Become a Holistic Ayurvedic Coach in Six Months, Without Leaving Your Job
Kerala Ayurveda Academy's foundation program, taught live by Ayurvedic experts trained in Kerala, India, the home of Ayurveda. No prior experience needed. Study online from anywhere, or in person in Milpitas, California.
- No prior experience required. This is the level almost everyone starts at.
- All 300 hours transfer upward if you later continue to Counselor or Practitioner.
- 30 minutes, freeNo obligation, nothing to buy on the call
- You choose the advisor and timeOpen slots are shown in your own time zone
- A student advisorSomeone who knows the program, not a salesperson
Free, thirty minutes, no obligation. An advisor will call you at your chosen time.
Speak with an advisor about your starting point
One call with an advisor covers how six months fits your week, what it costs, and how you'll be able to transform your career.
- 1Choose your advisor from the dropdown
- 2Pick a day and time that suits you
What You Can Actually Do at the End of Six Months
The classical framework as it is taught in Kerala, not a simplified Western version of it.
Read a person's constitution
Assess prakriti (constitution) and vikriti (current imbalance) properly, so your guidance is built on what is actually in front of you rather than a generic plan.
Coach the daily foundations
Routine, food, sleep, stress and seasonal living. The unglamorous levers that change how someone feels within weeks, and how to get them to stick.
Work from the classical texts
Digestion, tissues and channels as the tradition describes them, taught by Ayurvedic experts trained in Kerala, India, alongside guest faculty, who still apply it with clients every week.
Practice within a clear scope
Coaching scope, stated plainly: lifestyle and wellness guidance, not clinical practice. You will know exactly where your line is and what sits above it.
How Six Months Actually Fits Into a Working Life
Built for people with jobs, families and time zones. Here is the whole shape of it.
- 6SessionsWeekend Intensives
The core teaching, led by our Ayurvedic experts trained in Kerala, India, alongside guest faculty. Join live online from anywhere or in person in Milpitas, California.
- 12LiveVirtual classes
Shorter live sessions between intensives that build on the weekend material.
- 5GroupMentoring sessions
Live group time with faculty to work through cases and questions.
- 1DayClinical practicum
One supervised day applying what you have learned with real people.
Miss a session? Every live session has playback, so a work week, a family commitment or a time zone will not cost you the material. Weeks with an intensive are heavier; the rest is a few hours.
Ask About My ScheduleWhat You Get, and Who It Is Not For
Plainly, so you are not guessing. Six months is a real commitment, and it is better to know now than in week three.
What you can do with it
- Coach lifestyle and wellness: routine, food, sleep, stress, seasonal living
- Work with individual clients within a coaching scope
- Bring Ayurveda into an existing yoga, wellness, coaching or healthcare practice, within the scope of that profession
- Run one to one or group coaching under your own name, online or in person
This is not for you if
- You want a certificate in a weekend. This is 300 hours across six months.
- You want Ayurveda summarized from blogs and podcasts rather than learned from the classical texts
- You are not willing to change your own routine first. Everything here is taught on yourself before anyone else.
- You want to skip the foundation and go straight to selling protocols
In Their Own Words
Graduates of the Academy on what their experience was actually like.
"Kerala Ayurveda Academy provides students with a well-rounded, deeply educational, and inspiring curriculum. The Vaidyas are extremely knowledgeable, professional, and patient in their instruction. After every weekend intensive I am left with the same feeling I have after a healthy meal: satisfied, well-balanced, and ready for what's next!"
"Sincere and heartfelt gratitude to Vaidya Jayarajan Kodikannath for bringing this ancient science to regular folks like us, from the comfort of our homes. You and all the Vaidyas' experiences in India, as recognized Ayurvedic providers, made the information all the more valuable. Thank you Kerala Ayurveda team!"
"Studying with the teachers at Kerala Ayurveda Academy was a truly meaningful experience. The curriculum is very well structured, and I was able to immediately apply what I learned in my own life and begin supporting a few people with their lifestyle and dietary habits."
Led by Vaidyas Who Practice What They Teach
A Vaidya is a classically trained Ayurvedic expert. Every one of these holds a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), India's accredited university degree in Ayurveda, earned in Kerala. They lead the curriculum, teaching alongside guest faculty who bring their own specialties to individual modules.
Former President of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and a former board member of the Council for Ayurveda Accreditation and Management (CAAM). Every course in the Academy curriculum is built and overseen by him.
Ran her own clinic in Bangalore for 12 years as an authorized Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala dealer. Her focus is allergic, skin, digestive, joint and autoimmune cases, and that case load is what she brings into the classroom.
Taught in the Ophthalmology and ENT departments at Mahatma Gandhi University before joining Kerala Ayurveda. Years of teaching medical students shaped how she explains things: structured, patient and free of jargon.
A decade in Indian government hospitals and five years lecturing in Ayurveda at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Subject editor for the International Journal for AYUSH Case Reports.
The Questions We Get Most
The Fall session starts in just a few weeks.
Thirty minutes on the phone will tell you whether this is your starting point, what the six months actually ask of you, and exactly what it costs.
- Free, and there is nothing to buy on the call
- Payment plans are available at every level
- If it is not the right fit, the advisor will tell you