As a traditional medicine, Ayurveda lives above all from its practical application. This applies just as much to medicine as it does to manual therapies and the art of cooking. That is why we at the European Academy of Ayurveda attach great importance to ensuring that you start your vocation with a wealth of experience.
Attached to the academy is a lively spa center where more than 1,000 patients are treated with Ayurveda every year. Here you will experience in direct contact with spa guests how well-founded knowledge is put into practice, or help in the kitchen to prepare balanced menus according to Ayurvedic principles.
When studying Ayurveda medicine , you will benefit from the close cooperation between the European Academy of Ayurveda and partners in India. A 3-week internship at the PD Patel Ayurveda Hospital in Nadiad with Prof. Dr. S.N. Gupta will give you a comprehensive picture of how Ayurveda is used in India for various diseases.
Outstanding Ayurveda experts as lecturers and course directors form the heart of the European Academy for Ayurveda and the Rosenberg Ayurveda Health and Spa Center. Reason enough to get to know them. Our lecturers work with Ayurveda in a clinical context or in their own practice and pass on their wealth of experience in dealing with patients to you, even during the lessons.
Training on patients is an important part of the Ayurveda Medicine course. The curriculum therefore includes two internships in selected Ayurveda facilities that have been tested according to special quality criteria. Under competent guidance, they impart confidence in the practical application of the complex system of Ayurvedic medicine.
An orientation internship at the Rosenberg Ayurveda Health and Spa Center is an integral part of the main course so that you can put your knowledge of the complex system of Ayurvedic medicine acquired during your training to the test in clinical practice. Many of our lecturers have been working there for many years as course leaders or therapists and will be on hand to supervise you.
The internship should enable you to gain practical experience of the tasks, activities and working conditions in the field of Ayurveda medicine. From classic Panchakarma to regeneration or special medical cures: you will experience the effect and implementation of successful cure concepts and learn how to accompany people individually in their clinical Ayurveda therapy process.
This gives you the opportunity to work with patients/doctors and alternative practitioners to find out whether a job in the field of Ayurveda medicine meets your expectations, ideas and goals.
You will gain insights into the following areas:
This means that you will gain practical experience with patients by accompanying our experienced Ayurveda doctors or practitioners on a medical Pancakarma treatment. In addition, you will help in the in-house Pancakarma kitchen and learn how to freshly prepare the preparations used in cures (e.g. teas, doughs, inhalations and decoctions) on the basis of Ayurvedic recipes.
On the course days, your orientation internship will last approx. 8 hours per day. Please arrange the dates for your internship individually with us.
Costs The internship is free of charge and the intensive supervision during the internship in Birstein is already included in the training fee. You will only be responsible for the costs of accommodation on site in the category of your choice.
"The internship in a Pancakarma cure in Birstein introduces you to curative Ayurveda. As an intern, you will see 20 to 24 patients and accompany them throughout their entire treatment. You will look over the shoulders of the cure management and the cure assistant during the initial anamnesis and visits. You will learn all about therapy plan creation, learn from the interaction between the spa manager and patient and have the opportunity to discuss questions with the spa manager outside of consultations.
Creating individual treatment plans
Individual patients are discussed in daily meetings. Now theory turns into practice and you will learn how a Panchakarma treatment is individually adapted to each patient. You will assist in the herbal kitchen and learn to accompany the individual Dravjas, the various Pancakarma procedures, as well as to administer Niruhas (enemas), thus gaining a valuable routine in the therapy and application of curative Ayurveda. As a trainee, you will be introduced to all the work of an assistant, from taking blood pressure to making and applying various compresses, piccus and pastes.
Holistic treatment support
By accompanying the guests, you will learn what Ayurveda does to people and get an idea of the effects, but also the challenges that can arise during a Pancakarma cure. In practice, you will learn how to respond appropriately, how to support patients in the best possible way and how to help them when psychological issues arise. You have the opportunity to take part in the evening lectures and workshops for the spa guests, and if you're brave enough, you can even give a lecture."
Theresa Rosenberg, alternative practitioner, Master of Science (MSc) in Ayurvedic medicine
Towards the end of the main course of study, a 20-day internship follows at the PD Patel Ayurveda Hospital Nadiad with Prof. S.N. Gupta. The hospital has 150 beds and treats patients with a wide variety of illnesses, including severe ones. In this way, the entire scope of Ayurveda medicine is revealed and you gain authentic access to the traditional treatment methods - directly in the country of origin of Ayurveda.
"The internship in India shows the course of many cases, some of them serious, that we would not experience here in Germany. You also consolidate your knowledge of Ayurvedic medicine through private lessons in a small group with specialists from the Ayurveda clinic.
A typical day in Nadiad
The internship begins each morning with a tour of the hospital, where numerous tongues and pulses are diagnosed, compared and discussed. The patients and their progression are then presented, followed by the further course of treatment. In some cases, before/after videos are shown to familiarize the patient with their history at the beginning of the observation period.
Later in the day, there are visits to the various specialist departments. Here, the theory of Ayurveda in the specific specialist area is explained again in detail before various cases from the outpatient and inpatient departments are discussed and viewed together.
Outpatient and inpatient cases
Two days a week, you and your group will be present at the hospital's outpatient clinic. You can watch how the Ayurveda doctor briefly assesses and advises each patient within 5 to 10 minutes. The patient then receives a list of food supplements and medicines which they can pick up from the hospital's own pharmacy. After each short outpatient consultation, there are a few minutes to ask the doctor questions and discuss the case with them.
Within a few weeks during your internship, you will have the opportunity to gain many impressions of Ayurvedic medicine. You will also visit the laboratory and the pharmacy, where you will be present when Ayurvedic preparations are made. You can experience rare treatments, operations and applications as well as the classic Panchakarma during this short time.
Gain your own experience with patients
The PD Hospital always has some European (German or English-speaking) patients in the house. As a group of interns, we have the opportunity to carry out consultations, ward rounds and consultations ourselves.
Depending on our own level of knowledge and basic training, we are able to gain our own experience and discuss this with the group and the supervising doctor.
The internship in India is a milestone in the training, because here you can experience holistic Ayurveda and a cure lasting several weeks as well as outpatient Ayurveda at first hand. From drainage procedures and leech therapy to needle stick therapy on the scalp or Yoni Sveda to increase fertility: the wide range of Ayurvedic treatment options are demonstrated live so that you can get to know patients and their successes and failures."
Theresa Rosenberg, alternative practitioner, Master of Science (MSc) in Ayurvedic medicine
At the Rosenberg Ayurveda Health and Spa Center Birstein for (prospective) Ayurveda therapists.
An orientation internship at the Rosenberg Ayurveda Health and Spa Center is part of your training so that you can try out the massage techniques you have acquired during your training in practice. The internship should enable you to find out about the tasks, activities and working conditions of an Ayurveda therapist in a practical way and find out whether this profession meets your expectations, ideas and goals.
In order to get to know all the fields of activity in the Ayurveda massage sector, as a trainee you will be involved in the entire course of treatment, including the therapists' team meetings. All activities are always carried out under the guidance of our experienced Ayurveda therapists and, in the case of medical cures, an Ayurveda doctor or alternative practitioner, so that you can ask questions at any time and feel safe during the practical applications.
In your therapy internship during an Ayurveda treatment, you will learn
On the spa days, your orientation internship will last approx. 8 hours in the areas of room design, massage practice, spa and guest care as well as helping out in the house. Please arrange the dates for your internship individually with us.
Costs The orientation internship is free of charge. You only pay the costs for accommodation on site in the category of your choice.
The knowledge I gained about Ayurvedic nutrition and massages not only enabled me to successfully treat my chronic illness, I have now also found my dream job.
In the Ayurvedic organic kitchen in Birstein for (aspiring) Ayurveda chefs.
To enable you to put into practice the theoretical knowledge of Ayurvedic nutrition that you have acquired during your cookery training, an orientation internship in the organic Ayurvedic kitchen at the Rosenberg Ayurveda Health and Spa Center is part of your training. The internship should enable you to find out about the tasks, activities and working conditions of an Ayurvedic cook in a practical way and find out whether this profession meets your expectations, ideas and goals.
During this week, you will work under the guidance of our experienced Ayurveda cooks to prepare Ayurvedic menus, from the healing Pancakarma cuisine to the energy-rich Rasayana cuisine to the sattvic Yoga cuisine, depending on which guests and groups are currently in the house.
At the end of your orientation internship, you will be able to develop your creativity in cooking in a tasty and harmonious way and develop a menu plan yourself and prepare the dishes practically. Learn from the best and experience the loving power of Ayurvedic cooking!
While you pamper our guests with Ayurvedic delicacies together with our kitchen team, you will learn how to
Your orientation internship has a duration of approx. 8 hours per day. Please arrange the dates for your internship individually with us.
Costs The internship is free of charge. You will only be responsible for the costs of accommodation on site in the category of your choice.
You have created such a wonderful place for healing on all levels in Birstein. I would start this training again at any time - it was one of the best decisions of my life!
