One of the most telling things about Parul University’s Ayurveda immersion programs is who they attract. Alongside the founders and therapists profiled elsewhere, the delegation from Poland included professionals from fields you might never associate with Ayurveda. Their reasons for coming reveal why this ancient system resonates so widely today.
The Bodyworker: Maciej, a Massage Teacher
Maciej Sitarz runs a Hawaiian-massage school and personal-development centre in Poland with his wife, training students in a tradition he keeps authentic by inviting his own Hawaiian teacher to Poland. A career built on the tactile, holistic understanding of the body made him, in his words, a natural fit for Ayurveda, another system that treats body and mind as one connected whole. For a bodyworker, Ayurveda’s therapies and its whole-person philosophy were a deep extension of what he already practised.
The Executive: Aleksandra, a Finance Director
Aleksandra Bukowska leads a busy professional life in Wroclaw, running her own business, serving as a finance director, and teaching aerobics and Pilates as a fitness instructor. As someone who cares deeply about how the body moves and feels, she came to Parul University with an open mind to learn the natural ways Ayurveda heals, an example of how the system draws even those from business and finance who are seeking a more holistic understanding of health.
The Mind Specialists: Ewa and Bartosz
Some of the most fitting delegates work with the mind. Ewa Solarewicz, a psychotherapist, was drawn to Ayurveda by a professional curiosity about the relationship between mind, body, and emotional wellbeing, precisely the integration Ayurveda has always insisted on. \Bartosz Solarewicz\, a psychologist and communication specialist at a Polish university who also curates film screenings to help people understand one another, brought a communicator’s interest in connection across cultures. For both, Ayurveda’s refusal to separate mental from physical health mirrored their own work.
The Seekers: Bozena and Mateusz
Others came through a personal path of wellbeing. Bozena Slabska, an opera-house project manager and business coach, found her way to Ayurveda through years of yoga and meditation, and said almost everything she learned from the Parul faculty, especially the teaching on doshas, was genuinely new, knowledge that shapes daily life far beyond the clinic. She was struck that in Poland, Ayurvedic treatments are often filed under “beauty,” whereas here she encountered them as genuine, holistic care. Mateusz Jaworski, from Warsaw, came through a long passion for yoga, meditation, and natural healing. Together they reflect a wider movement of people seeking depth beyond surface wellness.
The Practitioners: Karolina and Lingala
Two more delegates show how naturally Ayurveda fits established wellness practitioners. Karolina Gora, from Wroclaw, has practised yoga for some thirteen years, a dedication that led her to Ayurveda in search of balance between movement and natural healing. Her motivation was also deeply practical: with a family rooted in professional sport (her children are competitive tennis players and her husband a sports coach), she wanted safe, natural ways to support recovery and manage the daily physical stress of an athletic household, rather than relying on chemical alternatives. Lingala, a yoga teacher and hypnotherapist, likewise came to deepen a practice already centred on the mind-body connection. For practitioners like these, Ayurveda is less a new field than a missing piece, a classical framework that ties together what they already do.
One Science, Many Doors
What unites this remarkable range, bodyworkers, executives, therapists, communicators, seekers, is exactly what makes Ayurveda compelling: it is a whole-person system, so almost any profession concerned with human wellbeing finds a door into it. Beyond the classroom, the delegates also embraced the culture, from a hands-on pottery workshop at the Parul Institute of Design to Holi and Indian cuisine, experiencing India as fully as they studied its science. Their collective story is a quiet but powerful endorsement: when professionals from every walk of life choose to travel across the world to learn Ayurveda at its source, it says something real about both the system and the place teaching it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do professionals from different fields study Ayurveda?
Because Ayurveda is a whole-person system that connects body, mind, diet, and lifestyle, professionals from many fields, bodyworkers, fitness and wellness practitioners, psychotherapists, business people, and more, find it relevant to their work and lives. It offers a holistic framework that complements modern, specialised professions, which is why such varied practitioners travel to India to study it.
Who can join Parul University’s Ayurveda immersion programs?
Parul University’s international Ayurveda programs (such as the APP and PIP) welcome a wide range of participants, from practising therapists and wellness professionals to people from entirely different careers with a serious interest in Ayurveda. Recent cohorts from Poland have included a massage teacher, a finance director, psychotherapists, a communication specialist, and yoga practitioners.
What is there for international delegates in the program?
Delegates gain hands-on exposure to Ayurvedic principles and therapies, learning directly from experienced faculty at the tradition’s source, along with cultural immersion in India. Many describe discovering Ayurveda as a genuine, holistic system of health rather than a mere wellness or beauty trend, and knowledge they can carry back into their own professional practice.
