Ahara Chikitsa - Food as medicine
Welcome to this 8 lesson course on Ayurveda Ahara Chikitsa – Food as Medicine.
Designed as an Introduction to the Ayurveda Teachings on how we can eat more wisely for our health by eating in harmony with nature and what our individual body needs.
This course explores the principles of Ayurveda Ahara Chikitsa, Food as Medicine and shows how to easily put this knowledge into practice for your own wellbeing.
This course comes out of our desire to create something that is practical, designed for a predominantly European audience, to show you how you can incorporate the principles of Ayurveda Ahara Chikitsa into your life.
In today’s world advice on food and nutrition is often confusing and ever changing. The wisdom of Ayurveda is as relevant today as it was 3000 years ago, and gives us logical well-proven guidelines as to how to eat for our health and well-being.
This is also useful information for chefs, cooks and care workers – Most of us cook for ourselves and for others whether it is at home or professionally. This course offers a brilliant insight into looking at food and recipes from a fresh perspective. It teaches us about the relationship between food ingredients, taste and digestion, to help you create both culinary and gastronomic masterpieces enabling loved ones or guests to leave the table feeling nourished, balanced and with increased vitality and energy.
Each lesson is about 1 hour in length and the course includes over 120 pages of supplementary notes.
Designed as an Introduction to the Ayurveda Teachings on how we can eat more wisely for our health by eating in harmony with nature and what our individual body needs.
This course explores the principles of Ayurveda Ahara Chikitsa, Food as Medicine and shows how to easily put this knowledge into practice for your own wellbeing.
This course comes out of our desire to create something that is practical, designed for a predominantly European audience, to show you how you can incorporate the principles of Ayurveda Ahara Chikitsa into your life.
In today’s world advice on food and nutrition is often confusing and ever changing. The wisdom of Ayurveda is as relevant today as it was 3000 years ago, and gives us logical well-proven guidelines as to how to eat for our health and well-being.
This is also useful information for chefs, cooks and care workers – Most of us cook for ourselves and for others whether it is at home or professionally. This course offers a brilliant insight into looking at food and recipes from a fresh perspective. It teaches us about the relationship between food ingredients, taste and digestion, to help you create both culinary and gastronomic masterpieces enabling loved ones or guests to leave the table feeling nourished, balanced and with increased vitality and energy.
Each lesson is about 1 hour in length and the course includes over 120 pages of supplementary notes.
Lesson 1 - Food as Medicine |
Lesson 2 - Principles of Ayurveda food & Diet |
This lesson introduces us to some of the key principles of Ayurveda
and gives us a framework for understanding that food is our medicine or our poison depending on how we eat.
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This lesson addresses guidance on how to eat well, including general principles and the importance of eating mindfully.
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Lesson 3 - How Dosha relates to time & taste |
Lesson 4 Ama |
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This lesson addresses the subject of Ama, toxic substances in the gut that we are unable to assimilate or evacuate.
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Lesson 5 Agni |
Lesson 6 A more detailed look at food |
This lesson looks at Agni, our digestive fire and our ability to digest food and how we can improve this.
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This lesson goes into more detail about different types of food from an Ayurvedic perspective:
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Lesson 7 Sattva, Rajas & TamasThis lesson looks at Sattva Rajas and Tamas in relation to our psychology and the food we eat, including:
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Lesson 8 Putting it all togetherThis lesson is a synthesis of all the lessons and shows us ways to use this classical Ayurveda knowledge in a practical way to cook and eat, including:
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