Ayurveda Foundation Level Certification Course
offered by
The New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda &
The Starseed Center for Yoga & Wellness
215 Glenridge Avenue
Montclair, New Jersey 07042

PRESENTER: Dr. Aparna Bapat, B.A.M.S.
DATE(S): July 15th & 16th, 2006
TIME: 11:00-7:00PM, (Saturday & Sunday)
COST: $ 550.00 Tuition (includes a $50. materials and certification
fee)

Join us for this weekend-long, 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
or to incorporate Ayurvedic principles into existing health care practices.

This course is planned as the first of several programs in Ayurveda that will
take students through intermediate and advanced levels of proficiency and which
will train and certify students as Ayurvedic health consultants.

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.

This course is also now available in a distance learning format, as is NJIA's
full practitioner program (the Diploma in Ayurveda: for detailed information
please visit www.ayurvedamirrorz.com )

SYLLABUS

This introductory program of classes is intended for the student with no
previous exposure to ayurveda. Made up of sixteen class hours of instruction
with lectures as well as assigned outside readings, it is both a freestanding
course for the individual interested in ayurveda to care for themselves and
their families as well as a basis for further study.

Students who complete the course and a final examination will be awarded a
Certificate in Ayurvedic Self-Care & Health Maintenance. Following the lecture
intensive, 30 days (extensible to 60 days) of self-study is afforded to review
material presented in class and to complete the open-book final examination.

COURSE SYLLABUS:

Saturday Session - July 15, 2006
(Sections I through IV)

Section I
History of Ayurveda; basic concepts; terminology
and nomenclature; basic concepts; theory of the Dosas; characteristics
of living systems; the profession of Ayurvedic medicine today

Section II
Sankhya philosophy; mind-body-spirit connections; Vedic cosmology;
creation and nature of energy, matter and life processes

Section III
Ayurvedic physiology: the 3 Dosas, 7 Dhatus, 3
Malas and 20 Gunas

Section IV
Mind-Body-Spirit Constitution; Prakriti

Sunday Session - July 16th, 2006
(Sections V through VIII)

Section V
Prakriti & Vikruti (continued); Constitutional
analysis

Section VI
Origin and elaboration of the disease process
(pathogenesis); 6 stages of Samprapti; practical applications

Section VII
Self-analysis and preventive health care; daily
diet, exercise and yoga; mental and emotional hygiene

Section VIII
Healing properties of foods; diet therapy; home remedies; herbs in
Ayurveda

For detailed information and an application, or to register for this program,
please contact us by
telephone at (973) 783-1036 or e-mail at Ayurv...@... and ask for our
Ayurveda certification course brochure.

Alternately, one can enrol online at
www.starseedyoga.com/AyurvedaFirstCourse.htm

Individuals attending this course will be extended a $300. tuition waiver for
the distance learning based practitioner-level Diploma in Ayurveda program.

Please telephone (toll free) 866-884-7635 for further information.

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