AYURVEDA IN ACTION ONLINE!

Tarik Dervish and  Dr. Cathy Mae Karelse

Introduction

Welcome to the world of Ayurveda!

Ayurveda dates back thousands of years and shares a common language with Yoga. It is commonly translated as the ‘knowledge of life’ and offers a deep appreciation of the fundamental components of living holistically in accordance with the principles of nature.

Our unique blended programme is for anyone interested in the fundamental principles of Ayurveda and the power of its application in today’s world. The programme combines the very best elements of online training including videos, webinars, and pre-recorded lectures that you can watch repeatedly.

Our course will offer insight into your life by making holistic connections between how you live and how you feel. There will be ample opportunity to introduce changes that generate good health by bringing to light the dietary habits, daily routines, thought patterns and activities that are working for you but more importantly, those that no longer serve you. We will teach you effective time-tested techniques that will make you see yourself in a whole new way.

Personal and Professional

The programme can be used for both personal and professional development.

Yoga Practitioners will be able to adapt their own practices in accordance with Ayurvedic principles which address seasonal and lifestyle changes.

Yoga teachers will be able to apply these principles to course and lesson plans. You will gain insight into differences among your students reflected in the ways they practice so that you are better positioned to support them.

Entry requirements

1. Due to constant references to Yoga, applicants need at least 6 months experience of Yoga practices (including Asana and Pranayama).
2. A good level of English is important to participate and undertake course tasks.
3. Membership of the British Wheel of Yoga is desirable. For non-members, a guest membership of £20 is required. BWY registration is compulsory and costs £60 which will automatically be added to the fee. Please note that the BWY course registration fee and the BWY membership fee are not the same thing.

Certification

The course is certified by the British Wheel of Yoga. To receive a Certificate, you must complete all the online assignments and create a video blog of about 5 minutes.

The full course counts for 60 CPD hours.

Course Content

The Ayurveda Online Course is divided into seven modules of learning. Here are the key themes you will cover:

• What is good health? What is your Ayurvedic constitution or Prakrti? What are the conditions that challenge well-being?
• The five elemental forces and the three doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha
• Agni: Your metabolic power
• Ama: the nature of toxicity
• Kriya Kala: the six stages of disease
• Kitchen pharmacy and Lifestyle: How to live well using food and herbs
• Yoga practice with an ayurvedic approach
• Learning about Marma and how to apply it to yoga practice (sensitive zones)
• How to adapt your yoga practice to seasons (Ṛtucaryā)
• The importance of Ayurvedic daily regimens (Dinacaryā)
• Ayurvedic anatomy and physiology (Dhatus and Srotas)

What we offer:

• Every Module will be introduced with guidance on how to work through the material.
• Each Module will be accompanied by PDFs, slide presentations with voice-over videos, quizzes, and special practices to embed learning.
• You will be able to download all course materials onto your own computer and keep video presentations and webinar recordings forever.

Assessment and Evaluation

Workbooks

Each Module comes with an accompanying workbook to guide you through the material. You will need to put aside between 6-8 hours to complete the material for each one.

Time commitment

The course is extremely comprehensive with over 50 hours of video, slide and audio content so you will need to allocate about 2 days or four evenings to cover each Module of work. You have roughly a 3 weeks gap between live webinars, and it is best though not essential to have completed the work for each module in time for the webinar.

Quizzes

Quizzes can be fun and motivating so we use them to help you revise themes from previous sessions and recap difficult topics. These allow us to gauge your comprehension and will guide Q&A and the planning of subsequent sessions. These will take place during the live webinars.

The Online Course Video Blog (Vlog)

During the online programme, you will be invited to upload a 5-minute Vlog detailing what changes you have made to your daily life during the programme. This Vlog may be viewed by your peers, and you will receive tutor feedback.

Evaluation

A full course evaluation will help us assess your experience and improve delivery for future students.

Course Certification

A BWY Ayurveda in Action Short Course Certificate will be awarded following successful completion of all the online modules and a video blog (vlog). If you are unable to complete, you can sign up for the next online course for a discounted rate of £200. If you do not wish to attend any more webinars, then you can just pay the registration fee of £60 for the next course, and we will register you for certification.

Progression

This course has been designed to allow you to various progression pathways.

1. If you are thinking of training to become a yoga teacher with one of us, then this is an ideal foundation course for helping you integrate ayurvedic principles into your yoga teaching.
2. Should you already be a Yoga Teacher, you might be thinking about training to become a Yoga Therapist. This course is a useful foundation for a career in Yoga Therapy.

Please note that you will not be qualified to practice Ayurveda or Yoga Therapy on others after this course. It is designed as a Foundation for professional courses in Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy or for Personal development only. For teaching however, it is an excellent basis for teaching Yoga with an Ayurvedic approach. Moreover, your family and friends and students will benefit from your new insights and remedial toolkit!

Aims, objectives and outcomes

Our Programme aims to:

1. Present a structured guide to the basic principles and applications of Ayurveda with special reference to yoga.
2. Provide yoga teachers and students sufficient insight into the fundamentals of Ayurveda to allow them to incorporate these into their yoga programmes, both personal and taught.
3. Encourage yoga practitioners to consider personal dietary and lifestyle adjustments in accordance with Ayurveda and to equip all practitioners with enhanced self-understanding.
4. Equip yoga teachers to understand their students from an Ayurvedic perspective through applying a basic Ayurvedic approach.
5. Utilize yogic practices with greater insight from Ayurveda to restore balance.

By the end of the Programme, participants should be able to:

1. Understand and apply basic Ayurvedic principles.
2. Appreciate the complexity of reading an individual both in balance and out of balance at the levels of bodily and mental constitutions.
3. Apply Ayurvedic principles to help restore balance.
4. Enhance own yoga training or those of students by integrating Ayurvedic perspectives on health restoration and maintenance.
5. Have a more informed understanding of themselves and their dispositions to move into and out of balance, as well as an understanding of how to restore harmony.

By the end of course, participants will have:

1. Advanced their understandings of themselves, enhancing self-study and reflection through content and the very process of learning.
2. Learnt about the practicalities of applying Ayurvedic principles and, in the process, come to appreciate the complexities of taking account of many variables in considering diet and lifestyle.
3. Considered the interplay of yoga and Ayurveda giving expression to this in their consideration of their yoga programmes.

The Modules will cover:

1. Philosophical roots of Ayurveda
2. The Pañcamahābhūtas (5 great elements)

1. The three Doshas (Vata, Pitta and Kapha)
2. Dinacaryā and Ṛtucaryā: the seasonal and daily routines recommended by Ayurveda
3. Key concepts of Agni, Aama, Prakruti and Vikruti and Ojas
4. The 7 dhatus (tissues) and 14 srotas (channels)
5. Theories of digestion and nutrition
6. Ayurveda in the kitchen- Food and herbs from an ayurvedic perspective
7. Ayurvedic detoxification and Ṣaṭkarmas.
8. Prakruti (Personal constitution) and Vikrti.
9. Key Marma points that can be used in Yoga practice.
10. Ayurveda and Social Action
11. Yoga Nidra with an Ayurvedic approach

Programme Details

Costs

Ayurveda in Action Online: Early bird rate till June 22^nd, 2026, is £557.00 +£60 BWY registration (£618) Thereafter, the rate increases to £657 plus £60 BWY registration- £718). Fees must be paid in full by Sept 10^th, 2026. On application, we require a £100 deposit to secure your place.

Once you have been accepted onto the programme, payments are made by bank transfer. Account details will be included in the Confirmation letter.

Live Webinar dates: (Time: 1900-2030)

1. Sept 24^th, 2026 (1900-2000- Induction)
2. Oct 15^th
3. Nov 5^th
4. Nov 26^th
5. Dec 10^th
6. Jan 14^th, 2027
7. Feb 4^th
8. Mar 4^th

 If you are unable to make the live webinars, you will have the opportunity to access and download the recordings for a whole six months after the end of the course.

BWY Accreditation and Registration fees.

We have trained countless BWY Yoga teachers who have gone on to integrate Ayurvedic principles into their own classes. As previously stated, you need to go through the whole programme to gain a certificate from the BWY which you can proudly frame and show off to your students. If you are not already a member, you can join for just £46 a year. If you prefer not to join, then you are allowed to have a guest membership for this course only. You can easily become a member via www.bwy.org.uk and there are many other benefits to joining the BWY community which is one of the biggest and best yoga communities in the UK.

As previously stated, the BWY charge a registration fee for every course you attend. The fee for short courses is £60.

Location: The course will be run entirely online via the Zoom platform.

How to Apply

Please complete the Application form below and send it back to us. We will then send you a Confirmation letter detailing how to pay the deposit, log on and sign up for the online component of the training.

We look forward to working with you!

Refund policy

We can offer a 100% refund for any cancellations up to 8 weeks before the start date of the course minus £20 administration fee. Thereafter, unfortunately, you will lose any monies paid unless another student can be found to replace you. If we need to cancel the course for any reason, you will be entitled to 100% refund without an administration fee.

Equal opportunities and Reasonable adjustments

As this course is run online, we endeavour to help you set yourself up for this mode of study with helpful videos and guidelines. We also welcome students who may need extra support to succeed on our course. Please advise us on your application form and we will see if the support you require is viable.

Set books

These are not required for the programme but a useful reference-

1. Dervish, Tarik (2021). Ayurveda in Yoga Teaching: A Handbook for enriching Asana, Pranayama Meditation and Yoga Nidra. London: Singing Dragon
2. Frawley, David, (1999). Yoga and Ayurveda: self-healing and self-realisation. Wisconsin: Lotus Press.
3. Lad, Vasant. (1990).  Ayurveda: the science of self-healing: a practical guide. Wisconsin: Lotus Press.

Reading list (for further study)

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