Vata Diet: Foods that balance Vata (warm, moist, and grounding) and those to avoid.

Pitta Diet: Foods that balance Pitta (cooling, soothing, and hydrating) and those to avoid.

Kapha Diet: Foods that balance Kapha (light, dry, and warming) and those to avoid.

Practical Exercise: Assessing your Prakriti and Vikriti and creating a personalized meal plan.

Understanding Agni: The concept of digestive fire and its central role in health and disease.

Signs of Strong and Weak Agni: How to recognize if your Agni is strong or weak and the effects on your digestion.

Dietary Practices to Strengthen Agni: Food combinations, meal timings, and practices like mindful eating.

Practical Exercise: Cooking with Agni-strengthening foods (e.g., warm soups, herbal teas).

Food as Medicine: Introduction to Ayurvedic food groups like grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and spices.

Practical Exercise: Creating a balanced meal using all six tastes.

The Six Tastes (Shad Rasa): How each of the six tastes—sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, astringent—affects the doshas and health.

Food Combinations: Understanding the principles of food pairing for maximum digestion and nutritional value.

The Impact of Seasons on Diet: How to adapt your diet to seasonal changes to stay in balance.

Ritucharya (Seasonal Regimens): Ayurvedic principles for eating according to the season to maintain harmony with nature.

Practical Exercise: Meal planning for each season and incorporating seasonal produce.

The Role of Detoxification in Ayurveda: How dietary changes can support natural detoxification and the role of Panchakarma.

Foods to Support Detoxification: Recommended foods and herbs for cleansing and purification.

Practical Exercise: Ayurvedic detox recipes such as Kitchari, herbal teas, and detoxifying soups.

Spices in Ayurveda: The healing power of Ayurvedic spices like turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, and their impact on digestion.

Cooking Principles: The importance of cooking methods (steaming, boiling, sautéing, etc.) in Ayurveda.

Practical Exercise: How to use spices to create balanced and flavorful meals.

Ayurvedic Approach to Weight Management: Understanding how to balance the doshas through diet for weight loss or gain.

Managing Stress and Anxiety through Diet: How food choices can calm the nervous system.

Diet for Digestive Disorders: Ayurvedic solutions for bloating, constipation, acidity, and IBS.

Practical Exercise: Creating diet plans to address specific health concerns.

Ayurvedic Daily Routine (Dinacharya): How to structure your daily meals and routines to promote health.

Mindful Eating and Food Preparation: The art of eating with awareness and preparing food with intention.

Practical Exercise: Daily meal planning and incorporating Ayurvedic principles into your lifestyle.

Review of Key Concepts: Recap of Ayurvedic diet principles, food groups, and cooking methods.

Practical Applications: Creating an Ayurvedic meal plan for personal or client use

Final Assessment: Case study analysis and creation of a personalized Ayurvedic diet plan.