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Ayurvedic Living Teleconference
Course September 2008 - May 2009
with Cate Stillman |
| | Dates & Details * all classes will be recorded and able to easily download
off the internet. If you can't make
a date, you can still participate. Sunday Sept. 28,
5-7:30 pm MST
Monday
Oct. 27,
5-7 pm MST Sunday Nov. 23,
5-7 pm MST Monday Dec. 29th, 5-7 pm MST
We will discuss phone dates and times for 2009 later. * * * * * * * Locals are
welcome to the Yogahealer Yurt in Tetonia, ID for the conference calls I am in town for. *
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If a few people from the same location register, you can form your own small group and meet in
person for the small group work.
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Tuition $1000
Payable in 3
installments. Space limited to 25. Texts Primarily, we will use Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles by Dr. Vasant
Lad ($32 on Amazon.com). A few other basic books will be recommended to purchase.
Texts Primarily, we will use Textbook
of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles by Dr. Vasant Lad ($32 on Amazon.com). A few other basic books will be recommended
to purchase.
Texts Primarily, we will use Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles by Dr. Vasant Lad ($32 on Amazon.com).
A few other basic books will be recommended to purchase.
Texts Primarily, we will use Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles by Dr. Vasant
Lad ($32 on Amazon.com). A few other basic books will be recommended to purchase.
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Requirements:
Eagerness
to learn & experiment with your life experience. The group that comes together will have a wide-range of experience
in both yoga and life experience, from no experience in yoga to those who have been teaching for over a decade. So don't
let your dearth or plentitude of familiarity with yoga or Ayurveda hold you back.
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| This course is for people who want to informally study
Ayurveda in a way that is purely practical and personal. If you've
wanted to deepen your experience of optimal health, learn more about Ayurveda and are ready to integrate new practices of
preventative medicine, than I hope you email me for an application. |
| Curriculum
The course is designed to experience and practice Ayurvedic
wisdom through the changes of seasons. With time, as a group we will study the basic principles of Ayurveda, apply specific
practices and notice the effects. My intention is to share the practical aspects of Ayurveda so that
you become a resource within yourself for creating optimal health for you and your family. We will use the
wisdom of Ayurveda for an embodied exploration, expanding our consciousness into the realms of daily living. Rather than adhere
to strict rules, we'll simply refine our skills of attuning to that which enhances our inherent nature.
- Ayurvedic theory & philosophy
- Understanding your constitution,
and your health history, and ancestral history in terms of the doshas and Ayurvedic pathogenesis
- Foods, seasonal cooking, and using the 6 tastes
to heal
- Daily routines
- Seasonal Sadhanas
(practices which invoke consciousness)
- Women's cycles, monthly and lifecycles
- Seasonal Cleansing
- Meditation
- Personalizing herbal medicines, and using culinary spices, herbs, and essential oils
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Course Structure (nine months): - monthly two-hour call and phone lecture
- monthly
homework assignments with personal practices & reading
- bi-weekly (2 x month) small
group support calls
- online discussion boards on monthly topics
- email support from Cate
- (2) 1 hour private phone consultations
with Cate during the year
The group will be invited to an optional 5 days
Spring Cleanse & Yoga retreat in Driggs, Idaho next May which is not included in price. |
A Sample Month of the Course
Teleconference Class with Cate
- Opening meditation
- Lecture on
Ayurvedic theory of digestion, absorption, & elimination, with specifics regarding the different body types
- Lecture
and discussion on the 6 taste theory, with specifics on seasonal fluctuations, the menstrual cycle, and daily (doshic) cycles
- Discuss which tastes, foods, and spices dominate that month in nature, and how to incorporate them into various
lifestyles (work; family; etc.)
- How to see from your tongue which tastes are excessive or deficient
- Closing
meditation on digestive fire (agni)
Homework
- reading
assignments on the 6 tastes, and seasonal eating (approximately. 5 hours). (Texts TBA)
- incorporate all of the 6 tastes
in one main meal a day. keep a food journal for a week, noting the proportion of the 6 tastes, and how shifting the proportions
of which tastes you use changes your experience
- Make a seasonally appropriate spice blend to use on your foods (recipes
will be given)
- write a brief medical history of your digestion and elimination since childhood with regard
to tendencies or aggravations of Vata, Pitta, Kapha and ama (undigested food stored as toxin)
Try some of the
recipes (given as part of the homework). write a reflection on what effects the tastes have on tissues
of the body and the mind, as you notice them throughout the month
Small group phone
conference outline - Discuss the following in your small group (4-5 people)
- how
do our taste desires change seasonally? How can we attune to the desire for the tastes to pulse in sync with nature?
What effect does eating the same tastes in the same proportion year round create disease?
- Problem solve and share
any insights for incorporating more of the tastes into your (& your family's) meals
- discuss any insights
from writing your digestive histories in regard to which tastes were more dominant in your diet during that time
- discuss
the law of karma in regard to the 6 tastes and their effects on the physical body, the mind, the emotions and intuition
Online discussion board threads (optional participation)
- any
questions/reflections from the above coursework
- utilize and add to the month by month recipe board
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| For an application, email:
cate@yogahealer.com or call (208) 709-7362
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Cate Stillman Clinical
Ayurvedic Specialist since 2001, Certified Anusara Yoga for more on my
bio, click here. 507 N. Hwy 33,
Tetonia, Idaho 83452 www.yogahealer.com |
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