Where Ayurveda Meets the Heart
Heart disease remains the world's leading cause of death — not because we don't know the risk factors, but because knowing them rarely changes what happens in the clinic. A new certificate course from the Department of Ayur-Yoga Preventive Cardiology at the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, is trying to close that gap by training AYUSH practitioners to think about the heart from two directions at once: the Ayurvedic and the modern.
Titled Integrative Preventive Cardiology: Combining Ayurveda, Yoga, and Modern Aspects for Heart Health, the programme runs from 14 to 30 September 2026 in a hybrid format — twelve short online sessions followed by three days of hands-on practical training on campus.
Why this course exists
Every clinician knows the checklist: don't smoke, stay active, eat well, manage stress, watch your numbers. The course material is candid about the fact that this checklist is often ignored — not from lack of awareness, but because prevention rarely gets the structured attention that treatment does. Inherited conditions like familial hypercholesterolemia are frequently missed entirely.
The department was set up in 2020 specifically to build public and clinical awareness around this gap, using Ayurveda's traditional framing of the heart (Hrudaya), digestive fire (Agni), and bodily channels (Srotas) as a lens for prevention rather than just crisis management.
What the course covers
Foundations, dual perspective
Cardiovascular epidemiology and levels of prevention, paired with the Ayurvedic understanding of Hrudaya, Doshas, and Srotas.
Major conditions, integrated
Hypertension, dyslipidaemia, diabetes-linked heart disease, and coronary artery disease — read through both modern diagnostics and classical texts.
Diet, herbs and detox
Ayurvedic nutrition principles, heart-supportive herbs like Arjuna and Guggulu, and detox therapies such as Virechana and Basti.
Yoga and stress
Asanas for circulation, Pranayama for blood pressure, and yoga's role in cardiac rehabilitation.
Clinical and emergency skills
Cardiac rehab phases, CPR and the chain of survival, and case-based discussion of real-world CAD management.
How the 15 days unfold
Twelve online sessions (1.5 hours each) build the knowledge base; the final three days are full offline practical sessions at NIA's Jaipur campus.
Who can apply
The course is open to BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, BNYS and BSMS graduates and postgraduates, AYUSH scholars in their final professional year or internship, and practicing AYUSH clinicians. Selection is first-come, first-served, capped at 25 seats to keep the training personal.
Fees
Application fee is ₹300 for General/OBC/EWS candidates and ₹150 for SC/ST/PH candidates — non-refundable. Selected candidates then pay a course fee of ₹5,000, which covers the registration kit, study material, hands-on training, and tea breaks. Travel and stay are not included, though guest-house accommodation can be arranged on request, subject to availability.
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Ready to apply?
Applications are accepted online only, through the NIA website and the official Google form. Applying by any other method is automatically rejected.
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