Learn Ayurvedic Nutritional Therapy
Āhāra Chikitsa: Healing Through Ayurvedic Nutrition
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, you’ll have the confidence and skill to apply Ayurvedic nutritional therapy in both educational and clinical settings. You’ll know how to assess the digestive fire (agni), identify signs of ama (toxicity), and offer personalized dietary recommendations that address imbalances at the root. Whether you’re supporting someone through a chronic health condition, guiding seasonal detox plans, or educating your community on how to eat according to Ayurvedic principles, you’ll be equipped with the tools to make real, lasting impact.
Curriculum
Explore the foundations of Ayurvedic nutritional therapy.
Learn how the six tastes influence digestion and balance.
Get an overview of major food groups through an Ayurvedic lens.
Discover key spices and their powerful therapeutic properties.
Understand the principles of ahara vidhi, how and when to eat.
Dive into the advanced concepts of agni and ama in Ayurvedic digestion.
Discover the three stages of the digestive process.
Learn about viruddhahara (incompatible food combinations) and their effects.
Explore Ayurvedic approaches to fasting and detoxification.
Understand the concept of pathya and its role in healing.
Study how to apply nutritional therapy for specific disease conditions.
Competencies
Changes in vikṛti (pathological condition) due to changes in agni (digestive fire), guṇas (qualities) resulting in digestive disorders, appetite, and elimination changes
Āhāra (diet); how diet, climate, season, and age impact the prakṛti (individual constitution) and subsequently contribute to doṣa vikṛti (aggravation of doṣa) and cause of disease
Theory of similar and dissimilar and balancing the doṣa vikṛti (aggravation of doṣa) through basic rasas (six tastes) for a person of each constitutional type
Symptoms and signs of the four states of agni (digestion)
Types agni (digestive fire) and āma (undigested material)
Functions of agni (digestive fire)
Signs and symptoms of the altered states of agni (digestive fire)
DR. PRATIBHA SHAH
Meet Your Expert Guide:
Pratibha Shah, BAMS, MD (Ayurveda), MPH, is an internationally renowned Ayurveda expert. Intensely trained in Traditional Health Sciences as well as Public Health, Pratibha Shah distils Eastern wisdom with an understanding of Western principles, for the best care of her clients.
Her pioneering initiatives in the field of Ayurveda, have brought her to attention at the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the Consulate General of India, NYC. For her work, she was nominated in the Top 20 Women of the Year, for the year 2014. Before moving to the US in 2004, she was working as Chief Medical Officer in the ministry of AYUSH. In 2019, she was featured in an international documentary on Ayurveda.
She is the Founder, President of the Wholistic Health Alliance and Global Council for Ayurveda Research (both 501c3 non-profits), and CEO of My Ayurved LLC. In 2019, she launched her own high end organic herbal product line by the name of Swa Stha. She currently practices in the Greater Boston area but has clientele throughout the world.
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