MAHARISHI AYURVEDA INTEGRATED APPROACH TO PSYCHOSOMATICS
Stress – distress – mild anxiety and depression
Section 2
LIVE ONLINE
with Prof. Bruno Renzi and Dr Lorenza Garghetti
19 May— 15 September 2025
(23 hour over 14 weeks, 20:00–21:30 CET)
Available in English and other languages based on demand
Standard course fee: € 500,-
(There is a reduced price for lower-income countries, please see the application form.)
Course Description
The WHO estimates that by 2030 depression will be the leading cause of work disability in the world. In these pandemic times, there is great concern about the increase in mental illness, especially among college students.
This course offers timely, simple and natural solutions to pacify and balance the minds of those affected by psychosomatic illness, anxiety and mild depression.
The course offers a scientific understanding of the complexity of the psychic structure of the individual, in an integrated view, starting from the fundamentals of Ayurvedic medicine to decoding the basic concepts through a mosaic of integrated disciplines, such as neurophysiology, physics, genetics, molecular biology and psychology.
The understanding of complex realities such as Dharma and Karma, the reconnection with Consciousness, as the deepest level of existence, are fundamental notions within an integrated vision useful for the health operator who intends to use an integrated therapeutic approach.
This course offers a deep understanding of the different levels of the individual psychic structure and allows the understanding and acquisition of useful tools for the treatment of the main psychosomatic disorders.
Ayurveda has been caring for the health of approximately 20% of the world’s population for at least 100 years and is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
“Ayur” means life and “Veda” means knowledge. Maharishi Ayurveda is the timeless knowledge of life and perfect health revived by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who has been honored by the Government of India as one of the foremost experts in this area and primarily responsible for the spread of Ayurveda in the West.
Maharishi Ayurveda is the complete modern formulation of the world’s oldest system of natural health care. Ayurveda is estimated to be over 5000 years old. This course will help you to:
- Gain knowledge of the structure and function of the mind from Vedic Knowledge perspective.
- Understand the complexity of the psychic structure and the determining factors involved in the formation of the temperament structure.
- Know the different personality structures, sattvic, rajasic and tamasic, and the integration with the different doshic constitutions from the Ayurvedic point of view.
- Gain knowledge of Ayurvedic psychopathological nosography, Bhutvidya, one of the eight branches of Ayurvedic Medicine.
- Frame of stress, distress, mild anxiety, depressive disorder and related psychosomatic procession from the Ayurvedic point of view and related treatment through the integrated approach of Maharishi Ayurveda.
- Integrate therapeutic modalities in the treatment of mild anxiety and depressive disorders with related symptomatic procession.
CURRICULUM
BLOCK1
THE CONCEPT OF MIND IN AYURVEDA
- Historical background of Ayurveda
- Philosophical roots of Ayurveda: the six Darshanas (Six philosophical systems or schools)
- Unified Field theory
- Holonomic memory
- The holographic theory of the brain
- Cosmogonic vision in Ayurveda
- The conception of man in Ayurveda
- DNA and morphogenetic fields
- Wave genetics
- Primordial morphic type, the three gunas, the relationship between the three gunas and the three doshas
- Constitutional typologies in Ayurveda
- Quantum determinants of temperament
- Atma -Budhhi -Ahamkara –Manas
- Introduction to the concept of Manas in Ayurveda
- Determinants in the development and structure of the personality
- The psychic constitutions
- Inbalance of rajas and tamas
- Nidana -causes of imbalance
- Personality structure and existential project
- Methods of treatment (DAVIAVYASRYA YUKTIVIAPASRYA SATVAVAJAYA)
BLOCK 2
INTEGRATED AYURVEDIC APPROACH TO RELATED STRESS DYSFUNCTIONS AND MILD ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
- Health promotion
- The complex view of health
- Primary prevention
- Maharishi Ayurveda integrated approach to stress and distress
- Disorders that make use of an integrated therapeutic approach
- Anxiety: Ayurvedic conception of anxiety
- Depression: Ayurvedic conception of depression
- Integrated approach: initial evaluation
- Integrated approach: TM and scientific research related to stress and distress
- Integrated approach: therapeutic modalities
- Free radicals
BLOCK 3
INTRODUCTION TO NOSOGRAPHY AND MAIN PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
Concept of:
- Vyadhis –synonyms of Vyadhis
- Dosha dhatu sammurcana
- Hrdayas –mind and indryas
- Trividharogayatan –three causes of disturbances
- Prajnaparadha –Asatmendryartha samyioga –Parinama
- Other causes of diseases
- Causes of disturbance –manasika
- Prabhava Bheda –Bala Bheda –Asraya Bheda –Abhighata Bheda
- Classification of the disorders according to Shusruta
Course Structure
Dates and Times
Pace of the course: 1 lesson per week on Monday, of 1hr 15 min duration, including questions and answers.
Time of day: 20:00 to 21:30 Amsterdam (CET)
or 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, Pacific Time
Start date: 19 May 2025
End date: 15 September 2025
Course Leaders
Prof. Bruno Renzi
Prof. Dr Bruno Renzi, from Italy. Prof. Renzi, graduated in medicine and surgery, and with a specialization in psychiatry, has held various positions at the Luigi Sacco University Hospital Center in Milan, and recently was the Coordinator of Stress Related Disorders and Professor a.c. of Psychiatric Rehabilitation at this center. Prof. Renzi has carried out studies and internships at various institutions around the world, such as the Cathexis Institute of Oakland (California), the Maharishi International University in Iowa and the Gujarat Ayurvedic University of Jamnagar (India), which have provided him with a unique to integrate modern and ancient traditional treatments of mental disorders.
Professor Renzi has lectured in many universities. He has appeared in numerous television programs and is the author of the following books: ANIMA. Conversazioni irreali. – ED. Anima – 2009. STRESS ED AUTOIPNOSI – ED. Anima – 2013. LA MENTE IN AYURVEDA – Ed. Anima – 2018. THE MIND IN AYURVEDA – ED ANIMA – 2019. He is co-author of the following books: I territori dell’alchimia, Jung e oltre. – Ed. Moretti. Il manifesto della lunga vita. La rivoluzione della medicina predittiva. – Ed Sperling e Kupfer. Oltre il labirinto – Percorsi in medicina complementare. – Ed. Colibri. Il libro bianco dello stress a Milano. – Ed. Franco Angeli.
He is also co-director of the Maharishi College of Perfect Health International in the Netherlands. Responsible for the MIU Master in Maharishi AyurVeda and Integrative Medicine in Italy, Director of the Department of Psychosomatics at UMLAC and Head of Maharishi AyurVeda in Italy.
Prof. Dott.ssa. Lorenza Garghetti
Dr Lorenza Garghetti, also Italian. Dr. Garghetti graduated Summa Cum Laude at the Cancer Institute of Milan and continued her studies in pediatrics at the University of Milan Osp. S. Raffaele, where she dealt with resuscitation and intensive care of neonatal pathologies. She has attended numerous training courses on Ayurvedic medicine around the world and, as a pediatrician, she has held the training for the “Mother-Baby Program” course in the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Furthermore, Dr. Garghetti has been involved in the training of doctors on Maharishi AyurVeda for many years. She is currently co-director of the Maharishi College of Perfect Health International in the Netherlands. She is responsible for the MIU Master in Maharishi AyurVeda and Integrative Medicine in Italy, Director of the Department of Psychosomatics at UMLAC and Head of Maharishi AyurVeda in Italy.
Prof. Dr. PhD Manohar Palakurthi
Dr.Manohar Palakurthi PhD, BAMS, Iowa, USA – MIU (Maharishi Nadi Vigyan) Doctoral Program Researcher, Clinical Professor of Physiology and Health, Clinical Director of Maharishi AyurVed Panchakarma Center, Ayurvedic Physician, Institute of Natural Medicine and Prevention -MIU-USA. Vaidya Manohar Palakurthi, BAMS, is a highly respected Ayurvedic expert in the Western world and India. He has been practicing Ayurveda for 33 years. He is a leading Ayurvedic physician, educator and consultant in the Ayurvedic curriculum. Vaidya Manohar Palakurthi is a leading expert on Maharishi AyurVeda-the consciousness-based approach to health-having worked directly with Maharishi for three decades. Vaidya Manohar has taught Maharishi AyurVeda courses, including Maharishi Nadi Vigyan, around the world, and currently teaches at Maharishi International University, in the United States.
