Course Description:
Food sparks the re-balancing of health in Ayurveda. The digestive tract (& the nourishment we offer it) is the gateway to rejuvenation. Food affects mood, & mood affects our food choices. We can know this intellectually, & yet make choices that are not always supportive of wellness. This course serves professionals & lay people of all genders. Use Marma therapy, breath, journaling, & other Ayurvedic self care methods as tools professionally & personally to cultivate greater skill with mood & food.Learn how to identify emotional food patterns that aren’t working for you. Develop restorative patterns for optimal well-being. Understand how the mahagunas & polyvagal theory can be used to create a “middle way” in life & client sessions. Explore how the addiction cycle manifests in mood & food.

Course Objectives:
1. Cultivate the ability to identify when you are in an over aroused or under aroused autonomic state, and be able to move to a safer more stable state at least 60% of the time, to give yourself greater freedom in choices of action.
2.Identify 1 or more emotional patterns related to eating that no longer serve you.
3.Develop 2 or more restorative food or self care patterns that support well-being now and feel appropriate for you or your clients.
4.Learn 3 or more new self care tools for working with mood and food in your own life and/or with your clients in session.

Name (s) of Faculty Member (s):
Amadea Morningstar, MA, RPE, RYT

Provider/Faculty Bio:
The Ayurveda Polarity Therapy & Yoga Institute is a NAMA educational organization, providing live, online, and recorded courses in Ayurveda and sister sciences.

Course Dates:
May 4, 11, & 18, 2023

Start Time:
10:30 am MDT or 5 pm MDT

End Time:
1 pm MDT or 7:30 pm MDT

Total Hours of Coursework:
Topics in Ayurveda = 8

Audience:
Ayurvedic Professionals

Course Registration URL :
https://amadeamorningstar.net/dynamics-of-ayurvedic-nutrition-mood-food/