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School Lama offers three wellness courses in Rishikesh, India: a 10-Day Massage Training at ₹24,000, a 14-Day Massage Training at ₹30,000, and a 30-Day Panchakarma Course at ₹50,000. All are hands-on, taught on site in Rishikesh, and open to international students.
Every course below is taught on site in Rishikesh with your hands on a body, not on a screen. Duration and fee are stated upfront so you can plan a trip around them.
| Course | Duration | Fee | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Day Massage Training | 10 days | ₹24,000 | Core Ayurvedic massage technique |
| 14-Day Massage Training | 14 days | ₹30,000 | Same techniques, extended supervised practice |
| Panchakarma Course | 30 days · 90 min/day | ₹50,000 | The classical five-action system, studied in depth |
Ayurvedic massage is a manual craft. You can read about Abhyanga for a year and still not know how much oil to warm, how to keep contact through a long stroke, or how to protect your own wrists through a full session. That knowledge transfers hand to hand, which is why this course is built around practice rather than lectures.
View courseThe difference between knowing a massage sequence and being able to deliver it is repetition. The 14-day course exists for students who want that repetition before they work on anyone outside a classroom.
View coursePanchakarma is the most structured part of classical Ayurveda, and the hardest to learn quickly. The name means "five actions", and the system covers not just those five procedures but the preparation before them and the carefully staged return to ordinary life afterwards.
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If you want to receive Panchakarma rather than study it, this is the one-week residential programme — treatment, meals and accommodation arranged together.
School Lama offers three courses in Rishikesh: a 10-Day Ayurvedic Massage Training (₹24,000), a 14-Day Ayurvedic Massage Training (₹30,000), and a 30-Day Panchakarma Course (₹50,000). The massage courses teach hands-on technique, while the Panchakarma course studies the classical five-action system in depth.
Choose the 10-day massage course if you have a shorter travel window and want the core Ayurvedic techniques. Choose the 14-day course if you intend to practise on others afterwards, because the extra four days are spent on supervised full-length treatments rather than on additional subjects.
Yes, the courses at School Lama are open to international students travelling to Rishikesh. Course durations are stated in days so a visit can be planned around travel, though the language of instruction is currently being confirmed and should be checked when you enquire.
Accommodation is confirmed as included in the Panchakarma Living Experience, a one-week residential stay. Whether accommodation can be arranged alongside the massage training courses and the Panchakarma Course is currently being confirmed by the centre.
Whether therapies can be booked alongside a training course is currently being confirmed by the centre. Please mention it when you enquire so the schedule can be planned around both.