Integral Vedic Counseling Course

• Join our unique course in Integral Vedic Counseling, the first in depth course in this profound subject of the wisdom of the Rishis. The course is based upon Dr. David Frawley’s extensive work with related Vedic sciences of Yoga, Ayurveda, Vedanta and Vedic astrology. The course teaches us how to integrate these profound Vedic disciplines according to a background Vedic Counseling model that shows us how to communicate their essence with clarity and depth. Gain certification in the new field of Vedic Counseling.
• Vedic counseling addresses all aspects of human life, with transformational guidance leading us to physical, psychological, social and spiritual well-being. Though rooted in the ancient Vedic tradition, it is of crucial importance for the planetary age, sharing a timeless vision of human unity with all.
• Vedic counseling is relevant to all forms of healing, creativity, life-enhancement, and experiential spirituality. It provides in-depth guidance on how we can lead our lives in an optimal manner for unfolding higher powers of thought and action, to the supreme Self-realization. We can describe Vedic counseling as a Vedic spiritual or yogic counseling, as it looks to the role of consciousness as the key factor in our existence through our many incarnations. It forms the foundation of Vedic education.
• This integral approach to Vedic counseling provides the student with key insights into the main Vedic fields of Yoga, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Tantra, Vedic astrology, and Vastu, providing core insights into Vedic philosophy and psychology, Vedic values, and a Vedic way of life of conscious living for the benefit of all.

Certification

• The course grants credit in “Integral Vedic Counselor: Foundation Course”, and 300 hours of credit with our organization.  It grants you special study recognition and credentials as students of Dr. Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri).
• The course helps you become a Vedic teacher, educator, counselor, life-guide and mentor. It provides you a good foundation in the field of Vedic knowledge overall.

Advanced Studies

• Students can go on to our other Vedic courses, including Ayurvedic Healing, Ayurvedic Astrology, Yoga, Ayurveda, Mantra and Meditation.
• Graduates can get special tutorial guidance from Dr. Frawley personally for advanced study in Vedic counseling.
• Integral Vedic Educator Certification, Ayurveda, Raja Yoga, Vedic Astrology, Vedic Counseling. For those who have completed all our four courses.

Vedic Counseling: Nature, Meaning, Orientation & Goals

• Vedic counseling is the foundational counseling approach of Vedic philosophy and Vedic healing, which pervades all the Vedic arts and sciences. Through it you can learn the principles of Vedic living, dharmic living and yogic living and how these reflect each other to transform our lives.
• The goal of our course is to provide you with a Vedic view of counseling and life-guidance as part of a way of Self-realization as the universal awareness at the core of our own being. Such a transformative approach to counseling today is unique and boundless in what it can offer us for our inner unfoldment.
• The course teaches you Vedic counseling according to specific applications, an orientation towards consciousness as the basis of all our potentials, and based upon a deep understanding dharma and karma, helping your understand your life purpose and how your karma reflects it.

Aim and Audience for Course

• The Integral Vedic counseling course can be taken by those new to the Vedic field of knowledge, providing a good foundation in light of counseling and life-guidance approaches that are relevant to all and cover every domain of life outwardly and inwardly.
• The course specifically addresses existing practitioners and serious students of the Vedic sciences (Yoga, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology, and Vastu). It is designed to guide them in their study, practice, teaching, and communication. The course provides specific counseling principles and methods for those in the Vedic field. This is important, since many Vedic practitioners lack counseling skills and may not have been taught them as part of their studies.
• The course can be helpful for counselors in other fields but may require adaptation or additional studies, as well as receptivity to the Vedic view of life.

Course  Orientation and Information

• Our Integral Vedic Counseling Course is not just a matter of imparting information or helpful techniques. It first aims at teaching and promoting certain values or a way of dharmic living and thinking or what could be called a “Vedic Life” staring with ourselves This implies character development, which is a matter of self-discipline, not simply imbibing information.
• The course asks us to recognize the unique nature of each individual and does not give out mass formulas to be applied mechanically. It employs a number of Vedic typologies based upon the three gunas, three doshas, five elements and nine planets to aid in this determination of individual nature.

What Students Can Expect from the Course

• The course provides you with detailed knowledge about Vedic Counseling and its main lines of application. You will receive an introduction to Ayurvedic psychology, Yoga psychology, Vedantic philosophy, Vedic astrology and Vastu.

New Students to Vedic Knowledge

• Students with a background in the Vedic field will gain an understanding of the basis of Vedic counseling, life-guidance, and the Vedic educational model for personal healing and transformation, to help themselves, friends and family, for understanding their karma and how to live according to their highest potential.

Students of Ayurveda

• The course will provide special teachings on Vedic Counseling, detail on Ayurvedic Psychology, and helpful information on Yoga, Vedic Astrology and Vastu. You will gain a better understanding of how to communicate with clients and encourage them in Ayurvedic behavioral modifications and Vedic values.

Students of Vedic Astrology

• The course will provide you with special teachings on Vedic Counseling,  detail on counseling in Vedic Astrology, and helpful information on Yoga, Ayurveda, and Vastu.  This course will teach you how through better communication you can be of greater help to your clients in guiding their lives.

Students of Yoga and Vedanta

• The course will provide you with special teachings on Vedic Counseling for teaching Yoga and helpful information on Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology and Vastu. It presents Yoga according to its deeper philosophy of Vedanta as a way of Self-knowledge and Self-realization.
• By combining Yoga with Vedanta and Ayurvedic psychology for understanding the mind, you can take your yoga teaching to a higher level. You will gain insight into Raja Yoga and its attitudinal, perceptual and behavioral modifications.

Meditation Teachers

• The Integral Vedic counseling approach is very helpful for meditation teachers, particularly those who follow a Vedic or yogic approach. It will help you add a full counseling approach to teaching meditation, aiding in psychological well-being and spiritual growth. The course uses the views of Yoga and Vedanta for the Vedic philosophy and practice of meditation.

Testing

• The course has five final tests at the end of each of the five-course sections. These the student must return to the institute for grading by email.
• Once all five tests are completed the student has finished the course and can be certified by us.