Course Curriculum

This course will provide a solid foundation of theoretical and practical knowledge of Maharishi Ayur-Veda, covering the basic principles of diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

Course Topics, Block 1

  • Maharishi Ayur-Veda: Overview, origins, research, and case reports
  • Unified Field-based medicine: Correlations with modern quantum physics
  • Ayurvedic diagnostic approach, including diagnosis of individual mind-body type (Prakriti)
  • Specialized training in Maharishi Ayur-Veda pulse diagnosis (Nadi Vigyan), Part 1*
  • The role of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha in the physiology
  • Veda and Ayurveda: The holistic foundation of Maharishi Ayur-Veda, Part 1*
  • Consciousness and health: research on the Transcendental Meditation technique
  • Optimizing digestive health and elimination, Part 1
  • Personalized approach to nutrition and dietetics, Part 1
  • Normalizing biological rhythms through Vedic exercise and balanced behavioral regimens, Part 1
  • Ayurvedic herbal therapeutics, Part 1
  • Clinical Workshop: Diagnosis of mind-body type (Prakriti)
  • Clinical protocols for chronic digestive disorders*

Course Topics, Block 2

  • Veda and Ayurveda: The holistic foundation of Maharishi Ayur-Veda, Part 2*
  • Ayurvedic diagnostic approach: assessment of underlying patterns of imbalance (Vikriti)
  • Specialized training in Maharishi Ayur-Veda pulse diagnosis (Nadi Vigyan), Part 2*
  • Total Heart Health : a model holistic program
  • Optimizing digestive health and elimination, Part 2
  • Personalized approach to nutrition and dietetics, Part 2
  • Physiological purification and detoxification procedures
  • Normalizing biological rhythms through Vedic exercise and balanced behavioral regimens, Part 2
  • Ayurvedic herbal therapeutics, Part 2
  • Clinical workshop: assessment of imbalance (Vikriti)
  • Clinical protocols for cardiovascular disorders, mental health, and headache.*

*Not included in CME credit hours

Clinical Protocols

Course participants will learn protocols for addressing the following disorders from the perspective of Maharishi Ayur-Veda.

Block 1:

  • Digestive disorders, including GERD, IBS, chronic constipation, and other functional digestive conditions

Block 2:

  • Cardiovascular disorders, including hypertension and coronary heart disease
  • Mental/emotional disorders, including anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders
  • Tension headache, migraine headache

Block 3 & 4:

  • Respiratory disorders, including allergic rhinitis/sinusitis, asthma, URI/pharyngitis, and chronic bronchitis.
  • Women’s health disorders including menstrual disorders and menopausal syndrome
  • Obesity and hypercholesterolemia
  • Endocrine disorders, including diabetes and thyroid disorders
  • Chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia
  • Musculoskeletal disorders, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic back pain

Course Faculty

Stuart Rothenberg, MD, FAAFP. Dr. Rothenberg is National Director of Health Professional Training of Maharishi Ayur-Veda Association of America. He was founding medical director of the first Maharishi Ayur-Veda clinics in the United States and has more than 25 years of experience in leading Maharishi Ayur-Veda training courses.

Nancy Lonsdorf, MD. Dr. Lonsdorf is a specialist in integrative medicine, clinical faculty member at Maharishi University of Management, and former medical director of The Raj Maharishi Ayur-Veda Health Center. She is co-author of A Woman’s Best Medicine: Health, Happiness and Long Life through Maharishi Ayurveda and author of The Ageless Woman: Natural Health and Beauty after Forty with Maharishi Ayurveda.

Kulreet Chaudhary, MD. Dr. Chaudhary is an integrative neurologist and medical director of Wellspring Neurology Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA.

Curriculum Development Committee

This training course has been developed by a distinguished faculty of Vedic scholars under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, including experts in all the traditional branches of Vedic medicine, with the collaboration of medical specialists in the major disciplines of modern medicine.

In addition to Dr. Rothenberg and Dr. Lonsdorf, the committee includes:

Rainer Picha, MD, Cardiologist, International Director, Department of Health of Maharishi College of Perfect Health, the Netherlands

Walter Moelk, MD, Family Medicine, International Deputy Director, Department of Health of Maharishi College of Perfect Health, the Netherlands

Robert Keith Wallace, PhD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Health, Maharishi University of Management (USA) and International Deputy Director, Department of Health of Maharishi College of Perfect Health, the Netherlands

Robert Schneider, MD, FACC, FABMR, Director, Institute of Natural Medicine and Prevention and Dean, Maharishi College of Perfect Health at Maharishi University of Management (USA).

Richard Averbach, MD, FAAFP, Co-Director of Health Professional Training, Maharishi Ayur-Veda Association of America

Gary Kaplan, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, New York University School of Medicine

Vaidya Manohar Palakurthi, leading Ayurvedic physician, educator, and Ayurvedic curriculum consultant

Level 1 Course:
An 8-day program offered in four 2-day weekend blocks
Location:
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, La Jolla, California

Block 3: March 20-21, 2010
Block 4: May 22-23, 2010

"This course in Ayurveda is bringing the holistic view of the human body back to modern medicine. It teaches valuable information that you can easily put into practice not only in your medical clinic, but also in your daily life."

Kulreet Chaudhary, MD; Medical Director, Wellspring Neurology Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA

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