Mount Madonna Institute is a private non-profit educational institution approved to operate by the State of California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. The Institute provides high quality, professional instruction and training in the fields of Yoga, Ayurveda, (complementary and alternative medicine--CAM), Massage, and Community Studies. These programs integrate theoretical and practical education and training. Each of the colleges includes in its curriculum an emphasis on continuing, life-long learning as well as on bringing a high level of professionalism to these careers. The Institute offers degrees, certificates, and diplomas.