The deepest study.
One teacher. One student. Your cases. Your questions. The transmission of this medicine the way it has always been passed — from one devoted life into another.
The professional program is selective and by invitation.
This is how Āyurveda
was always taught.
In the ancient Gurukul tradition, a student lived alongside their teacher. They learned not just from the curriculum — but from the way a master sees, responds, and holds the medicine in their hands and their life.
The mentorship pathway carries that tradition forward. A named preceptor. Your clinical cases reviewed, your questions held, your practice shaped over time by someone who has walked this path before you.
Some knowledge only passes person to person. The Gurukul system existed because the deepest wisdom in this science is found in the way a master sees a person — in the questions they ask, in the moment they say: not yet, look again.
Your formation.
In relationship.
Your preceptor.
A named Āyurvedic doctor or specialist assigned to you. They review your clinical assessments, challenge your reasoning, and teach you how they see — in real, ongoing relationship. You learn to hold a person, not a protocol.
couldn't ask before.
Some things can only be transmitted in conversation — in response to a real case, in a moment of real uncertainty. No written curriculum can hold what passes between a teacher and a student who are genuinely in it together.
means something.
Complete the full pathway with clinical hours and you graduate NAMACB board eligible — the highest professional standard in North American Āyurvedic practice. Earned through genuine formation, over years, in relationship.
Two levels.
One lineage.
The mentorship pathway opens after completion of the IAC Professional Program. You arrive with the full curriculum behind you — and go deeper still. Clinical hours are supervised one-to-one. Your preceptor knows your name and reads your actual cases.
Sponsorship of 15–75% of tuition is available for students who demonstrate both dedication and need. Money is never the reason the right person doesn't complete this path. A conversation is required before any financial discussion.
"The physician who knows only medicine
knows not even medicine."
From those who have
walked the whole path.
As I speak with students from other institutions, I am amazed by how much I have learned here. Yoga Veda delivers exceptional instruction and guidance empowering every student.
It is very rare to find such good-hearted, honest people sharing a priceless, ageless wisdom. Having also studied in India since 2017, I witness each time how valuable all teachings here truly are.
Studying here changed my life, my career, and my service to the world. I came in curious. I left knowing exactly what I was called to do — and how to do it with full preparation.
The tradition carries through you.
Begin with the school guide. When you are ready to talk — we are here.
The professional program is selective and by invitation. Our first policy is kindness. Always.
You already know. You have known for a while.
This page will not convince you of anything. If you are here, something already did that work. Read on and see if you recognize yourself.
It tends to arrive the same way
for almost everyone.
You find yourself reading about Ayurveda late at night when you should be sleeping — and you can't stop.
You are sitting with a student, a client, a patient — and you can feel what they need, but you don't yet have the training to offer it.
You have been circling this for months, maybe years. Something keeps bringing you back. That is not a coincidence.
You don't just want to understand Ayurveda. You want to live it — and carry it forward.
Something in your current practice
keeps asking for more.
You already work with people. You already hold space. But there is a ceiling — a place where your training ends and the person in front of you still needs something. You feel it every week.
Ayurveda is not an add-on to what you do. It is the root-cause framework that makes everything you already do land differently. Deeper. More precisely. With the clinical understanding to back it.
"I kept arriving at the same place with my clients — knowing something was there but not having the tools to reach it. This gave me the tools."
You don't have a clinical title.
You have something rarer.
Some of the most extraordinary practitioners who have come through this program arrived with no clinical background whatsoever. No degree, no certification, no professional health credential.
What they had was a quality of attention — a genuine desire to understand the human body, the natural world, and the place where the two meet. That quality cannot be taught. Everything else can.
"I was terrified I wasn't qualified enough. Nobody here made me feel that way. They just asked if I was serious. I was."
You are not looking for
another course to take.
You have done courses. You know what it feels like to spend money on something and walk away unchanged. This is not that.
This is a mentored clinical education with real faculty, real preceptors, real case work, and a real credential at the end. It will take real time and real commitment. If that is what you are ready for — you are in the right place.
"I knew within the first month that this was different. It wasn't information delivered to me. It was wisdom transmitted through relationship."
Not quite the right path right now?
We will always be honest with you. If one of these sounds more like where you are, follow it. We would rather send you to the right door than the closest one.
This is not a course you move through alone. It never was.
Ayurveda has always been transmitted through relationship — teacher to student, over time, through lived experience. The Mentorship Pathway is built on that model. Online curriculum meets one-on-one clinical mentorship, and the two together create something no self-paced course can replicate.
You will have a preceptor who knows your name, reads your case work, supervises your clinical hours, and walks with you through the parts of this training that cannot be learned from a screen alone.
24+ modules of online curriculum taught by nine BAMS, MD and AD faculty. Pre-recorded sessions, optional live classes, and seasonal content that follows the rhythm of the year. You study at a pace that integrates — not a pace that rushes.
A real Ayurvedic practitioner — matched to you personally based on your location, your specialty interests, and where you are in your studies. Your preceptor supervises your clinical hours, reviews your case work, and is available to you throughout the program.
The hands-on clinical training required for NAMACB board eligibility. AHC: 40 hours. AP: 180 hours. Completed under your preceptor's supervision — in person, at a pace that honors the depth this work requires. The clinical deposit and fees are bundled into your program.
You will not do this without a guide.
In traditional Ayurvedic education, the guru-shishya relationship — teacher to student — was the container through which knowledge was transmitted. Not information delivered. Knowledge transmitted. Through relationship, over time.
Your preceptor is an IAM-approved Ayurvedic practitioner with clinical experience and a devotion to teaching. They are not an online tutor. They are a practitioner who takes on students because they believe this is how Ayurveda should be passed forward.
"The relationship with my preceptor changed how I understand what it means to be a practitioner. She didn't just supervise my hours. She helped me find my own clinical voice."
What the path actually
looks like.
Not a list of milestones — a real picture of what the months ahead feel like for students who walk this path.
You submit your application. We review it personally — not an automated system. Once accepted, we match you with a preceptor whose specialty, location, and approach align with where you're going. You meet before your clinical hours begin.
"The matching process felt like someone had actually read my application and thought about who I was."
You move through the foundational curriculum — the philosophy, the doshas, Agni, the rhythms of nature. You start applying what you learn immediately. This is not memorization. It is recognition. Students consistently report that by month three, they are already seeing their lives, their clients, and their bodies differently.
"By month two I was using what I was learning every single day. It didn't feel like studying. It felt like remembering."
You begin your supervised clinical hours with your preceptor. Real clients, real intake, real care planning — with the safety net of an experienced practitioner reviewing every step. This is where the curriculum becomes clinical wisdom.
"My first real client intake was terrifying. My preceptor sat with me through it and said: you already know more than you think."
You complete your clinical hours, your coursework, and your case study requirements. You receive your AHC or AP credential from IAM — and you are eligible to sit for the NAMACB board exam. What you have built cannot be taken from you.
"I finished this program a different practitioner than the one who started it. That is the only way I know how to say it."
A living library. Move through it as you are ready.
All recorded sessions are open to you from day one — anytime, in any order. Live classes anchor your trimester. Everything else moves at the pace of your life and your learning.
Ayurvedic Health
Counselor
The complete foundation of Ayurvedic clinical practice. One live class per week per trimester. All recorded classes open anytime. No fixed module sequence — you move through the curriculum in the order that serves your learning.
Ayurvedic
Practitioner
The full clinical pathway — AHC curriculum plus 900 hours of advanced study. Hybrid: 2 live classes per week plus recorded sessions, typically 24 months. Or choose the fully live four-year pace.
By the time you complete the AHC curriculum you will understand the human body, the natural world, and the relationship between them in a way that permanently changes how you see both.
clinical mastery.
The AP pathway builds directly on the AHC curriculum. You do not repeat foundational work — you deepen it, and advance into clinical territory the AHC alone does not cover.
A credential that means something.
Both pathways are part of an AAC Candidate program and graduate you fully eligible to sit for the NAMACB board exam. The credential you choose reflects the depth of your study and the scope of your practice.
A real practitioner. Matched to you personally.
Your preceptor is not an online tutor or a forum moderator. They are an IAM-approved Ayurvedic practitioner who has devoted their practice to mentoring the next generation of this medicine. You will be matched based on your location, your specialty interests, and where you are in your path.
Christine is the teacher students turn to — not just for knowledge, though she carries an extraordinary depth of it, but for the warmth, presence, and genuine care she brings into every relationship. As Director of the Sacred Window Center she holds one of the most rare and complete bodies of knowledge in Ayurvedic education: the full tradition of postpartum care passed forward through living practice.
As a preceptor she doesn't just supervise clinical hours. She helps students find their own clinical voice — the particular expression of this medicine that only they can offer.
"Christine changed how I understand what it means to hold space for another person. She didn't just teach me Ayurveda. She showed me what it looks like when someone lives it."
Our preceptors. Across the US and internationally.
Our preceptors are practicing Ayurvedic professionals — each with their own clinical specialty, their own community, and their own approach to mentorship. When you apply, we match you personally. No algorithm. No automated system. A real conversation about who will serve you best.
Preceptors are located across the United States and internationally — including Bali and India — for students who want an immersive clinical experience abroad.
This is what it looks like when the path is walked.
Every person here began where you are now. These are their words — unedited, unsolicited, and entirely their own.
"Studying Ayurveda here has been an incredible experience. All teachers are fantastic, deeply committed to the student's learning, and very generous in their teachings. Studying here has changed my life, my career, and my service to the world."
"I loved every minute of the 3 years I spent studying this beautiful healing philosophy with the wonderful Yoga Veda team. The lectures were absolutely fascinating and gave me a thorough understanding of the science of Ayurveda."
"As I speak with students from other institutions, I am amazed by how much I have learned here. Yoga Veda delivers exceptional instruction and guidance empowering every student to make the most of their experience."
"It is very rare to find such good-hearted, honest people sharing a priceless, ageless wisdom on a non-commercial basis. Having also studied in India since 2017, I witness each time how valuable all teachings here truly are."
Your name could be here. Your path begins with an application.
The Mentorship Pathway accepts students on a rolling basis. We review every application personally and match you with a preceptor before your clinical hours begin. There is no cohort to wait for. When you are ready, the door is open.
Apply for the Mentorship Pathway →
The path is here. You already know.
Applications are reviewed personally. There is no automated response. Just a real conversation about whether this is the right fit — for you and for us.