Become an Ayurveda Professional. An Ayurvedic Practitioner is not only a specialist in disease prevention and health promotion through lifestyle and nutritional advice and 5 senses therapy, but can also treat various conditions.
Program Overview
The Ayurvedic Practitioner program is the clinical-level training within Ayurvedic medicine. You learn to work with existing health conditions at a curative level and develop the skills to assess and treat complex disease patterns. You study pathology from Ayurvedic, Yogic, and Western medical perspectives and learn to create individualized treatment plans. The program concludes with a six-month professional internship.
Who This Program Is For
Certified Ayurvedic Health Counselors (Level 1)
Counselors trained in the Netherlands or abroad
Professionals wanting to work with disease management
Students preparing to open their own Ayurvedic practice
What You Will Learn
Ayurvedic pathology and clinical diagnostics
Advanced herbal medicine
Panchakarma theory and therapeutic strategies
Integration of Western medical foundations
Creating individualized treatment plans and case studies
Six-month supervised clinical internship
Program Structure
Duration: 3.5 years
Study load: 6720 hours, 240 EC
The program includes:
Ayurvedic Health Counselor (Level 1)
Clinical Ayurvedic Medicine
Wester Medicine Fundamentals (MBK)
6-month internship
Study Formats:
Blended Learning (classroom + online)
- Upon Completion
You are qualified to work as a certified Ayurvedic Practitioner
You can work in both preventive and curative Ayurvedic care
You can create treatment plans for complex conditions
You are prepared to open your own practice
You can collaborate within integrative and complementary healthcare
In addition to the learning objectives of Ayurvedic Therapist training, these are the additional learning objectives.
- Students will understand each system of the body from both a Western Medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine view, and how Ayurveda can be used to treat diseases within each system.
- Students will expand their knowledge of Ayurvedic herbs and learn to formulate and prepare herbal medicines.
- Students will expand their competence in pulse diagnosis.
- Students will make recommendations for clients regarding disease management.
- Students will improve their ability to support clients through obstacles and provide creative solutions to improve client adherence.
- Students will promote themselves within their communities and online.
- Very extensive theoretical and practical training in Ayurvedic medicine that will give you confidence and skills as an Ayurvedic health professional.
- You will receive knowledge and practice of hatha yoga, tantra yoga, vedic astrology.
- Ayurvedic daily routine essentials box (tongue scraper, abhyanga oil, neti pot, nose oil, rose water, eye cup) in the first year
- Textbook Principles of Ayurvedic Medicine by Dr. Marc Halpern in the first year and our own syllabus Disease Management. For further literature refer to study guide.
- Personal guidance by Riim Lagerwerf or other mentor: monthly sessions of 45 minutes and during internship you will be assigned a mentor who will guide you in all your client cases.
- Blended learning: live classroom sessions in The Hague and online live zoom sessions with self-study. Can’t attend the live sessions? They will be recorded so you can watch them again. Please note that you must attend a 6 day Intensive prior to the internship program and that the rest of the Intensive is online.
- Via Online learning environment (Learning management system) to view lessons, tools, guided meditations, journal and reflection questions and quizzes, cases, homework assignments.
- Intervision Case studies: during these live, interactive sessions you will have the opportunity to share case studies, ask questions and get in touch with fellow students (during internship period).
- Online Q&A to ask your questions.
- Monthly coaching sessions of 45 minutes with an experienced Ayurvedic Practitioner: your mentor during the 1st year of study. And during your internship Case management with an experienced Practitioner.
- Energetic transfer of knowledge.
- Community events. During the training we organize community events about Ayurveda and Yoga and we transfer knowledge and come together to share and connect our gifts.
- A gentle embodied approach to learning and living Ayurveda and Yoga in our unique Ayurveda education program. This is due to the emphasis on self-care, personal development and spiritual growth.
- The support you need to transform your health, life and career.
- The intuitive and professional teachers who embody Ayurveda and Yoga.
- Introduction to Vedic Astrology. Our goal is not to teach you all the details of Vedic astrology. That would be very complex. What we do want to do is show you how using basic knowledge can contribute to your own transformation and for your future clients.
- We integrate rituals from Tantra Yoga, Yoga asanas, philosophy, meditation and pranayama throughout the program to support you in your personal process.
- Extensive 6-month internship after year 1 and also for the AP program, to develop the clinical and personal skills needed to support clients on their journey back to health. This means that after the 1st year of the training you will already see paying clients with preventive treatment and can earn back a large part of your investment in the training. Then in year 3 you follow an internship program for curative treatment with Ayurveda. Both internship programs are essential for graduating competent and confident practitioners. During your internship you will be assigned an experienced Ayurvedic Practitioner who will guide you. Please note: you do not have to travel to India for your internship. Do you want to gain internship experience in India in the future? Then we will put you in touch with our partners.
- If you already have some knowledge of Ayurveda but would like to deepen your knowledge and application through professional education.
- For anyone who wants to apply holistic medicine for their own health and personal development.
- When you want a career in holistic medicine to guide others to optimal health and well-being.
- When you want to expand your offering as a healthcare professional, health coach, counselor (massage) therapist, energetic healer and yoga teacher. Whether you already work holistically or want to apply a holistic approach.
- Ultimately, our vision is to raise awareness through holistic healing. When you choose our education, you also choose to contribute to our mission.
Admission requires that the prospective student:
- Is prepared not only to study and learn but also to develop personally and spiritually.
- Is at least 18 years old. Exceptions are possible after consultation with the examination committee.
- Is in possession of at least a secondary school diploma at least MAVO or MBO (or equivalent certification for international students. If you do not meet this requirement, we can discuss this with the examination committee);
- Has a good command of the English language in speech and writing.
- Undergoes a personal intake interview.
- Registers via the registration form and thereby agrees to our general terms and conditions.
- Has received and read our study guide.
- Meets the minimum requirements to participate in online learning.
We are registered with CRKBO. This is the register of the Central Register for Short Vocational Education (CRKBO).
The Ayurvedic Health Counselor training is accredited with KTNO as vocational training program as is the Ayurvedic Medicine Fundamentals program. Our objectives is to have the Ayurvedic Practitioner training also accredited by KTNO by end of 2024 and by CPION by beginning of 2025.
KTNO is an accreditation platform for healthcare professionals, professional associations, educational institutions and continued education training institutes in complementary care. KTNO represents their interests, informs external parties and (guarantees) quality.
CPION – is the Center for Post-Initial Education Netherlands is the central organization for testing, certifying and registering post-initial training courses.
The tuition for the AP certification program can be found under our tuition page and in our study guide.
The assessment program consists of:
- Homework assignments per module (questions and assignments). Students receive a grade for fully answering the assignments. Students must pass each assignment with a 6.
- Quizes: Multiple choice knowledge tests per module. You will not receive a grade for these tests.
- Three (3) Interim exam tests
- Practical during the internship period of taking intake and conducting Ayurvedic research and formulating and preparing herbs.
- Case study assignments from module 3 in the Ayurvedic Health counselor program and from module 1 during the Ayurvedic Practitioner training.
- Case study presentations during the internship program of Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Ayurvedic Practitioner.
- Internship period of 6 months in which students treat clients.
- Thesis (Research Paper) with a topic of their choice.
- Students receive a diploma as Ayurvedic Practitioner after successful completion, payment of financial obligations and completion of all homework and assignments and a final grade of at least 6.