Transform Your Relationship with Food

In the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, food is not just about nourishment; it is energy, medicine, and a powerful force that shapes our emotions, thoughts, and spiritual well-being. Yet, in today’s fast-paced world, we have lost touch with this truth. Instead of using food to create balance, we eat out of habit, convenience, or stress, often leaving us feeling depleted, anxious, and disconnected.

This program is an invitation to return to a way of eating that honours both your body and your Soul.

Through Ayurveda’s timeless principles, you will learn how to eat in alignment with your body’s natural rhythms, using food as a tool for healing, clarity, and balance by understanding the connection of food with mind.
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Why This Program? Why Now?

The way we eat today is not working. More people than ever are experiencing

  • Chronic fatigue and sluggish digestion

  • Anxiety, mood swings, and emotional eating

  • Confusion over conflicting nutrition advice

  • Feeling disconnected from their own body’s needs

What we will cover

    1. Welcome to the Program

    2. Set Your Intention for This Course

    1. Modern Perspective – Why Food is Relevant for Health

    2. What is Ayurveda’s Perspective on Food & the Mind?

    3. The Connection Between Food, Digestion & Emotions

    4. Your Food Choices are Responsible for Your Mental & Emotional State

    1. Ahara – Life Sustaining Food

    2. Reflections

    3. Your Digestion Shapes Your Mood

    4. Six Ayurvedic Principles of Wholesome Nourishment

    5. Ahara - Food as Medicine Guide

    6. Tips for Conscious Eating

    1. The Six Tastes of Ayurveda

    2. Why We Crave Certain Tastes and What They’re Really Telling Us

    3. Reflections

    4. What Are You Really Hungry For? Understand Your Cravings!

    5. More Reflections on Cravings

    6. Six Tastes of Ayurveda

    7. Ayurvedic Guide to Managing Cravings and Emotional Eating

    8. Six Tastes Summary

    1. Understanding Gunas

    2. The Three Gunas

    3. How to Use Your Ayurveda Food Diary

    4. Ayurveda Food Diary

    5. Why Sattvic Food Isn’t Just About What’s on Your Plate

    6. Sattvic Grocery List & Meal Prep Guide

    7. Sattvic Foods List

    8. Rajasic Foods List

    9. Tamasic Foods List

    10. Detoxing from Rajasic & Tamasic Influences

    11. Reflections and Journaling

    12. How to Cultivate a Conscious & Mindful Eating Practice

    13. Reflections for Mindful Eating and Sattvic Practices

    14. Gunas and Food Cheat Chart

    1. Cooking with Ayurvedic Principles for Peace and Wellness

    2. Your Kitchen - More than a place to Cook

    3. Ayurveda and Cooking

About this course

  • $197.00
  • 45 lessons

Meet Your Guide

Neerja Ahuja is Principal Consultant and Director, Ayurveda Awareness Centre (AAC). She is a trained consultant, therapist and classroom facilitator for courses run by AAC for nearly two decades now. Neerja leads regular educational seminars and workshops including cooking demos and weekend residential Ayurveda Retreats for nurturing and healing. Neerja’s work as course facilitator for nationally recognised courses, seminars, workshops, retreats and consultations with thousands of clients, has deepened her understanding of human psychology and why and how people get sick and how they can truly heal.

Neerja Ahuja

Adv. Dip. in Ayurveda

This course is not just about learning Ayurveda, it is about experiencing Ayurveda.

With each lesson, you will begin to notice shifts in your energy, your digestion, and your sense of inner peace. This is the difference between simply eating and truly nourishing yourself. Ayurveda suggests aligning your eating with nature's rhythm and understanding how food affects your mind and body. This improves digestion, stabilizes energy, clears the mind, and creates a peaceful relationship with food. The course teaches you to experience Ayurveda and notice shifts in your energy, digestion, and inner peace through small, intentional changes to your diet.
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What You Will Gain:

  • A deeper understanding and practical framework for how food impacts your mind, body, and energy

  • The ability to make intuitive, nourishing food choices without dieting or restriction

  • A lighter, stronger digestive system

  • Sustainable, life-changing habits that honour both ancient wisdom and modern life

This program is not about following rigid rules.

It is about deepening your connection to food, your body, and yourself.

Foods for Peace & Wellness is a self-paced online course that teaches participants how to use food as medicine for a peaceful mind and healthy body. It covers Ayurvedic principles of nutrition beyond calories and macronutrients, the 3 Gunas (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas), meal plans for clarity and emotional balance, simple Ayurvedic meal planning for better digestion and wellness, and how to eliminate cravings, brain fog, and bloating through conscious eating.