In this course, you will learn the traditional approach of ayurveda, as relevant to wellbeing maintenance, nutrition, and yoga therapy.

We will explore the skills of healthful eating and developing a nourishing relationship to food. We will also go into the topics of lifestyle management, sleep management, and taking care of the senses. Further, we also cover digestive disorders and the yoga and ayurveda approach to managing them.

This course is a part of the Svastha Yoga Therapy Program. Click here for details of the full program.

Course Description

In summary, in this course, you will: 

  • Learn the foundations of ayurveda for health maintenance and wellbeing direct from the ancient traditional sources made accessible.
  • Understand the importance of nutrition and be guided in developing strategies for optimizing relationship to food and diet.
  • Examine and implement lifestyle management of sleep, energy, daily activity, fasting, exercise, and sensory management for greater wellbeing from a traditional and modern scientific perspective.


Topics include:

1. Exploring the roots and key frameworks of ayurveda from the traditional sources, clearly and effectively, including:

  • guṇa and kriya: qualities and functions of body and mind.
  • three doṣa-s (vāta pitta kapha) and their divisions.
  • seven dhātu-s.
  • agni and āma.


2. Understanding and assessing ayurvedic constitution (prakṛti) and observing individual balance and imbalance (vikṛti).

3. Learning common patterns of imbalance of the functions of the doṣa-s and measures to balance them.

4. Exploring the impact of daily life routine (dinacarya) and adaption to the seasons or environment (ṛtucarya) from the traditional ayurvedic perspective.

5. Following the models of kāla, artha, karma, hīna-, ati-, and mithyā-yoga, and prajñāparādha, to analyze imbalances of senses and actions and bring them back to wellbeing. 

6. Developing daily routine and rituals and personalizing lifestyle. Balancing work, play, rest.

7. Reflecting on and developing pathways for adapting to stages of life.

8. Taking care of the eyes and ears and managing what we see and hear.

9. Appreciating the importance of sleep, the science behind it, and developing better quality and duration of sleep holistically. 

10. Overview of the physiology of the digestive system as relevant to holistic wellbeing and yoga therapy.

11. Introduction to the complexity of the science of nutrition, the microbiome, and common approaches to diets in the modern era. 

12. Charting diet and eating patterns for yoga therapy.

13. Understanding relationship to food and hunger (nourishment, sensation, craving, coping).

14. Cultivating beneficial relationships to food, before, during, and after eating.

15. Investigating the importance of fasting, safety, and strategies to practice it effectively. 

16. Major digestive disorders and the yoga therapy approach to managing them.

Course Schedule

DATES AND TIMES (INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

While we have provided times in different zones for convenience, please use a converter (such as timeanddate.com) to confirm the class timing in your time zone. The time in India is the base time of the classes. 

You can also use the link below to add the course schedule to your calendar: https://calendar.google.com/foundations-of-ayurveda-nutrition-and-lifestyle-management or download the calendar in iCal format 

Sunday: 12:00 noon-02:00 PM (Dates: 23 February, 16 March 2025) 

Indian Standard Time: 12:00 Noon = London: 6:30 AM | Amsterdam: 7:30 AM | Singapore: 2:30 PM | Perth: 2:30 PM | Sydney: 5:30 PM | Auckland: 7:30 PM

Sunday: 07:30 PM-09:30 PM (Dates: 23 February 2025 )

Indian Standard Time: 7:30 PM = Los Angeles: 6:00 AM | New York: 9:00 AM | London: 2:00 PM | Amsterdam: 3:00 PM | Singapore: 10:00 PM | Perth: 10:00 PM

Sunday: 07:30 PM-09:30 PM (Dates: 16 March 2025)

Indian Standard Time: 7:30 PM = Los Angeles: 7:00 AM | New York: 10:00 AM | London: 2:00 PM | Amsterdam: 3:00 PM | Singapore: 10:00 PM | Perth: 10:00 PM

Wednesday: 12:00 noon-02:00 PM (Dates:  26 February, 5, 19 March 2025) 

Indian Standard Time: 12:00 Noon = London: 6:30 AM | Amsterdam: 7:30 AM | Singapore: 2:30 PM | Perth: 2:30 PM | Sydney: 5:30 PM | Auckland: 7:30 PM

Wednesday: 07:30 PM-09:30 PM (Dates:  26 February, 5 March 2025)  

Indian Standard Time: 7:30 PM = Los Angeles: 6:00 AM | New York: 9:00 AM | London: 2:00 PM | Amsterdam: 3:00 PM | Singapore: 10:00 PM | Perth: 10:00 PM

Wednesday: 07:30 PM-09:30 PM (Dates: 19 March 2025) 

Indian Standard Time: 7:30 PM = Los Angeles: 7:00 AM | New York: 10:00 AM | London: 2:00 PM | Amsterdam: 3:00 PM | Singapore: 10:00 PM | Perth: 10:00 PM

Thursday: 12:00 noon-02:00 PM (Dates: 27 February, 6, 20 March 2024) 

Indian Standard Time: 12:00 Noon = London: 6:30 AM | Amsterdam: 7:30 AM | Singapore: 2:30 PM | Perth: 2:30 PM | Sydney: 5:30 PM | Auckland: 7:30 PM

Thursday: 7:30 PM-9:30 PM (Dates: 27 February, 6 March 2024) 

Indian Standard Time: 7:30 PM = Los Angeles: 6:00 AM | New York: 9:00 AM | London: 2:00 PM | Amsterdam: 3:00 PM | Singapore: 10:00 PM | Perth: 10:00 PM

Course Format

  • 30 hours of live sessions

  • Sessions across time zones for maximum accessibility

  • Recordings available for 1 year to revisit and deepen at your own pace

Teachers

Dr. Ganesh Mohan learned yoga from childhood in the tradition of Sri Krishnamacharya through his parents, A. G. Mohan and Indra Mohan. He trained in ancient studies including Sanskrit, Vedic chanting, and Ayurveda and then went on to become a modern medical doctor. He integrates a full spectrum of holistic well-being methods in his work: movement, breathing, meditation and mindfulness, lifestyle, diet, relationships, life guidance and more. He has had extensive experience with thousands of students and patients across the world. He also directs the Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda trainings, including the Svastha Yoga Therapy Program across the globe. He is the co-author of numerous books published internationally, such as Yoga Therapy, Krishnamacharya, Yoga Reminder and Krishnamacharya In His Own Words. With his father, he is the translator of the important Sanskrit yoga texts, Yoga Yajnavalkya and Hatha Yoga Pradipika.


A. G. Mohan is one of the foremost yoga masters in this era. He began his yoga journey in 1971, spending nearly two decades as a personal student of the legendary yogi Sri Krishnamacharya. Then he immersed himself in further wide-ranging studies of ayurveda, samkhya, tantra, ancient India dramatics, jyotisha, and more over decades. He is the author of several books on yoga, including Yoga for Body, Breath, and Mind, Yoga Therapy, Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings and Krishnamacharya In His Own Words.


Indra Mohan  began her yoga studies along with her husband, A.G. Mohan, in 1971. She is one of few people to receive a post-graduate diploma in yoga from Sri Krishnamacharya. She is appreciated by students not only for her extensive knowledge and clear teachings, but also for her wisdom and calm presence. She has guided many thousands of students over five decades to increase their wellbeing, manage their health problems, and find personal and spiritual transformation.


Nitya Mohan, daughter of A. G. Mohan and Indra Mohan, was trained in yoga from a young age. She also holds a degree in music and is an exponent of Vedic chanting, having conducted numerous seminars and given concerts internationally. A skilled and experienced teacher, she has been running the Svastha training programs in Singapore for two decades.


Certificate

The last lesson of the course includes assessment through a multiple choice quiz. Once you complete the assessment, you will receive your certificate of completion for the course (30 hours of training).

Course FAQ's

  • When can I access the materials in the course?

    This is a live course spread over 15 sessions. Please review the dates and times to schedule your attendance. Recordings will be uploaded to the course after the live sessions.

  • How can I join the live sessions?

    Zoom meeting links to each live session will be available inside the course and sent to you by email on the day before the course begins. Further instructions are detailed in the introductory lesson, and you can email us for help or information.

  • I missed the live session, what do I do?

    The recordings of the live sessions will be uploaded to the course and you can watch the replays at your convenience

  • How long can I access the course?

    You have access to the course for one year from the date of your enrollment.

  • How physically challenging are the practices in the course?

    All levels are welcome.

  • Is the course mainly lecture or practice?

    The course contains both. The vision of Svastha and the Mohans is that one should always develop understanding along with practices. That is the way to empower yourself for lifelong wellbeing. That was also the traditional way of teaching and learning.

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What our members are saying

Working towards inner peace!

Getting insights from long term teachers and practitioners as the Mohan family is invaluable. There is a lot of clarity and simplicity in the explanations of how our mind works and the role of desire. I loved all the practices they taught in this course to move towards inner peace, soooo useful! I really appreciate all the teachings received.

JULIA  M

Beyond Desire 

Very fulfilling in content and structure of knowledge provided as well as the deep experiences made accessible in the practice parts. Thank you so much!!!

MELANIE T

Very indepth

Deepening your knowledge with the Mohans gives you a clear and profound insight of what yoga is about. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

NANDA  VAN P

Embodiment, ancient and modern approaches

HEIKE M

Very eye-opening on patterns you thought is clear anyway

Loved the practices together with the sources in the texts, very Spot on. Very clear and simple!  Thank you 

MIRA R

Well presented

It was very well explained. Excellent.. great charts to make it more easy to retain the concepts.

HARSHA G

Excellent!

I am very grateful for the online courses; this is a great opportunity! The course was excellent, as it balanced between theory and practice.

ANNA K

Thank you so much

I learned so much out of this course, thanks to you!

TRUSS K

Perfect pace, perfect presentation

Can not be better. Learned a lot even though I already knew the basics: the Imbalance of one person is his own balance, we should not focused only on production of Agni but balance it! Immediately understood why my practice of Pranayama was not fully effective, and when I added to to it Sitali paranayama, I started to feel better. Now I will look also at the diet.

DILLARO S

A generous and very informative course

Thank you for a very rich course. I want to highlight in particular the precisions and nuances introduced by Dr. Ganesh Mohan, as well as the deep of knowledge shared by AG Mohan. It seems to me much more than a 5.5 hours program... much to reflect on :)

NICO F

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