Ayurvedic Workshops for Anusara Studios


The Ayurvedic Immersion
Click above for information on a 10-12 hour course designed for Anusara yoga students.

Anusara & Ayurveda: the 5 elements & the 5 Principles (time options: 3 hours, one day, weekend)

Intro to Ayurveda
Delve into the orgins of Ayurveda and how the theories of the 5 elements and the 3 doshas arose. We'll touch on the doshas and our constitutions, and how the doshas cycle through the day. Also, how disease develops according to Ayurveda, and thus, how to undo the disease process.

What's my Constitution?
Explore our unique constitutions.

Using Spices as Medicine
Ayurvedic cooking involves intelligent use of spices to heal various imbalances. In this class we investigate the various modes of using spice, in medicines, beverages, and foods to take advantage of their healing potential.

Ayurveda for Current Season
(Winter, spring, summer, or fall)
Foods, herbs, yoga, and rituals to help adjust between the seasons.

Ayurveda for menopause: a self-care workshop for women, menopause & beyond.
A workshop for women, to learn the old rituals of creating longevity & health in their golden years.

Using Essential Oils as Medicines
Apply ayurvedic theory to essential oils & discover how to balance your mind. Plus, top ten ayurvedic uses for essential oils.

Healthy Kids
Check out the ayurvedic perspective on common kid-hood issues from colds, allergies, asthma, ADD. Learn basic family -based practices to evolve your family's  health!

Ayurveda to Boost your immune System
Explore the ancient ways of improving your vitality through the winter season.

You can also suggest a topic for Cate to present.

Kula Cleanse Courses  
(time options: weekend, 5-day)
The kula cleanse courses help students shift as a community to the next level in their practice. Through using a different diet and meeting daily, a deeper perspective of habitual patterns is more easily transformed for the better. A pre-cleanse teleconference call will precede the weekend workshop.

Woman's Wisdom Weekend
The weekend combines exploratory yoga sessions to move deeper into our authentic body with the following lectures:

·            the journey of woman’s lives through the lens of the 5 element theory from menarche through menopause

·         our monthly cycles and symptoms of imbalance give information of deeper dis-ease tendencies. Learn how to interpret symptoms and make appropriate changes

• Ayurveda sees each woman as unique, yet having tendencies of a particular elemental constitution . We will delve into our individual constitutions and how we have specific strengths and vulnerabilities, with a focus on how to decrease vulnerabilities (physical, mental, & emotional). 

 *Ayurveda is the oldest, and most time-tested system of medicine, which uses the following chief healing modalities: living with the cycles of nature; using foods, spices & herbs as medicine; and attuning our individual constitution with choices that create balance, enhance health, and increase consciousness

 The Yogi and the Spanda (time options: 3 hours, one day, weekend)
Formerly called Daily Routines of a Yogi, we look at how the 3 doshas move throughout the day and night, the seasons, moon cycles, and stages of life. By syncing into the doshas, we can go with the larger flow of energy in our choices of what to do when. 

What's my Constitution?  (time options: 3 hours, one day)

 Delve into ayurvedic and yogic philosophy of the 3 doshas, or forces of energy, and how they make up your individual constitution. Knowing your constitution is like having the owner's manual to your vehicle, enabling you to maintain and improve health and your yoga practice. The doshas out of balance create disease, and by knowing our constitution we can learn how to prevent the imbalances our ancestors may have suffered.

Optimal Weight, Optimal Energy (time options: 3 hours, one day, weekend)