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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WHAT IS AYURVEDA?

Ayurveda, or Ayurvedic medicine, is the world's most ancient system of scientific medicine and preventive health care. Developed in India over the course of many thousands of years, Ayurveda (which translates as "science of life") is a natural approach to creating balance, promoting healthful life-styles, and strengthening the body's healing abilities when faced with disease, debility or injury. To read a brief article on Ayurveda, please click here.

WHAT HEALING MODALITIES DOES AYURVEDA USE?

Diet, exercise, and yoga are very frequently used in Ayurveda, as are herbal and other naturally-derived remedies, massage and manipulation, psychological counselling and various de-toxification strategies. The hallmark of the Ayurvedic approach is that the means employed to avert or treat disease are natural, and when appropriately used, incapable of causing their user harm, in marked contrast to much of what today comprises Western medical practice.

WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM'S PURPOSE?

The New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda at the Starseed Center for Yoga and Wellness has one goal: to provide the best education and training available in North America today for the next generation of Ayurvedic practitioners, at reasonable and modest cost, in a fashion designed to meet the educational, professional and other needs of mature learners with maximum flexibility, and consonant with the anticipated public demand and employment markets for Ayurvedic practitioners.

IS THIS PROGRAM APPROVED OR ACCREDITED?

The New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda is operated by the Starseed Educational Company, a federally recognized section 501(c)(3) exempt organization, and is authorized to operate as a private correspondence school in the state of New Jersey under the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Act of 1968 (as amended), New Jersey Statutes Title 18A:69-7.

In terms of professional recognition, at the present time no national standard either for the certification of Ayurvedic practitioners nor for the accreditation of institutions training such individuals has been elaborated. The two largest United States based organizations of Ayurvedic practitioners, the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and the California Association for Ayurvedic Medicine are currently developing such standards..

WHAT LEGAL STATUS IS ENJOYED BY AYURVEDIC PRACTITIONERS?

For an article offering a detailed discussion of the legal status of Ayurvedic practitioners and the right to practice Ayurvedic healing, please click here.

WHERE IS THE RESIDENTIAL COURSE BEING OFFERED?

Classes will be held at the Starseed Center for Yoga & Wellness, 215 Glenridge Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey.

WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM?

US$ 1,999.00 is at present the total tuition (exclusive of some suggested textbooks that are optional) for the program when prepaid. Tuition may be paid at the time of enrollment ($1,999.00) or in four equal payments of $625.00 within the first year of enrollment, with a first payment due at the time of registration. All major credit cards are accepted, as are checks and PayPal.

We have extended a reduced tuition of $1,699.00 to the first twenty-five students registering in and prepaying for the program. Additionally, graduates of the Foundation Course (when taken separately) are extended a tuition abatement in the amount of $300.00.

WHAT IS THE INSTITUTE'S TUITION REFUND POLICY?

1. Written notice must be provided (a) by a student to the Institute when the student withdraws or (b) by the Institute to the student when the Institute dismisses a student.
2. 0-14 days after enrollment: Full refund (minus shipping & handling and administrative fee) provided that written notice has been received and all program materials have been returned in their original condition. Additional deductions will be made for program materials that are not returned in their original condition.
3. 15-30 days after enrollment: 50% refund (minus shipping & handling and administrative fee) provided that written notice has been received and all program materials have been returned in their original condition. Additional deductions will be made for program materials that are not returned in their original condition.
4. 31 or more days after enrollment: No refund.
5. If a student is dismissed for cause: No refund.

HOW CAN I REGISTER/ENROLL IN THIS PROGRAM?

You can download and print our Application for Admission by clicking here. Alternately, a form can be obtained by calling (toll-free) 866-884-7635 and requesting an Application for Admission or by e-mailing us at Ayurveda@consultant.com.