Ayurveda Foundation Level Certification Course
offered by
The New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda at
The Starseed Center for Yoga & Meditation
356 Bloomfield Avenue, 2nd Floor
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
www.starseedyoga.com

PRESENTER: Dr. Aparna Bapat, B.A.M.S.
DATE(S): March 23 (Tuesday), March 29 (Monday) and following 6
Tuesdays to May 11th
TIME: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
COST: $ 420.00 Tuition (+ $50. materials and certification fee)
(Note: A $150. program deposit is due at registration; tuition due in
full before first class)

Join Starseed for this 8 week, 16-hour intensive course of study
leading to a Certificate in Ayurvedic Self-Care & Health Maintenance.

This program is intended as an introduction to Ayurveda that is both
detailed as well as of practical use to the non-health professional
who wishes to take a more responsible part in caring for his or her
health. In addition, it will serve as a basis for more advanced
training for those desiring to either become practitioners of
Ayurveda or to extend their skills to care for their families.

This course is planned as the first of several course programs in
Ayurveda that will take students through intermediate and advanced
levels of proficiency and which will train and certify students as
Ayurvedic practitioners-consultants. Starseed's Ayurveda Practitioner
Program is scheduled to begin operation in September 2004, and
courses currently undertaken (including this one, which is a
prerequisite for all other intermediate, advanced and
practitioner-level courses offered in the program) carry full credit
applicable to the program.

The course's instructor, Dr. Aparna Bapat, is one of the world's
premier writers, scholars, teachers and practitioners of Ayurvedic
medicine whose work is known in the United States, the United Kingdom
and India. Dr. Bapat is a graduate of the University of Pune Faculty
of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery; is formerly Senior Lecturer at the
College of Ayurveda (London, U.K.).and is presently consultant at the
Ayurveda Center, New York City. She is the author of numerous
articles on Ayurvedic medicine and related themes and has made
multiple television appearances (on London's Zee-TV) as health issues
consultant.

The program's schedule is as follows:

Section I (Tuesday, March 23rd)
History of Ayurveda;
basic concepts; terminology and nomenclature;
basic concepts of the Dosas

Section II (Monday, March 29th)
Sankhya philosophy;
Mind-body-spirit connections;
Vedic cosmology;
Creation and nature of energy, matter and life processes

Section III (Tuesday, April 6th)
Ayurvedic anatomy & physiology:
The 3 Dosas, 7 Dhatus, 3 Malas & 20 Gunas

Section IV (Tuesday, April 13th)
Mind-Body-Spirit constitutional types;
Prakriti

Section V (Tuesday, April 20th)
Prakriti & Vikruti (continued)

Section VI (Tuesday, April 27th)
Origin and elaboration of the disease process (pathogenesis);
6 stages of Samprapti;
Applications of Samprapti

Section VII (Tuesday, May 4th)
Self-analysis and preventive health care;
Daily diet & regimen;
Exercise and yoga;
Mental and emotional hygiene

Section VIII (Tuesday, May 11th)
Healing properties of foods;
Diet therapy & food-combining theory;
Home remedies

For detailed information and an application or to register for this
course please contact Starseed by telephone at (973) 783-1036 or
e-mail at info@... and ask for our Ayurveda
certification course information package.
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Ayurveda Practitioner Certification Program
The New Jersey Institute for Ayurveda
The Starseed Center for Yoga & Meditation
356 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, New Jersey USA 07042
Tel: 973-783-1036
Fax: 973-783-5028
Internet: www.starseedyoga.com