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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Elements define the essential outcomes
  2. Prepare client for treatment
  3. Use Ayurvedic techniques and sequences
  4. Provide advice and resources to client
  5. Monitor treatment

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:

performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 400 hours of Ayurvedic client consultation work

prepared for and managed at least 40 different remedial therapies sessions, including at least 20 massages. Clients must include males and females from different stages of life with varied presentations

provided each of the following snehana therapies at least twice:

abhyanga

bala abhyanga

shiro abhyanga

nabhi - naval vijnanam and massage

karna purana (oil in ear)
nasya, pratimarsha (oil in nose)

sat karma - kunjala, neti, baghi, basti, bhastrika, nauli

shad upkarmas

langhana

brimhana

rukshana

snehna

svedana

sthambana

chavitti

pregnancy massage (part of abyanga)

massage after pregnancy (mother massage)

udvartana (massage with pressure, dry and unctuous)

udgharshana

navarakizi

yoga chikitsa

provided Ayurvedic therapeutic dhara treatments, including each of the following at least twice:

shiro dhara

parisheka

pizichil

pinda sweda

lepas, basti

bhaspa sweda

cleanses

provided Ayurvedic therapeutic basti treatments, including each of the following at least once:

hrud basti - snehan over the cardiac region (hridaya)

kati basti - snehan over the lumbrosacral region (kati)

created and maintained complete and accurate client records

interacted effectively with clients during treatments, providing clear, accurate and supportive information and guidance


Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

legal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for providing remedial therapies:

codes of conduct

duty of care

infection control

informed consent

mandatory reporting

practitioner/client boundaries

privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

records management

work role boundaries

working within scope of practice

presenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitioner

work health and safety

macrocosm and microcosm & primordial elements, panchamahabhutas

trigunas

doshas

five forms of vata

five forms of pitta

five forms of kapha

dhatus

malas

agni

prakruti

examination of the constitution of an individual, prakruti parikshan

healthy person, swastha purusha

ama

Ayurvedic remedial therapies and how to apply them:

what each therapy does

what effects it might have

what the cautions and contraindications are

herbalised oils and powders used

Ayurvedic massage oils and powders

tailas (herbalised oils) lepas, pastes, bolusses and powdered herbs and how to prepare/ dispense them

science of marma:

classifications

marma points and their reflex points

additional marmas in the body

techniques of marma massage (107 important points)

theory of panchakarma

potential reactions during treatment and how to respond

potential reactions following treatment and appropriate client advice

methods of monitoring treatment progress

re-assessment

client feedback

types of advice and resources that can be provided to clients for their use outside the clinical environment

barriers to therapeutic progress and ways to respond within an Ayurvedic framework

documentation requirements for recording treatment details

types of symptoms within each body system that may be treated with Ayurvedic tactile therapies