Ayurveda Living Course
An Immersion Into Ayurveda: Lifestyle, Nutrition, Sound, Breath & Psychology
Discover Balance, Vitality and Inner Harmony
PLUS! Optional CMA Accreditation as an Ayurveda Lifestyle Counsellor.
Are you ready to live in harmony with your body, mind, and nature?
Step into the world of Ayurveda with this immersive foundation course, designed to guide you through the ancient, time-tested practices that bring body, mind, and spirit into harmony.
Whether you’re new to Ayurveda or looking to deepen your understanding, this isn’t just a course — it’s a life-changing experience that equips you with the tools to thrive in every season of life.
You’ll gain a deep understanding of Ayurveda’s timeless wisdom and how to apply it in real, practical ways — so you can feel more energized, more aligned, and more at peace in your body and mind.
By the end of this course, you’ll know how to confidently create a daily rhythm that supports your well-being, nourish yourself with healing foods, and tap into powerful practices that reconnect you with your true nature.
What This Course Offers:
This comprehensive training in Ayurvedic living empowers you to make conscious, nourishing choices that support your unique constitution and lifestyle. You’ll learn how to integrate the principles of Ayurveda into your daily routine to cultivate energy, clarity, and well-being.
Here’s a glimpse of what’s inside?
Foundational Wisdom of Ayurveda
Learn the core principles that have guided health and healing for thousands of years — including the elements, doshas, and the concept of balance.
Discover Your Unique Constitution (Prakriti)
Understand your personal mind-body type and how to work with your nature rather than against it — leading to more ease, energy, and emotional balance.
Nutrition & Kitchen Remedies
Learn how to cook and eat for your body type, boost digestion, and use everyday herbs and spices to support vibrant health and immunity.
Daily Rituals to Align with Nature
Establish grounding routines that sync with nature’s rhythms — helping you sleep better, think more clearly, and feel more energized throughout the day.
Breathwork, Sound & Meditation
Experience inner calm and mental clarity through powerful tools that regulate your nervous system and deepen your self-awareness.
Personalized Self-Care for You and Your Loved Ones
Gain the knowledge to confidently care for your own well-being — and begin sharing this wisdom with your family, clients, or community.
This is more than learning — it’s a return to balance, vitality, and your truest self.
Ready to live in harmony with nature and your own body? This course is your invitation.
Who Is This Course For:
Anyone seeking to improve their health and daily well-being through natural, time-tested practices
Individuals passionate about holistic wellness, conscious living, and mindful self-care
Yoga teachers, therapists, or holistic practitioners who want to deepen their offerings and provide whole-person, personalized guidance
Those on a path of personal growth and transformation, ready to nourish body, mind, heart, and spirit
For Practitioners and Teachers:
Take your journey even further by becoming a CMA-accredited Ayurveda Lifestyle Coach. This pathway equips health practitioners, therapists, and yoga teachers with powerful tools to guide others toward balance, resilience, and well-being.
Begin your journey toward lifelong wellness, balance, and purpose.
Click below to enroll and start living Ayurveda.&
“As long as we are not living in harmony with nature and with our constitution, we cannot expect ourselves to be really healed. Ayurveda gives us the means.”
Dr David Frawley
PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIAL
“I thoroughly enjoyed the Ayurveda Living course…I found it extremely informative for changing the way we view not only our diet, but the bigger picture of life in general. It has certainly changed some of my habits for the better. Sara is extremely knowledgeable and passes on her teaching with great enthusiasm.”
Jennifer Parker, 2018 Ayurveda Living Course Participant.
Course Content
Module 1
foundational principles
SEPT 25 - NOV 27, 2025
7PM THURSDAY EVENINGS ONLNE
What You’ll Explore in This Course
The Foundations of Ayurvedic Anatomy & Physiology
Go beyond modern anatomy to understand the body through the lens of Ayurveda — a holistic, energetic system that honoUrs your body as an intelligent, interconnected whole.
The Origins & Cosmology of Ayurveda
Journey into the rich history and spiritual roots of Ayurveda. Discover how ancient seers mapped the universe within us, offering a timeless roadmap to balance and well-being.
Understanding Ayurvedic Types (Doshas)
Learn how to recognize the unique physical, mental, and emotional characteristics of each dosha — Vata, Pitta, and Kapha — and how they express themselves in yourself and others.
Optimizing Digestion & Metabolism
Discover the Ayurvedic art of nourishing your digestive fire (Agni) for your unique constitution — because good digestion is the foundation of lasting energy, clarity, and vitality.
Building Immunity, Resilience & Clearing Toxicity
Explore powerful lifestyle and dietary practices to strengthen your immune system, build resilience to stress, and gently cleanse the body of accumulated toxins (Ama).
✨ This is more than theory — it’s wisdom you’ll embody, practice, and carry with you for a lifetime.
Module 2
LIFESTYLE AND NUTRITION
jan 8 - mar 12, 2026
7pm thursday evenings online
Nourishment, Kitchen Wisdom & Seasonal Self-Care
Ayurvedic Nutrition for Your Unique Body Type
Learn how to nourish yourself — and your loved ones — with foods tailored to your individual constitution (dosha). Discover how simple shifts in what and how you eat can lead to profound changes in energy, mood, and vitality.
Ayurvedic Kitchen Medicine
Step into the heart of healing — your kitchen. Learn to use everyday herbs and spices as powerful remedies to support digestion, boost immunity, and restore balance.
Setting Up Your Ayurvedic Kitchen
Create a sacred space for healing at home. From essential tools and ingredients to layout and flow, you’ll learn how to set up a nourishing, intuitive kitchen that supports your well-being.
Timeless Ayurvedic Recipes
Cook traditional Ayurvedic dishes that are as healing as they are delicious. These classic recipes are easy to integrate into daily life and support your digestion, immunity, and mental clarity.
Daily Self-Care Rituals for Balance
Establish grounding, rejuvenating routines that support your body’s natural rhythms. From oil massage and tongue scraping to mindful movement and breathwork, these practices are your daily reset.
Seasonal, Life-Stage & Lunar Cycle Self-Care
Align your lifestyle with the changing rhythms of nature. Learn how to adapt your routines for the seasons, life’s stages, and even the moon cycle — to stay centered, clear, and connected.
Understanding the Six Stages of Disease
Empower yourself with the knowledge to detect and prevent imbalance before it manifests as illness. You’ll learn to recognize the subtle signs of disharmony and respond with wisdom and care.
✨ This module gives you the tools to become your own healer — intuitive, informed, and deeply aligned with nature.
Module 3
ayurveda living immersion
Mar 27 - 30, 2026
12 noon friday, to 3pm monday In person in warwickshire
The Inner Path: Ayurveda, Mind & Spirit
Exploring the Deeper Cosmology of Ayurveda
Go beyond the physical and dive into the spiritual and energetic map of Ayurveda. Discover how the universe within mirrors the cosmos — and how this understanding deepens your journey of self-healing.
Ayurveda & the Mind
Uncover the subtle layers of the mind through the Ayurvedic lens. Learn how thoughts, emotions, and mental patterns relate to the doshas — and how to create lasting balance through conscious awareness.
The Path of Inner Enquiry
Step into the heart of Ayurvedic wisdom — knowing thyself. You’ll be gently guided through practices of self-reflection and awareness that support deep personal transformation and inner clarity.
Sacred Breath (Pranayama)
Discover the vital role of breath in Ayurvedic healing. Learn specific breathwork practices that balance the doshas, calm the nervous system, and reconnect you with your inner stillness.
Sacred Sound (Mantra)
Experience the healing power of sound through mantra. Explore how sound vibrations affect your energy field and emotional state, with mantras prescribed for balancing each dosha.
Meditation in Ayurveda
Meditation is medicine for the mind. You’ll be introduced to guided meditations tailored to each Ayurvedic type, helping you cultivate peace, focus, and emotional harmony from within.
Ayurveda & Yoga: Where Two Sciences Meet
Explore the beautiful overlap between Ayurveda and Yoga — and how these sister sciences, when practiced together, create a complete system of physical, mental, and spiritual wellness.
Tongue Diagnosis Basics
Learn how to read the subtle signs of imbalance through the tongue — a powerful diagnostic tool in Ayurvedic assessment that reflects the health of your internal systems.
Review of Prakriti Assessment
Deepen your skills in identifying constitutional types through observation and guided questioning — giving you the confidence to recognize individual needs with clarity and compassion.
Designing a Personalized 6-Step Ayurveda Living Program
Pull everything together into a practical, step-by-step plan. You’ll learn how to design a holistic, personalized Ayurveda lifestyle program — for yourself, your clients, or your community — that supports long-term balance and thriving.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Modules 1 & 2
- 1hr 15 – 1hr 30 minute weekly livestream sessions.
- Recordings of livestreams sent into your inbox each week.
- A weekly PDF for each lesson
- A weekly audio recording for each lesson.
- Homework on each lesson in the form of question and answer test, and written assignments.
- Estimated 2-4hrs study each week, depending on learning style.
Module 3
This module is a vaulable in-person 4-day immersion during which time you will dive deeply into Ayurveda living and transformational Ayurveda practices.
By the End of This Course, You Will be Empowered To:
Live in Harmony with Nature
Confidently adapt your diet and lifestyle to align with the seasons, your stage of life, and your unique Ayurvedic type — creating lasting balance, vitality, and well-being all year round.
Assess Ayurvedic Constitutional Types (Doshas)
Gain the skills to accurately observe and identify mind-body types in yourself and others — a foundational step in personalized healing.
Create Tailored Wellness Programs
Design individualized recommendations for nutrition, lifestyle, breathwork, sound, and meditation — all based on Ayurvedic principles — to support deep healing, resilience, and longevity.
Understand the Mind-Body Connection
Explore how the doshas influence psychological patterns, and offer practices to balance both mental and emotional well-being, as well as physical health.
Use Food and Spices as Medicine
Safely recommend everyday kitchen herbs, spices, and foods to restore harmony in the body, calm the mind, and nurture the heart.
Know When to Refer On
Develop the awareness and ethical responsibility to recognize when a condition needs the support of an Ayurvedic doctor or specialist — ensuring safe, integrated care for those you support.
✨ Whether you’re here for your own transformation or to help others on their healing path, this course gives you the tools, confidence, and wisdom to live — and share — the Ayurveda way.
“I am new to Ayurveda. I really appreciate the way Sara offered the teachings…. beyond didactic teaching as it was offered in a generous and knowledgeable manner. I am left feeling that I had an authentic taste of Ayurveda which has captured my curiosity to enquire futher. Thank you Sara for sharing your knowledge and experience of Ayurveda”.
Rosa Chiliari, Ayurveda Living Retreat participant, 2019
Assessment & Certification
To support your learning and ensure you feel confident in applying what you’ve discovered, you’ll complete a multiple-choice style quiz to reflect your understanding of the key Ayurvedic principles explored in the course.
You’ll also be invited to submit a short reflective paper, sharing how you’ve begun to integrate Ayurvedic wisdom into your daily life — bringing the teachings into real, lived experience.
Upon successful completion of both your quiz and reflective piece, you’ll receive a Certificate of Attendance, acknowledging your dedication and journey through the Ayurveda Living Course.
You’ll also be provided with a comprehensive summary of everything you’ve studied — a valuable resource to continue deepening your knowledge and practice long after the course ends.
OPTIONAL PATHWAY TO PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION
Become A Certified Ayurveda Lifestyle Coach
For those who wish to take their learning further, we offer an optional follow-on training designed specifically for graduates of the Ayurveda Living Course.
This next step is ideal if you feel called to apply your Ayurvedic knowledge in a professional setting — whether as a wellness practitioner, yoga teacher, therapist, or coach.
It’s your opportunity to deepen your expertise, gain accreditation, and confidently guide others on their path to health and harmony through the wisdom of Ayurveda.
To become accredited as an Ayurveda Lifestyle Coach, you will be required to submit three case studies, carried out over three months.
You will receive 60 minutes worth of coaching support each month.
Your written case studies will need to be submitted 3 months after the end of module 3.
You will receive an Ayurveda Lifestyle Coach Certification.
Your training will be accredited with the CMA.
You will be qualified to give lifestyle and dietary advice to support balance and wellbeing in the body and mind.
You will not be qualified to treat disease states.
The Ayurveda Living Course gives participants over 100 hours of study. The supervised accreditation gives a further 15-20 hours.
Continue Your Journey: Further Ayurveda Training Opportunities
The Ayurveda Living Course is a rich and complete training in its own right — offering everything you need to begin living and sharing the wisdom of Ayurveda with confidence.
For those who wish to deepen their studies or expand into professional practice, exciting new training opportunities are on the horizon, including:
Ayurvedic Body Treatments Training
Ayurveda Yoga Teacher Training
And in collaboration with a respected Ayurvedic academy and a revered lineage of vaidyas (Ayurvedic doctors) in Kerala, India, we’re working toward offering an immersive 500-hour Ayurveda Therapist Certification — combining ancient tradition with practical, hands-on training.
These upcoming offerings are designed to support your continued growth — both personally and professionally — as a student and steward of this timeless healing science.
COURSE INVESTMENT:
Investment For Each Module:
Each module requires is £497
A deposit of £197 is required to secure your place on the course refundable up to one month before the start of the course.
Once the course begins, three monthly payments of £100 are due.
Please click the RESERVE YOUR PLACE button below to secure a place.
Pay in full up front for modules 1-3 and receive a discounted rate of £1300.00
To pay in full, please click HERE.
Participants should also budget for Ayurveda kitchen utensils which can come to approximately £100.00 and also for special foods such as wholegrains, legumes, spices, and various flours for the kitchen practical classes and homework.
Accreditation
The accreditation mentoring and certification will be an extra £397.00, payable on completion of Module 3.
The Course Teachers:
Main Teacher:
Sara Palmer is the main course teacher and the founder of the Heart of Ayurveda Academy. She is an Ayurveda Practitioner, and a Senior Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist and meditation teacher.
She is passionate about the capacity of Ayurveda to empower each one of us with new levels of self-understanding, and whole person tools for transformation of body, heart and mind.
She has been teaching Ayurveda as a way of life in workshops, retreats and courses for more than twelve years and is held to be inspiring, generous and dedicated in sharing the wisdom of Ayurveda.
When not teaching she runs an Ayurveda clinic for 1-1 consultations and rejuvenation programmes, and loves cooking up new Ayurveda recipes and walks in nature with her lovely Spanish rescue dog.
Guest Teacher:
Manish Vyas is a composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, He also assigns part of his time to teaching to a few earnest students. As a composer, he has composed hundreds of pieces, mainly in the devotional, mystical, folk, instrumental and Sufi genres.
Carrying Indian music in his heart, one of his missions is to maintain the roots of Indian music. He is dedicated to transmitting the deep roots and core of the tradition and how it has been used in India for thousands of years, conveying with sincerity and authenticity the true meaning of Mantra Yoga.
We are honoured to have Manish join as a co-teacher on the Ayurveda Living course. He will introduce you the essential teachings on the practice of Mantra Yoga and the healing power of mantra, used frequently in Ayurveda.
Manish lives in Switzerland and regularly returns to India. We hope that he will soon visit us in the UK again to offer his spiritually powerful and transporting mantra workshops and retreats.
Guest Teacher:
Prasad Ragnenkar is a Yoga Educator based in India who has taught in over 15 countries for the past 28 years. He has been a practitioner of Yoga for the last 38 years, studying both, in traditional lineages, as well as academically, with a Master’s degree in Philosophy.
He is the Founder-Director of Yogaprasad Institute and conducts Yoga and Meditation Teacher Trainings, mentorship sessions, retreats, and workshops to spread the wisdom of traditional Yoga. He is regularly invited to speak at Indian Embassies, The European Commission, Yoga conventions, Schools, Corporate bodies, and Charity organizations.
Prasad is a skilled teacher who conveys the essence of Yoga and it’s deeper teachings with ease and grace.
We are delighted that Prasad will teach the philosophy part of this course to guide us through the fundamental princples at the root of Ayurveda’s understanding of this Universe and it’s workings.
We hope to welcome Prasad to the UK for further teaching in the near future.
Guest Teacher:
We are delighted that Ayurveda vaidya and University teacher of Ayurveda, Dr Narayanan Nambi will give a closing address on this course and will introduce our further training opportunities for course graduates wanting to deepen their Ayurveda understanding under the guidance of a world-renowned Ayurveda academy and lineage of doctors in India.
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