PACE Credit:
15 credits TIS (Topics in Sister Sciences)
28 credits TIA (Topics In Ayurveda)
Course Dates:
LIVE (online) 3 days per month for 6 months
Course Delivery Method: LIVE
Course Description
Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist: The Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist program integrates the sister sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy to provide a personalized approach to health and well-being. Participants meet one full weekend each month for an immersive learning experience that combines ancient Ayurvedic wisdom with therapeutic yoga practices. The program places a special emphasis on digestion and detoxification, recognizing these as foundational to health and longevity. Through a combination of theory, experiential learning, and practical application, students develop the knowledge and skills to support balance and harmony of body, mind, and spirit.
Course Objective:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Integrate Ayurvedic and yogic practices into personalized wellness programs.
Apply Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy principles based on an individual’s constitutional type (prakriti) and current state of balance (vikriti).
Perform foundational tongue and pulse assessments to support individualized care.
Utilize therapeutic yoga, pranayama (breathwork), meditation, mantra, mudra, chakra balancing, and marma therapy as complementary healing practices.
Incorporate Ayurvedic nutrition, herbs, spices, digestion, detoxification, and daily routines (dinacharya) into holistic wellness recommendations.
Understand the role of srotas (body channels) and nadis (energy pathways) in restoring and maintaining health.
Develop practical skills to help clients cultivate balance, resilience, and overall well-being through the integrated application of Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy.
Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist - Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy personalizes the yogic practice for each individual based on his or her constitutional type and current state of being. These sister sciences are most effective when practiced together. In our programs we meet one full weekend per month to immerse ourselves in and integrate the ancient arts of Ayurveda & Yoga into our body, mind and spirit. Ayurvedic wisdom says that "a person is as old as their digestive system"; therefore, we have a special emphasis on digestion and detoxification in this program.This is about personal immersion into these ancient sacred sciences through tongue and pulse reading, an individualized approach to yoga, pranayama (focused breath-work), diet & spices, meditation, mantra, mudra, chakra, srotas, nadi and marma balancing, as well as dinacharya (daily living routines) to restore balance and harmony.
Provider Name : Sarasvati Institute of Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy
Provider Bio: Susan Bass, M.S., AD, C-IAYT
Susan holds a M.S. in Ayurveda & Integrative Medicine from Maharishi International University. She has been training people in Ayurveda & Yoga for over 20 years. Susan is the founder & lead instructor at the Sarasvati Institute. She is also Adjunct Faculty at the National University of Natural Medicine. Susan studied under Dr. Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute from 2004-2015. She left her career at The Wall Street Journal after Ayurveda and Yoga saved her life, as she wanted to share this ancient, sacred knowledge.
