Ayurveda & Sports Medicine
Dr. John Douillard, DC
Address the underlying causes of digestive issues — instead of simply removing foods — through a blend of ancient Ayurvedic practices, breathwork, seasonal nutrition, and herbs and spices to restore your microbiome, expel toxins, ward off illness, and enhance your body’s immunity — naturally boosting your energy, increasing lymphatic flow, improving sleep, and revitalizing your overall health.
Breathe your way to better digestion with powerful breathwork techniques!
Do you struggle with fatigue, weight management, brain fog, or food sensitivities?
What if all your health struggles could be resolved by restoring the natural balance of a single body system?
Your gut microbiome is a living, dynamic system that influences everything from immunity and metabolism to mood and energy. Heart disease, chronic conditions, cancer, inflammation, food sensitivities, mental health issues, and more are on the rise — even among young people.
Eliminating foods may ease symptoms temporarily, but it doesn’t fix the underlying issue, says Dr. John Douillard, a globally recognized leader in Ayurveda and natural health.
Instead of restrictive diets, Dr. John teaches that healing our digestion gets to the roots of illness and disease . He has helped more than 100,000 people cultivate greater health and wellbeing by using ancient Ayurvedic healing and modern science to optimize digestion for long-term health, better sleep, and vibrant energy.
Join Dr. John in this course to reduce your dependence on fad diets, supplements, and quick fixes as you apply a science-backed blend of ancient and modern health practices to feel healthier, more energized, and deeply connected to your body’s natural healing power.
Dr. John’s personalized approach will help you restore microbial balance by harnessing the power of breathwork, seasonal foods, herbs, spices, and detoxification techniques — so your digestion can flourish, strengthening all other body systems.
The result? A return to the foods you love without the stress or discomfort — and the health, vitality, and zest for life that you deserve.
During this empowering course with Dr. John, you’ll receive Ayurvedic and science-backed wellness practices, along with nutrition strategies and simple rituals for supporting the nervous system and nature’s cycles — thereby optimizing your gut microbiome and empowering your digestive system as the foundation for lasting health.
You’ll also explore the profound connection between breath and digestion. Dr. John will guide you in breathwork techniques designed to stimulate your diaphragm, enhance gut motility, and activate your lymphatic system — helping your body naturally detoxify, absorb nutrients more efficiently, and reduce bloating and discomfort.
Your digestion affects every aspect of your health. Join Dr. John Douillard and reset your microbiome to thrive — allowing you to burn fat more efficiently, sleep deeply, eat the foods you love, and enjoy a body that functions at its peak.
During this health-building course, you’ll:
- Receive meal plans and guides to mediate toxin exposure, balance your blood sugar, restore liver and gallbladder function, knock out unhealthy bacteria, and more
- Optimize your gut microbiome, balance metabolism, and restore immunity with seasonal grocery lists and natural daily practices
- Learn breathing exercises to expel toxins, increase lymphatic flow, reverse heartburn and reflux, and more
- Begin to reintroduce foods you were once intolerant to
- Learn how to use herbs, diet, meal sequencing, lifestyle, and exercise to restore metabolic function
- Discover the tests you can order on your own to determine your individual risk for heart disease
- Learn exercises to activate optimal function of the stomach, liver and small intestine
- Discover foods, herbs, and spices to cleanse the liver and gallbladder, boost the lymphatic system, and protect the gut from toxins
- Learn rituals to turn on the “rest and digest nervous system,” create an eating ambiance, and more
- Discover how to fast, based on your body type and the season
- Explore how to use probiotics properly and how to get off of them
- Troubleshoot your bowel movements and get regular and complete elimination
- Explore foods, herbs, and spices to turn on stomach acid, initiate bile flow from the liver and gallbladder, and boost your own production of digestive enzymes without supplements
Whether you’ve struggled with chronic issues, feel out of sync with your body, or simply want to elevate your vitality, this is your time to unlock a deeper understanding of yourself...
... and discover how small changes in your digestion can ripple out to transform your overall health.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the world’s leading authorities on Ayurveda and natural health.
What You’ll Discover in These 7 Weeks
In this 7-week transformational course, Dr. John will guide you through the skills and competencies you’ll need to successfully optimize your digestion and get back to enjoying the foods you love.
Join the Livestream — or Stream Later to Watch at Your Convenience
You’ll connect with Dr. John and experience his teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Dr. John’s transmissions. Can’t make it live? After each class, you can stream the video and audio recordings to enjoy anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Weekly Sessions are on Wednesdays at 1:00pm Pacific
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Dr. John Douillard, DC. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to restore gut health and a holistic sense of wellbeing.
Module 1: Stop Bubble Wrapping Your Diet & Optimize Your Gut Microbiome With Organic & Seasonal Foods (March 19)
For decades, we have been told to stop eating wheat and dairy. That recommendation has grown into a long list that now often includes unprocessed rice, beans, grains, lectins, oxalates, phytic acids, nightshades, and many more food groups that have been consumed by our ancestors for hundreds of thousands of years.
Explore how — by optimizing your digestive system — you can begin to fix the underlying causes behind foods that make you feel bad.
Learn how to repair your digestion by “eating it all” as long as it is unprocessed, preferably organic, and more seasonal…
… and how your microbiome was designed to change seasonally just like the microbes on the food and soil change with each season.
Studies now link seasonal microbes on your food to optimal health, immunity, and longevity. Dr. John shares how simple it is to inoculate your gut with the right microbes for each season with a few seasonal foods.
You’ll also learn how to get your diaphragm working effectively again as many studies link specific diaphragmatic exercises to reversing some of the most common digestion, cardiovascular, sleep, joint, and cognitive concerns.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- How to sync your biological clocks with nature's circadian rhythms
- How to change your diet seasonally with simple grocery lists for each season
- The super foods of each season and continue to enjoy the foods you love
- Breathing exercises to restore the function of your diaphragm and begin the process of healing your digestion, mind, and body
Module 2: Ban Bloat & Indigestion With Herbs, Spices & Practices to Heal Your Gut Lining (March 26)
Mental, emotional, and physical stress… processed foods and pesticides… all take aim at the health of the upper digestive system.
This includes the coordinated effort of the stomach’s ability to make the right amount of acid to break down proteins, the liver's ability to make ample bile to emulsify fats, and pancreatic and duodenal enzymes to ensure the complete breakdown and detoxification of our food and toxins.
Dr. John will troubleshoot impairments of each of these upper digestive functions and suggest diet, herbs, spices, exercises, and breathing techniques to restore optimal function of each aspect of your upper digestion.
When these functions break down, environmental pollutants, undesirable microbes, pesticides, and other harmful substances can pass through the upper digestion system, damaging the delicate gut lining and altering a healthy microbiome. Undigested foods and toxins have been linked to imbalances in mood, energy, sleep, blood sugar, cholesterol, and cognitive function.
In this session, you’ll explore:
- Breathing techniques studied to reverse heartburn, reflux, GERD, and indigestion
- Diagnosing your digestion with a tongue evaluation
- Manual exercises to activate optimal function of the stomach, liver, and small intestine
- Self-abdominal massage techniques to destress the intestines
- Foods, herbs, and spices to turn on stomach acid, initiate bile flow from the liver and gallbladder, and boost your own production of digestive enzymes without supplements
Module 3: Detoxify the Liver & Gallbladder to Boost Digestion & Restore Vitality (April 2)
The kingpin of our ability to digest, assimilate, eliminate, and detoxify happens primarily in the liver and gallbladder. Digestion, elimination, and detoxification grinds to a halt without optimal liver and gallbladder function.
Sadly, processed foods, toxins, rancid oils, and food additives that are banned in Europe are legal in the US and accumulate in the liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder.
Liver function regulates the consistency and regularity of the stool, the balancing of stomach acid, the delivery of dietary fats as energy, and the detoxification of toxic, fat soluble chemicals and environmental pollutants.
Dr. John will share how to protect and detoxify the liver, gallbladder, bile, and pancreatic ducts, and remove bile sludge to restore the body’s natural vitality and your ability to digest and detoxify.
In this session, you’ll:
- Discover foods and herbs called cholagogues for cleansing the liver and gallbladder
- Begin to ABC juice daily for six weeks to decongest the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts
- Learn a liver detox breathing exercise
- Receive a month-long dietary plan for repairing and restoring liver and gallbladder function
- Receive a diet and meal plan to protect the liver from future toxin exposure
Module 4: Resolve Food Fixations & Emotional Eating With Circadian Digestion & Rituals (April 9)
Circadian disruption affects 70% of the American population, impacting metabolic health, deep sleep, energy, mood — and most importantly — the ability to digest well and detoxify amidst the 70 million tons of toxic environmental pollutants that are dumped into the atmosphere each year (according to the EPA).
Dr. John will share how to reset your biological clocks so you can eat healthily, independent of willpower; stop constantly thinking about food; learn to exercise because you want to, not because you have to; get a good night's sleep without dependence on pills and powders.
Learn how to sequence your meal times with the seasons and the right time of day when your digestive clocks are turned on…
… and how emotional eating can be resolved by feeding the body properly with the right food and spices at the right time.
You’ll also explore a time-tested Ayurvedic Weight-Balancing Plan to cut cravings, lose weight, boost energy, sleep better, and reduce anxiety.
In this session, you’ll:
- Learn rituals for turning on the “rest and digest nervous system” before each meal
- Explore how to create the eating ambiance that studies have shown to boost nutrient assimilation and digestive efficiency
- Discover how to fast, based on your body type and the season
- Learn how to use spices to protect your food from damage caused by cooking
- Learn how to feed your body as well as your mind and emotions
- Begin to walk after meals to block blood sugar spikes
- Receive a 21-step eating guide covering the how, when, where, and what
Module 5: Restore Your Microbiome to Boost Immunity & Reintroduce Foods You Love (April 16)
Science calls the gut the second brain because it contains some 500 million neurons responsible for producing more than 90% of the brain's neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine.
These neurons, along with the 100 trillion microorganisms in the gut, are responsible for bowel function, mood regulation, cognitive function, gut feelings, intuition, and gut immunity — which makes up 70% of the body’s entire immune system.
The gut microbiome is also bi-directionally related to the respiratory microbiome that has linked optimal gut immunity to optimal respiratory immunity.
Learn how to create a healthy environment in the gut in order to restore proper bowel function and a robust, diverse microbiome. Studies have shown that gut health is directly linked to optimal health and a longer lifespan — and have linked poor gut health and a lack of microbial diversity as the cause of one of humanity’s major extinction events.
Based on time-tested healthy gut principles from Ayurveda, you’ll learn how to restore and maintain lifelong gut health.
In this session, you’ll explore:
- Foods and herbs to protect the gut from toxins and opportunistic bad microorganisms
- How to restore optimal gut and respiratory immunity
- A one-month plan to knock out undesirable bacteria and gut irritants and restore a healthy and diverse microbiome
- How to use probiotics properly — and how to get off of them
- The psychobiotic (digestion emotion) connection
- Troubleshooting issues with your bowel movements in order to achieve regular and complete elimination
- How to reintroduce foods you were once intolerant to
Module 6: Lower Blood Sugar & Cholesterol Levels for Lifelong Youthful Metabolism (April 23)
A serious epidemic of our time is called Metabolic Syndrome, which includes high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides, excess belly fat, and low HDL (good) cholesterol. This syndrome can lead to fatigue, cognitive decline, inflammation, pain, and a host of other avoidable degenerative conditions. The previous modules have addressed the underlying causes of Metabolic Syndrome and in this module, Dr. John will teach the most effective tools for lowering your blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
You’ll learn how to respond to your doctor's suggestion to go on statins and how you can be proactive and, based on science, only use them if you absolutely need them.
Dr. John will teach evidence-based approaches that use alternative foods, herbs, supplements, and exercise to balance your fats, help resolve insulin resistance, support healthy blood sugar, and prevent the epidemic of prediabetes.
In this session, you’ll:
- Learn how to use herbs, diet, meal sequencing, lifestyle, and exercise to restore metabolic function
- Discover tests you can order on your own that can determine your individual risk for heart disease
- Explore food sequencing for stabilizing your blood sugar
- Learn how to determine if you really need a statin or an alternative
- Receive meal and lifestyle plans for balancing your blood sugar
Module 7: Decongest Your Lymphatic System to Detox Your Cells & Boost Immunity & Longevity (April 30)
The lymphatic system, the largest circulatory system in the body, governs immunity, cellular detoxification, and the baseline energy of the body.
The lion’s share of lymph in the body lines the intestines, it’s also underneath your skin, inside your brain, and surrounds your lungs and joints. Congestion of the lymph always starts in the digestive system and is a signal of poor diaphragmatic function. The diaphragm is the primary pump for the lymph. In one study, 91% of athletes did not have an optimally functioning diaphragm.
In this final module, Dr. John will share lymphatic breathing techniques, super foods for the lymph system, and the most effective therapies for decongesting the lymph and boosting immunity and vitality.
You’ll learn the best movement, breathing, diet, and hydration techniques for maximizing lymphatic function. The combination of healthy digestive and lymph functions will boost immunity, detoxification, energy, endurance, and cognitive function.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- The super foods of the lymphatic system
- How to breathe to move your lymph
- Exercises for optimal lymphatic flow
- The best herbs and spices for optimal lymphatic function
- The best lymphatic hydration techniques
The The Gut Health Masterclass Bonus Offering
In addition to Dr. John’s transformative 7-week online course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Align With the Rhythms of Nature with Ayurveda
4-Part Masterclass by Dr. John Douillard
How can we align our rhythms with the rhythms of nature? In this 4-part masterclass, consisting of 2 hours and 45 minutes of video teachings, Dr. John Douillard shares his Ayurvedic secrets for aligning your mind, body, and spirit with the changing daily, lunar, and seasonal cycles of nature. By following circadian wisdom, you’ll start seeing shifts in your mood, energy levels, fitness, and more. In contemporary culture, we often do the same things day after day, year after year — we eat the same, exercise the same, wake up at the same time, etc. This class explores how being deeply connected to nature will give us the best chance for health, happiness, and longevity.
The 4-Day Short Home Cleanse - A Digestive Reset
Ebook by Dr. John Douillard
The Short Home Cleanse (SHC) was designed for those who would like a little taste of our 14-day Colorado Cleanse, and for those looking for a quick and easy digestive reset and lymph flush. This Ayurveda-style 4-day cleanse is gentle, safe, and nourishing. This ebook, which walks you through each step in completing the cleanse, also includes stress relief practices, recipes, and post-cleanse tips.
The Safe Liver Cleanse - Steps & Protocols
Ebook by Dr. John Douillard
Dr. John Douillard has been administering this Liver & Gallbladder Bile Flush in his practice for more than 30 years with great success, but has never publicly published this cleanse — until now. This ebook explores the many functions of the liver and gallbladder, and how they’ve become so congested and compromised. You’ll be guided through steps to prepare you for a safe and effective flush. While it’s an effective protocol, it’s not meant to be done by anyone at any time. To ensure the best results and avoid any potential side effects (discussed within the ebook), Dr. John offers a series of preparatory steps he feels everyone should take before proceeding with the flush.
20% off at the LifeSpa Store
A Limited-Time Offer from Dr. John Douillard’s Supplement Company
Looking for top-notch Ayurvedic health supplements and resources? Look no further than LifeSpa, the Ayurvedic clinic and supplement company founded by Dr. John Douillard. With a strong online presence, LifeSpa is a go-to destination for Ayurvedic enthusiasts. Plus, you’ll receive a 20% discount on orders over $50 at store.lifespa.com (excluding shipping, taxes, and fees). Your discount code will remain active for six months after completing the live course (expiration date of October 30, 2025). Note: LifeSpa product purchase or use is not required for this course. You may use whatever products you’d like to use for your training.
What Graduates of Dr. John Douillard’s Courses Are Saying...
Thank you so much for your videos and books, Dr. John! I have followed you for 10 years. Your wisdom and guidance have helped us through six years of cancer treatment with our child, and he’s now one of the only survivors in the world of the type of cancer and staging he had! My mother-in-law is a naturopath and works with Ayurvedic medicine in India. I love your Western explanations and ways of teaching that are easy to understand and apply in our culture while not compromising the quality and accuracy of ancient wisdom. God bless you and your beautiful family!
I am so endlessly impressed with the knowledge that I’m gaining about how energy works. It’s amazing. I’ve always been interested in the approaches of Ayurveda, but often, I get a lot of Sanskrit terminology and Indian plant names, and it just doesn't work for me. Dr. John’s offerings made immediate sense. I got to work and 48 hours(!!!) later I am well on my way to recovery. I will continue this detox as long as it feels good. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I was prompted by a fellow student’s reference to Ayurveda to listen to Dr. John. I just felt this overwhelming awe and amazement as I listened. When he began with the lymphatic system, I knew I had finally come home in my quest for a truly healthy lifestyle. Thank you so much, Dr. John! May you be blessed with untiring energy to continue spreading this word.
I feel so phenomenal right now. Every day I wake up is a bit better than the last. I told my boyfriend this morning that my body hasn't felt this good in a couple of years, so I am SO grateful to you. This is a nice way to end the year.
I originally heard Dr. John on an online program — 30 days of different diet experts giving advice. He was the only one who made sense to me. I went from 160 pounds to 115 on a 5'3 frame easily on his program after having tried many other approaches over the 20 years I was overweight. I am so much happier being comfortable in my clothing again.
Join the Global Community
The Gut Health Masterclass offers some of the most transformational online teachings available, within a thriving global community of learning and practice.
Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Dr. John Douillard, DC will share in this powerful program.
You’ll join an international community on the leading edge of manifesting a world grounded in the principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven 90-Minute Class Sessions With Dr. John Douillard, DC
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from Dr. John Douillard, creator of LifeSpa and global leader in natural health — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and will guide you to healing the root causes of your ailments through optimized digestion. Course sessions are on Wednesdays at 1:00pm Pacific.
Seven Video Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the video will be available for you to stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the audio will be available for you to stream. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Transcripts of Class Sessions
You’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.
Online Community
Our exclusive Facebook online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join the Online Course, The Gut Health Masterclass
We feel honored that Dr. John Douillard has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online course. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with a global leader in Ayurveda whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about gaining a deeper understanding of how your digestion underpins your overall health, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind program.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your own evolution, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
Your Satisfaction Is 100% Guaranteed!
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! If you don’t absolutely LOVE The Gut Health Masterclass — or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before April 2, 2025 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.
More Praise for Dr. John Douillard, DC
Dr. John is truly a unique wealth of knowledge. His passion to make Ayurveda accessible and relevant in today’s science-oriented world motivates and empowers me to take charge of my physical and emotional wellbeing. I am so grateful!
Boulder, Colorado
This was such a wonderful course! I’m a new Ayurvedic practitioner (CAP) and have learned so much from Dr. John. He has such wonderful knowledge of the ancient Ayurvedic teachings and has a way of bringing it into the modern world and explaining it in Western terms, with science-based research to back it up. This course could definitely be taken by beginners and experts alike.
Montara, California
Combining insights from modern scientific research with the brilliant, ancient system of Ayurvedic medicine, Dr. John Douillard takes the analysis of food sensitivities deeper to get at the root causes.
Author of Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing
About Dr. John Douillard, DC
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Dr. John Douillard, DC, CAP, is a globally recognized leader in the fields of Ayurveda, natural health, nutrition, and sports medicine.
With 40 years of experience, he has helped over 100,000 patients as creator and director of LifeSpa, where he validates ancient Ayurvedic wisdom with modern science in articles published weekly. With its thousands of free educational resources, LifeSpa.com is a leading Ayurvedic health resource on the web with 500,000+ social followers and readers.
Dr. John is a renowned Ayurvedic educator, host of the Ayurveda Meets Modern Science podcast, former Director of Player Development for the New Jersey Nets NBA team, and author of seven health books, including Eat Wheat and 3-Season Diet.
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