This is a sustained journey for serious students who wish to walk with Ayurveda through seasons, study, and disciplined application, allowing it to reshape life from within.
For more than twenty years, this immersion has been the central vessel of my Ayurveda teaching and the living foundation beneath my work in the world. Students arrive with chronic imbalance, confusion, or fatigue. Over time, steadiness returns. Digestion strengthens. Seasonal awareness deepens. Health is no longer reactive but aligned.
Across twelve months of guided study, Ayurveda becomes less a body of ideas and more a lived way of being. Patterns of imbalance soften. Inner rhythm is restored. The measure of health shifts from symptom management to embodied clarity.
Alchemy Through Ayurveda
A comprehensive online training for serious seekers who wish to engage Ayurveda as a lived path of transformation, not as a quick remedy or introductory overview.
A Teaching Refined Across Decades
This immersion is taught entirely by Acharya Shunya and reflects more than two decades of dedicated teaching. The recordings unfolded across a full year and carry the depth of thousands of hours spent guiding students through real transformation. These teachings did not arise in isolation. They grew alongside lived healing, disciplined practice, and eventually became the foundation of the bestselling book, Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom.
Designed for Real Life
• Structured to support steady study alongside work, family, and daily responsibilities
• Ten months of guided rhythm, with four recorded teachings released each month
• Self-paced access with lifetime availability of all recordings and downloadable materials
• Optional live Q&A support and access to a moderated student community
• Created to sustain learning through changing seasons of life
THE RICH TRADITION
TAUGHT BY A
MASTER TEACHER
Ayurveda is receiving renewed attention across the world. This is welcome. Yet when knowledge spreads quickly, depth can be lost.
This immersion arises from a traditional Vedic lineage in which Ayurveda is not separated from spirituality, scripture, and daily living. It is not taught as a technique alone, but as a way of seeing, discerning, and aligning life with natural order.
If you are seeking instruction that is rooted, rigorous, and spiritually integrated, this path may be right for you.
Rooted Lineage
Acharya Shunya is a holder of an ancient Vedic family lineage, trained from childhood within an unbroken stream of classical Ayurvedic transmission. Her preparation rests not on certification alone, but on decades of disciplined study, lived practice, and direct guidance within her ancestral tradition. This course reflects that depth and continuity.
Author and Educator
Acharya Shunya is the author of Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom, a respected introduction to Ayurvedic living for contemporary readers and academic settings worldwide. In this immersion, the principles of the text are not merely explained, but embodied and applied through sustained study.
Recognized Leadership
She has served as an Ayurveda Advisor to the Government of India in international Ayurvedic affairs and has contributed to global Ayurvedic education through leadership roles, including at the World Ayurveda Congress. She is also a former President of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine. These roles reflect peer recognition of her depth, integrity, and commitment to authentic teaching.
Scriptural Foundation
This course presents Ayurveda in its original context, inseparable from its Vedic and spiritual roots. Teachings draw from classical texts and integrate yoga and vedanta, honoring Ayurveda as a complete way of understanding life, health, and consciousness.
Entering this Work
Ayurveda is not approached here as a quick intervention or casual program. This year-long immersion invites steady study, gradual refinement, and meaningful inner change. It unfolds through daily choices of food, rest, rhythm, and awareness, entered with patience and sincerity.
• A serious long-term immersion, not a weekend course
• Forty teachings across ten months form a true foundation
• Lifetime access creates a living reference, not disposable content
• Teachings integrate body, mind, season, food, soul, and purpose
• Designed for householders with full, active lives
• Rooted in lived experience as well as classical study
• Participation is an act of responsibility, not consumption
As the relationship with the body is restored in this way, symptoms often soften, clarity increases, and steadiness returns naturally.
Through This Course, You Will Learn:
A return to wholeness
Learn to approach Ayurveda not as merely as symptom management, but as a way of caring for body, mind, and inner life, together.
Daily practices you can actually live with
Simple, sustainable rhythms that restore digestion, calm the nervous system, and build strength over time.
How to apply classical teachings in real life
Time-tested laws & principles translated into the realities of work, family, aging, and modern stres
Understand imbalance without fear
To see clearly what is happening in your body and mind, and respond with discernment rather than urgency.
How to make wise choices, one step at a time
To shift from control and reaction toward intelligence, steadiness, and alignment with natural law.
Duration and Release
A ten-month journey, with four recorded teachings released each month, for a total of forty. The pacing is intentional, allowing study to settle rather than rush.
Enduring, Life Long Access
Teachings do not expire. Once released, they remain available for lifelong return, reflection, and deepening. This work is meant to mature with you.
Living Integration
Study unfolds alongside real life, shaped through repetition, seasonal awareness, and daily application rather than quick consumption. The rhythm is steady, not urgent.
Private Study Forum
A moderated online forum offers space for thoughtful questions, shared reflection, and meaningful dialogue within the study community.
How the Training Unfolds Over Time
A Year of Ayurvedic Study
A slow, structured journey into Ayurveda as a lived wisdom.
Each month unfolds one essential dimension of health, clarity, and daily life, allowing understanding to mature through time, rhythm, and practice.
Month 1
Entering the Ayurvedic View of Life
Begin with how Ayurveda understands life itself: body, mind, and consciousness moving as one living field.
Month 4
Digestion and Inner Clearing
Understand agni, toxins, and the disciplines that restore balance from within.
Month 2
Food, Taste, and Inner Restraint
Discover how nourishment and choice shape not only the body, but the quality of the mind.
Month 5
Spices, Summer, and Mental Clarity
Apply Ayurvedic wisdom to food, season, movement, and the cultivation of sattva.
Month 3
Doshas and the Intelligence of Rhythm
Learn to read your doshas of body and mind, and understand the quiet power of daily routine.
Month 6
Ojas and Replenishment
Rebuild vitality through nourishment, touch, rest, herbs and sattvic living.
Month 7
Grounding Through the Turning Year
Stabilize body and mind through fall and early winter practices.
Month 8
Knowing Your Nature
Understand prakriti and the patterns through which imbalance arises.
Month 9
Sleep, Senses, and Inner Regulation
Restore the nervous system and refine care of the senses and instincts.
Month 10
Living Ayurveda Fully
Integrate food, lifestyle, and life purpose into a coherent way of living.
The curriculum sequence is intentional. Students are guided from foundational understanding into dosha intelligence, digestion and seasonal living, food and herbs, mental health, daily discipline, and life strategy. Each month builds upon the last, allowing knowledge to mature into lived understanding rather than remain a collection of facts or techniques.
Through this designed flow of study and practice, you cultivate:
• A clear grasp of Ayurveda’s core principles, beyond trends or surface advice
• Practical discernment in daily food and lifestyle choices
• Seasonal rhythm and routine that support steadiness and resilience
• Deeper understanding of doshas, digestion, elimination, and immunity
• A more mature relationship with mind, sattva, and self-regulation
• The capacity to respond to imbalance earlier, with clarity rather than fear
A designed Flow of Knoweldge & Practices
What This Work Is and What It Is Not
The Year-Long Immersion is not designed to fix the body.
It is designed to restore the right relationship with it.
When the relationship between body, mind, and daily life is restored through food, rhythm, seasonal awareness, and thoughtful living, many begin to notice softened symptoms, clearer thinking, steadier digestion, and greater emotional ease. These outcomes are not chased. They are not marketed as guarantees. They arise as balance returns.
This is not a quick intervention. It is not a protocol to override the body. It is a disciplined return to alignment.
Ayurveda here is approached as wisdom, not as a trend. As the relationship deepens, the body is no longer treated as a problem to manage, but as intelligence to understand.
Living with Ayurveda Over Time
These reflections come from students who committed to a year of steady study and lived application. They speak from personal experience shaped by participation, consistency, and care. Each journey is unique. Outcomes vary. What is shared here is not a guarantee, but the unfolding of relationship, discipline, and alignment over time.
Jennifer McDaniel
Interior Designer, California
“Through my year of studying Ayurveda with Acharya Shunya, I learned how to trust my body and understand what it needs. During that year, I did not experience a single cold, nor did I have a flare-up related to my Multiple Sclerosis. I was also able, with care and awareness, to discontinue my use of antidepressants. What stayed with me most was not just improved health, but a deep sense of confidence in caring for myself. "
Devin Cecil-Wishing,
Artist, New York
"I initially began the class with the impression that we would be learning various cures for specific afflictions. As we continued, however, I came to realize that in many ways, as the lifestyle practices were adopted, many of my issues disappeared or resolved themselves without any need for specific remedies at all. What shifted most was how I live day to day, and how much steadier I feel in my body and mind."
Brittany Barret,
Healer, California
“Around that time I was diagnosed with a chronic digestive disease called Ulcerative Colitis. Studying with Acharya Shunya, I experienced firsthand the effectiveness and transformational power of this 5,000-year-old system of healing and to my amazement watched my body heal completely from my so called 'incurable disease."
Anuprita Khare,
Artist, California
“ I feel I have become a more conscious being, connected to a greater source of health, light, and love. Through the guidance of Acharya Shunya’s Ayurveda teachings, I learned how to care for my body, mind, and spirit in a more thoughtful and integrated way. This awareness continues to guide my daily choices."
Ozlem Tokman,
Author, Turkey
"The year-long training equipped me with knowledge and tools to manage simple, day-to-day health issues in a very effective way. I can now say with confidence that I don’t need to immediately turn to medication for common concerns like headaches, stomach discomfort, or colds. I feel capable of handling these and many other situations on my own, with calm and clarity."
Tracy Cunnigham,
Illustrator, California
“And as the proverb goes, “When you are ready, the teacher appears”. And “Wow” what a teacher came into my life. I can tell you now, that within a short span of time, thanks to Acharya Shunya's teachings, I have lost 40 pounds, improved the quality of my skin, and eliminated 5 previous years of severe hives, high cholesterol, and pre-diabetes.”
Debra Reaghard,
Holistic Nurse Practitioner, California
“ As a Holistic Nurse Practitioner with years of training in both traditional and non-traditional approaches, I can honestly say that what I received in Acharya Shunya’s course was unlike anything else. It was deeply holistic and heartfelt, addressing not just physical health, but the whole of life. The wisdom and care woven through the teachings touched me at a very deep level."
Suzanne Saucy,
Retired English teacher, California
"The first two months of studying Ayurveda with Acharya Shunya put me on a path of healing that was anchored in day-to-day practices, like drinking hot water upon arising in the morning. My mind calmed down, as I changed my diet to include Ayurveda meals cooked with ghee. I lost 10 pounds with no effort, and began to trust that taking care of my physical body would have great benefits over time."
Melanie Estarziau
Non Profit Consultant, Califirnia
"Through the one-year Ayurveda course, I learned how to understand the qualities of fruits, vegetables, dairy, meats, oils, and spices in relation to my body. I now know when lighter meals serve me, and when I need grounding foods like kichari. Understanding these qualities has allowed me to cook in ways that are seasonal, balanced, and responsive, without relying on rigid recipes."
The Year-Long Immersion is not designed to fix the body.
It is designed to restore the relationship with it.
When the relationship with the body is restored through food and daily living, many experience reduced symptoms, improved mental clarity, and greater emotional ease. These changes are not promised or pursued directly, but arise naturally as balance returns.
Over two decades, this work has quietly traveled far beyond a single classroom.
Over 80 Hours of Training
Over 80 hours of in-depth teaching drawn from Acharya Shunya’s lived lineage and Awakening Health model.
Thousands of Students
Students across the world who have studied this work over the past two decades.
Over 100,000 Books Sold
Author of the bestselling book
“Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom,”
translated into multiple languages.
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Ethical Boundries and Care
This course is educational in nature and is not intended as therapy, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency care. The teachings reflect traditional Ayurvedic knowledge and lived wisdom and are offered for learning and personal reflection. They are not a substitute for professional medical advice.
Students should consult a qualified healthcare provider before beginning any new dietary or lifestyle practices, especially if they have existing conditions, are pregnant, nursing, or taking medications.
Participation signifies understanding and acceptance of these boundaries.
A self-paced immersion where you explore Ayurvedic wisdom, ethical care, and conscious living at your own pace.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this immersion offer, and what is not promised?
This immersion offers a structured yet lived understanding of Ayurveda that unfolds over time. What is not promised are cures, timelines, or identical outcomes. Ayurveda does not operate through guarantees. It responds to sincerity, participation, and context. Each student’s experience unfolds in its own way.
How much of the outcome depends on my effort?
Effort matters. Consistency matters. Going through this training over time is essential.
At the same time, outcomes are not forced. Ayurveda works by cooperating with the innate intelligence of the body and mind. When effort is steady and patient, the body’s own wisdom begins to participate. This balance of effort and grace is central to the path.
What is my responsibility as a student?
Your part in the work is simple, but not casual. It asks for sincerity more than intensity.
It includes setting time aside regularly to review the video of the week, reflection, application, practicing honestly, asking questions with sincerity, and understanding that Ayurveda responds to participation rather than passive consumption. This is a path of relationship, not information alone.
How does this work alongside modern medical care?
Ayurveda is not positioned against modern medicine here. It is offered as a companion, not a replacement.
It is complementary, preventative, and supportive of self-understanding. Students are encouraged to maintain respectful relationships with qualified medical professionals and to exercise discernment when integrating traditional wisdom with contemporary care. This approach honors both systems.
Can I do this with my life as it is?
Yes.
The practices shared are adaptable. Perfection is not expected. This path is designed for householders living real lives, with work, family, and changing circumstances. The teachings meet you where you are and evolve as your life evolves.
What happens at the end of the training?
The end of the training marks a completion, not an ending. Learning continues inwardly as lived understanding. Some students choose to go deeper. Others rest and integrate. Both responses are valid. Ayurveda is not something one finishes. It becomes a way one walks.
