Integral Vedic Counseling Course
Learn the ancient art of Vedic Counseling and Life-Guidance to live a Dharmic life based upon the right management of your Karma.Study with Dr David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), D.Litt, Padma Bhushan, in qn Integral Vedic Counseling course which is based on related Vedic sciences or Yoga, Ayurveda and Jyotish, for gaining certification in this new field of Vedic knowledge.Gain insights into Vedanta, Tantra Vedic astrology, and Vastu providing the core understanding of Vedic philosophy, psychology along with dharmic values associated with conscious living .
Instructor
Vamadeva Shastri
This course includes
Integral Vedic Counseling Course
With Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri)
Learn the ancient art of Vedic Counseling and Life-Guidance to live a Vedic life based upon Dharmic values and right management of your Karma. Learn how the Vedic Sciences of Yoga, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Jyotish and Vastu fit together into an integral model of optimal well-being and Self-realization.
Add Vedic Counseling to your teaching or healing work. Vedic Counseling is the ancient Vedic art and science of life guidance for body, mind and consciousness. It is the basis for all Vedic teaching and education. It is common to all Vedic disciplines and forms their foundation and interconnection. Learning it provides you the basis for sharing Vedic knowledge with all.
Study with one of the foremost teachers of Vedic knowledge today, Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), D.Litt, Padma Bhushan, trained in all these branches of Vedic knowledge.
This is the first in-depth course specifically focused on Vedic Counseling, which forms the foundation of all Vedic education and practice.
Gain certification in the new field of Vedic Counseling!
What You’ll Gain
- A comprehensive understanding of Vedic Counseling as a unifying foundation of Vedic sciences
- Practical skills to guide others through life’s physical, psychological, and spiritual challenges
- Insights into dharma and karma for self-realization
- Orientation toward conscious living through Vedic values and psychology
- A strong foundation for becoming a Vedic life-guide, educator, or mentor
- Confidence to apply your Vedic knowledge in teaching, healing, or coaching work
- A clear framework for integrating multiple Vedic disciplines into a unified counseling approach
- Confidence to communicate complex Vedic principles in a grounded, accessible way
Topics Discussed
- Integral Vedic model: Yoga, Ayurveda, Vedanta, Jyotish, Vastu
- Ayurvedic Psychology, Yoga Psychology, and Vedantic Philosophy
- Dharma, karma, and the role of consciousness in spiritual development
- Typologies of individual nature: gunas, doshas, elements, planets
- Counseling tools for different Vedic disciplines
- Vedic lifestyle and self-discipline as a foundation for teaching and healing
- Transformative guidance toward higher awareness and Self-realization
- Vedic educational principles for life-guidance
- Vedic spiritual and yogic counseling rooted in consciousness as the guiding force across lifetimes
Course Orientation and Information
Guidance for Students, Practitioners, and Teachers Across All Vedic Disciplines
The Integral Vedic Counseling Course goes beyond teaching techniques. It guides students toward a dharmic way of living rooted in self-discipline, character development, and inner awareness. Rather than applying mass formulas, it helps individuals understand their unique nature using Vedic typologies such as the three gunas, three doshas, five elements, and nine planets.
This course is suitable for both newcomers to Vedic knowledge and experienced practitioners of Yoga, Ayurveda, Vedanta, Vedic Astrology, and Vastu. It offers practical counseling principles often missing in traditional Vedic studies. While designed for Vedic professionals, it can also benefit counselors in other fields who are open to the Vedic view of life and its spiritual foundations.
Many existing Vedic practitioners have not been trained in counseling methods. This course fills that gap by providing practical, dharmic tools to guide others more effectively.
What Students Can Expect from the Course
The course provides you with detailed knowledge about Vedic Counseling and its main lines of application. You will receive an introduction to Ayurvedic psychology, Yoga psychology, Vedantic philosophy, Vedic astrology and Vastu.
New Students to Vedic Knowledge
Students with a background in the Vedic field will gain an understanding of the basis of Vedic counseling, life-guidance, and the Vedic educational model for personal healing and transformation, to help themselves, friends and family, for understanding their karma and how to live according to their highest potential.
Students of Ayurveda
The course will provide special teachings on Vedic Counseling, detail on Ayurvedic Psychology, and helpful information on Yoga, Vedic Astrology and Vastu. You will gain a better understanding of how to communicate with clients and encourage them in Ayurvedic behavioral modifications and Vedic values.
Students of Vedic Astrology
The course will provide you with special teachings on Vedic Counseling, detail on counseling in Vedic Astrology, and helpful information on Yoga, Ayurveda, and Vastu. This course will teach you how through better communication you can be of greater help to your clients in guiding their lives.
Students of Yoga and Vedanta
The course will provide you with special teachings on Vedic Counseling for teaching Yoga and helpful information on Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology and Vastu. It presents Yoga according to its deeper philosophy of Vedanta as a way of Self-knowledge and Self-realization. By combining Yoga with Vedanta and Ayurvedic psychology for understanding the mind, you can take your yoga teaching to a higher level. You will gain insight into Raja Yoga and its attitudinal, perceptual and behavioral modifications.
Meditation Teachers
The Integral Vedic counseling approach is very helpful for meditation teachers, particularly those who follow a Vedic or yogic approach. It will help you add a full counseling approach to teaching meditation, aiding in psychological well-being and spiritual growth. The course uses the views of Yoga and Vedanta for the Vedic philosophy and practice of meditation.
Experienced Teacher of Vedic Counseling
Comprehensive Teachings from Dr. David Frawley
- Foundational Teachings in Vedic Life-Guidance
- Integrated Study of Yoga, Vedanta, Ayurveda, and Jyotish
- Vedic Models of Psychology, Dharma, and Karma
- Principles of Conscious Living and Character Development
- Spiritual Counseling through Self-Knowledge and Inner Awareness
- Authentic Transmission of Vedic Philosophy and Practice
Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), D.Litt, is a leading authority in the field of Vedic knowledge and a pioneer in the development of modern Vedic Counseling. His teachings unite the core disciplines of the Vedic tradition into a comprehensive model for personal transformation, life-guidance, and Self-realization.
He is the only Western teacher to have received the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor, for his work as a Vedic educator. He also holds a Doctor of Letters from SVYASA, India’s leading Yoga university, and has been recognized with the National Eminence Award by the South Indian Education Society (SIES) under the auspices of the Kanchi Shankaracharya Math.
Course Details & Format
Structured Learning for Lifelong Application
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Join our unique course in Integral Vedic Counseling, the first in-depth program on this essential subject drawn from the wisdom of the Rishis. Based on Dr. David Frawley’s extensive work across the Vedic sciences - Yoga, Ayurveda, Vedanta, Vedic Astrology, and Vastu - the course offers a clear model for integrating these disciplines into a unified system of guidance.
You will learn how to apply and communicate Vedic knowledge in a practical, transformative way. Vedic Counseling addresses all key areas of life: physical, psychological, social, and spiritual. It provides specific tools for supporting personal growth, dharmic living, and conscious decision-making grounded in karma and Self-awareness.
This approach is not limited to any single practice but forms the foundation for all Vedic disciplines.
The course comes in five online volumes or sections and more than forty lessons, over eight hundred pages of course material. Course includes illustrations, numerous audios by Dr. Frawley and several videos to enhance the course experience. The course is a self-study course and allows the student to go at his or her own pace. There is a three-year time limit for completing the course or a reinstatement fee may be required.
The course does not require that the student purchase any books, though additional books are recommended for those interested in the deeper study. The course contains relevant portions of The Art and Science of Vedic Counseling, with an expansion of the topics involved. It includes extensive material on related Vedic disciplines of Yoga, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Vedic astrology and Vastu based upon Dr. Frawley’s teachings.
- Five online volumes / sections
- Over 40 lessons and 800+ pages of course content
- Includes illustrations, numerous audios by Dr. Frawley, and several videos
- Self-paced, 3-year access window (with reinstatement option if needed)
- No required books, though additional readings are recommended
- Includes core material from The Art and Science of Vedic Counseling along with expanded lessons and deeper applications across all Vedic fields
Certification & Advanced Studies
Earn Recognition for Your Vedic Knowledge and Continue Your Learning Journey
This course not only offers a comprehensive foundation in Integral Vedic Counseling but also opens the door to continued study, certification, and specialization. Whether you wish to integrate this knowledge into your current work or pursue an advanced path in the Vedic sciences, this program provides the structure, support, and credibility to help you grow.
Certification
Students who complete the course receive certification in the Integral Vedic Counselor: Foundation Course, along with 300 hours of study credit from our organization. This program grants you formal study credentials with direct recognition as a student of Dr. David Frawley, marking your foundation in the field of Integral Vedic Counseling. It establishes your role as a Vedic teacher, educator, counselor, life-guide, or mentor - someone equipped to share Vedic knowledge in a practical, authentic, and spiritually grounded way.
Testing
To complete the course, students must submit five open-book final tests, one at the end of each course section, which are graded by email. These tests contain approximately ten questions each and can be completed at your own pace. Certification is granted upon completion of all five tests. You will retain access to the course for a full three-year period from the date of enrollment.
Advanced Study
Graduates are invited to continue their studies through our additional courses in Ayurvedic Healing, Ayurvedic Astrology, and Yoga, Ayurveda, Mantra and Meditation. Those who complete all four of our core programs may pursue the Integral Vedic Educator Certification, with focused paths available in Ayurveda, Raja Yoga, Vedic Astrology, and Vedic Counseling. Personalized guidance from Dr. Frawley is available for those undertaking advanced study in these fields.
Benefits of Vedic Counseling
The Integral Vedic Counseling Course offers more than information or techniques. It is rooted in the transmission of values that support a dharmic way of living and thinking – what may be called a “Vedic Life,” starting with self-awareness and character development. This path requires inner discipline and conscious living, not just the intake of knowledge.
The course provides a deep orientation toward consciousness, dharma, and karma, supporting a life of purpose, clarity, and Self-realization. It introduces students to specific applications of Vedic Counseling that help clarify life purpose through a deeper understanding of how karma reflects individual dharma.
Using time-tested Vedic typologies such as the three gunas, doshas, five elements, and nine planets, the course teaches how to recognize the unique nature of every individual. This insight forms the basis for personalized and effective life-guidance rooted in spiritual values and higher awareness.
This transformative model of counseling fosters personal healing, dharmic alignment, and long-term inner growth through Vedic wisdom and Self-knowledge.
Begin Your Journey Into Integral Vedic Counseling
Sign up now to access over 800 pages of transformative teachings from Dr. David Frawley, including audios, videos, and in-depth guidance across the full spectrum of Vedic knowledge.
Learn to live and teach a Vedic life grounded in dharma, self-awareness, and conscious transformation. Gain the tools and insight to support yourself and others on the path of healing, clarity, and Self-realization.
Your Instructor
Vamadeva Shastri
Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) is the founder and director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies.
Curriculum
- 1.1Course Orientation
- 1.2Taking Stock of Yourself and Your Practices
- 1.3New Models of Guidance and Counseling: A Vedic Perspective
- 1.4Ancient and Modern Counseling Approaches
- 1.5The Vedic Yogic Art of Counseling
- 1.6Vedic Counseling and Life-Guidance: Primary Questions
- 1.7The Vedic Art of Higher Investigation
- 1.8Understanding Self, Nature an Universe: The Secience of Vedanta
- 1.9Part I Final Test
- 2.1Sacred Conscious Living: The Way of Yajna
- 2.2Karmic Reckoning: Taking Control of Your Life
- 2.3Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha: The Four Great Goals of Life
- 2.4Dicovering Your Inner Light: Developing Your Agni or Inner Flame
- 2.5Discovering Lasting Happiness and Soma
- 2.6Managing your Prana, Spirit, and Vital Energy
- 2.7Sexuality: the Complementary Powers of Shiva and Shakti
- 2.8Part II. Final Test
- 3.1Necessary Qualities of a Good Vedic Counselor
- 3.2The Unique Orientation of Vedic Guidance
- 3.3Compassion, Devotion and Empathy
- 3.4Common Causes of Disease, Suffering and Disharmony
- 3.5Balacing the Five Elements Within and Around Us
- 3.6Developing the Yogic Quality of Sattva Guna
- 3.7Psychological Nature According to the Three Gunas
- 3.8Part III. Final Test
- 4.1Vedic Counseling, Ayurveda and the Three Doshas
- 4.2Vedic Psychology: Gunas and Doshas
- 4.3Vedic Understanding of the Mind
- 4.4Ayurvedic Counseling Methods
- 4.5Vedic Behavioral Medicine
- 4.6Yogic Counseling and Raja Yoga
- 4.7Yoga Typologies
- 4.8Yogic Counseling and the Chakras
- 4.9Yogic Neuroscience and Psychology
- 4.10Our Daily Journey into the Consciousness
- 4.11Part IV. Final Test
- 5.1Vedic Counseling and Meditation
- 5.2Vedic Counseling and Mantric Tools
- 5.3Shakti Bija Mantras
- 5.4Vedic Astrology and Karmic Counseling
- 5.5The Nine Planetary Types and Vedic Astrology
- 5.6Overview of Vedic Astrology Principles
- 5.7Vastu Based Vedic Counseling
- 5.8Vedic Laws of Right Living
- 5.9Vedic and Yogic Laws for Living in Cosmic Consciouness
- 5.10Tranditional Aspects of Vedic Knowledge, the Tree of Vedic Knowledge
- 5.11Summary of Principles and Recommendation
- 5.12Part V. Final Test
- 5.13Appendices
- 5.14Glossary of Terms
- 5.15Bibliography