Practical Ayurveda

Living in Harmony with the Seasons

Oct-May 6:30-8:30 PM

Tuition $200 for the series, or $30 per class

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Join Patty McCormick, Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, in this monthly series on the ancient knowledge of Ayurveda. Recognize how food, aromas, color, oil therapies, simple breathing practices, meditation, mantra, chanting, and detoxification and rejuvenation practices can help you move toward greater balance and health.

October 4 Introduction to Ayurveda

Discover your unique self through the five elements, twenty attributes and seven disease tendencies. Students will participate in a self- assessment and will then learn to identify the causes & symptoms of imbalance, followed by guidelines for recovering balance.

November 8 Ayurvedic Perspective on Food & Digestion

Recognize typical digestive patterns & determine what kinds of foods are suitable for your unique self. Learn to use spices, teas, & simple everyday foods for optimizing digestion and health. Understand the six tastes and their effects, the importance of how we eat, how to maintain prana in food, and what makes up an appropriate autumn & winter diet.

December 6 Staying Healthy through Winter

Resist the cold & dryness of winter with therapies for skin, nasal passages, ears, mouth, & eyes. Master creating a home spa experience to nurture yourself & loved ones, boosting strength & immunity.

January 17 Cultivating Clarity & Peacefulness

Understand personality tendencies & states of consciousness through the three gunas of Sattva, Rajas & Tamas. Learn simple breathing & mantra-based meditation practices. Recognize foods that support or hinder spiritual development. Design a conscious media relationship.

February 7 Integrating Ayurveda into Daily Life

Dinacharya, or daily routine, is the key to wellness & self-development. Design your own optimal morning & evening routines for energized yet peaceful days and restorative sleep. Find balance within the eight fundamental fields of holistic living.

March 7 Exploring Sound, Aroma, and Color Therapy

Explore sacred sound, aroma, and color therapies for your unique self. Develop a conscious relationship with prana to empower body, mind, and spirit. Understand the chakras, how they affect you, and how to affect them. Develop a conscious relationship with prana to empower body, mind, and spirit.

April 4 Ayurvedic Cleansing & Rejuvenation

Discover Ayurveda’s time-tested and research-proven seasonal cleansing & rejuvenation program to clear out the heaviness of winter. Detailed instructions for a home cleanse will be given, in addition to spring diet & lifestyle practices.

May 2 Staying Healthy through Summer

Learn Ayurvedic diet & lifestyle practices to reduce heat and inflammation.

Patty McCormick, owner of Bhakti Ayurveda LLC, was introduced to Ayurveda in 1994 and was at once intrigued by its ancient commonsense wisdom that empowers self-healing. She graduated as a Certified Ayurvedic Practioner from Kanyakumari Ayurveda Education Center and did clinical training at the International Academy of Ayurveda in Pune, India. She teaches Ayurveda classes on a variety of topics in addition to providing consultations for individual clients. She also guides clients through seasonal cleansing and rejuvenation procedures.

Empowering people through self-knowledge and practical tools is the essence of Patty’s passion for Ayurveda. Embracing seasonally appropriate foods and lifestyle practices reconnects students with the primal memory of a time when human beings lived in harmony with nature’s rhythms. Patty has an eclectic background, having worked as an educator, surgical technician, massage therapist, and music therapist.