For Clinical Practitioners and Health Spas: Comprehensive training in traditional Ayurvedic therapies designed to enrich the services you offer with authentic Ayurvedic treatments for healing, relaxing and rejuvenating an individual client’s mind, body, and spirit based on her or his unique makeup and thousands of years of wisdom and practice.
Training Sessions for Providers of Ayurvedic Spa Services provides a working foundation for understanding and employing traditional and authentic Ayurvedic therapy and treatment methods.
Ayurvedic Therapy Training
Practical: Theoretical Knowledge and practical hands-on training for the following therapies:
Included in each training session
Class in Basic Theory of Ayurveda:
- Introduction to Ayurveda- Sankhya philosophy
- Five elements and 20 gunas (qualities)
- Three doshas- Vata, Pitta and Kapha
- Understanding seven constitutional types of prakriti
- Knowledgeable tools to rebalance vikriti
Intention:
- Offer traditional and authentic understanding of Ayurvedic therapies
- Thorough instruction, accuracy and implication of each treatment
- Provide sources and a complete list of equipment required
- Personal attention and observation for each student to promote proper understanding and confidence in therapist skill
- Comprehensive handouts to assist learning and retention of information
- Complete understanding of contraindications
- To breath the spiritual depth and essence of Ayurveda into each cell of the practitioner and client
Abhyanga: Ayurvedic Herbal Oil Massage
Ayurvedic Massage is a santarpana (nourishing) therapy. The promotion of health and longevity depend upon the proper nourishment, assimilation and elimination of essential sustenance for our seven dhatus (tissues). Due to improper metabolism and circulation, waste products are accumulated in the different systems of the body, such as the nervous, circulatory and muscular systems. Through proper snehanam and massage, the metabolic and enzymatic functions are stimulated to assist the body to work at its optimum and vital potential.
Minimum one day – 7 hour intensive:
9 am to noon and 1:30 pm to 5:30pm
Marma Chikitsa:
Ayurvedic form of massage therapy using vital, acupressure points. Ayurvedic acupressure therapy assists in balancing and harmonizing the subtle energies in the body. This training will give understanding of the 108 marmas points and the nadi (meridian) systems throughout the body. A complete one hour spa treatment which clears blockages in the physical and psychological body/mind. This profound ancient therapy supports, rejuvenates and establishes deep harmony within the individual.
Minimum one day – 7 hour intensive:
9 am to noon and 1:30 pm to 5:30pm
Shirodhara:
Ayurvedic therapy that gently pours herbal liquids over the forehead (the ‘third eye’). Shiro means head and dhara is the continuous flow of medicated herbal oils, medicated milks, medicated buttermilk precise for each dosha. The liquid flows through a specialized vessel onto the client’s forehead. Designed for each individual, it focuses on certain marma points (energy pathways), and has been traditionally known to promote tranquility, hormonal balancing, CSF nourishment, balancing the brains hemisphere, calming the nervous system, alleviating insomnia and reducing mental tension.
Minimum one day – 7 hour intensive:
9 am to noon and 1:30 pm to 5:30pm
Herbal & Clay Body Masque (Udvartana and Lepana) Therapies:
Balances kapha, eliminates toxins, stimulates circulation
Minimum one day – 7 hour intensive:
9 am to noon and 1:30 pm to 5:30pm
Ayurvedic Facials:
Healing, beautification and rejuvenation of the facial skin, tissues and muscles. Traditional Ayurvedic Facials are therapies that cleanse and nourish the entire body, mind and Spirit. The treatments focus on the healing, beautification and rejuvenation of the facial skin, tissues and muscles. Additional results support organ and nervous systems of the entire body. Marma therapy is the primary aspect that accomplishes this, yet other integral parts of the Facial are Herbal Oils, aromatherapy, intention, breath, and massage. Together, these therapies enhance a greater vitality, beauty, relaxation and clarity for the Whole Being.
Padabhyanga:
Marma foot massage balances and harmonizes one’s entire body.
Shirobhyanga:
Marma head massage relaxes the nervous system and promotes contentment
Nasya:
Purification method effecting the nasal, throat and shoulder areas.
Kati Basti:
Useful for lumbar and thoracic vertebrae injuries, herniated discs and strains
