Holistic Health Education
Our mission statement
Training and further education for healthcare professionals and health coaches
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The whole world serves as a teacher to the wise.
Charaka Samhita
What we stand for
Our eight quality promises
1 | Kaizen - Continuous improvement
KAIZEN is the Japanese art and philosophy of small steps and the willingness to constantly adapt to change.
For 28 years, no two courses at EURASIAMED have been the same.
Every day, we adapt our content, didactics and organisational structures to the constantly changing conditions of the outside world and the needs of our participants and their future clients or patients.
The KAIZEN mindset also permeates the structure of our courses.
Holistic Health cannot be learnt in individual seminar days, but only through daily application in small steps. 24/7, day and night.
2 | From practice - For practice
What sounds like an outdated slogan is not a matter of course in the training market. Many graduates go straight from the classroom to the teacher's desk without any practical experience.
EURASIAMED has a clear formula: Anyone who has not independently diagnosed and treated at least 1,000 patients over a period of at least five years cannot and may not train prospective therapists and healthcare professionals as a senior lecturer.
In this way, we ensure that not only theoretical theorems from old compendia and „knowledge“ compiled with AI are taught, but that these are continuously put to the test of effectiveness and practicability.
3 | Committed to tradition
Ralph Steuernagel studied Ayurveda medicine in the 90s with the most renowned Ayurveda doctors in northern India in the traditional way. In the morning in the clinic, in the afternoon in class and in the evening at his desk. His textual sources were always the classical compendia (Samhita), from which he still quotes and teaches today.
The foundation of all teaching units at AYUMED are the four means of knowledge: Authorised texts & teachers > Sensory perception > Logical inference > Proof by application.
Personal opinions or interpretations are welcome, but must always be recognisable. This ensures that the stream of knowledge that has been flowing from India for over 2,000 years remains authentic.
4 | On the pulse of science
Classical Ayurveda is timeless and independent of location.
However, in order to be recognised and respected in the modern Western world, a scientific foundation and explanation is required. This is the only way to successfully integrate complementary medicine, psychology and philosophy.
AYUMED has been working tirelessly for 28 years to replace esoteric or pseudo-scientific approaches in European Ayurveda with modern study findings and explanations from newer specialist fields such as psychoneuroimmunology, epigenetics and gerontology.
Tradition meets modern science!
5 | Legally compliant and marketable
Who is actually allowed to do what and how? Even though there are few restrictions on the practice of health counselling in Germany, there are still clear demarcations between it and medicine, the use of professional titles and advertising with healing promises.
Not all Ayurvedic services and products are freely marketable for everyone, but they are taught and offered across the board.
From the very first day of training, AYUMED makes it clear what is allowed and what is not, what the legal consequences are in the event of non-compliance and which ethical attitudes are Ayurveda-compliant. This creates the necessary inner calm in the therapeutic work.
6 | Entrepreneurial thinking and action
Only an economically viable practice that is geared towards making a profit can survive in the long term and help as many people as possible. Like health, success is based on the application of natural laws.
Every practice owner is a therapeutic entrepreneur! Unfortunately, most healthcare professions do not adequately teach business management. This often leads to the avoidance of self-employment or uneconomical behaviour.
At EURASIAMED, success is conveyed from three perspectives: the beneficial results of therapy, a personal sense of happiness and meaningfulness, and monetary gain to finance one's own healthy lifestyle and further desired training.
7 | Teacher-student relationship
The Ayurvedic knowledge of a long and healthy life was traditionally passed on from teachers to their students (Guru-Shishya). The personal relationship plays a decisive role in this.
Ralph experienced this for years in contact with his Indian teachers, with whom he not only worked and was taught by them. He also spent a lot of time with them in his private life and felt a sense of closeness and connection.
Teachers not only pass on specialised knowledge, but also profound insights and life experiences. The more intimate and harmonious the contact is, the more the student can learn and experience.
We at AYUMED would like to revitalise this quality, which has unfortunately been largely lost in the West, in a modern way.
8 | Trust and respect
Our first impression of people is accompanied by two central questions: Can I trust them? Can I respect them?
These two values characterise the mission statement at EURASIAMED bidirectional. The development of trust and respect is a dynamic development process that requires both sides to act proactively.
This keynote speech by Ralph illustrates the importance of this:
> Trust and respect - building healing relationships
8 | Protected quality ®
When I founded EURASIAMED in 1998, I wasn't thinking about issues such as brand protection.
Times have changed. It is difficult for clients and patients as well as prospective therapists and health coaches to differentiate between providers.
That is why our certified AYUMED® Medical Consultants and EURASIAMED® Health Coaches are subject to sustained quality control.
