Advanced Ayurveda Practitioner / Level III

Course begins August 1st, 2026

Classes meet every other consecutive weekend for 17 months

Friday (6:30 pm – 9 pm), Saturday (9 am – 6 pm), and Sunday (9 am – 6 pm)

Our Level III Program is the highest level of Ayurveda training and education available to Western students.

Therefore, our program is intentionally tailored to provide rigorous and comprehensive preparation for Ayurvedic practitioners who need a deep understanding of ailments, diseases, and complex conditions affecting the mind, emotions, body, and spirit. Preventive, proactive, and palliative categories of care are studied. Healing and preventing disease, as well as providing thorough consultations, recommendations, and protocols, are taught in classroom and clinical settings.

Our graduates will be competent, proficient, and highly knowledgeable advanced practitioners having earned the highest recognized credentials in Ayurvedic education offered in the United States. Upon successful completion of the AAP Program, you will be awarded an Advanced Ayurveda Practitioner Certificate.

Prerequisites:
The prerequisite for admission to the Level III program is the completion of the Ayurveda Practitioner (AP) or an equivalent program. Students who have completed a program equivalent to the AP at other institutions will be required to undergo an interview to assess their competency in Ayurveda theory and practice.

All course material and related textbooks for each module will be provided and included in the student tuition.

India Gurukula Clinical Practicum is mandatory for meeting and completing all course requirements for graduation. The program consists of hands on live client encounters, in-depth debrief for each client and in-depth Panchakarma practice consisting on individual treatments pertaining to specific health conditions, not only recommending but implementing and performing all karmas.

The AAP Program requires 6 credits of Anatomy and Physiology which you should have completed upon graduation of the AP program. In the case this is a pending requirement, you have the opportunity to complete it during the course of 8 months.

The Ashtanga Hridayam, the essence of all the Eight Branches of Ayurveda, is one of the primary ancient root texts of Ayurveda. It is still used a guide today providing clear guidelines in all aspects of health. Recorded classes will be provided weekly every Wednesday evening for you to listen and study 2 hours per week.

The series introduces Sanskrit to Ayurvedic students so they can easily read Ayurvedic texts such as the Ashtanga Hridayam. The course focuses on listening, reading, and writing. The course starts with the fundamentals, beginning with the basic sounds and the alphabet of the Devanagari script.

Asynchronous Sessions consist of outlined assignments and recordings which are required as part of each course.

General FAQ’s based on conversation with students:

Q1: After two years of studying, some students don’t feel confident in practicing.
This concern is common. Two years after the foundation of Ayurveda, it is similar to the first full-time year in India. In medical school, after two years, students do not immediately begin practicing; instead, they seek more knowledge.

Once the student is fully trained, the ability to practice in a medical setting will naturally emerge.
Medicine, like engineering, education, or music, requires ongoing repetition to deepen both practical skills and understanding of underlying science, regardless of one’s expertise.

Whatever your chosen specialty, you need to do the same with Ayurveda. Learning and practice are continuous—there is never a point of knowing it all.  Ayurveda is not a theory; it is a science, and to understand Ayurveda, the science, is to practice Ayurveda.

Q2: What is different from Year II?
The program is designed with Indian physicians. It is not repetitive or a repeat of year II.
For example: During your previous Panchakarma training, you learned the foundation and general karmas for each dosha; now you’ll learn to make disease-specific preparations and apply Karmas appropriately, their sequence and their repetition when necessary depending on specific ailments.

In Marma therapy, you have covered general points and general treatment sequences, but not the points addressing subdoshas and more complex ailments.

The same for herbology, you will be able to create a formulas with the proper dosage of a primary, secondary or third herb based on classic Ayurveda formulations.

Level III presents additional advanced practices, just as attorneys continue to consult case law texts and psychologists refer to professional resources, like the DSM-IV-TR for planning care. Similarly, studying Ayurveda at this level requires returning to detailed source texts.

Q3: Is the program structure the same as level II (Ayurveda Practitioner)?
The program structure will be different, as well.  For example, for immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto’s, lupus and celiac disease, there are specific slokas or verses dedicated to the definition and treatment of each, a particular intake, a particular PK treatment, etc.

To work effectively with clients in any field of Ayurveda, you need more than the basics. Only Year III offers the comprehensive theory and advanced practice necessary to complete your education and be prepared for professional work in the West. 

Q4: Is the clinical summer intensive dedicated only to third-year students?
We will not only be seeing clients in a clinical setting but also debriefing each case, bringing relevant case studies from the curriculum and cases you bring on your own. 

Q5: Is the Level III India trip exclusive for Level three students? 
Level III is for Level III students, but Level II students may travel to India for their own program.  
The program is focused on practice; clinical and panchakarma. Whichever number of cases are seen and analyzed in one day, there will be a further dissection in English, how you examine the patient physically, meaning the body examination required in a consultation Each case will include breakdowns of diet, treatment, and Panchakarma suggested for each condition.

Q6: Are classes conducted physically at Sampoorna or online?
Classes will be held at Sampoorna, with the option of online or hybrid learning.