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“The first week (5 days) will be used to teach theory of diagnosis & treatment of Vata Vyadhi. Simultaneously we will prepare medicines used in Vata Vyadhi in our pharmacy. Students can observe as well as participate in this during all possible hours.

After the first weekend we start medical camp for Vata Vyadhi in the 2nd week. We will do consultation for 10 patients per day. So appr. 50 patients in a week. We will divide students into groups of 5 people. When one group sits in outpatient consultation room with me, the other group will stay with Dr. Vidya to dispense medicine for the patients. Both groups will get explanation from both of us. Consultation starts from morning 10 to 1 noon. Then 2-5pm. We will interchange the batch from morning to afternoon. We work with a software for clinical documentation. That will give reports, which the students can take.

Third week also, we will do follow up for the same patients, and in selected 10 cases we will do whatever external therapies are needed. The same working hours will be spent on seeing the follow up patients & also doing treatments for the patients.”

Weekends: optional excursions backwaters & mountains in Kerala, time for assignments and integration.

Still taking registrations - so feel free to sign up an join us:

CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS IN INDIA

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CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS IN INDIA

It is interesting that the treatment of Vata became a part of wellness and wellbeing treatment in Kerala in the history, and nowadays all over the world. “Sukha S’eelata” – indulgence in soothing things – is explained as the basic line of treatment of Vata. Oil massages, oil baths, poultices, shirodhara, sweet sour & salty food, fresh wine, meat soup of fatty animals …. thus goes the treatment principle. But oil Vasti & cleansing Vastis are the strongest means of managing these conditions: these are serious interventions which could be challenging as well! In the internship we will give ample attention to all these treatments and interventions, their possibilities and their challenges.

CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS IN INDIA

AAS Extra Newsflash December 2012

AAS Extra Newsflash December 2012

Advanced Clinical Internship on 'Vata Vyadhi' - Dr. Vijith & Dr. Vidya 

(13 Jan - 2 Feb 2013, Vaikom - India) 

• Open for all AAS students, all international students of Ayurveda, and for ayurvedic practitioners - as continued education. A unique study opportunity! 

• A great clinical internship program with Dr. Vijith and Dr. Vidya in Kerala, India.

• THE opportunity to accelerate your practical clinical capacity.

• Program, quoting Dr. Vijith: The first week (5 days) will be used to teach theory of diagnosis & treatment of Vata Vyadhi. Simultaneously we will prepare medicines used in Vata Vyadhi in our pharmacy. Students can observe as well as participate in this during all possible hours. 

• After the first weekend we start medical camp for Vata Vyadhi in the 2nd week. We will do consultation for 10 patients per day. So appr. 50 patients in a week. We will divide students into groups of 5 people. When one group sits in outpatient consultation room with me, the other group will stay with Dr. Vidya to dispense medicine for the patients. Both groups will get explanation from both of us. We will interchange the batch from morning to afternoon. We work with a software for clinical documentation. That will give reports, which the students can take.

• Third week also, we will do follow up for the same patients, and in selected 10 cases we will do whatever external therapies are needed. The same working hours will be spent on seeing the follow up patients & also doing treatments for the patients."

• We still have some places available, so if you are interested in this super useful and inspiring program, just check in with us (+31 20 840 1887 - info@ayurvedicstudies.nl) and we'll be more than happy to answer all of your questions!

• Please share this newsletter with all of your Ayurveda colleagues and friends, in case they want to take advantage of this unique possibility. Thank you!  

• To read more about the program, subjects, prices and to sign up click here >>> 

Enjoy the snow!

Coen van der Kroon 

Clinical Internship in India

Join our Clinical Internship January 13th - February 3rd in Kerala, India - with Dr. Vijith Sasidhar and Dr. Vidya Vijith, an absolutely unique opportunity for all advanced Ayurveda students and ayurvedic practitioners to learn clinical skills in a practical setting. This internship is combined with a medical camp to help people with less financial resources to get good ayurvedic treatment. Subject: Vata Vyadhi. Mail us for more information: info@ayurvedicstudies.nl Or call us with your questions: + 31 20 8401887

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Modern Ayurveda education

The interest in Ayurveda continues to increase. Ayurveda provides a current health system, perfectly adapted to the modern needs of today. It is preventive and therapeutic at the same time.
Modern Ayurveda education focuses on the implementation of this ancient wisdom and science in these present day times and circumstances.

Ayurveda Master classes

Dr. Vijith - one of our main teachers from India - is closely involved with our study programs and development. He and his wife - Dr. Vidya - have a clinic and study center in Kerala, India. More on seminars and master classes with Dr. Vijith at the AAS, see here

Interview with Dr. Vijith (movie), click here

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Midweek Retreat - Module “Shadpadartha” and first 10 chapters Ashtanga Hridayam (30 contact hours) 17 - 21 December 2012

Midweek on location, in the Babaji ashram in Loenen.

The ancients texts of Ayurveda have long been the ultimate resource for teaching as well as learning within the millenia old tradition of this healing science of life. The texts themselves are considered authoritative and to some extent also complete in themselves. This particularly counts for the Brihat Trayam – the Big Three – texts: Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Ashtanga Hridayam. Each of those texts can be studied independently as complete ‘study tracks’. The Ashtanga Hridayam is a special text in itself, as it is said to represent the essential teaching form the other two, and this in a very condensed and logically built up structure – written in poetry to remember it more effectively and to even deeper penetrate the consciousness of the student. In order to stay in line with this tradition, the Aacedmy of Ayurvedic Studies have started a beautiful project of making short, condensed, inspiring video classes with Dr. Vijith explaining the crux of each of the first 15 chapters of the Ashtanga Hridayam of Vagbhata. In this midweek Retreat we will show a series of 2 preparatory video class lessons, followed by 10 exquisite video class lessons on the first 10 chapters – which together give a wealth of useful, practical and inspiring information.

Contact us for more information and registration

Great interview with Dr. Sunil Joshi

Interview see here:
http://vimeo.com/17102967

Internship and Medical Camps

Dr. Vijith about the purpose and importance of the free Medical Camps at SreeKrishna in Vaikom:

"Ayurveda was the way of living of the Indian population until 3 generations ago. They woke up very early in the morning. Did the daily regimen, went to fields early to work. Took breakfast much later. Had more resting hours. Did oil application to head & body almost every day. Most of them including my grand parents were fit until death. The next generation of my parents who were just born after independence of India, ironically adapted more western lifestyle easily. Most of them went out of the country seeking a better job. Early breakfast, many meals every day, long working hours, away from home & nature, fast food, using chemical medicine for faster relief, chemical fertilizers & pesticides. Finally now they are sicker than their parents.

Kerala being 100% literate and the most highly educated population in India, is now realizing the values of what they lost in the process of "development". Sreekrishna Ayurveda Chikitsa Kendram is involved in bringing more awareness about the values of natural living through propagating Ayurvedic food , lifestyle & moral advises to the community. Since the beginning, Sreekrishna has always been offering free consultation for all local people to attract them more to Ayurveda. We prepare medicines in our campus to offer the most effective, but cheaper medication.

Still for the BPL (below poverty line) working class people, Ayurveda seems not affordable. They are the backbone of the country working in the field, producing our food and building our infrastructure. Alcoholism, smoking, improper food habits, lot of physical stress at work, emotional imbalance ... lots of Vata imbalance causes. They go for quick money, which makes them sick by their middle age. They are our target group, including lots of women.

Something done by westerners is considered superior by these people. The fact that they will be inspected by western practitioners of Ayurveda itself will attract them into the project. A touch or a massage done by a western person will be an unforgettable experience for them. I use it a lot to attract them into positive ways of living. I have observed them getting shy to admit alcoholism in front of westerners. Many women cry and share their miseries in life. And many of them ask me in person when is your next free medical camp....?”

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The importance of Vata Dosha and treatments

It is interesting that the treatment of Vata became a part of wellness and well being treatment in Kerala in the history, and nowadays all over the world. “Sukha S’eelata” – indulgence in soothing things – is explained as the basic line of treatment of Vata. Oil massages, oil baths, poultices, shirodhara, sweet sour & salty food, fresh wine, meat soup of fatty animals …. thus goes the treatment principle. But oil Vasti & cleansing Vastis are the strongest means of managing these conditions: these are serious interventions which could be challenging as well! In the internship we will give ample attention to all these treatments and interventions, their possibilities and their challenges.

http://www.ayurvedicstudies.nl/courses/internship/index.html

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Authentic ayurvedic approach

Dr. Vijith and Dr. Vidya are fervent practitioners and teachers of authentic Ayurveda – and it is our personal experience that when you study with such teachers – your understanding speeds up at least 3-fold. Also – and especially so – on a deeper level! They teach straight from the Classic Texts, but in a way which is very accessible as well as modern in its applications. An authentic ayurvedic approach is very important in these days, where Ayurveda otherwise is in a risk to lose its deeper roots by too much of adaptation to modern, regular western medicine, which is based on a much more fragmented and mechanical paradigm than was the case with the more holistic oriental or other traditional healing sciences. Ayurveda has its own and very solid paradigm, and it is only when one understands this thoroughly, applies it thoroughly and lives it thoroughly, that one really gets to the core and effectiveness of Ayurveda. Then more than ever ayurvedic practice can and will show excellent results in clinical practice. This is very important, not only for the patients, but also for the profession itself: in order to maintain and nourish the respect that Ayurveda as a solid and clinical science deserves. In this retreat this approach will be highlighted, both in theory and in practice.

Join our advanced clinical internship in India!

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Academy of Ayurvedic Studies, Amsterdam

offers

3 Week Internship in Kerala, India

Vata Vyadhi – Advanced level

Dates: January 13 – February 2 (2013)

Costs: €1600 (10% early bird discount, before November 15th)

Importance of Vata
Vata - listed as the first among Doshas - is said to be the leader of them. Without it, everything is sedentary and dead. It is movement and sensation which is the basic expression of life! There is no balance or imbalance possible without the involvement of Vata. In the chapter of Diagnosis of Vata diseases, Vagbhata (author of Ashtanga Hridaya) says – “Vata is the creator of universe, and Vata itself transforms into the universe, it sustains the universe and finally destroys it! It seems to be the merging point of trinity into unity!!”

Pathology
Being so vital, the imbalance of it results in severe conditions – both physically and mentally. Neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, parkinsons disease, paralysis are few examples of it. Degenerative diseases like osteoarthritis, spondylosis, etc., also fall under Vata Vyadhi. Many convulsive diseases like few kinds of epilepsies also come under this group. We see a wide range of diseases from gastric irritation to Alzheimers being listed here. It’s the same Vata in different intensities, in different places, expressing different symptoms.

Treatments
It is interesting that the treatment of Vata became a part of wellness and wellbeing treatment in Kerala in the history, and nowadays all over the world. “Sukha S’eelata” – indulgence in soothing things – is explained as the basic line of treatment of Vata. Oil massages, oil baths, poultices, shirodhara, sweet sour & salty food, fresh wine, meat soup of fatty animals …. thus goes the treatment principle. But oil Vasti & cleansing Vastis are the strongest means of managing these conditions: these are serious interventions which could be challenging as well! In the internship we will give ample attention to all these treatments and interventions, their possibilities and their challenges.

Dr. Vijith and Dr. Vidya are great teachers of authentic Ayurveda – and it is our personal experience that when you study with such teachers – your understanding speeds up at least 3-fold. Also – and especially so – on a deeper level! They teach straight from the Classic Texts, but in a way which is super-accessible as well as modern in its applications. With depth and humor, and supported by a team of very experienced Ayurveda experts.

The Academy of Ayurvedic Studies will offer this program as a part of their long term study track, and this retreat will be accredited with 120 contact hours towards the accreditation of your Ayurveda studies at the AAS.

Maximum 12 students

Sign up through: www.ayurvedicstudies.nl

Internship Programma

Dr. Vijith:

“The first week (5 days) will be used to teach theory of diagnosis & treatment of Vata Vyadhi. Simultaneously we will prepare medicines used in Vata Vyadhi in our pharmacy. Students can observe as well as participate in this during all possible hours. So this week will look like:

• 5.30 am waking up, half an hour for morning routine.

• 6 am morning lessons will start.
• 8 am first break for nasya & vyaayaama.
• 9 am shower
• 9.30 am breakfast
• 10.30- 11.30 am practical session identifying & processing herbs used for Vata Vyadhi
• 11.30am - 12 pm break
• 12pm – 1 pm theory class.
• 2 pm lunch break
• 2-3 pm practical pharmacy training
• 3.30 pm tea break
• 3.30 -5.30 pm theory class or practical training in practical methods used in Vata Vyadhi.
• 5.30- 6 pm refresh or shower
• 6- 7 pm dinner
• 7 pm visit to nearby Siva temple (optional)
• 9 pm bed time.

After the first weekend we start medical camp for Vata Vyadhi in the 2nd week. We will do consultation for 10 patients per day. So appr. 50 patients in a week. We will divide students into groups of 5 people. When one group sits in outpatient consultation room with me, the other group will stay with Dr. Vidya to dispense medicine for the patients. Both groups will get explanation from both of us. Consultation starts from morning 10 to 1 noon. Then 2-5pm. We will interchange the batch from morning to afternoon. We work with a software for clinical documentation. That will give reports, which the students can take.

Third week also, we will do follow up for the same patients, and in selected 10 cases we will do whatever external therapies are needed. The same working hours will be spent on seeing the follow up patients & also doing treatments for the patients.”

Weekends: optional excursions backwaters & mountains in Kerala, time for assignments and integration.

AAS student internship in january/february 2013

For participants who are joining the internship with Dr. Vijith in India, we have the following conclusive registration requirements, rules and procedures:

1) The internship will be a three week program, together with external students from Atreya and other schools. The internship will consist of three weeks: i.e. 15 contact days of a minimum of 8 contact hours per day, which is a minimum of 120 contact hours total. You will have to count on some work load extending into the weekends! It is also wise to prepare well, and to work out all the information when back at home, in order to get to another 240 self-study hours, required for this level of education.

2) Cost of three week internship: contact hours and day program are included in the normal curriculum fee, other costs such as travel, accomodation, board and excursions will have to be paid by yourself. We, from our side, have done our utmost best to keep those costs as low as possible. Room/board/excursion: €400 for the full internship to be paid to Dr. Vijith, see below.

3) Travel, booking tickets and visa is students/participants own responsibility. We advise you to book tickets ASAP. We can provide you with information in order to help you with this.

4) Room and board go through Dr. Vijith, and you will have to pay him directly upon arrival, through the coordinator on location. Room cost based on two persons in one shared room for everyone! If you NEED a single room, let us know ASAP and we can discuss options as well as extra costs involved.

5) We ask for your full cooperation and commitment, and for your understanding for the fact that an internship in India is a fairly complex event to organise for the AAS and for Dr. Vijith.

Participation in the program in January/February means that full commitment to that program, as it is presented to you, is required. Personal adjustments are possible under exceptional circumstances only.

Reread this information carefully and then, if any questions remain, contact us ASAP.

Overview all costs

Costs	Amount	Remarks
Internship India	€1600/1440	To be paid to AAS, 10% early bird discount, registration and payment before November 15th
Flight to India – return	€800 (appr.)	To be arranged by yourself
Visa India	€100	To be arranged by yourself
Food & Board Clinic Dr. Vijith, plus excursion	€400	To be paid to Dr. Vijith

Other costs:
- souvenirs
- ayurvedic products
- meals restaurants
- taxis
- other
Total:		FILL OUT YOURSELF!!!

Maximum 12 students

Sign up through: www.ayurvedicstudies.nl

3 Week Internship in Kerala, India, on Vata Vyadhi

Academy of Ayurvedic Studies, Amsterdam offers
3 Week Internship in Kerala, India

Dates: January 13 – February 2 (2013)

Internship Program

Dr. Vijith:

“The first week (5 days) will be used to teach theory of diagnosis & treatment of Vata Vyadhi. Simultaneously we will prepare medicines used in Vata Vyadhi in our pharmacy. Students can observe as well as participate in this during all possible hours. So this week will look like:

• 5.30 am waking up, half an hour for morning routine.
• 6 am morning lessons will start.
• 8 am first break for nasya & vyaayaama.
• 9 am shower
• 9.30 am breakfast
• 10.30- 11.30 am practical session identifying & processing herbs used for Vata Vyadhi
• 11.30am - 12 pm break
• 12pm – 1 pm theory class.
• 2 pm lunch break
• 2-3 pm practical pharmacy training
• 3.30 pm tea break
• 3.30 -5.30 pm theory class or practical training in practical methods used in Vata Vyadhi.
• 5.30- 6 pm refresh or shower
• 6- 7 pm dinner
• 7 pm visit to nearby Siva temple (optional)
• 9 pm bed time.

After the first weekend we start medical camp for Vata Vyadhi in the 2nd week. We will do consultation for 10 patients per day. So appr. 50 patients in a week. We will divide students into groups of 5 people. When one group sits in outpatient consultation room with me, the other group will stay with Dr. Vidya to dispense medicine for the patients. Both groups will get explanation from both of us. Consultation starts from morning 10 to 1 noon. Then 2-5pm. We will interchange the batch from morning to afternoon. We work with a software for clinical documentation. That will give reports, which the students can take.

Third week also, we will do follow up for the same patients, and in selected 10 cases we will do whatever external therapies are needed. The same working hours will be spent on seeing the follow up patients & also doing treatments for the patients.”


Weekends: optional excursions backwaters & mountains in Kerala, time for assignments and integration.

More info on:
http://www.ayurvedicstudies.nl/courses/internship/index.html

CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS IN INDIA

CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS IN INDIA
For all advanced and/or ex-students and/or Continued Education invested (Bijscholing/Nascholing): in January 2013 we offer a great clinical internship program with Dr. Vijith and Dr. Vidya in India. Please check in with us if you are interested, or with any of the students who have been there before and in general classified this program as super useful and inspiring! These are THE opportunities to accelerate your practical clinical capacity, so - if you do seriously plan to practice - consider to join this program.
More info below and on our website! 

Onze AAS Cursussen Ayurvedische Massage

Tegenwoordig heeft men het vaak over 'ayurvedische massage'. Dan denk je al snel aan veel olie, iemand die op zo'n mooie houten massagetafel ligt, een exotische spa-omgeving, of een kuurreis naar India. Maar Ayurveda heeft eigenlijk veel meer te bieden als het gaat om massage en alles wat daarmee te maken heeft. En dat wat Ayurveda daar te bieden heeft, is echter veeleer onder te brengen in een wetenschappelijke benadering. Deze wetenschappelijke benadering is gebaseerd op de 5 elementen die enerzijds in alle wetenschappelijke takken van de vedische traditie zijn terug te vinden, en anderzijds ook in de westerse wetenschappelijke traditie bekend zijn. Zelfs de meest moderne wetenschappelijke frontlinie – die van quantumfysica, veldtheorie, en bewustzijnsonderzoek – vinden een feilloze aansluiting bij deze wetenschap gebaseerd op de 5 elementen. Een tipje van de sluier om op te lichten in deze inleiding: een van de 5 elementen is Lucht en deze huist volgens Ayurveda in de huid. Iedere interactie met, of behandeling van de huid impliceert derhalve een invloed op het element Lucht. Een juist management van het element lucht heeft volgens Ayurveda een diepgaande invloed op lichaam én geest. Vanuit dit – echt ayurvedische – oogpunt gaan we in onze modules naar massage in het algemeen kijken.

Kijk op www.ayurvedicstudies.nl

voor alle informatie over onze cursussen ayurvedische massage

Start van module 1: september 2012

Ashtanga Hridayam Video Class & Practicals Retreat in India; January 2013

Classes with students at SreeKrishna Clinic in Vaikom, India

This intensive retreat is an excellent addition for all who have had a solid basic training in the founding principles of Ayurveda, either more practical or theoretical. Though announced as a intermediate retreat – even more advanced students can still always & greatly benefit from this retreat, as it is contains so much deep and multilevel information. You can expect to learn an incredible lot of theory from the program, but not just in a ‘dry’ way. Already the video classes with Dr. Vijith will put you on a track of ‘living the knowledge’, as this is one of Dr. Vijith’s and our main goals with these teachings. Apart from the video classes pure, we will be there to assist you with a first line of questions, and with assignments to deepen your connection with the study material. Also, you can expect a fair deal of live clinical demonstrations and practice or experiential events in the other halves of the days. These will be there to help you integrate the study material in the best possible way, as well as to stimulate you to get creative in applying the study material in your daily life and practice. You will return with an enormous amount of living knowledge, straight from the ‘source’ and well explained by Dr. Vijith and Dr. Vidya, and supported by our complete staff.

see also our website: www.ayurvedicstudies.nl 

Ashtanga Hridayam: a special learning tool

The Ashtanga Hridayam is in fact so logically built up – as a complete textbook of Ayurveda – that even today it can serve perfectly as a teaching and learning tool for a modern day Ayurveda student who also wants to apply this knowledge in the present world and life. Nevertheless, all the ancient texts themselves say that an experienced teacher is necessary to explain the texts, and that without this it is not possible to get to the core of those teachings. This fits into the old Gurukula tradition of teacher and disciple, where the teacher is actively involved in helping the students to evolve through all the stages of learning these intricate vedic sciences such as Yoga, Ayurveda, etcetera. The Ashtanga Hridayam is built up in such a way that it helps understanding the crucial order in approaching many aspects of life, as well as of clinical matters. Dr. Vijith and Dr. Vidya are fully experienced in working with this text in this beautiful way, which is a very unique asset. They teach from the Ashtanga Hridayam in full congruence with this principle and this makes the learning experience deep and effective, also on a personal development level – both as an individual as well as a (future) clinician.

Read more on our 3-week Video Class Ashtanga Hridayam Retreat in India - January 2013:

www.ayurvedicstudies.nl

Students at SreeKrishna Clinic for internship and Dr. Vijith explaining leech therapy

Theory and practice in our Video Class retreat - January 2013

The practical purpose of this retreat will be to infuse the participants with a maximum of good and deep material straight from the Ashtanga Hridayam – through the excellent video classes with Dr. Vijith as well as assignments to activate your own understanding – and to let this material immediately come alive – or see it demonstrated – in a very real, live clinical setting – through a practical and demonstration part of each day (in the afternoon) in the Sree Krishna Clinic of Dr. Vijith and Dr. Vidya. There will be patients there – treated in the clinic – and there will be the daily activities of preparing the right foods, making medicines, doing rituals, etcetera. In this way we want to give you the opportunity to in fact ‘breathe in’ all the knowledge – theory and practice hand in hand. By the end of this retreat you will be able to apply – on a deep practical level –many of the very core ayurvedic principles and concepts in your own life and in any level of practice you are currently involved in. Practicing afterward what you will have learned in these 21 days of solid infusion, will bring you important rewards: working with an authentic ayurvedic approach consistently, will bring anyone deep and thorough results, wisdom and wealth – according to the old texts!

Resort in Kumarakom - location Pre-Retreat Program:
Ayurveda, Yoga and Sanskrit Basics Retreat

  See www.ayurvedicstudies.nl