Ayurveda Mental Coach

  • Study Ayurveda and Psychology holistically, practically and online.

  • Learn holistic methods of type-appropriate conversation and stress reduction.

  • Accompany people on their way to more health, happiness and self-fulfillment.

Ayurvedic psychology is like a mirror of the soul: look into it and recognize the true nature of yourself and others.

With the Ayurveda Mental Coach training you take the first step on your way into psychology and life counseling according to the holistic principles of Ayurveda. You will gain a new understanding of the connections and functions of body, mind and soul. The living knowledge of Ayurvedic psychology will help you to better understand the different constitution types with their changeable and unchangeable personality parts. Based on this, you will fathom the different personality types with their psychological strengths and weaknesses and learn type-appropriate communication techniques that will lead to new insights.

Use the holistic recommendations for a healthy diet and lifestyle, including spices, herbs and relaxation techniques, to strengthen mental health and balance stress-related complaints.

Those who already work in a healing profession or advise others can complement their own range of therapies with holistic approaches Ayurvedic. In addition, the specialized course is a valuable self-awareness that gives impulses for one's own life.

Learning objectives

The specialized course to become an Ayurveda Mental Coach is the basis for holistic counseling and psychological coaching according to the principles of Ayurveda. You will study Ayurvedic medicine with its psychological and spiritual therapeutic approaches in a well-founded and practical way and will be able to advise people in life issues and support them in decision-making processes and in crisis situations.

You will learn
- to analyze and advise the physical and mental constitution types of Ayurveda.
- recognize the holistic causes of physical and mental health and illness.
- conversation techniques based on Ayurvedic psychology, which touch the inner self and show new ways.
- strengthen the mental power of your clients to better deal with stress and prevent psychological problems.

Structure

Become an Ayurveda Mental Coach with four training modules. You can complete these

  • completely as online study
  • in blended learning with online and face-to-face courses according to your individual choice
  • in lively practical seminars on weekends at all academy locations in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.

Two modules are primarily dedicated to coaching techniques for consulting practice - with many practical exercises, case studies and supervision. These can be attended as live webinars or practical courses on site:

  • Seeing with the Heart - Type Appropriate Ayurvedic Psychology APE.
  • Communication and Coaching for Counseling Practice AKO

In addition, our Ayurveda basic course provides you with a sound knowledge of Ayurveda basics, constitution determination and therapy methods. You can also complete this course in the online training of our eAcademy, completely independent of time and place:

  • Ayurveda Basic Course: Concepts and Disease Factors ABK
  • Ayurveda Basic Course: Constitution and Healing ABH

 

Optional afterwards:
You have the possibility to become a psychological Ayurveda consultant and to seal your qualification with a certificate of the academy. In 4 further modules you will deepen your knowledge in order to use Ayurveda specifically for psychological and psychosomatic complaints and to accompany people competently in crisis situations.

Contents

Seeing with the heart - Ayurvedic psychology according to type


  • Personality structures of the physical and mental constitutional types
  • Type-appropriate reaction patterns and blockages
  • Seeing with the heart - energy work and solution approaches in working with the body sheaths (koshas)
  • Approaches of traditional Ayurvedic psychotherapy based on mental needs and causes of illness (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Mosksha)
  • Nutritional recommendations and strengthening measures for mental stability
  • Practice of type-appropriate Ayurveda coaching



Ayurveda basics: Concepts and disease factors
- Introduction to the history and philosophy of Ayurveda
- Essential features and literature of Ayurveda
- Traditional Ayurvedic medicine versus modern science
- Five elements (panca-mahabhuta)
- Nature of the human being: Differentiation of body, mind and soul
- Introduction to the anatomy and physiology of Ayurveda
- Functional components: doshas (classification, properties, functions, seats) and agnis (classification, function, states)
- Structural components: dhatus, upadhatus , malas and srotas
- Process of tissue formation (dhatu-parinama)
- Definition of health (svastha)
- Causes (hetu) of health and physical and mental diseases
- Process of etiopathogenesis (samprapti)
- Stages of etiopathogenesis (six kriyakala)


Ayurveda basics: Constitution and medicine
- Theoretical and practical introduction to the concept of Ayurvedic constitutional theory (prakriti)
- Introduction to Ayurvedic symptomatology:
- Symptoms of the doshas
- Symptoms of the tissues (dhatu), excretory products (mala), transportation spaces (srotas), digestive power (agni)
- Theoretical introduction to diagnostics in Ayurveda: Models of patient examination
- Three-fold examination (tri-vidha-pariksha)
- Six-fold examination (shad-vidha-pariksha)
- Eight-fold examination (ashta-vidha-pariksha)
- Introduction to Ayurvedic concepts of health maintenance (svasthavrtta):
- Dinacarya: daily routine measures and order therapy
- Ritucarya: recommendations for a lifestyle adapted to the seasons
- Introduction to Ayurvedic nutrition and food science
- Rasayana: Measures that strengthen
- Basic therapeutic strategies
- Introduction to Pancakarma therapies

Communication and coaching for Ayurvedic counseling practice
- Strengthening the counselor personality and self-reflection
- Models of talk therapy for Ayurvedic coaching practice
- Communication and questioning techniques according to the principles of Ayurvedic psychology
- Type-appropriate Ayurvedic coaching, to transform weaknesses into strengths
- Distance and closeness in holistic work with clients
- Selecting suitable Ayurvedic interventions for mental health and anchoring them with effective techniques
- Use of creative media and spiritual techniques in the counseling context
- Practical practice of Ayurvedic-inspired conversation techniques including spiritual Ayurvedic therapies (meditation, mantra, sankalpa)
- Case studies and supervision


Lecturers

Kerstin Rosenberg Porträt
Kerstin Rosenberg
Dr. Shivenarain Gupta Porträt
Prof. Dr. Shivenarain Gupta
Porträt Oliver Becker
Oliver Becker
Prof Dr. Martin Mittwede
Prof. Dr. Martin Mittwede
Porträt Stephanie Bunk
Stephanie Bunk

Prices

Training fee from € 2,130

less discount for payment in one sum in advance € 0

plus room and board - only for attendance dates in Birstein

On the campus of the European Academy of Ayurveda there are guest houses available. For your overnight stay during the training you can choose from rooms of different categories. Ayurvedic full board from our organic kitchen is included in the room price.

Payment method

Deposit € 500

Final payment

a) In one sum at the latest one month before the start of the training (immediately for eLearning modules, so that we can activate your eSeminars immediately).
b) Option for participants from Germany and Austria: monthly installments of 250 EUR each by direct debit. The payment (debit) of the monthly installments will be made on the 1st of each month, starting from the month of the beginning of the training booked here, for eAcademy modules immediately. If the training begins with modules of the eAcademy, the activation takes place provisionally immediately after receipt of the deposit, regularly then after receipt of the first monthly installment.

Provider

Rosenberg gGmbH - European Academy for Ayurveda | DE - 63633 Birstein

Note on the healing authorization

In order to make diagnoses or apply medical therapies, a medical license as a doctor or non-medical practitioner is required in Germany. You can complete a Heilpraktiker training at the European Academy for Ayurveda. It systematically prepares you for the examination before the health authority.

100% online study with state ZFU approval

You can complete the Ayurveda Mental Coach training 100% online.

If you complete 3 modules as eLearning, the training is state-approved by the ZFU. In this case your training is composed as follows:

3 modules as eLearning - study when and where you want:

  • Ayurveda Basic Course Part 1: Concepts and Factors of Disease (ABK)
  • Ayurveda Basic Course Part 2: Constitution and Healing (ABH)
  • Seeing with the heart - Ayurveda psychology according to type (APE)

1 module as a live webinar (or on-site classroom training):

  • Communication and Coaching for Ayurvedic Counseling Practice (AKO)

Learning checks and qualification test

In this specialized course, you prove on the digital learning platform that you have internalized the knowledge from this course.

- Learning checks: Each module ends with a learning check to assure you and us that you have achieved the learning objectives. It contains 20 multiple choice questions and must be passed with at least 70%. You can take the learning check a maximum of three times.

- Qualification test: At the end, you will be activated on the learning platform for a qualification test. You will be asked 8 questions: 4 questions about the networked knowledge and application of your coaching training and 4 questions from the learning checks of your training modules. You have two free attempts to answer the questions.

After you have successfully passed everything, you have reached your goal: Your certificate as an Ayurveda Mental Coach is ready for you to download from the learning platform.

At a glance

PMC


Language:
DE | EN

Required previous knowledge:
none

Conclusion:

Certificate

Scope:
180 learning hours* à 60 min.
-> 4 Modules (see below) + Learning assignments = 180 hrs


Standard period of study 4-6 months

Learning forms/hours (per module):
45 learning hrs of which
22,5 hrs presence (3 days)
45 learning hrs of which 22,5 hrs
live-webinar (3 days)
45 learning hrs (30 e-lessons in free time management with 5 hrs live webinar)

Blended learning:
Maximum 3 of 4 modules as e-learning
Maximum 4 of 4 modules as live webinar

Training fee from € 2.130
Already completed parts of the training will be credited: see prices

plus room and board, if applicable

* Learning hours = total number of didactically accompanied and supervised incl. lessons, prepared exercises, guided learning or guided practical exercises, learning checks practice, learning checks in each case in online or in presence or also in own work.

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Basic modules

Seeing with the heart - Introduction to Ayurvedic psychology

3 days 3 days 30 lessons

Ayurveda Basics: Concepts and disease factors

3 days 3 days 30 lessons

Ayurveda Basics: Constitution and Healing

3 days 3 days 39 lessons

Advanced modules

Attendance of at least 1 basic module is recommended in advance

Communication and Coaching for Ayurvedic Counseling Practice

3 days 3 days

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