This weekend is only for students at the Mahatma School of Ayurveda at the Ayurveda Center of Vermont, but it gives you a taste of what’s covered in case you might want to join their (excellent) program.

Dr. Welch plans to explore:

• Ayurvedic Perspectives of the mind
• Manas, citta, buddhi (intellect), ahaṁkāra (ego)
• Role of mind in disease manifestation
• Causes of blockages in the mind
• manovāhasrotas
• Identifying sattva, rajas, tamas in a client
• Identifying the mental prakṛti and vikṛti of a client
• satvāvajāya treatments
• Healing with mantra, prāṇāyāma, & visualizations (dissolving obstructions)
• Visual Therapy
• Auditory Therapy
• Aromatic Therapy
• Gustatory Therapy
• Tactile Therapy
• The Four āśramas – How they play a role in the state of the mind
• Prāṇa, Tejas, & Ojas
• Relationship to vāta, pitta and kapha
• Signs of healthy prāṇa, tejas, and ojas
• Signs of low prāṇa, tejas, and ojas
• Displaced ojas
• Factors causing imbalance
• How to identify the state of prāṇa, tejas, and ojas in a client