated with the moon). Adana represents winter, spring and summer and visarga represents rain autumn and winter.

Five Potent Herbs in your Kitchen!

September 28, 2010 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Therapies, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Education, General info, Herbs, Misconceptions about Ayurveda
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strong>Ginger: The important active components of the ginger root are thought to be volatile oils and pungent phenol compounds. Ginger has been used in the past as preventing cough, congestion, muscular cramps during menstruation. Controls nausea from indigestion, and is currently being proven to manage migraine headaches. Ginger water, tea or extract helps vomiting episodes. Due to its anti-inflammatory nature, anyone with arthritis needs to use ginger. Lowering cholesterol is the special attribute of ginger that can prevent a patient from heart failure.

Study Ayurveda Online at $5 only

September 28, 2010 Posted by monica under Education, Meditation
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In the coming months, San Diego College of Ayurveda, California is offering a Ayurvedic Practitioner 500 Hour, 10 month, course, as per the NAMA curriculum. This will be a 100% online and virtual course. And, the price is cheapest in entire U.S.A, east coast, and west coast. It is $2500 for 12 months.

Ayurveda Udvartana

August 12, 2010 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Ayurveda and Yoga Practice, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Education, General info, Misconceptions about Ayurveda, Sankhya, shirodhara, Theory of Ayurveda, Uncategorized
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Udvartana means to elevate or to promote. In India, this treatment was done on brides before the wedding. Excellent for reducing edema, lymph drainage, rosacea, eczema, or any pitta skin conditions like adult acne..where ‘oil’ cannot be put on the body.

What is Ayurveda?

February 19, 2010 Posted by monica under Announcements, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Therapies, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Education, General info, Herbs, Theory of Ayurveda, Weight Loss, Yoga
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disease is caused by a combination of wrong lifestyle, stress, negative or positive thinking, frame of mind, diet (vegan, vegetarian or meat eating, eating wrong combinations of food (milk or diary with meat, milk with citrus like melon or lemon, mixing opposing tastes together. Mixing honey and ghee. ), or eating at the wrong time. (Eating just before going to bed or exercising. eating yogurt at night) etc.

Online Ayurveda Courses

January 5, 2010 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Education, General info
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However, Ayurveda – the health system from VEDAS and India is still catching on. Besides Deepak Chopra, Dr. Vasant Lad, and California College of Ayurveda, & the Buddhist Ayurveda-at Oakland, are some Clinical Ayurvedic Therapist course providers. Excellent courses for those who want to delve deeper into Ayurveda. Most courses offered are 500 hours are over.

There are still no big Ayurveda Course providers in California for SHORTER programs, seminars, intensives and workshops.