Vaidyagrama

Advanced study in India is designed for all international Ayurveda graduates, conducted at a prestigious Indian Ayurveda centre, lead by a team of senior doctors to introduce the authentic world of total Ayurveda to you so that you can immerse in it. In 2011 we chose vaidyagrAma for this program. This is strictly for 12 students.

Weekly program

Monday-Thursday
Daily rounds with the doctor*
Case discussions
Case presentations
Garden herb classes
Cooking with herbs
Making medicines
Herb compounding
Practitioner responsibilities*
Prepare for and observe therapies
Participate in therapies*

*For advanced students with 500+ hour training. Practitioner responsibilities may include looking after a patient or two, compounding their daily medications

Friday - Sunday
Educational outing and shopping
An Ayurveda College
A well-organised herbal garden
A raw herbs shop
An Ayurveda manufacturing unit
A healer and a his village hospital
A Dhanwantari and local temples
Ayurvedic book shops
Shopping clothes/books/CDs etc.

Case presentation
These 45 minute discussions with doctors will throw light on how a classically trained ayurveda doctor thinks, plans and adapts their treatments. 

Hands on therapies
To learn most therapies, the participants will be in the therapy room taking active part in ongoing client therapies (based on availabilities) as well as supervised (student to student) therapies.  

Making medicines
Simple to complex compounds such as decoctions, Oils and Lehams.

Consultations
Vaidyagrama's physician takes you for daily consultations with their clients. You can observe and discuss their diagnosis, line of treatments and prognosis.

Thought provoking discussions
Everything about Ama
Everything about Dosha
Everything about Enlightenment
Everything about Mind
Everything about Emotions
Everything about God
Everything about Life etc.

These 1-hour lead-discussions on various topics will challenge you and help you integrate everything you know about these topics.

Notes to participants

1. No smoking, drinking or non-vegetarian food is allowed in the campus.
2. Daily yoga (we have an in house yoga teacher) and exercises are encouraged.
3. American, Australian and European currencies can be converted in the town. 
4. Please bring your music and reading. 
5. As it is remote from the city, internet can play up. 
6. 1 L mineral water and unlimited herbal teas are provided daily during your stay.