Ayurveda Sequencing

Learn how the excess doshas can show up as spinal mis-alignments and how to create balance in vrikriti using certain practices including asana, pranayama, and relaxation techniques. Understand how to apply different techniques to the different doshas and ways that people understand the tools of yoga.

Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

Understand:

· Health and disease from the perspective of Ayurveda and Yoga

· How to conduct practices based on dosha imbalance to create a state of harmony in the body and mind according to Sattva Vinyasa Yoga Therapy.

Explain:

· The three gunas and the effect of sattva (equilibrium), rajas (activity), and tamas (inertia).

Describe:

· How the energy system is affected through the postures that we choose to balance the doshas and how this relates to langhana and brahmana.

Define:

· Ayurvedic yoga therapy, how movement becomes medicine when sequenced for physical, mental, and emotional balance.

· The value of self-awareness and self-responsibility throughout the therapeutic process.

Required reading: Yoga and Ayurveda by David Frawely.

Foundations - Level 1 Yoga Therapy (300hr)

Ayurveda and Yoga: Sattva Vinyasa Practices for Balance

AYUR301