Leading Health Education in the Caribbean since 2018
Isabela, Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Intensive
Eight days, hands-on, in the plants. Where everything you have studied becomes something you can actually do.
Length
8 days
Where
Isabela, Puerto Rico
Dates
TBA
The intensive
Eight days of hands-on Ayurveda
The Puerto Rico Intensive is an 8 day hands-on program for all Level 1 and Level 2 students, held collectively every two years at Maha Vidya in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Students from both levels come together for the week — which is often the first time a cohort meets in person.
During the week we use local plants to make classical medicinals, learn medicine making, practise body therapies, visit a local farm, and hold round table discussions, group consultations and case studies to begin bringing practice to life.
What we do
Inside the eight days
Local plants, classical medicines
We harvest and work with the plants growing around us in Puerto Rico and turn them into classical Ayurvedic preparations — the same formulas from the texts, made from what the Caribbean actually grows.
Medicine making
Oils, decoctions, ghees, powders and pastes. You learn the process with your hands, not from a slide — measuring, cooking, straining, storing and knowing when a preparation is right.
Body therapies
Hands-on practice in the therapies students most want supervised: abhyanga, shirodhara, nasya and marma work, given and received with feedback in the room.
A local farm visit
Time on a working farm to see the plants in the ground, how they are grown and harvested, and how sourcing well changes the medicine you make.
Round table discussions
Open discussion with your teachers and classmates — questions, disagreements, clinical reasoning and everything that only surfaces when a group is in the same room.
Group consultations & case studies
Real consultations worked through together, with case studies that begin bringing your practice to life before you are on your own with a client.
Not enrolled with us?
An open intensive in Caribbean Ayurveda
For those not enrolled in our Level 1 or Level 2 programs, there is an optional in-person intensive to study Caribbean Ayurveda alongside other like-minded individuals — held as a separate intensive from the student week.
No prior training is assumed. Contact us for dates and details.
Contact us for dates and details
The intensive runs every two years, so dates are announced well in advance. Reach out and we will let you know when the next week is scheduled and what to plan for.
Or email info@mahavidyaayurveda.com.