FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE HEALTH
IRELAND
WELLNESS & PREVENTION INTENSIVE
MODULE 1
A 3-month community-based program designed to optimize brain health and prevent cognitive decline
The fear of Alzheimer’s is real.
Modern research has changed the picture.
You may have watched someone you love change in slow, painful ways — first the small slips, then the larger losses…
This does not have to be your story.
Cognitive decline is not inevitable. Current evidence from sources like the Lancet Commission suggest that up to ~45% of dementia cases might be preventable through comprehensive risk‑factor modification.
Brain changes take place over a 10-20 year period which is why early action matters — and prevention is more powerful when you identify risk patterns before symptoms become entrenched.
A ROOT-CAUSE APPROACH TO BRAIN HEALTH
Foundations is built around the revolutionary research of Dr. Dale Bredesen whose PreCODE / ReCODE protocols approach cognitive decline as a multifactorial process influenced by metabolism, inflammation, sleep, toxins, stress, exercise, cardiovascular health, nutrition, and more.
Instead of focusing on symptoms alone or a one-size fits all treatment, Foundations of Cognitive Health integrates evidence-based dietary and lifestyle interventions with Āyurvedic and precision medicine to identify the factors that may be affecting your brain health and give you personalized support.
WHO IS FOUNDATIONS FOR?
Foundations is not a quick fix. It is for the person who is proactive and prevention minded and wants to understand what drives cognitive decline and leave with a practical roadmap they can use for the rest of their life to support themselves and their loved ones.
Those with a family history of Alzheimer's
Peri/menopausal women — who are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's due to the neuroprotective role of estrogen declining during this transition
Those noticing early cognitive changes — brain fog, memory slips, or reduced mental clarity
People with metabolic risk factors — insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, hormone imbalances, or high toxic burden
People with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
People with an Alzheimer’s/dementia diagnosis with a dedicated support person to take part in the program with them*
ApoE4 gene carriers
Healthy adults in their 40’s and 50’s+ wanting to proactively protect their brain health
*If you are the caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s, please indicate this in your application.
CURRICULUM
Our 3-month hybrid program combines education, experiential classes, community accountability, and 1:1 support to lay the groundwork for building a thriving mind.
The program includes:
Bimonthly (online) educational sessions and group coaching, integrating concepts from the Dr. Bredesen’s research with classical Āyurveda and functional medicine
Module 1 focuses on the role of diet, exercise, sleep, and stress
Module 2 (enrolling in early 2027) focuses on the role of the gut and oral microbiome, toxic exposure, and brain training
Weekly yoga/community education sessions led by Louise Waters (hybrid)
Bimonthly neuromuscular fitness classes
Personalized Consultations — participants will receive 2 consultations with Scott Blossom and 2 health coaching sessions with Adela Bustamante
6-month access to Doctor Blossom’s Thriving Mind community platform. This private community space will be your hub for all of the program materials, recordings, and how-to guides to help you succeed. You’ll also have access to Thriving Mind’s yoga, movement, and meditation recordings, nourishing recipes, and expert masterclasses.
Scott Blossom
Āyurvedic practitioner, licensed acupuncturist, and ReCODE practitioner with 25+ years of clinical experience
MEET THE TEAM
Adela Bustamante
Āyurvedic practitioner, ceremonialist, and ReCODE coach with 10+ years of clinical experience
Louise Waters
Louise Waters is the Community Leader for program and a holistic health practitioner and yoga teacher with over 25 years' experience. She is the founder of The Natural Therapies Centre in Sligo
By participating in Foundations of Cognitive Health, you’ll come away with the knowledge, routines, and community support that may result in significant changes to your health and quality of life, including:
Cognitive
Sharper memory and mental clarity
Prevention of cognitive decline
Improved executive function
Reduced depression/anxiety
Reduced stress
Physiological
Increased strength and energy
Reduced pain and inflammation
Better blood sugar/insulin control
Improved sleep quality
Improved digestion and gut health
Stronger immune function
SCHEDULE & PRICING
In Ireland the total 10-year cost of care for a patient with dementia is estimated at ~€300,000–€600,000 per person with 48-50% of those costs borne by the family caregivers…
MODULE 1
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2026
Diet ○ Exercise ○ Sleep ○ Stress
€325 / month
One-time or monthly payment options available
Scholarships & registration for caregivers
Program Schedule
Start Date: 10 September - End Date: 3 December
The program begins with a live Opening Session to orient you to the journey and culminates in a Closing Session to integrate, celebrate, and set your path forward.
Your monthly rhythm:
2 yoga classes each week — choose morning or evening, so the practice fits your life.
1 neuromuscular fitness class bi-monthly
*all yoga and fitness classes are in-person and virtual, recordings will be available on demand in the Thriving Mind platform for anyone who can’t join live.
Your monthly program deep-dives (online):
Education Session — first week of each month
Group Coaching — third week of each month
Individual ReCODE consultations with Scott and Adela
4 consults over the course of the 3-month program (two w/Scott and two w/Adela)
These will be scheduled individually
**Detailed schedule provided upon registration.
**All classes will be recorded and available through the Thriving Mind platform
What FCH Participants Are Saying
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"FCH is lead by a very experienced team. Integrates the Bredesen protocols, Ayurveda, TCM uses established scientific methods and personalized analysis of cognitive state."
— 2026 FCH Participant
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"I face my mother’s dementia daily with all its joys and sorrows. As I age I am very motivated to promote my cognitive health, my general wellbeing so that I can fully experience my family life for as long as possible. FCH is a functional and inspiring program that allows me to develop and support those objectives. I am gratefully on this path."
— 2026 FCH Participant
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"FCH is chock-full of knowledge, the range of topics is amazing, it zeros in on personal places of strength and those that need some TLC, the staff support and community are nourishing. Clear your schedule and take this program! You won't be sorry."
— 2026 FCH Participant
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"Whether or not you are experiencing concerns about cognitive function, the knowledge and tools you will learn will be invaluable throughout the rest of your life and will be a strong example to others about how to put your health first. A wonderful way to develop healthy habits."
— 2026 FCH Participant
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"You all are wonderful and supportive and I am always learning from you. This community feels like a journey we are all taking. It is nice knowing there are people to talk with who understand these techniques. Thank you!"
— 2026 FCH Participant
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"The masterclasses and guests speakers are great. Your community is deep and inspiring. I believe that FCH is very important and impactful. May we all benefit."
— 2026 FCH Participant
TCM, Āyurveda, Yoga, and ReCODE Practitioner
About Scott Blossom
Scott’s personal journey into brain health was inspired by the loss of his mother to Alzheimer’s in 2020. What started as subtle changes in her decision-making and organization eventually led to a diagnosis of Ophthalmic Alzheimer’s. He and his twin brother cared for her at home, witnessing firsthand the emotional, physical, and financial toll of the disease.This deeply personal experience led him to explore not only the scientific causes of cognitive decline but also holistic ways to prevent and reverse its effects.
Scott has integrated Traditional Chinese (TCM), Āyurveda, Yoga somatics, and evidence-based nutrition into his clinical practice and educational offerings for more than 25 years. Experience has taught him that the one secret to health is not a what, not a product or a specific practice, but how to adapt whatever you are doing so it remains potent and agile through the days and seasons of your life.
With nearly three decades of experience in holistic health, Scott has guided thousands of clients toward better well-being by blending the wisdom of Āyurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and yoga with modern neuroscience.
Scott has trained in Dr. Dale Bredesen’s cutting-edge ReCODE protocol, which has shown cognitive improvements in 84% of participants in clinical trials. With the combined power of modern medicine–through lab testing, precision medicine, and recent research–and ancient, holistic modalities–Āyurveda, TCM, and Yoga, Scott is changing the narrative around what’s possible with cognitive decline.
Louise Waters is a holistic health practitioner with more than 25 years' experience in the wellness industry. She is a qualified Massage Therapist, Naturopath, Western Herbalist, yoga teacher and founder of The Natural Therapies Centre in Sligo, where she supports people through an integrative approach to health that combines movement, therapeutic bodywork, restorative practices and lifestyle medicine. Her interest in cognitive health became deeply personal when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Like many families, Louise experienced the uncertainty, isolation and profound changes that accompany a diagnosis. It also highlighted the importance of education, early prevention and having a supportive community to walk alongside you.
This experience inspired Louise to become involved in cognitive health education and prevention. She completed Scott's six-month Cognitive Health program, exploring the latest evidence around lifestyle medicine and brain health while gaining practical tools to help people reduce their risk of cognitive decline and optimise brain function throughout life.
As facilitator of the Sligo community programme, Louise's role is to bring people together in a warm, supportive environment where learning becomes action. She believes lasting change happens not only through knowledge, but through meaningful connection, shared experience and consistent, everyday practices that support healthy ageing. Louise is passionate about helping people discover that there is so much we can do to care for our brains long before symptoms appear. Her hope is to foster the kind of informed, compassionate community that she wishes had been available for her own family, while empowering others to take positive steps towards lifelong cognitive health.
About Louise Waters
About Adela Bustamante
Adela is an Ayurvedic practitioner and women's health coach with more than a decade of clinical experience supporting women through the great transitions of their lives. Her practice integrates clinical Ayurveda, therapeutic bodywork, functional health coaching, and lifestyle medicine, with a particular passion for the perimenopause and menopause years. Originally from Ecuador, she carries a lineage of plant medicine and earth-based healing passed down through generations of her land.
Trained as a ReCODE health coach in Dr. Dale Bredesen's protocol, Adela bridges precision medicine — personalized intervention — with Ayurveda's time-tested frameworks for nourishing the brain and nervous system through every season of life.
Her path into cognitive health began in her own body. Entering peri menopause, Adela experienced firsthand the brain fog, the sleep disruption, the sense of a mind she no longer recognized — and discovered how often women are told this is simply something to endure. What she learned walking her own passage, alongside the lived experiences of her patients and cohorts, revealed what the research now confirms: the menopause transition is a neurological threshold, not merely a hormonal one. Nearly two-thirds of those living with Alzheimer's are women, and the risk begins taking shape decades before symptoms appear — in the very years these concerns are most dismissed.
As coach for this cohort, Adela walks beside each participant the way she wishes someone had walked beside her — turning knowledge into daily rhythm, adapting the protocol to real life, honest accountability check ins, and providing the kind of steady, warm guidance that makes lasting change possible.
“Having worked with Scott for more than two decades, I can say that this interest and ability to integrate conventional and traditional medicinal modalities will well serve his patients seeking to prevent or reverse cognitive decline.”
— Dr. Robert Svoboda, Āyurveda physician and Author
"As an orthodontist specializing in airway (sleep/breathing) issues I am excited to see that the ReCODE protocol links healthy breathing patterns to sleep as a pillar of their preventative framework for promoting optimal brain health. Scott’s background in biology combined with his deep expertise in yogic breathing techniques gives him a unique perspective on how to help patients benefit from improving their breathing. I look forward to seeing his work continue to evolve and collaborating with him to improved patient care.”
— Dr. Claire Ferrari, Ferrari Orthodontics
"I know Scott as a teacher and colleague. He is among the few that has dug this very deep well into a fully embodied experience of Āyurveda and yoga.
Scott has a special talent and passion for translating how modern biological and psychological health modalities can be integrated with traditional health and healing traditions such as Āyurveda and Yoga."
— Erin Casperson, Director of the Kripalu School of Āyurveda
Foundations of Cognitive Health is designed to support learning, lifestyle change, and metabolic and cognitive wellness. It is not a substitute for individualized medical care and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. The information we share is educational in nature. Please work with your personal healthcare provider regarding medical concerns, medication changes, or specific treatment decisions. Every person is unique, and experiences in the program will vary.