Course Hours:   120 hours

Prerequisites:  

AHP Certification
PKS Certification
Completion of Dough Dams and Marma Therapy workshop

Instructor:
Amarnath Matthews CAS, PKS, CMT, is a graduate of the California College of Ayurveda with certifications as a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and Pancha Karmaⁱ Specialist. He received his massage therapy certification from Bryman College and is a certified Reiki practitioner. He currently serves as the Director of the College's Pancha Karma Center and has traveled to India where he spent six months deepening his ayurvedic studies. Amarnath is a devotee of Sri Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma), the great spiritual Saint from India.

Course description:

 This hands-on, month long, on-site intensive is designed to help the Pancha Karma Specialist enhance their skills in the design and administration of Pancha Karma Programs.  In this intensive you will be working in a group of three practitioners discussing each other’s case, refining your technique as Body Therapists, and administering and receiving Pancha Karma Therapies. The first week will primarily be in class with some hands on work.  We will cover designing multi day Purification and Rejuvenation programs and refining therapeutic skills including; abhyangaⁱ, shirodhara, svedanaⁱ, bastiⁱ, dough dams and marma therapy.  For the following three weeks, each person will be receiving 5 days of PK therapies while the other 2 Practitioners will be doing the body therapies. This will give you the experience of receiving and administering multiple day therapies – the practice needed for direct perception of the complete Pancha Karma experience. This will all be overseen by the Director of the Pancha Karma Dept, Amarnath Matthews CAS, PKS. He will be giving you the guidance needed based on his real life experiences, his studies practicing directly under Dr Halpern, and  his knowledge learned while in India. This program is meant to aid you as the Ayurvedic practitioner to become more confident and practiced in the knowledge you have already gained in your learning of Pancha Karma here at the CCA. Registration is in groups of thee and limited to six students at a time.

Dates:

Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Plan to schedule in advance as these programs are expected to fill up quickly.

2010 Dates

•    5/10 - 6/3
•    9/13 - 10/8
•    10/18 - 11/12

2011 Dates

•    1/10 - 2/4
•    2/22 - 3/18
•    3/28 - 4/22
•    5/2 - 5/27
•    9/12 - 10/7
•    10/17 - 11/11

Course Outline and Times:

Week 1:     Monday – Friday     10am – 5pm   
        Saturday        3 hour AM or PM therapy
•    Monday through Saturday - 30 hours
      o    5 days of 2 hours of class time in the AM and a bliss therapyⁱ in the PM
      o    A Bliss Therapy on Saturday
      o    A 1 hour pre PK check in with the person doing starting their cleanse the next week

Week 2:     Monday – Friday     9am – 3pm
        Saturday        3 hour AM or PM therapy
•    Monday through Saturday – 31 hours
      o    5 days of Therapies up to 4 hours per day
      o    1 hour per day of Q and A time after therapy in the afternoon
      o    Pre Mid and Post PK Check in for patient going through PK
      o    A Bliss Therapy on each Saturday

Week 3:     Monday – Friday     9am – 3pm
        Saturday        3 hour AM or PM therapy
•    Monday through Saturday – 31 hours
      o    5 days of Therapies up to 4 hours per day
      o    1 hour per day of Q and A time after therapy in the afternoon
      o    Pre Mid and Post PK Check in for patient going through PK
      o    A Bliss Therapy on each Saturday

Week 4:    Monday – Friday     9am – 3pm
•    Monday through Saturday – 28 hours
      o    5 days of Therapies up to 4 hours per day
      o    1 hour per day of Q and A time after therapy in the afternoon
      o    Pre Mid and Post PK Check in

Course fee:

$2000 per student.  Register with your friends as complete group of three and receive a 100.00 dollar discount each. 

How to Register and For Information on Where to Stay in Grass Valley

Please contact the  front desk. Call or stop in to see Katie Jones: katie@ayurvedacollege.com