AAHHCC 2024-2025 Topics Covered

TOPICS TAUGHT IN THE 2024-2025 VIRTUAL AAHHCC CLASSES:

1. Understanding Ayurveda, Origin of Ayurveda, History of Ayurveda
Topics covered include:

  • What is Ayurveda
  • Various definitions of Ayurveda
  • The main texts and authors
  • The divine origin of Ayurveda
  • The ancestry
  • The amazing history
  • Journey of Ayurveda through centuries.
  • Sankhya, Vaisheshik theory of origin of Ayurveda

2. Anatomy & Physiology
Topics covered include:

  • Human Anatomy- Western view (identifying bones, tissues, organs and learning their functions and placement).
  • Human Anatomy- Ayurvedic view (co-relating western names with Ayurvedic names to better understand the original texts).
  • Western Physiology- working of organs and systems and western terminology
  • Ayurvedic Physiology- co-relating the organ and system functioning with the Ayurvedic terminology and overview.

3. Ayurvedic Concepts
Topics covered include:

  • The three humors- Tridoshas- Vata, Pitta, and Kapha
  • Five elements- Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether
  • The three main Gunas- Sattva, Rajas, Tamas
  • The fifteen Subdoshas
  • Prakruti – the body type
  • Vikruti- Imbalance
  • The three Malas- Mutra, Purish, Sweda
  • Different types of Testing/ Parikshas- Trividh, Astavidh, Dashvidh
  • Twenty Gunas
  • Dhatus
  • Kalas
  • The six Rasas
  • The four pillars that sustain health- Sleep, Digestion, Elimination and Purification.

4. Dinacharya, Ritucharya and Swasthavritta

  • Topics covered include:
  • Dinacharya- daily routine for maintaining health and well being.
  • Ritucharya- seasonal routine depending on the change in seasons that affects our diet, habits and life style.
  • Swasthavritta- holistic approach to diet and hygiene and the code of conduct.

5.  Herbology – Part 1
Topics covered include:

  • Importance of herbs
  • Energetics of herbs
  • Rasa, Guna, Virya, Vipaka
  • Classification of Herbs
  • Groups of herbs- for skin, hair, digestion, sleep and more
  • Property of spices
  • Toxic food combinations

6. Ayurvedic Nutrition
Topics covered include:

  • Understanding the dosha analysis of the various food groups
  • Helps us understand the combinations of foods that work well and also ones that should be avoided

7.  Herbology – Part 2
Topics covered include:

  • Twenty spices, their energetics and working
  • Twenty commonly used herbs, their energetics and working

8. Diseases, Organs and systems involved, Pathophysiology of diseases
Topics covered include:

  • Classification of diseases based on organ systems
  • Signs, symptoms and stages of a disease
  • Changes in the organs, structurally and functionally in a disease stage

9. Different Healing Modalities in Ayurveda
Topics covered include:

  • Marma points
  • 7 Chakras
  • Importance of Yoga
  • Meditation
  • Massage therapy
  • Sound healing
  • Aromatherapy
  • Color therapy
  • Gemstones and Astrology

10. Getting Ready to Practice
Topics covered include:

  • Panchkarma
  • Basics of Ayurvedic cooking
  • Making Ghee
  • Making Khichari
  • Understanding nutritional values
  • Reading and understanding a label
  • Detoxification
  • Getting Ready to Start your own Ayurveda Practice!