Ayurvedic acupuncture, acupressure and herbs has been practiced for thousands of years in South India and Sri Lanka. Legend has it that a famous Buddhist priest, Bodhidharma, whose benefactor was a king in South India, brought the ayurvedic Marma point system to the Shaolin Temple in China. This Marma point system is the basis of the Ayurvedic acupuncture system.

There are many Ayurvedic Marma Systems which have been kept secret because the persons who hold those traditions want to maintain their power and charge exorbitant fees to clients or students. Today, some practitioners who have supposedly gotten the secret Marma information, charge from $1,500 to $8,000 for such treatments. The different Marma point systems, based for Ayurvedic acupuncture include: the Siddha medicine system, the Keralese system, the North Indian eclectic system, and the Tibetan Ayurveda system. All these systems are very

The Marma points, energetically, are the most powerful acupuncture points. There are 107 or 108 Marma points depending on the Marma system. These points, according to south Indian experts are the same as major acupuncture points.

This course is based on the first state certified Ayurvedic bodywork certificate program given by John Holmstrom, L.Ac. and will include practical hands on exercises to learn where the Marmas are, what they do, and how they can be used to detoxify and tonify the constitution. Pattern sequences of treatment protocols will be given; herbs will be discussed in terms of applications to the Marmas, as pastes. Needling of gold/silver needles will be practiced in the last classes of the 10-week course.

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