YOGA & HEALTH CARE COURSES

Dietitians and nutritionists are experts in the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease. They plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to help people lead healthy lives.
Syllabus:
Food Preservation Strategies, Food Service Management: hospital food service management, kitchen: physical facilities and layout, food materials management, process of food production, food production methods in hospital, tools of management and food management, and classification of food service equipment. types of menus and menu planning, Human Physiology, Nutrition Principles: Nutrition science, food components and energy, variety, moderation and balance, metabolism, types of carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins, types of fatty acids, functions of lipids, water balance, characteristics of vitamins, water- soluble vitamins, evaluating body weight, the energy balance principle, treatment for obesity, Community Nutrition, Family Meal planning.

This programme prepares students of safety and health with knowledge and skills that enable them to bring about change in the way safety and health initiatives are implemented in the workplace. It is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at occupation.
Syllabus:
Introduction to Health, Control Measures, Safety/Risk Management, Occupational Safety, Environmental studies, Industrial Safety Management.

Spa therapists offer therapies and treatments such as: Hydrotherapy, flotation, whirlpool and steam baths, salt or sea-water based pools, specialist showers, mud chambers, vapour caves and saunas. Massages, including Swedish, Thai and hot stone massages, Indian head massage and aromatherapy.
Syllabus:
Introduction to Spa and Wellness Industry and Spa Therapy: Hydrotherapy, thalassotherapy, mud therapy, aromatherapy, massage, rubs and scrubs, manicure, pedicure, body wraps and packs, beautiful baths, refreshing showers, therapies in spas, spa health and safety, the mind- body connection, types of spa.
Reflexology: Reflexology introduction, hygiene, health & safety, principles and practices of complementary therapies, anatomy, physiology and pathologies, client consultation, contra- indications, equipment & products, mapping of reflex points, reflexology routine, business practice for complementary therapies.
Assist the Spa Therapist Conduct the Spa Treatment: Hydrotherapy effects, thermal effects, hydrostatic effect, mechanical effects, chemical effects, effects of hot water, effects of cold water, bath techniques, therapeutic baths, types of spa showers, ayurvedic face treatments, hand & foot treatments.
Communication Skills.
Aroma Therapy: Aromatherapy a mythological approach for medicine, medicinal and aroma- therapeutic use of plants, essential oils and plant sources used in Aromatherapy, traditional uses of essential oils in Aromatherapy, extraction methods of essential oils from Aromatic plants, role of Aromatherapy in relieving pain, Aromatherapy for reducing mental stress, plant resins used in Aromatherapy.

Certified Course in Yoga Teacher Training is a diploma level course. Area of course covers the basic benefits for obtaining relaxation through the principles of Yoga. It will provide study to the techniques, postures and stretching exercises, which will tone the body and enhance the mind. Yoga teacher training is the training of teachers (and private tutors) of yoga as exercise.
Syllabus:
Human Science for Yogic Practice: Objectives, practice and effects of asana, classification of asana, cultural asanas, relaxative asanas, yogic practices, abdominal group of asanas, shakti bandha (dynamic asana), standing asana, benefits of asanas.
Yoga Introduction: Objectives, classical concept of yoga, history and origin of yoga, origin and development, of yoga, different parts of yoga, yogic physiology- panchakosha, importance & benefits of yoga.
Practical of Yoga Postures: Surya namaskar, chakra asana, matsya asana, padma asana, dhanpur asana, vajra asana, nataraja asana, sarvanga asana, trikona asana, vrischika asana, gomukha asana, siddha asana.
pranayamas & Mudras: Objectives, meaning of mudra, types of mudra, asan mudra /postural mudra, much mudra, kaki mudra, meaning of bandha.
Remedial Therapy of Diseases: Introduction, personality development through yoga, yoga for stress management, pranayama, pratyahara,meditation, body awareness, breath awareness, shashankasana, trikonasana, makarasana, ardhamatsyendrasana, hastottanasana.
Teaching Method of Yoga: Objectives, types of pranayama surya namaskara, sukshma vyayama, dhyana and mudra, nandi shodhan pranayama, sheetkari pranayama, namaskarasana, ashtanga namaskarasana, bhujangasana,parvatasana.

Certified Course in Community and Rural Health Care is a course that offers public health maintenance in addition to dealing with issues related to public health by providing different means of solutions such as awareness programs about health. Public health management course covers the prevention of diseases and overall improvement in health.
Syllabus:
Elements of Public Health- What is the Problem, Risk Factor Identification — What Is the Cause, Intervention Evaluation — What Works, Implementation — How Do You Do It, Knowledge Check, Core Functions and Essential Services of Public Health, Three Core Functions of Public Health, Stakeholder Roles in Public Health, Partners in the Public Health System.
Health and Nutrition- Identifying Basic Health and Hygiene Problems and Making Appropriate Intervention, Environmental Causes, Social Economic Causes, Others, Health Promotion, Specific Protection, Early Diagnosis and Treatment, Social Work Implications.
Epidemiology- Introduction, Lesson Objectives, Definition of Epidemiology, Historical Evolution of Epidemiology, Core Epidemiologic Functions, The Epidemiologic Approach, Descriptive Epidemiology, Analytic Epidemiology, Summarizing Data, Measures of Risk, Displaying Public Health Data, Public Health Surveillance.
Health Systems Management- What is a health system, Frameworks for monitoring health systems performance, Health systems framework and building blocks, Towards a common monitoring and evaluation framework, Strategies and investments for improving data availability and quality, Health service delivery, Sources of information on health service delivery.
Research Methodology for Public Health- Public Health management at District level: Concepts and Values- Public Health, District Health systems, Health For All, Primary Health care, Equity, Gender, Solidarity, Right to Health, Gender and Health, Some Components, Community Orientation, Some Health System Basics, Beyond the Public Health System Challenges.
Emerging Issues in Health Sector- Issues in Health sector Reform, Health care financing reforms, Resource Generation, Governance, Strategic Support For Change, Conclusion and Points for Consider, Issues in Health sector reform, Health care financing reforms, Reform in provision of health care, Resource generation, Governance, Decentralization.

The Certificate in HIV and Family Education provides comprehensive knowledge about what, why and how of HIV/ AIDS, family life education, facts of life and substance abuse. The contents are designed to impart an integrated understanding to the learners about the issues involved in HIV/AIDS and behaviour modification. The target groups include School teachers, NGO functionaries. para-medicals. parents of adolescents and those interested in acquiring knowledge on the subject.

This program offers students an overview of the history, ideologies and practice of massage therapy. The skills learned in this class will typically also help students better understand a body’s health and movement and offer health care options beyond traditional medicine also provide advanced education and training in a particular massage specialty.
Syllabus:
Anatomy and Physiology: Cell anatomy review, structural plan, body planes, positions of the body, terminology of location and position, terms related to diagnosis and diseases, the structure of the body, nervous system, cardiovascular system.
Massage Techniques: Preparation of the patient, body mechanics and stance, massage strokes, effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, vibration, friction massage, myofascial release, acupressure, myofascial trigger points.
Elements of Massage: Ayurvedic therapies, cancer massage, craniosacral therapy, geriatric massage, muscle energy techniques, neuromuscular therapy, orthopedic massage, polarity therapy, prenatal massage, reflexology, reiki, shiatsu, sports and fitness massage, traditional Thai massage, trigger point release.
Effects of Massage Therapy: The methods of massage, muscle energy techniques, effective and intelligent application of massage, assessment and care/treatment plan development, massage therapy careers.
Athletic & Therapeutic Massage: The history and advancement of therapeutic massage, requirements for the practice of therapeutic massage, professional ethics for massage practitioners, the therapeutic relationship, ethical touch.
Hydrotherapy: Heating compress, benefits, foot bath, hot foot bath, full immersion bath, cold immersion bath, hip bath, cold hip bath.

Meditation can be defined as a set of techniques that are intended to encourage a heightened state of awareness and focused attention. Meditation is also a consciousness-changing technique that has been shown to have a wide number of benefits on psychological well-being. Meditation is a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object.
Syllabus:
Introduction to meditation: The foundation of meditation practice, the levels of Buddhist discipline, preparing for meditation, regulating the mind, counting the breath.
Types of Meditation: Methods, impediments in meditation, spiritual experiences, the groundwork of self-knowledge, the problem of self- alienation, the method of self- integration, self- withdrawal and self- discovery.
Impacts of Mindfulness on Physical Activity: Breathing exercises, warm-ups, yoga poses, meditations, yoga sessions, flowing routines.
Swasthvritt Vigyan: Introduction, hand health wellbeing, fire mudras, air mudras, ether mudras, earth mudras, water mudras, mind mudras, mudra routines.
Anatomy & Physiology: Introduction to the human body, frontal muscle anatomy, back muscle anatomy, body functions & life process, anatomical terminology, body tissues, nervous tissue, skeletal system anatomy.
Meditation on Anxiety: Introduction, zazen breath awareness meditation, open awareness meditation, mindful observation, mindful eating, observing your emotions, walking meditation, body scan meditation, sitting with difficult emotions, loving kindness meditation.