Class One: Relevance of Ayurveda

Kick off your journey by discovering the timeless relevance of Ayurveda, an ancient system of medicine that offers practical insights for modern living. Learn how this holistic approach can be the key to incorporating Ayurvedic principles into your life.

• The uniqueness and relevance of Ayurveda
• More relevance in current times as we have moved away from Nature
• Gives us the User’s Manual for a meaningful and purposeful life
• Irreplaceable science that gives us the wisdom of life, Should co-exist with conventional medical system
• Only science that has a pragmatic framework for prevention of diseases

Class Two: Understanding Life and Its Foundations

Dive into the core principles of Ayurveda with a focus on the structural (5 elements) and functional (3 doshas) basis of life. Explore how understanding these concepts can lead to conscious living and a more harmonious existence, while learning how the mind-body system works and how to use this knowledge to support yourself.

• The Philosophical Background
• The Five Great Elements
• The Three Functional Principles

Class Three: Building blocks of your body systems

Uncover what it truly means to be healthy from both a functional and structural perspective. Understand how your digestion and metabolism actually work—and learn practical ways to support and streamline these critical systems. We’ll explore why mastering these aspects is crucial for your energy, immunity, and overall well-being..

• Agni: The digestive and metabolic basis of life
• Dhatus: The tissues that bring integrity, strength and substance of the body systems
• Role of our senses
• Introduction to disease prevention methods

Class Four: Mind Your Mind: An Ayurvedic Approach to How Your Mental State Influences Your Life

We will explore practical techniques to cultivate emotional balance, mental clarity, and inner peace. We will begin by understanding the nature of the mind, its functions, and its unique qualities, then move into how these aspects shape our overall health and daily life. 

• What makes mind challenging to manage 
• Understand your best friend- MIND
• Techniques for attaining clarity and mental balance
• Examples of breathing techniques
• Additional tools for cultivating Satva

Class Five: Discovering Your Unique Constitution
Understand your unique Ayurvedic constitution—the key to your structural nature, functional patterns, tendencies, and natural affinities. Learn practical assessment tools you can use for yourself and your family, empowering you to manage health and wellness decisions with awareness and create truly personalized approaches that work. 

• Background- We are a reflection of Nature
• What is Prakriti or Ayurvedic Constitution?
• Knowing who you are and how it helps you to align with your purpose in life
• Methods of assessing Prakrit: questionnaire, observation, general touch

Class Six: Achieving Optimal Health

Learn the secrets to healthy elimination and mental well-being. Discover practical strategies to support your body’s natural detoxification processes and nurture your mental health for a balanced life.

• Definition of Health
• The internal and external biorhythms
• Daily routine, Seasonal routine
• Sleep, abhyanga, exercise, seasonal tips 

Class Seven: Vitality and Longevity

Discover that true health isn’t just the absence of symptoms—it’s the quality of your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual balance and strength. Gain practical, valuable tools to achieve this complete wellness in your daily life.

• Regeneration Vs Degeneration
• Graceful Aging 
• Understanding balance and the importance of ‘Middle Path’
• Code of conduct for ethical and moral behavior that promotes well-being

Class Eight – Eat to Thrive: An Ayurvedic Diet Overview

Explore Ayurvedic principles of nutrition, food energetics, and mindful eating to discover what balanced eating truly means. Learn that you’re not just what you eat, but what you digest—and understand how to customize meals for yourself and your family based on your unique constitutions and the seasons.

• Basic Ayurvedic dietary principles/ nutritional guidelines
• How Food becomes Medicine
• Transformative power of spices
• Formulate simple recipes (or Traditional recipes)
• Healthy gut, healthy you

Class Nine– Self-help tools

Discover that the healer is within you—you have the innate ability to resist imbalances, and that is true immunity. Learn practical ways to support yourself to optimize your immunity and vitality from the inside out 

• Concept of immunity in Ayurveda
• Building resilience 
• Herbal allies
• Collective well-being

Class Ten – Ayurveda’s Response to Today’s Health Challenges

Understand the root causes and progression of today’s most prevalent health challenges—including obesity, diabetes, stress-related conditions, autoimmune disorders, and cancer. Learn how to potentially prevent these conditions and take action when you recognize early warning signs.

• Metabolic disorders
• Stress
• Autoimmune diseases

Class 11 – Healthy Diet Review, US Consumer Thoughts (Note, this may be changed after description is done)

Scientific discovery involves constant changes. But fluctuating  healthy diet recommendations can be frustrating and harmful. Learn the

consistent and coherent principles of a healthy diet for you.

• Popular Diets
• Ayurvedic diet, how is it different
• Classification of dietary ingredients
• Examples from each group

Class 12 – Following the right Diet

Discover the art and science of Ayurvedic cooking that helps to create balance.

• Eating right for your constitution
• Dietary modifications to create balance 
• Examples of disease-specific diet

Class 13 – Dietary Ingredients Group 1

Class 14 – Dietary Ingredients Group 2

Class 15 – Food Combinations

How to enhance favorable and reduce unfavorable actions in food combinations

• Examples of favorable food combinations
• Concept of Viruddha
• Examples of unfavorable food combinations

Class 16 – Personalizing Food

What are the eight factors used to personalize diet

• Nature of the food
• Traditional processing methods
• Food combinations
• Quantity of food
• How geographical location impacts diet
• Time and its impact on nutrition
• Golden rules of consuming food (can be a separate topic)
• Mind-body type of the person and its impact on nutrition

Class 17 – Water/Beverages

Learn the underlying principles of proper hydration

• How to drink water the Ayurvedic way
• Healing water recipes
• Other beverages and their qualities

Ayurveda views self-care as daily alignment with nature’s rhythms — a sacred dialogue between body, mind, and spirit. This session brings ancient self-care wisdom into modern life, offering gentle practices that prevent imbalance and restore harmony. Through sleep, movement, mindfulness, and seasonal awareness, you’ll learn to create a lifestyle that sustains both inner calm and outer vitality.

Class 18: Sleep

In Ayurveda, sleep (Nidra) is one of the three pillars of life, along with diet and energy regulation. In this class, we explore not only how much sleep we need, but the deeper importance of its quality. You’ll learn to align your sleep with natural rhythms, discover simple nighttime rituals, and understand how rest rejuvenates both mind and body.

● Sleep quality and rhythm

● Ayurvedic concept of sleep

● How to sleep like a baby

● Sleep and nutritional choices

● Yoga Nidra

● Herbal teas

Class 19: Exercise

Movement is medicine when practiced in balance. This class explores how to choose the right type and intensity of exercise according to your constitution (Prakriti) and current state (Vikruti).

Learn when and how to move your body for strength and renewal — without depleting energy or creating imbalance.

● Exercise based on your nature

● Right time to exercise

● Caution

Class 20: Mindful Practices – Meditation, Yoga, and Pranayama

Ayurveda and Yoga are sister sciences — together they form a complete path to physical, mental, and spiritual health. In this class, you’ll learn how mindful practices such as meditation, breathwork, and movement strengthen your mind, balance your emotions, and cultivate inner awareness.

● Gym for strengthening your mind

● Breathing exercises to warm and cool your body

● Benefits of Yoga & Pranayama

● Golden rules of Meditation

● Tips and Tricks

Class 21: Seasonal Care

Nature moves in cycles — and so do we. This class explores how to live in harmony with the changing seasons, adjusting your diet, lifestyle, and habits to maintain equilibrium. Learn how to identify when your system needs a gentle cleanse, and how to transition smoothly between seasonal shifts.

● What happens during season shift?

● Diet and lifestyle changes

● Who needs a seasonal cleanse?

● Phases of seasonal cleanse

Class 22: Cleanses and Rejuvenation

Cleansing and rejuvenation are essential for maintaining vitality and preventing disease. In this class, you’ll learn how to listen to your body’s subtle signals, recognize areas of weakness, and apply simple Ayurvedic techniques to restore balance and energy.

● What is your body trying to tell you

● Understanding vulnerable systems

● Ways to strengthen and rejuvenate

Class 23: Work–Life Balance

A balanced life is a happy life — and Ayurveda offers a framework for understanding balance beyond work and rest. Through timeless concepts such as the Four Goals of Life and the Three Pillars of Health, this class helps you reflect on purpose, structure, and fulfillment in your daily routine. You’ll also explore practical strategies for managing stress with grace and awareness.

● The four goals of life

● Three pillars of life

● SWOT analysis based on Ayurveda

● Definition of stress and how to manage

True wellness goes beyond the absence of disease — it is the joyful expression of energy, creativity, and beauty in daily living. This session brings Ayurveda’s deeper promise to life, showing you how to cultivate radiance, resilience, and sustainability in every aspect of your existence.

Class 24: Beauty

Ayurveda teaches that beauty is a reflection of inner harmony. In this class, you’ll explore natural, holistic ways to care for your skin and enhance your glow from within. Learn how to identify your Ayurvedic skin type, create customized routines, and use herbs, diet, and lifestyle practices that nurture authentic, lasting beauty.

● Ayurvedic analysis of skin types

● Customize your skin care routine

● Diet, medicines, and face packs for glowing skin

Class 25: Enhanced Immunity

Your immune system is your body’s expression of resilience — the sum of your digestion, vitality, and emotional balance. This class reveals how to build lasting immunity through Ayurvedic principles, seasonal cleansing, and the use of nourishing Rasayana therapies and recipes for self-defense.

● Unlock the secret to strong immunity

● Seasonal cleanse and immunity

● Recipes for self-defense

● Rasayana medicines

Class 26: Energy

Vitality, or Ojas, is the subtle essence that fuels joy, clarity, and strength. In this class, you’ll learn practical ways to support energy naturally — through food, lifestyle, and rejuvenating herbs. Move beyond quick fixes to discover how true energy comes from harmony between body, mind, and spirit.

● Being energetic inside out, no quick fixes

● 3 energy drink recipes

● Rasayana medicines to improve energy levels and vitality

Class 27: Self-Help and Home Remedies

Ayurveda empowers you to be your own healer. This class provides simple, practical remedies for common imbalances — using everyday ingredients and mindful practices to maintain wellness at home. Learn the “3Ms”

— Meditation, Massage, and Mindful Eating — along with herbal and kitchen-based remedies for digestion, sleep, and radiant skin.

● The magic of 3Ms – Meditation, Massage, and Mindful Eating

● Home remedies to support digestion

● Home remedies for good quality sleep

● Home remedies for glowing skin

● Home remedies for minor ailments

Class 28: Sustainable Living

Ayurveda extends beyond personal health — it’s a philosophy of living in harmony with the world around us. In this closing class, you’ll learn how to bring Ayurvedic principles into your home and lifestyle through sustainability, conscious consumption, and mindful creation. Explore practices that honor the Earth, reduce waste, and connect you to the greater web of life.

● Ethos beyond medicine

● Herb garden at home, regenerative farming, natural insect repellants

● Making simple Ayurvedic products for personal use

● Zero-waste kitchen