Spring is a great time to add green smoothies to your daily yogic diet to give you extra energy as well as to help keep the body light and flexible.

Greens have more valuable nutrients than any other food group on the planet. You might be surprised to learn that greens even have high-quality, easily-assimilated amino acids – enough to build the protein that supports the muscle mass of the mighty, greens-eating gorilla, pound-for-pound the strongest animal on earth.

Here are 10 reasons to drink your greens:

 A group of talented Yoga teachers and students of Ayurvedaⁱ Medicine will meet August 2013 in Canada to participate in a twelve-day, residential training program offered by Dr. Marc Halpern, director of the California College of Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the healing side of Yoga and Yoga is the spiritual side of Ayurveda, this course is a personal journey within to create a lifestyle that leads to inner peace and healing.

Panchakarma is the Ayurvedic art of detoxification and rejuvenation. The Ayurvedic Spa at the California College of Ayurvedaⁱ offers this year a comprehensive panchakarma therapies with highly qualified Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and Panchakarma Specialists.

The online ayurveda training course offers the flexibility for students to take the program from home, without leaving their work or personal responsibilities. The program will begin in both formats in April, 2013

 The program is offered March 18 - 29, 2013 in Nassau, Bahamas. The program allows students to learn how to teach individualized and group Yoga programs based on the nature of the student's Ayurvedic constitutionⁱ and imbalances.

The California College of Ayurvedaⁱ will provide the courses in April, July and December 2013. The courses require training in Foundations of Ayurvedic Medicine (1 month online training program) or the Ayurvedic Health Educator program (1 year).

The Ayurvedic Massage & Body Therapy Training Course will be offered April 1-5, 2013, July 8-12, and Dec. 2-6, 2013. The courses require training in Foundations of Ayurvedic Medicine (1 month online training program) or the Ayurvedic Health Educator program (1 year).

 Ayurvedic education in 2013 can begin with the Ayurvedic Health Educator program or the Foundations of Ayurvedaⁱ course

   Ayurvedic education in 2013 can begin with the Ayurvedic Health Educator program or the Foundations of Ayurveda course at the California College of Ayurveda. Both programs are available in the distance learning format.

 The California College of Ayurvedaⁱ is offering a $300 US discount for enrollments before December 15th, 2012 in the Distance Learning program

The Yoga Nidraⁱ classes are offered every second Wednesday of each month from 5:30-6:30pm at Nevada City, California. Program costs $15 US per class. 

A state-of-the-art herbal dispensory is now available to Ayurvedic practitioners and clients nationwide. The college also offers an herbal apprenticeship program.