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Kripalu School of Ayurveda Professional certification programs

New format beginning in September 2009!

Start this September and choose from two levels of training-as well as an exciting new track for yoga teachers. Within a year, you can graduate with professional certification as an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant or Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist.

All trainings begin with Foundations of Ayurveda, offered in two 12-day sessions (September 13-25 and November 29-December 11, 2009). These immersion sessions take place at Kripalu Center and are complemented by at-home study.

Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant training: Foundations of Ayurveda plus four additional 9-day sessions (January, February, April, and June 2010).

Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist training: Foundations of Ayurveda plus one 9-day session (March 2010).

Why study at Kripalu?

The Kripalu School of Ayurveda offers many benefits for those interested in learning more about Ayurveda, whether to start a new career or enhance a current one.

* You’ll study with expert faculty, the leading Ayurvedic teachers and practitioners in the West, including Vasant Lad, John Douillard, and Cynthia Welch.
* You’ll stay at Kripalu Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts for six immersion sessions, immersed in Kripalu’s lifestyle curriculum, including daily yoga classes, deliciously nourishing all-natural meals, the company of people with similar interests, the beauty of the Berkshires, and much more.
* You’ll participate in an integrated curriculum designed to support and challenge you, with a teaching methodology that provides a unique mix of didactic education and experiential sessions.
* You’ll learn from your own experience, practicing in your own life what you are learning at Kripalu through at-home study assignments in between sessions to discover your own natural rhythms and sources of wisdom.
* You’ll get trained in pulse diagnosis, client care, and other important skills and consider current research studies on Ayurveda.
* You’ll be inspired by ancient texts and discover the inspirational philosophy and 5,000-year-old history of Ayurveda.
* You’ll graduate with professional certification, whether you are launching a new career, supplementing an old one, or sharing your knowledge with friends and family.

Interested? All certification programs all begin with Foundations of Ayurveda, a great beginning for anyone interested in pursuing Ayurveda professionally or personally.

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Massage Training at the Kripalu School of Massage

Study with exceptional faculty who draw from more than 30 years of experience creating extraordinary learning environments

Why do your massage training at Kripalu?

The Kripalu approach takes the technical skills and strokes and transforms them into a sacred experience of intuitive healing touch. Kripalu therapists attune to the essential within themselves and their clients to offer an experience infused with life force. The tools of the Kripalu approach include intention, intuitive awareness, attentiveness to energy, and yogic stances and breathing and can be used with any bodywork modality.

Through this comprehensive residential massage training, you will learn the principles and practices of massage therapy, develop an authentic healing presence, and experience bodywork as a vehicle for personal and spiritual transformation for both you and your clients.

The massage training program at the Kripalu School of Massage offers the following two levels of certification:

* Essentials of Kripalu Massage (170 hours)
Learn to provide compassionate, intuitive touch with technical expertise in our 170-hour foundational massage training.
* 500-Hour Kripalu Bodywork and Massage Training (340 hours)
Increase your repertoire of bodywork techniques and deepen the skills and experience acquired in Essentials of Kripalu Massage. This course provides an additional 340 hours of bodywork and massage training and together with Essentials of Kripalu Massage gives you the 500 hours of coursework necessary to apply for licensing as a massage therapist in most states in the United States and abroad.

The Kripalu School of Massage is licensed as a private occupational school by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education.

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education provider.

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