Holistic Ayurvedic Coach Program — Kerala Ayurveda Academy
80+ Years Kerala Lineage 3,000+ Global Graduates
From Intuition to Expertise

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.

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April 7, 2026Spring Cohort Begins
300 HoursOver 6 Months
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Live Online+ Optional In-Person
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Milpitas, CAOr Fully Online
HAC Graduate — Kerala Ayurveda Academy
For Those Ready to Step Forward

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.

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Build a Heart-Centered Practice

Conduct lifestyle consultations and advise clients with confidence and a clear scope of practice.

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Deeply Impact Others' Well-Being

Help the people you love — and eventually your clients — the way Ayurveda has helped your family.

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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.

Why You're Here

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?"

"The gap between 'I use Ayurveda' and 'I understand Ayurveda' is exactly what the HAC program was built to close."

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
The Real Problem

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.

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What You'll Learn

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.

01

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.

You can trace any symptom back to its cause. No more guessing.
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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.

Become the most informed health advocate your family has ever had.
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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.

A clear scope of practice and a title that means something.
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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.

Income and professional identity on terms that fit your life.
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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.

A clear professional pathway with HAC as the confident first step.
How HAC Is Different

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.

Other Programs Give You
Dosha quizzes and recipes
Inspirational content without clinical grounding
A certificate after watching videos
Tips to memorize, not principles to reason from
No clear scope of practice
No lineage or institutional credibility
HAC Gives You
300 hours of structured, sequenced curriculum
Classical Vedic foundations taught by credentialed Vaidyas
Theory-to-practice: every principle applied to real life
A coherent system you can teach, explain, and coach from
A defined, respected scope of practice
80 years of Kerala Ayurveda lineage behind your credential

No medical background required — only a high school diploma and the life experience you already have.

The HAC Curriculum

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.

1

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.

2

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Your Path, Your Pace

Flexible Programs for Every Aspiration

HAC is the confident first step. When you're ready, your training continues.

Year 1 — Next Level

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
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Years 2–4 — Mastery

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
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Options for Anyone, Anywhere  ·  In-Person, Online or Hybrid  ·  Part Time or Full Time  ·  6 Months to 4 Years
When You Join HAC

Here's What You Get

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300-Hour Structured Curriculum

7 modules taught live by credentialed Vaidyas. Evening and weekend class times designed for people with real lives.

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6 Weekend Intensives

Deep-dive sessions. Attend live in Milpitas or stream from home. Your choice, every time.

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12 Tuesday Virtual Classes

Live-streamed. Recorded for replay. Ask questions, go deep, never fall behind.

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5 Group Mentoring Sessions

Guided by certified Ayurvedic mentors who love this science and love seeing students grow into it.

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Complete eLearning Portal Access

Course PDFs, slide decks, class notes, recorded sessions, tests, and assignments — all in one place.

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1-Day Clinical Practicum

Hands-on client coaching experience. The bridge from knowing to confidently doing.

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Alumni Listing + Global Community

Join a searchable global network of 3,000+ Ayurvedic graduates. Be found by the clients looking for exactly you.

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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.

Spring 2026 Enrollment

Holistic Ayurvedic Coach

$3,775
+ $100 registration fee · Payment plans available
Program Duration6 Months
Total Hours300 Hours
Cohort StartApril 7, 2026
Cohort EndSeptember 29, 2026
FormatOnline or Hybrid
Location (optional)Milpitas, CA
Learn With a Master

The Enduring Wisdom of Ayurveda

Vaidya Jayarajan Kodikannath

Vaidya Jayarajan Kodikannath

BSc, BAMS · Lead Faculty

Vaidya 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.

Additional Faculty
Vaidya Sheena Sooraj, BAMS
Vaidya Princy Prasad, BAMS, MS
Vaidya Kamya Pillai, BAMS, AWP PHD
"I came in as someone who'd been cooking Ayurvedically for my family for years. I thought I knew the basics. By month two, I was having conversations with my kids' pediatrician about agni and inflammation — and she was asking me questions. This program gave me language I didn't know I needed."
Yoga teacher & mom of three — California
"I was terrified I'd be the only one without a clinical background. But this program was built for people exactly like me — deeply curious, already living Ayurveda, but needing the structure to make it real. I graduated and had my first paying client within six weeks."
HAC Graduate, Wellness Coach — Pacific Northwest
"KAA not only teaches the principles of Ayurveda — it equips each one of us with levers that can be applied to everyday lives. The holistic education combined with real-life experience has been a true asset to my life."
Diksha Goel — AP Graduate
A Community Unlike Any Other

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.

3,000+
Global Graduates
80+
Years of Lineage
15+
Countries Represented
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Alumni Always Have a Home ✦
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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
You are not diagnosing disease or prescribing treatment — you are coaching lifestyle, educating on principles, and supporting 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:

Returning to professional life Building a flexible business Yoga teachers Healthcare workers Educators Wellness professionals
Choose Your Journey for Your Lifestyle

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.

100% Online Track

Study From Anywhere

Full participation — no travel required. Attend all sessions including Weekend Intensives and the Clinical Practicum via high-quality live stream.

📅6 Weekend Intensives — live-streamed Saturdays & Sundays
🌙12 Tuesday Evening Classes — after the kids are in bed
👥5 Group Mentoring Sessions — live with faculty mentors
🖥️eLearning Portal — self-paced lectures, 24/7 access
🏥Clinical Practicum Day — live-streamed
Miss a session due to a sick kid or family emergency? Every class is recorded. You never fall behind. You never lose your seat.
Hybrid Track

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.

📍Milpitas, CA — Silicon Valley
🗓️April 7 – September 29, 2026
300 Hours over 6 Months
📸All live sessions recorded within 24 hrs
No prerequisite knowledge needed — only a high school diploma and the life experience you already have.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Got Questions? We've Got Answers.

I haven't worked professionally in years. Will this credential actually mean something? +
Yes — because it comes from an institution with 80 years of lineage, faculty with BAMS degrees from India.. The HAC certification isn't a self-assigned title. It's earned through 300 hours of structured coursework from one of the most respected Ayurvedic academies in the United States. When you say "I'm a Holistic Ayurvedic Coach certified by Kerala Ayurveda Academy," that lands differently than "I've studied Ayurveda online."
Can I really do this around school pickup, sick days, and family life? +
This program was designed with you in mind. Weekend Intensives are held on Saturdays and Sundays. Tuesday evening classes happen after kids are in bed. All live sessions are recorded and available within 24 hours. If a week is impossible, you watch the recording. You don't miss the content. You don't fall behind. Many HAC graduates have said the flexibility wasn't a compromise — it was the reason they were able to finish something they're genuinely proud of.
I already know a lot about Ayurveda. Will this feel too basic? +
Most students who arrive with Ayurvedic experience tell us the same thing: they knew the practices, but they didn't know the system. HAC teaches from the classical foundations — Samkhya philosophy, the five elements, the logic of doshas, the mechanics of agni and ama. This is the framework that makes everything else make sense. You won't be bored. You'll be restructuring what you thought you knew into something far more powerful.
How is HAC different from the AHC and more advanced programs? +
HAC is the foundational certification — 300 hours, 6 months — focused on lifestyle coaching, client education, and applying Ayurvedic principles in everyday life. No clinical diagnosis. No medical scope. The AHC is the next level — 600 hours, deeper clinical assessment, more advanced diagnostics. HAC's first 6 modules transfer directly into AHC if you choose to continue. Many students do HAC first, build their practice, and then return for AHC when they're ready. You're not locked in. You're just starting in exactly the right place.
Do I need to justify this investment to my partner? +
The HAC program is a professional certification from a nationally recognized institution with 80 years of lineage. Certified Holistic Ayurvedic Coaches build coaching practices, run wellness workshops, integrate into health and yoga settings, and charge real professional rates for their expertise. This isn't a hobby expense. It's a professional investment with a clear credential, a defined scope of practice, and a direct pathway to deeper training. It also completely transforms how you care for your family along the way. Book a call with our Enrollment Advisors — we're happy to walk through the numbers with both of you.
What if I miss a live class? +
Every live session is recorded and available in your eLearning portal within 24 hours. Watch at 6am before the house wakes up, during nap time, or after the kids are in bed. Missing a session doesn't mean missing the content.
Is a payment plan available? +
Yes. Payment plan options are available. See the full Course Catalog for details, or ask your Enrollment Advisor during your free consultation call.
Not Sure If This Is the Right Next Step?

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.

You've Already Been Living This

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.

Spring 2026 Cohort · Begins April 7, 2026 · Applications Open Now