AYM Therapist Training & Workshops

Discover Ayurvedic Yoga Massage

Join our life-changing therapist trainings to understand your own body and mind better, to learn to give amazing treatment to family and friends, to become a qualified AYM therapist or to add some AYM techniques to your current wellness offerings. We have something for everyone!

About our workshops & training courses

We help students develop into multi-skilled, discerning, intuitive practitioners, who love what they do. Our Certified Therapist Training courses are aimed at anyone from wanting to learn the basics to even becoming a professional Ayurvedic yoga massage therapist.

What you will learn

  • Offer powerful, therapeutic Ayurvedic Yoga Massage treatments
  • Really understand each client’s needs on the day, and tailor the treatments appropriately
  • Offer AYM in a way that also promotes their own wellbeing and self awareness
  • Use their understanding of their own bodies and minds, and draw on their personal wellness journey, to inform their AYM treatments.

Where do I start?

Option 1

4 Hour Workshop

If you’re new to Ayurvedic Yoga Massage the best place to start is by attending one of our Workshops to learn the basics.

Option 2

Introductory Weekend Trainings

Our Weekend Introductions to Ayurvedic yoga massage training are a great step to take if you want to deepen your practice or work toward becoming a therapist.

Option 3

Therapist Training

If you’d like to become a therapist we offer a complete 300-hour therapist training course that guides you through every step of the way.

Still have questions

Workshops

Our 4-hour workshops are an excellent way to learn to offer an amazing massage to friends and family. They are going to love you that little bit more!

Our workshops are open to anyone who has an interest in learning about this style of massage, or who would like to massage their friends and loved ones. They would also suit experienced therapists who would like to add some AYM strokes and stretches to their existing practice, and yoga teachers who want to improve their hands-on adjustments.

Weekend Training Courses

A 1 or 2-weekend Introduction to Ayurvedic yoga massage training to further your practice on take a step to becoming a therapist

Our weekend trainings are great if you would like to:

  • Attend an AYM training as CPD if you have already trained in other therapeutic modalities, including as a yoga teacher, and would like to add some AYM techniques to your existing practice, or
  • Learn some AYM techniques and offer some treatments, but you are not planning to be a full time therapist in the near future, or
  • Dip your toes into the AYM technique and see if it is really for you before committing to a 300-hour training.

300-Hour Therapist Training

The course is delivered over several months, in 10 x 12-hour modules, 12 case studies and a final assessment. This includes 96 hours of in-person classroom time and a minimum of 200 hours self study, including the virtual learning materials provided (videos).

The entire content of the training is available in video format, including everything that we cover in the classroom.

Continuous Personal Development for AYM therapists

CPD training is a natural next step for therapists who have attended our 300-hour training. Minimum prerequisites are at least one of the following:

  • Modules 1-3 and some practical experience of offering AYM.
  • Adequate experience in other relevant modalities.
  • Adequate practical/applied training in anatomy, physiology and pathology.

If you are unsure or have not completed our 300-hour training, then please get in touch with Despina to discuss whether this training might be appropriate for you.

Join a CPD session

AYM UK graduates can contact us for upcoming training dates and booking

Become a teacher with AYM teacher training

We have trained two AYM teachers (our amazing graduates Linda Mebus and Sam Mulgrew) and we have a few more trainees/teaching assistants who will start teaching in the coming months. We also have a few more experienced AYM therapists interested in starting their AYM teaching journeys in the coming years.

If you are an experienced AYM therapist and you are interested in teaching, then get in touch to discuss your experience, and what you can do to prepare for your teacher training. We can then add you to the next batch of teacher trainees.

Testimonials

for our therapist trainings, and for our graduates

  • Meena

    I’ve been so very privileged to have had many massages in my 55 years.. and the last two where by a sports therapists. However.. May I try to recount my experience of quite the most unexpected hour and a half treatment where.. it was almost as if I was massaging my own self. Knowing where the work and time was needed.. pressure and – what I can only describe as kneading out a build up of very crystallised knits and points that are agony.. It is a higher ordained experience to receive the treatment from Joti – the consummate and over and above organised professional. Prepared and ready with everything required for any eventuality. Her knowledge of the requirements for me as her client – she’d carefully worked hard on in her perpetration and quickly set down to achieve the working area with outstanding swift and respect. I was astonished as to how she had transformed our space with awesome and natural ease. She explained everything what I needed to be aware of.. and prepared me for the most valuable outcome of her work. She created a sense of safety and total respect – using her voice.. and providing sounds, oils and adjusting pure cotton cloths, a warming blanket as she worked on me throughout my massage session ensuring pressure was correct and listening to any issues. So here is why I will endorse her and promote her : I have never known anyone to work on me without any pain or forcing the difficulties that our bodies present at times. As I tried to explain: it was as if it was me myself knowing what I needed and exactly what I required. Breathing and stretching: all on the exact point as to requirement. I was left feeling like I’d been reopened and agile, my mobility eased zinging with open energy and revivement.
    Joti was meant for sharing and providing her immense gift and calling. Thank you Joti for working with me today. You’re incredibly gifted and I’m so blessed for your helping me with your beautiful knowledge hands and careful love !

  • Emma Charlton

    An Ayurvedic massage with Despina is a wonderful way to stretch and release the body whilst letting the mind gently unwind. Using a combination of oil work, mobilisations and passive stretches Despina encourages the body to let go of tension. I felt jelly-like, calm and wonderful after my treatment. I highly recommend her – give it a go!  

  • Mikaela

    Just an incredible experience all round! Really feel like I’ve learned so much from the course – I was too hard on myself at the start (and probably with the assessment too) but on reflection the techniques were so helpful and all the additional learning and knowledge has benefited my practice greatly. Just as an example I would not have known how to treat some of my clients had I not been given so much information, and now I am getting amazing feedback!! Everyone possesses the skills, they just need developing and Despina took her time to make sure the whole group could develop and grow. The method of AYM is beautiful, beneficial and can be applied in so many ways as well as it’s own modality. Loved the healing space, loved my groups to study with, really feel like we’ve formed a community as well as gaining knowledge in our own ways. More to the point I was experiencing my own trauma, mental health difficulties and bodily aches and being surrounded by such good vibes helped me reevaluate things in my life and I feel like a better person from just 2 weeks!! I can’t thank you enough!!