Sister Science Foundations — Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine
Vasanta · Spring Enrolment Open

Ayurvedic Health Counsellor

Sister Science
Foundations

A living system for balance, healing, and daily life.

Step Into the Course

Self-paced  ·  Ayurvedic Health Counsellor Level  ·  Begin when ready

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"To know Āyurveda is to know the path back to yourself.
The sister sciences are the paths through which you walk."
— Svastha Vidyā · The Knowledge of Balance

What This Is

A serious education,
rooted in real life.

The Sister Science Foundations course weaves the foundational teachings of Āyurveda's sister sciences into a living system — one you can actually inhabit. Dinacaryā, nutrition, cleansing, Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, meditation, and herbal therapy are brought together with depth, beauty, and professional rigor.

This is not casual wellness content. It is disciplined study, designed for people who are ready to learn deeply without stepping away from the life they are already living.

You will leave with knowledge — and with a practice.

The path includes

  • Dinacaryā — Daily Rhythm
  • Āyurvedic Nutrition
  • Cleansing & Detoxification
  • Āsana & the Doṣas
  • Prāṇāyāma
  • Meditation
  • Herbal Therapy
10 Lessons  ·  30 Living Practices  ·  Self-Paced

Living Āyurveda Practices

Thirty practices across
ten paths of understanding.

Head · Heart · Hands

01
Knowing
Study, research the texts, come to know an herb.
02
Feeling
Contemplation, circle practice, integration.
03
Making
Case studies, real client encounters, personalized guides.
04
Growing
Living your daily rhythm, moving through your constitution.
05
Creating
Illustration, mapping, visual doṣa rhythm guides.
06
Sounding
Mantra, Prāṇāyāma as a doṣic tool, voice recording.
07
Nourishing
Cooking for your constitution, herbal tea, cleansing kitchen.
08
Moving
Body-centred doṣic protocols, breath and herbs together.
09
Dreaming
Yoga Nidrā, deep meditation, the sister sciences at night.
10
Serving
Teach, offer, write — giving this learning forward.

The Curriculum

Ten lessons.
One living system.

1
The Path to Balance
The foundations of Āyurveda and the sister sciences as a unified whole.
2
Your Āyurvedic Daily Routine
Dinacaryā as a living practice — how daily rhythm heals.
3
Exploring the Principles of Nutrition
Food as medicine, the six tastes, and doṣic eating.
4
Balancing & Healing the Mind
Āyurvedic psychology, the mental doṣas, and tools for mental balance.
5
Āyurvedic Cleansing & Detoxification
Understanding Āma, the channels, and safe seasonal cleansing.
6
Exploring the Āyurvedic Effects of Āsana
How movement balances or aggravates each doṣa.
7
Āyurveda & Prāṇāyāma
Breath as a precise doṣic tool for balance and healing.
8
An Āyurvedic Approach to Meditation
Choosing meditation practices that match the constitution.
9
Āyurvedic Herbal Therapy
Materia Medica, formulation principles, and herbal safety.
10
Sharing Āyurveda
How to teach, serve, and bring this knowledge into the world.

What You Receive

A clear path.
A beautiful experience.

✦
Professional Depth
Rigorous Āyurvedic education aligned with professional health counsellor standards. Real study, real knowledge.
✦
Flexible Structure
Fully self-paced, designed for people with full adult lives. You will not fall behind. You are exactly where you are meant to be.
✦
Living Practices
Thirty practices that move through the head, heart, and hands — so this becomes your life, not just your study.

This Course Is For

People who feel
genuinely called.

  • Wellness professionals, yoga teachers, bodyworkers, and therapists seeking deeper study.
  • Parents and caregivers who need flexibility without a watered-down education.
  • Transfer students looking for a real institutional home.
  • Spiritually serious students who want grounded lineage and clear structure — not vague inspirational content.
  • Anyone who is tired of surface-level online education and wants to be taken seriously.

You might be thinking

If these words land for you —

  • "I want something deeper."
  • "I cannot disappear from my life to study."
  • "I need a path that is legitimate and humane."
  • "I am tired of surface-level online education."
  • "I want to be taken seriously and spoken to like a human being."

— the door is open.

Study is only the beginning.
This becomes your life.

30
Dinacaryā Practice Herbal Tea as Medicine Yoga Nidrā Cook for Your Constitution Mantra Client Encounters Prāṇāyāma Dream Journal Materia Medica Āsana & Doṣa Cleansing Kitchen Deep Meditation Circle Practice Illustration Case Studies

The Door Is Open

Step in
when ready.

Explore the curriculum, take a breath, and begin when it feels true.
We are here.

Begin the Foundations Course

"Take a breath. You are exactly where you are meant to be."

A serious education, rooted in real life.

This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice.
Please consult a qualified healthcare provider before applying any information.