You've Been the Family's
Ayurveda Expert for Years.
Now It's Time to Make It Official.
The Holistic Ayurvedic Coach (HAC) Program is the foundational systems-training certification for people who already know Ayurveda works — and are ready to understand it deeply, apply it confidently, and step into a professional identity that's entirely their own.
The System Behind Everything You Already Know
Ayurveda is not a collection of lifestyle tips. It is a complete system of cause and effect — with its own logic, physiology, and model of why people get sick and how they heal.
Join The Webinar 3/25Build a Heart-Centered Practice
Conduct lifestyle consultations and advise clients with confidence and a clear scope of practice.
Deeply Impact Others' Well-Being
Help the people you love — and eventually your clients — the way Ayurveda has helped your family.
Transform Yourself From the Inside Out
Graduate not just with a credential, but with a new way of seeing the body, health, and human variation.
You've Been the Quiet Expert in Every Room.
You've read the books. Followed the right accounts. Swapped the canola for ghee. Adjusted the kids' diets for their dosha. When friends ask why you seem so calm, so well-rested, so together — you say something about Ayurveda. And they lean in.
But then comes the question you dread: "So how does it actually work? Can you teach me?"
Sound familiar?
- You've tried online courses and got beautiful content — but no coherent system
- You've read Ayurvedic books that feel profound, then hard to apply by Tuesday
- You want to help people the way Ayurveda has helped your family — but you don't have credentials
- You're not interested in becoming a doctor or going back to school full-time
- You want something rigorous, real, and flexible enough to fit around school pickup
- You want this to count — professionally, financially, and personally
Nobody Has Ever Shown You the System.
The tips aren't the problem. Your dedication isn't the problem.
Ayurveda is a complete system of cause and effect — with its own logic, its own physiology, its own model of why people get sick and how they heal. Every dosha recommendation, every seasonal protocol, every dietary guideline flows from that system.
When you understand the system, everything connects. You can explain it. Apply it. Teach it. Coach with it.
When you don't — it stays beautiful but fragmented. Personal but not professional.
Join The Webinar 3/25 at 8am Pacific Time’→What You'll Be Able to Do
This is not a reading list. This is a transformation in how you think about the body, health, and the people you care for.
Understand the Whole System
Finally grasp how doshas, agni, ama, the elements, and Ayurvedic physiology interconnect into a single operating logic. Stop collecting facts — start reasoning from principles the way a trained Vaidya thinks.
Apply Ayurveda With Real Precision
Understand why the same morning routine transforms one child and leaves another anxious. Why your husband's digestion requires a different approach than yours. Make it work even better.
Step Into a Professional Identity
Graduate with a credential from an 80-year Kerala lineage institution. Conduct lifestyle consultations. Lead wellness workshops. Advise clients on routines, diet, and mind-body balance.
Build a Flexible Career
See clients, collaborate with yoga studios and wellness centers, teach workshops, build an online coaching practice, or step into integrative health settings — on your schedule, with your expertise.
A Direct On-Ramp to Deeper Training
HAC's first 6 modules are fully transferable to the 600-hour Ayurvedic Health Counselor (AHC) program. If you want to go deeper, you're already halfway there. No starting over.
Not Like Every Other Ayurveda Program You've Encountered
Most programs are either too light or too heavy. HAC was built for a different person entirely.
No medical background required — only a high school diploma and the life experience you already have.
What You'll Study
Every module developed from classical Vedic texts — translated into the precise, accessible language of modern life. Taught from the ground up, with rigor and warmth.
History & Philosophy of Ayurvedic Science
Where Ayurveda comes from, why it works, and what makes it categorically different from Western medicine. You'll feel the depth of the lineage you're entering.
Core Principles of Ayurveda
The five elements. Samkhya philosophy. Ayurveda's definition of health. By the end, the word "dosha" will mean something completely different to you.
Ayurvedic Physiology & Psychology
How the body processes food, emotion, experience, and time. How agni (digestive fire) creates health or disease. Why ama is the root of most chronic imbalance.
Cooking, Nutrition & the Ayurvedic Kitchen
No rigid rules. No one-size-fits-all meal plan. Learn to read a body's needs through the Ayurvedic lens. Mind-body-gut connection, healing spices, meal timing. Recipes included.
Seasonal & Preventive Care
Learning to move with the rhythms of nature rather than against them. Seasonal protocols, daily rhythms, and environmental factors that push doshic balance toward disease — or resilience.
Yoga, the Mind & Ayurvedic Self-Care
Yoga as Ayurveda's sister science. Pranayama, meditation, movement, and ritual for balancing the nervous system, the mind, and the doshas. Perfect for yoga practitioners.
Ayurvedic Coaching & Client Skills
The bridge from student to professional. Conduct lifestyle consultations, assess mind-body constitution, guide clients through Ayurvedic protocols, and practice with the confidence and clear scope of a trained Holistic Ayurvedic Coach.
Flexible Programs for Every Aspiration
HAC is the confident first step. When you're ready, your training continues.
Holistic Ayurvedic Coach (HAC)
The foundational 300-hour certification for lifestyle coaching, client education, and applying Ayurvedic principles in everyday life. Built for people with real, demanding lives.
- 300 hours, 7 modules
- Non-clinical scope of practice
- Live online + optional in-person
- Immediately billable credential
Ayurvedic Health Counselor (AHC)
600 hours of deeper clinical assessment and more advanced diagnostics. HAC's first 6 modules transfer directly. Many students do HAC first, build their practice, then return for AHC.
- 600 hours total (HAC transfers)
- Deeper clinical assessment
- No starting over
Ayurvedic Practitioner & Advanced Training
For those ready to dive deep into clinical Ayurvedic practices. Acquire advanced knowledge and refined clinical skills needed to truly master your chosen specialization.
- Full clinical mastery
- In-depth clinical rotations
- Herbal formulations & treatments
- Advanced certifications
Here's What You Get
300-Hour Structured Curriculum
7 modules taught live by credentialed Vaidyas. Evening and weekend class times designed for people with real lives.
6 Weekend Intensives
Deep-dive sessions. Attend live in Milpitas or stream from home. Your choice, every time.
12 Tuesday Virtual Classes
Live-streamed. Recorded for replay. Ask questions, go deep, never fall behind.
5 Group Mentoring Sessions
Guided by certified Ayurvedic mentors who love this science and love seeing students grow into it.
Complete eLearning Portal Access
Course PDFs, slide decks, class notes, recorded sessions, tests, and assignments — all in one place.
1-Day Clinical Practicum
Hands-on client coaching experience. The bridge from knowing to confidently doing.
Alumni Listing + Global Community
Join a searchable global network of 3,000+ Ayurvedic graduates. Be found by the clients looking for exactly you.
Direct Pathway to AHC Certification
Your first 6 HAC modules transfer directly to the 600-hour AHC program when you're ready to go deeper.
Holistic Ayurvedic Coach
The Enduring Wisdom of Ayurveda
Vaidya Jayarajan Kodikannath
BSc, BAMS · Lead FacultyVaidya Jayarajan is a trained Ayurvedic physician carrying 80 years of Kerala lineage, educated in the sacred birthplace of this science. For 15 years, his mission has been singular: making authentic Ayurvedic wisdom accessible to modern lives — without oversimplifying its power or demanding you relocate to an ashram.
He has guided thousands of students to understand their unique constitution, taught at Harvard Medical School on integrative medicine, and helped countless people understand why the health advice they were following kept failing them.
Whether you're a skeptical left-brain type or a yoga-loving empath, Vaidya Jay makes 5,000-year-old wisdom feel immediately practical, grounded, and meant for you.
When You Join HAC, You Join a Movement.
When you choose Kerala Ayurveda Academy, you're not just enrolling in a program — you're becoming part of a warm, diverse community of people passionate about Ayurveda. Our students come from all walks of life, creating a rich and collaborative learning environment.
You'll forge lasting connections with your peers and instructors, building a network that extends far beyond the classroom — online and in person.
What You're Qualified to Do Upon Graduation
A clearly defined, non-clinical scope of practice. Meaningful, professional, billable work that requires no medical license.
As a Holistic Ayurvedic Coach, you are trained to:
- Conduct Ayurvedic lifestyle consultations with clients
- Assess a client's unique mind-body constitution (Prakriti and Vikriti)
- Advise on dietary choices, daily routines, seasonal adjustments, and self-care practices
- Assist clients in harmonizing mind-body-spirit through Ayurvedic principles
- Teach Ayurvedic principles in workshops, group programs, and educational settings
- Educate clients, students, and communities on Ayurvedic lifestyle and prevention
Professional Opportunities
- Private Ayurvedic lifestyle coaching practice
- Workshops at yoga studios, wellness centers, spas
- Integration with an existing healthcare or wellness practice
- Online coaching programs and digital courses
- Corporate wellness consulting
- Complement to careers in nutrition, yoga therapy, nursing, or social work
Ideal For Moms Who Are:
A Program Built Around Your Life
Intentionally designed for maximum flexibility — because the most serious students of Ayurveda are often managing the most demanding lives.
Study From Anywhere
Full participation — no travel required. Attend all sessions including Weekend Intensives and the Clinical Practicum via high-quality live stream.
In-Person in Milpitas, CA
Join Weekend Intensives and the Clinical Practicum in person at our Academy in Silicon Valley — full conference, kitchen, and wellness facilities.
Got Questions? We've Got Answers.
Talk With an Enrollment Advisor
Book a free 15-minute call with Kavita or Suzanne. No pressure. No pitch. Just a real conversation about whether HAC is right for you.
Now Make It Official.
The families around you have already seen what you can do with Ayurveda. You've been doing this work — informally, intuitively, and well — for years. The HAC program gives that knowledge a foundation, a framework, and a credential.