Ayurvedic Therapy Training

For those who want to enter the industry or self-care, the core of reliable Ayurvedic therapy training is to learn "self-physical constitution identification + daily intervention plan + non-drug conditioning logic for common discomforts" instead of memorizing a bunch of unspeakable Sanskrit terms or mysterious ritual content. More than 70% of high-priced gimmick trainings on the market actually fall into the trap of "emphasis on concepts over practical exercises."

I attended an offline get out of class led by a traditional Indian Ayurvedic doctor in Dali last spring. On the first day, all the half-baked knowledge I had learned from short videos was overturned. I had always thought that I had a pure Vata (wind type, one of the three core constitution types of Ayurveda, characterized by being thin, prone to anxiety, and sensitive gastrointestinal) constitution. I followed the trend and drank hot ginger tea for half a year. The more I drank, the drier my mouth became, and I often suffered from insomnia. After touching my abdominal aorta, the teacher asked me about my bowel movements and sleep patterns in the past three months, and directly said that I was a mixed type of Vata plus Kapha (earth-water type, characterized by prone to edema, slow metabolism, and liking to eat cold food). The dryness of ginger tea would continue to consume the water in my body, which would worsen the imbalance. I switched to drinking half a spoonful of ghee and warm milk every morning, and my long-lasting constipation problem was relieved in a week.

The reason why there is so much training in the market is that this life science, which has been inherited for more than 5,000 years, has only entered the country less than 10 years ago, and the cognitive gap between different schools is huge.

The training I attended was an authentic traditional training. The teacher was a working physician from the University of Ayurveda in Kerala, India. Nearly one-third of the course was about Sanskrit herbal nouns, operating procedures for traditional oil therapy, and even simple chanting and blessing rituals. Completion required You need to pass a theory test in English and submit 20 complete cases of physical identification. It is suitable for practitioners who want to do high-end healing projects and connect with India’s imported supply chain. However, for ordinary enthusiasts who just want to adjust the body for themselves and their families, the price/performance ratio is extremely low, and many contents will not be used after learning.

Completely different from the traditional school that takes the professional route, there are the life-oriented reform school trainings that have become popular in the past two years. Most of them are given by nutritionists or therapists who were among the first to come into contact with Ayurveda in China. They will simplify complex physical judgments into about 10 self-assessment questions. The intervention plans basically use ingredients that can be purchased in China, such as the traditional Indian Triphal. a (Three-Fruit Powder) is replaced with the ratio of hawthorn, tangerine peel, and roasted malt. Ordinary people can adjust their daily routine and diet after learning it. The price is only one-tenth of traditional offline classes. However, the shortcomings are also obvious: most of them do not involve in-depth oil therapy or herbal conditioning. When encountering serious physical imbalances such as long-term chronic diarrhea and stubborn eczema, it is difficult to provide effective solutions.

Another category that is currently the most controversial is fusion training that combines Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine. Practitioners of the traditional school think that this kind of training is a random change of inheritance and messes up the core logic of Ayurveda. I once met a healer from India at an industry exchange meeting. When I saw that the fusion school put Ayurveda’s oil therapy and Chinese medicine’s scraping together on the fusion school’s curriculum, I left shaking my head on the spot. But the teachers of the fusion school also have their own reasons: "The eating habits of Chinese people are very different from those of Indians. India is always hot and humid, and the locals are used to using cooling herbs to reduce inflammation. Our users in the north have a cold body, so they directly copy the Indian prescriptions, which makes them prone to diarrhea. Combining the warm conditioning of moxibustion and scraping will give faster results." ”I have a friend who runs a community physical therapy center. He studied the fusion school. He combines Ayurvedic constitution judgment with moxibustion. The effectiveness of treating uterine cold in patients is 30% higher than using moxibustion alone. Now there are many repeat customers.

Oh, by the way, the most important thing to be wary of when choosing training is the gimmick course of “7-day quick certified therapist”. To be honest, the identification of Ayurvedic constitution depends on experience. It is also easy to get acne. Acne of pitta (fire type) constitution is red and swollen, which needs to be cleared away. Acne of vata constitution is small and needs to be moisturized. Without the accumulation of dozens or hundreds of cases, it is impossible to make an accurate judgment. If you only dare to treat customers after learning a superficial knowledge in 7 days, it is easy to cause problems. I met a little girl before and signed up for a 7-day crash course at 3980. After the course, she gave her mother a full-body oil therapy. She used cooling coconut oil suitable for Pitta's constitution. Her mother has a severe Kapha constitution. She had a severe cold the day after the treatment and had to lie down for three days before she recovered. There is also the kind of bundled sales training. After the course, you are required to stock up on exclusive essential oils and herbal bags worth tens of thousands of yuan. It is essentially selling goods, and you can learn very little. In the course I attended last year, there was a beauty shop owner who originally wanted to purchase goods. However, she returned the imported herbal bags worth 100,000 yuan she had ordered before half way through the course. She discovered that many so-called "customized essential oils" are actually base oils with some flavorings added, and the cost is less than one-tenth of the selling price.

As for which training to choose, there is actually no standard answer. If you just want to adjust your body and your family's health, finding a lifestyle practitioner who has been doing it for more than three years and taking online classes is enough. You can get it done for a thousand yuan without having to travel out of town. If you want to open a store to do professional healing projects, you still have to find a teacher with formal qualifications from the Indian Ayurveda University and study systematically for a year and a half. Don't believe in the myth of quick success - after all, this knowledge that has been passed down for thousands of years is not meant for people who are eager for quick success.