Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Course:
Become an Advanced Yoga Teacher with Our Ayurveda Yoga Courses
100 Hour Training
Part of our 300 Hour Yoga Alliance Certification
Use Āyurveda to apply the techniques of yoga in a precise and empowering way.
Cultivate a healthy Āyurvedic self care routine
Teach seasonally for better care of your students
Refine sequencing for all levels of classes
Refine your yoga practice and teaching for private clients and therapeutic students to specifically improve mind/body imbalances
Counts towards the PYI Yoga Therapy Certification
Location: Online
Dates: April 25th - May 24th, 2025*
- Tuesdays 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm ET
- Fridays 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET
- Saturday 9:30 am - 3 pm EP
- Online Integration Hours for YT Students: One Thursday 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm ET (June 5, 2025)
*with additional listen anytime lectures, self care, journaling, study, live observation/assist hours, and practice teaching hours required through 6/8 and equaling 100+ hours (flexible to your schedule)
*Additional live hours required for registered Yoga Therapy Certification students
In This Course You will Learn:
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Personalized lifestyle choices and self care to bolster your effectiveness in the healing arts, including:
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Your present Āyurvedic constitution, or dosha (vikruti)
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Āyurvedic oils and scents (abhyanga)
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Daily cleansing techniques and skin care (dinacharya)
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How to make the right dietary choices for your dosha (constitution)
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Maintaining digestive fire and energy (agni and ojas)
Teaching and Essential Therapeutic Tools:
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Introduction to East/West comparative psychology
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The classic intention behind the āsana types, and how to modify āsanas for each individual ("Āsana Chikitsa")
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The classic psychology of chakra theory, kosha theory, and how to use these systems for client assessment
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How to alter your teaching to promote balance according to dosha, chakras and vāyus
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The classic esoteric philosophies of health and happiness
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How to alter your practice and teaching for the era, season, time of day, and time of life
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The necessity of down-regulating techniques in haṭha yoga (PNS-inducing yoga)
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The constitution of different yoga practices and lineages
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The Ayurvedic perspective of wellness
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Improving your business and listening skills in private yoga practice
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Use the paradigm of Āyurveda as an intuitive, effective and efficient tool in your teaching practice.
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How to appeal to the "higher self" of your client while engaging them (sattvic state, etc.)
Prepare teaching strategies based upon the classical systems of Āyurveda and yoga, addressing the current state practically. Training teachers will practice teaching one on one and in small groups, improving your ability to assess learning styles and provide customized teaching.
Review the the parameters of yoga teaching, how to refer out, and how to teach to all communities.
REQUIRED MATERIALS
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PYI Āyurvedic Yoga Therapy Manual by Dana Slamp, C-IAYT (provided when registered)
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Textbook of Āyurveda Volume One: Fundamental Principles by Dr. Vasant Lad, M.A.Sc
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Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith, PhD
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Earn the Following with Successful Completion of Course:
- 100 hours towards PYI's 300RYS Yoga Alliance Certificate to earn your RYT500, OR
- 100 hours Yoga Teacher Certificate in Continuing Education
May earn concurrently:
- 100 hours towards PYI's IAYT-accredited 850-hour Yoga Therapy Certificate Program (additional prerequisites apply) - please email [email protected] for an application
Investment/Tuition
New Students: $1,595.00
PYI Grads: $1,395.00
*EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: VALID THROUGH: FRI April 11TH, 2025
**Use Code {AYURVEDA2025} at Checkout for $100 Off**
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Meet Our Expert Faculty
DANA SLAMP, C-IAYT, ERYT500 (FOUNDER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR)
Dana began teaching yoga in 2005, offering vinyasa classes known for their spirit, strength, and safety across New York City. She joined the senior staff at Pure Yoga in 2008, expanding her teaching to therapeutic classes, as well as teaching in Pure's renowned 200 hour Teacher Training and Professional Mentorship Program.
Despite her love of classes, Dana saw the great need for one-on-one, specialized therapeutic teaching in the tradition of "yoga chikitsa" - "yoga medicine." In 2010, she served as Managing Teacher at Pure West, and eventually cocreated the 300 hr advanced teacher training program at Yoga Vida. Dana completed over 1100 hours of yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, and yoga therapy training with Guru Dharam, Dana Flynn, Dr. Marc Halpern and Yogi Charu - becoming one of the first certified yoga therapists in the US.
In 2012, Dana founded Prema Yoga Institute, New York's premiere yoga therapy school. PYI offers a radical collaboration between wellness professionals devoted to yoga, bridging the gaps between yoga and healthcare and academia and yoga. PYI prepares wellness professionals to provide yoga and mindfulness to diverse populations - regardless of any injuries or limitations present. (Premayogainstitute.com)
She continues to teach internationally, contributes to countless teacher trainings, and has presented at the Telluride Yoga Festival, Wanderlust in the City, and several times at the Yoga Journal Conference. She has been honored to consult on research projects and wellness programs for clinics, doctor's offices, condominiums, and corporations. Dana is a member of IAYT and currently practices in New York City. (Danaslamp.com)
ALISON CRAMER, ERYT500
Ali has been teaching yoga since 2003 and is the author of Modern Ayurveda: Rituals, Recipes & Remedies for Balance. She has studied Ayurveda extensively with Bri. Maya Tuwari, Dr. Robert Svoboda, and continues to study with Dr. Vasant Lad. Ali served as the Director of the Laughing Lotus Ayurveda Program from 2012-2019, when she co-created Soulfull Solutions - an online donation-based education community.
Ali has taught workshops, retreats, and trainings all over the world - and her classes can be found anywhere/anytime on Yogaanytime.com. In 2013, she was honored to lead the very first 200-hour yoga teacher training in the Sudan, where she also worked with therapists at refugee relief centers and in schools throughout Khartoum.
Ali believes that Ayurveda and Yoga should be inclusive and accessible for all. She is continually inspired by how these Practices bring people together and create community around collective and personal health.
Julia Abravmova, AWP and C-IAYT
As an executive, Julia always looked to find inner balance and peace. Thus began her yoga journey in 2007 which led to becoming a certified yoga teacher in 2012.
Soon after beginning her yoga teaching career, Julia realized that there was a need to work with students on a more individual basis in order to help them find peace and balance within their bodies. This desire to help led to further studies in: prenatal yoga, The Kaivalya Yoga Method and Prema Yoga Therapeutics program. Julia graduated from an advanced 300 hour training at Pure Yoga as well as established herself as a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) through the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Julia’s passion for learning natural healing practices brought her to Kerala Ayurveda Academy where she completed Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor program towards completion of their Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner program.
Along with learning about the inner workings of the mind/body/spirit connection through Yoga and Ayurveda, she always had a strong connection with energy healing. She would go on to become a Reiki Master in the Usui lineage, and a Certified Sound Healing Practitioner and Teacher through the Atma Buti® Sound and Vibrational School.
Today, Julia’s journey continues in Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner program with an aspiration to better support trauma resolution and resilience in her clients.
Julia strongly believes that we are all capable of healing ourselves. Through her dedication to her students and a holistic approach Julia serves as a catalyst that ignites the healing fire within.
To learn more visit www.jyotiyogahealing.com
MARC NELLES, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, RMT. (YOGA/YOGA NIDRA AND IMMUNE/AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE)
Marc earned his degree in dance at the Rotterdam Dance Academy (Codarts) in the Netherlands, and had a career as a dancer and dance instructor in Europe and the US for more than 10 years.
Today, Marc is an IAYT-certified Ayurvedic yoga therapist as a graduate from our own Prema Yoga Institute, and a certified Reiki Master in the lineage of Master Usui. He holds an advanced RYT500 Yoga Alliance credential, specializing in therapeutic vinyasa inspired by the Krishnamacharya tradition, and tantric meditation, Yoga Nidra, and Pranayama in the Saraswati tradition of the Bihar School of Yoga in India.
He currently teaches yoga and meditation to medical personnel and staff at the Institute of Advanced Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, New York City, and is on faculty at the UNSRC Yoga Club at United Nations Headquarters, teaching Yoga Nidra to staff and delegates.
He has also been a guest teacher in the Prema Yoga Therapeutics teacher training, presenting research on yoga and HIV and other immune/autoimmune conditions.
Marc is the founder of Mankind Yoga NYC, his own business venture that provides yoga and healing to his private clients.
Yoga and meditation facilitated Marc's transformative spiritual journey, and he is looking forward to continuing to learn and inspire, while teaching and sharing the wisdom of his lifelong journey.
For more information, visit www.mankindyoganyc.com.
KAREN NOURIZADEH, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 (MODERN MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION AND YOGA NIDRA)
Former New York City Litigator, Karen Nourizadeh, has embarked on a path of healing and health, after spending more than a decade practicing law and working at companies that topped the Fortune 50 list. After discovering the healing philosophy and tools of yoga and meditation, Karen was propelled towards her true calling, to inspire and heal others. Understanding the complex stress factors of the modern working world, Karen has successfully advised and guided large health, financial and media corporations, hedge funds and entrepreneurs to help alleviate mental and physical tension for the last 6 years. Cited for her expert guidance, Karen’s chapter on stress management was published in Cutting Edge Therapies for Autism to help parents of children with autism manage stress. Karen's wellness blogs have appeared in Mind, Body, Green and Elephant Journal, and her teachings have been featured in Fitness Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, The New York Daily News, Style Bistro, Shine!, The Cardoza Jurist, Off the Blue Mat, The Beauty Bean and DNA Info New York. Credentialed with an advanced meditation and yoga certification, E-RYT 500, Karen has conducted meditation and mindfulness trainings and workshops in New York City, and has traveled to India, to further her knowledge on Eastern studies, philosophy and healing techniques.
BASAK GUNAYDIN, C-IAYT, E-RYT, YACEP
Basak Gunaydin is a Turkish American, Yoga Therapist, Textile Engineer and Life Coach, providing an integral wellness experience based on yogic tradition and modern therapeutic techniques. She helps create fulfillment, happiness, empowerment, inspiration. Basak, through her yoga practice, found balance of being a hard working woman on top of a Corporate ladder while keeping an open heart and love for all. She has been teaching yoga, meditation, pranayama, vedic numerology, since 2013 and became a full time teacher, leaving her 25 years Corporate career in 2020 after her pilgrimage in India. She is currently writing a book on “How to thrive in the Corporate world, based on Yogic principles.” She is a Co-Author of "Resilience Through Yoga and Meditation."
MICHELLE BRIKS, MS, RDE, RYT500, AYURVEDIC WELLNESS COUNSELOR (GUEST TEACHER: AYURVEDA)
Michelle is Yoga Director of the Saw Mill Health Club in Mount Kisco, NY, where she also leads and founded the Ohra Yoga and Wellness institute, a 200/300 hour Registered Yoga School with Yoga Alliance. Michelle has 12+ years of experience teaching yoga and has received extensive training and certifications in Vinyasa and Prana flow styles, Anatomy and Ayurvedic Yoga therapy.
She received a BS in dietetics from Queens College (Magna Sum Laude) in 2002 and an MS in Nutrition & Exercise Science from CUNY Queens in 2004. Her nutritional knowledge was complemented by further in-depth study of Ayurveda with California College of Ayurveda under the leadership of Dr. Mark Halpern (100 hours AYT) and the year-long Ayurvedic wellness counselor (AYC) program from Kerala Ayurveda Academy. She has practiced as a registered dietitian, and currently practices a holistic nutritional approach with her clients. With proper guidance she encourages her clients to become proactive about their health and wellness. Michelle is passionate about empowering others to increase their strength and grace and get inspired through the practice and teachings of yoga. She is moved by witnessing her students and teacher trainees’ growth and transformation as they embrace wellness and connect deeper with their inner light.
MARY ARANAS, C-IAYT, ERYT500 (APPLIED DOWN-REGULATING TECHNIQUES, MENTOR)
Mary began her yoga journey in 1997 while she was an actress and a brand new mom. She earned her 500-hour certification in 2002 under Yogiraj Alan Finger and his senior teachers in the ISHTA “Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda” tradition that emphasizes the individual, ishta practice of each student. Immediately Mary began to teach full-time, with a private clientele that comprised the bulk of her workload, while also teaching classes at Yoga Zone, Be Yoga, NYHRC, Yogaworks, ISHTA Center, and other studios and corporations.
Mary joined the Pure Yoga teaching staff in 2009 and has taught Restorative, Vinyasa, Yin/Yang, Slow Flow Meditation, Pure Zen Flow, and AcroYoga at Pure. She guest teaches seasonally for Pure’s 200-Hour Teacher Training, and serves on Pure Yoga’s Professional Mentorship Program. From 2010 to 2012 Mary was senior Restorative Trainer for YogaFit Training Systems. Mary conducts Mother Mary Restorative Teacher Trainings and Yoga Nidra Teacher Trainings at Pure Yoga in New York. She also teaches Thai Yoga bodywork and AcroYoga – in privates, classes, workshops, retreats and festivals globally. Mary is one of fewer than 80 AcroYoga International certified Immersion teachers worldwide.
Certifications: C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, Reiki I + II, Thai Yoga I & II, ULC Interfaith Minister, YogaSlackers, AcroYoga Level 2, and AcroYoga Immersion Teacher.
Pratibha Shah, BAMS, MD (Ayurveda), MPH
[pre-recorded lectures]
Pratibha Shah, BAMS, MD (Ayurveda), MPH, is an internationally renowned Ayurveda expert. Intensely trained in Traditional Health Sciences (Ayurveda, Energy healing) as well as Public Health, Pratibha Shah distils Eastern wisdom with an understanding of Western principles, for the best care of her clients. A strong sense of compassion and empathy, intent listening skills, in-depth thorough assessments and well contemplated individualized Master Wellness plans are a hallmark of her 30 years of practice. Client-centric
Compassionate Care defines her best!
(Her pioneering initiatives in the field of Ayurveda, have brought her to attention at the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the Consulate General of India, NYC. For her work, she was also nominated in the Top 20 Women of the Year, for the
year 2014. She is the Founder, President of two non-profits - Council for Ayurveda Research and Wholistic Health Alliance. She currently consults out of her office in Danvers and at Well
Life Medical, a state of the art Integrative Medicine clinic near Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Before moving to the US, Shah was a Chief Medical Officer with the AYUSH ministry in India.)
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Ayurvedic yoga differs from most popular forms of yoga, such as hot yoga and CorePower yoga, in that it offers seasonal and person-based sequencing. Ayurvedic yoga combines Ayurveda, meaning “knowledge of life,” with yoga, meaning “to join or unite.” In this type of yoga, a yoga therapist or teacher creates a customized session to address specific physical, mental, and emotional goals. If learning the Ayurvedic yoga style and teaching it to others interests you, keep reading to learn how Prema Yoga Institute deepens your knowledge with our certified Ayurvedic yoga teacher training course.
Deepen Your Practice & Knowledge of Ayurvedic Yoga
At Prema Yoga Institute, we offer more than a teacher training course in one type of yoga. Our multi-track programs enable our students to complete our 300 hour yoga therapy training course with three modules that educate them on yoga principles, various styles of yoga, and complimentary concepts like sound yoga, yoga therapy, yoga for back care and cancer care, and much more.
Unlike other Yoga Alliance 300 hour schools, you can receive credit toward your yoga therapy certification at the same time! You can combine your Ayurvedic Yoga Certificate with sound yoga, yin yoga, yoga in healthcare, and our signature course - Prema Yoga Therapeutics Essentials, as part of our IAYT-accredited yoga therapy certification.
Discover the Distinctive Benefits of Ayurvedic Yoga
Learn to empower your yoga students’ life balance and wellness through the daily practice of an Ayurvedic yoga program designed just for them. Our teacher training course provides each student with the knowledge needed to introduce the benefits of Ayurveda yoga into the lives of others - as well as effective self-care techniques for your balance, resilience, and well-being. These benefits include:
- Inflammation reduction
- Pain management
- Promotes joint health
- Better stress and anxiety management
- Potentially rejuvenates and detoxifies the body
- Promotes mindful meditation and relaxation
- Aids in healthy digestion and metabolism improvements
- Improves sense of well-being.
Ayurvedic yoga offers the best option for individuals who need a personalized yoga plan with asanas, pranayama, and meditation techniques that address their physical, emotional, and mental wellness needs. If you want to work one-on-one with students of yoga or individuals who want to use yoga as a part of their medical or mental health care, then you need to learn Ayurvedic yoga.
Join Our Expert-Led Courses at Prema Yoga Institute
Learn from experts in yoga, including PYI founder and program director Dana Slamp, Ayurvedic Practitioner Julia Abramova, C-IAYT, author Alison Cramer, Dana Slamp, C-IAYT, and Dr. Pratibha Shah. This team of experienced instructors joins a faculty of more than 30 yoga experts and medical doctors across our programming. At the Institute, we strive to create affordable teacher training courses that empower caring individuals to become RYT500 therapeutic yoga teachers and certified yoga therapists. Our Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Course can count towards:
- 100 hours for CE’s with Yoga Alliance or 100 hours towards your 500RYT at PYI.
- And 100 hours towards your IAYT-accredited yoga Therapist Certification with PYI.
In order to make our Yoga Therapy Certification course accessible to individuals of all income levels, we offer three payment options. You can pre-pay for the program to earn a discount, make monthly payments as you complete the program in two years, or pay as you go, completing one module at a time as your budget allows. Our flexible payment methods ensure everyone who desires to teach yoga can obtain the highest quality education and certification.
At Prema Yoga Institute, you obtain an education at an accredited institution of higher learning. Accredited by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), our teacher training course and therapist training program meet or exceed industry criteria. Credits are transferable to Saybrook University. Our comprehensive program teaches more than asanas. Our students learn modern business practices, anatomy, physiology, pranayama, philosophy, mindfulness, and more.
Register for Yoga Teacher Training Today
Prema Yoga Institute offers Ayurvedic yoga teacher training. Our comprehensive courses integrate Ayurvedic principles with yoga practices, empowering you to become a certified instructor. Enroll today!
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Disclaimers:
Please be advised that the content of this course is not to be used as a substitution for the opinions and services of your licensed healthcare professional. The use of yoga as an adjunct to wellness is intended to be an integrative supportive activity that fosters the innate healing potential of everyone, but is not a substitute for licensed medical care and is subject to the applicable governing laws of your State/Provence.
All forms of exercise including yoga are activities in which you the participant assume the risk of injury or harm as a result of your participation. As such, please ensure that you have obtained your doctor’s approval prior to engaging in this or any physical activity. You agree by virtue of participation in this training to hold harmless any and all of its speakers, participants, or hosts from any and all liability from harm should you incur any injuries, whether mental or physical, as a result of your participation in this course.
Any references to therapeutic yoga are not derived from our Registered Yoga School “RYS” status with Yoga Alliance. Our registration with Yoga Alliance does not provide a qualification in yoga therapy techniques.
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