The AIAS offers two, Nationally Recognised Qualifications in Ayurveda:

• HLT52615: Diploma in Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultation
• HLT62615: Advanced Diploma in Ayurveda

Yes. The AIAS is an RTO, registered to provide nationally recognized qualifications in Ayurveda under the Australian Qualifications Training Framework, AQTF). Your Ayurveda qualification is recognised throughout Australia.

• People come to Ayurveda seeking insights into health, a meaningful career, and a new direction in their lives.
• Job Opportunities: Ayurveda is a growth industry at present in Australia with demand for practitioners exceeding supply.
• Many mature aged students comment that this is ’their time now’, time to engage in a personally fulfilling and rewarding path that coincides as a vocation
• Complementary health practitioners enrol to extend the range of diagnostic tools and skills and the range and effectiveness of therapeutic treatments they offer in their existing practice. In the pursuit of an all-encompassing system of holistic medicine, Ayurveda is the standout choice.

• People from all backgrounds, ages and cultures are drawn to Ayurveda.
• Medical Practitioners; Dieticians, Naturopaths, Herbalists, Massage Practitioners, Chiropractors. Physiotherapists, and Yoga Teachers;
• People looking for a career change and a meaningful vocation;
• School leavers interested in alternative medicine and the holistic nature of Ayurveda and wishing to take advantage of this growth sector in Natural medicine;
• Anyone interested in Ayurveda, health and complementary health care and medicine.

You will learn everything required to work in the field of Ayurveda in Australia. The Ayurveda ‘Specialization Units’ of study (specific to the subjects of Ayurveda) will provide you with all the diagnostic skills, treatment protocols and expertise to deliver Ayurvedic Consultations, Lifestyle Coaching and Ayurvedic healing therapies, with confidence. The ‘Common Unit’ competencies will provide you with the necessary requirements and abilities to conduct your own Ayurveda Centre, with clinic management skills, management of infection control, how to make referrals and comply with Workplace Health and Safety regulations in Australia.
It would be an exhaustive exercise to spell out each, and every, article of study. A.I.A.S is fortunate to have Dr Ajit B.A.M.S to guide the students through the necessary subjects and to the necessary depth of study. What’s more, Dr Ajit’s extensive clinical experience in the west places him as a leading figure in Ayurveda education both in terms of knowing what needs to be taught and understanding how to translate Ayurveda for western students. Further, Dr Ajit will clearly identify the areas of Ayurveda that will serve our community in the best possible way.
To illustrate to some extent the depth of studies, the course involves:

• Applied Philosophy of Ayurveda: An investigation of Ayurveda’s origin and its philosophies, introducing an understanding of the role of the body, mind, and soul in achieving perfect balance; and an understanding of the ancient principles that awaken cellular intelligence.
• Ayurvedic Anatomy and Physiology: An extensive study covering detailed knowledge of how the Tridosha (or Vata, Pitta and Kapha) work in our body; the assessment of Prakruti, understanding of the body structure and the nature of Prakruti and Vikriti (imbalance), the functioning, and metabolism activities of the Srotas (13 channels) and their role in health and disease.
• Ayurvedic Herbology/ Materia Medica: Ayurvedic Herbology will provide a deep knowledge of healing substances and the skills necessary for selecting and preparing herb based therapeutic formulations. This module provides a greater understanding of Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals (Bhaishajya Kalpan), the preparation and use of appropriate herbs in the right way, at the right time, using the right ‘Anupana’ (herbal vehicles).
• Ayurvedic Clinical Diagnosis: Theory and practice – Nadi Pariksha (Pulse Diagnosis), Tongue Diagnosis, Ayurvedic Iridology.
• Ayurvedic Nutrition, Ayurvedic Cooking: In depth study into the energetic principles that provide understanding of how food affects body and mind, experiential workshops and authentic Ayurvedic meal preparation.
• Ayurvedic Massage and related Therapies: ‘Shirodhara’, and ‘Kati Basti’ (a unique Ayurvedic treatment for musculo-skeletal issues), and Ayurvedic Abhyanga Massage, and Marma point therapy are skills that you will learn in the Ayurveda Diploma. In the Advanced Diploma Ayurveda, additional skills are provided in the areas of ‘Udwartanam’, ‘Navar Kizzi’ massage, ‘Bashpa Swedana’, ‘Netra Basti’, ‘Marma Point’, ‘Nasya Karma’, ‘Karna Purna’ and ‘Nadi Swedana’, ‘Uro’ and ‘Janu’ Basti therapies.
• Women & Child Care: providing skills in applying Ayurvedic programs for conscious conception, women’s and maternal health, improved parenting, and infant and childcare.
• Ayurvedic Psychology and Spirituality: includes the evaluation of case histories to determine counselling needs with emphasis also on the personal psychological development of the Ayurvedic Practitioner to develop professional detachment (to enable the Practitioner to work effectively in situations of high emotional charge).
• Authentic Ayurvedic Clinical Pathology: This a particular feature of the Advanced Diploma Ayurveda involving an extensive and unique presentation developed by Dr. Ajit, covering numerous common dis-orders according to Traditional Ayurvedic texts. This study provides knowledge of how to identify the correct herbs and strategies for each ailment and to structure the formulations for each client.
• Clinical Case work – extensive work on taking and documenting case studies with regular summations by Dr Ajit is covered in both the Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels of study.