New: Ayurveda Practitioner Distance Education Program

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New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda

c/o The Starseed Center for Yoga & Meditation

215 Glenridge Avenue

Montclair, New Jersey USA 07042

Telephone/Facsimile: (Toll Free) 866-884-7635

Internet: www.ayurveda.mirrorz.com

 

The New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda (NJIA) at the Starseed Center

for Yoga & Wellness offers an independent-study based professional

level training program for aspiring practitioners of Ayurveda, the

estimatedly 6,000 year old healing tradition of the Indian

subcontinent. This distance learning program comprises a series of

tutored, self-study courses in the basic and clinical sciences

designed to afford the highest quality of education and training for

aspiring practitioners.

 

Areas of instruction in the program include anatomy and physiology;

history and traditions of Ayurveda; pathology; theory and practice;

botanical medicine; physical diagnosis; constitutional analysis;

nutrition and food theory; preventive medicine, psychology and

counselling, ayurvedic jytosh and manipulative therapy, inter alia.

 

The NJIA curriculum is structured to educate a well-trained and

well-rounded practitioner of this ancient healing art, knowledgable

in both its theoretical and applied facets and proficient in adapting

its time-tested modalities to meet the needs of contemporary health

care consumers.

 

Within the NJIA program, the first course (and a prerequisite for the

other courses in the program) is the Ayurvedic Foundation-Level

Certification Course, an intensive, broad and deeply detailed

initiation into the fundamental principles of Ayurveda and their

application. The Foundation-Level Certification Course is intended to

serve two functions: firstly, to provide prospective Ayurvedic

practitioners with a sound basis for further study of the basic and

clinical sciences. Secondly, it is intended for the general public

who, while not planning to continue training, nonetheless desire to

take a larger measure of responsibility in caring for their own

health and that of their families. Upon completion and the successful

passage of a comprehensive final examination, the student is awarded

the Certificate in Ayurvedic Self-Care & Health Maintenance. For

further information on this facet of our program, please

 

The distinction awarded graduates of the professional program

(involving an estimated 12 to 16 months of study) is the Diploma in

Ayurveda. It is planned to offer both programs via both residential

study as well as on an independent study/distance learning basis.

 

I. PROGRAM

 

The course-modules that follow are required for completion of the

Institute's distance learning program and award of the Diploma in

Ayurveda. The parenthetical number following each course-module title

is the estimated number of hours of study for completion.

 

Foundations of Ayurveda (45-65 hours)

Manipulative Therapies: Marma & Abhyanga (15-20 hours)

Ayurvedic Diagnosis & Physical Evaluation (25-35 hours)

Ayurvedic Nutrition & Food Theory (25-35 hours)

Ayurvedic Botanical Medicine (45-60 hours)

Ayurvedic Energy Healing (12-15 hours)

Vedic Medical Jyotish (16-20Hours)

Panchakarma & Detoxification Therapies (12-15 Hours)

Ayurvedic Psychology & Counselling (20-25 Hours)

 

Diploma Project: An original paper is required of all students prior

to graduation in the form of (a) a survey of existing Ayurvedic

literature dealing with a particular facet of Ayurvedic practice; (b)

one or more case studies detailing the application of Ayurvedic

clinical principles; © a personal reflection paper on some facet of

Ayurveda or (d) a paper reflecting original research in some facet of

Ayuveda. Diploma project qualitative and quantitative standards

reflect those of any professional training program and will be

relayed in detail to each enrolled student.

 

TOTAL ESTIMATED HOURS FOR COMPLETION: 215 - 290 (+ Diploma Project)

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

II. WHAT IS AYURVEDA?

 

Ayurveda, or Ayurvedic medicine, is the world's most ancient system

of scientific medicine and preventive health care. Developed in India

over the course of many thousands of years, Ayurveda (which

translates as "science of life") is a natural approach to creating

balance, promoting healthful life-styles, and strengthening the

body's healing abilities when faced with disease, debility or injury.

 

WHAT HEALING MODALITIES DOES AYURVEDA USE?

 

Diet, exercise, and yoga are very frequently used in Ayurveda, as are

herbal and other naturally-derived remedies, massage and

manipulation, psychological counselling and various de-toxification

strategies. The hallmark of the Ayurvedic approach is that the means

employed to avert or treat disease are natural, and when

appropriately used, incapable of causing their user harm, in marked

contrast to much of what today comprises Western medical practice.

 

WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM'S PURPOSE?

 

The New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda at the Starseed Center for Yoga

and Wellness has one goal: to provide the best education and training

available in North America today for the next generation of Ayurvedic

practitioners, at reasonable and modest cost, in a fashion designed

to meet the educational, professional and other needs of mature

learners with maximum flexibility, and consonant with the anticipated

public demand and employment markets for Ayurvedic practitioners.

 

IS THIS PROGRAM APPROVED OR ACCREDITED?

 

At the present time, no national standard either for the

certification of Ayurvedic practitioners nor for the accreditation of

institutions training such individuals has been elaborated. The two

largest United States based organizations of Ayurvedic practitioners,

the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and the California

Association for Ayurvedic Medicine are currently developing such

standards..

 

WHERE IS THE RESIDENTIAL COURSE BEING OFFERED?

 

Classes will be held at the Starseed Center for Yoga & Wellness, 215

Glenridge Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey.

 

WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM?

 

US$ 1,999.00 is at present the total tuition (exclusive of some

suggested textbooks that are optional) for the program when prepaid.

Tuition may be paid at the time of enrollment ($1,999.00) or in four

installment payments in the amount of $575.00. All major credit cards

are accepted, as is PayPal.

 

We have extended a reduced tuition of $1,699.00 to the first

twenty-five students registering in and prepaying for the program.

Additionally, graduates of the residential Foundation Course are

extended a tuition abatement in the amount of $300.00.

 

HOW CAN I REGISTER/ENROLL IN THIS PROGRAM?

 

You can download and print our Application for Admission by visiting

our website at www.ayurveda.mirrorz.com or alternately, a form can

be obtained by calling 866-884-7635 and requesting an Application for

Admission or by e-mailing us at Ayurveda