The Living Ayurveda Internship (LAI) is an immersive program committed to inspiring the holistic stewardship of both our health and the environment through nature-based Ayurvedic training. LAI provides the opportunity to explore key concepts of Ayurveda while gaining hands-on experience with medicinal herb and vegetable cultivation.
LAI is an 11-week intensive program at our Banyan Botanicals Farm in Williams, Oregon, blending together Ayurveda and herbalism in a field-based setting. Our interns walk away from LAI with a better understanding of Ayurveda, a deeper relationship with nature and their own personal health, and the skills to practice bioregional Ayurveda in their own home environments.
This program is rigorous: interns need to be prepared physically and mentally to immerse themselves in the program and in community, working, learning, and living alongside other like-minded individuals.
Tending the Farm
Interns spend Monday through Thursday working alongside our farm team, at an average of 25 hours each week. There is occasional Saturday work at local farmers’ markets. Each day is dynamic, with many opportunities to learn.
While incredibly rewarding, this work is demanding. Interns must be in good physical condition and prepared to work in all weather conditions, rain or shine.
Farm tasks include: seeding, weeding, harvesting, compost making, washing plant material, working at farmers’ markets, CSA gathering, apothecary and dry room maintenance, and general grounds keeping.
In the Classroom
Classes are offered on weekday evenings and weekends throughout the internship, averaging 6–12 hours of learning time each week.
Offerings include: Ayurvedic philosophy and practice, medicine making, Vedic astrology, cultivation of Ayurvedic medicinals, plant meditations, nutrition and cooking, pharmacology, practitioner skills, body systems, panchakarma training, agnihotra, plant botany, wildcrafting, and much more.
To find out more visit the Banyan Botanicals Website!