About Ayurveda Yoga Australia (AYA)

The inception of Ayurveda Yoga Australia (AYA) began in 2004 when Professor Dr P H Kulkarni was on his annual teaching visit to Sydney , Australia . Inspired by his idea, his student Farida Irani then got like-minded people together and formed the AYA committee - Dr Shaun Matthews, Dr Rama Prasad and Sevadevi Glover.

Ayurveda Yoga Australia (AYA), officially formed in 2005, is a neutral body, which promotes all aspects of authentic Ayurveda and Yoga.

Their main aim is to bring about the awareness of these two sister sciences. Their mission is to eventually inculcate it into the main-stream system of education and health sciences.

Prof Dr P H Kulkarni is the AYA patron of Ayurveda and His Holiness Swami Maheshwarandaji is the AYA patron of Yoga.

The inaugural Ayurveda & Yoga Conference was held in Sydney in 2006 by AYA, as the 26 th International Ayurveda conference from Pune , India . The conference was a landmark event for Australia and included dynamic international speakers and Gurus such as Prof Dr P H Kulkarni, Pujya Swamiji Paramhans Maheshwarananda, Swamini Mayatitinanda, Dr Ramkumar and local talents such as Swami Shankardev, Dr Ian Gawler, Prof Marc Cohen, and many more.

Our young Event Manager, Nekzad Irani has been the driving force behind the organising of both the 2006 AYA Conference and the 2009 Conference.
 
Bhakti (Fiona) Johnson, National Co-Ordinator for the Australian Association of Yoga in Daily Life, is the AYA advisor and has given her valuable  time and expertise in both the 2006 conference and now for the 2009 conference.
 
With more events and future conferences promised, AYA is committed to propagating the true spirit of Ayurveda & Yoga and the inherent bond that they share.
 
We will ensure that the 2009 conference will give you further insights into these sciences and by popular demand we are now extending the conference to three full days of knowledge, excitement and spirituality by the Doyens and Pundits of Ayurveda and Yoga. These are authorities and Gurus in their own right and the spiritual energy that will be created will be wonderful to bask in, leaving you enthralled for days to come!  
Our mission is to see these sciences being eventually incorporated in the mainstream system of education and recognized as a complimentary Health Care system like Traditional Chinese Medicine as been in recent times.
  
Our goal is to see the progression of Ayurveda and Yoga in Australia, substantiated by research gathered /conducted in Australia
 
This conference is about health, wellness and awareness that is becoming extremely popular with the rich ancient sciences and heritages of India, Ayurveda and Yoga. We are getting the authentic Authorities and Pandits to educate both the Health professionals who will benefit on a professional level enhancing their knowledge and skills and lay people, right from the high flying executive to the office worker, to the mums and their children. We want to show them that to be in control of your lives, you can create a day by design, following these simple day to day routines through diet, exercise, meditation, use of kitchen herbs, oils, breathing techniques, self massage, treatments, etc., to be able to lead healthy happy lives they would love to live.
 
In short it will be a user-friendly conference suited for all.
 
This time we have planned even more pre and post conference events to keep you wanting more.
 
Come, enjoy, network, make new friends and take away the pearls of wisdom from the Masters themselves!

Sponsored and Supported by

Platinum Sponsor	Bronze Sponsor

	Yoga Teacher's Association of Australia

			Punarnava, India
		India Tourism		The Gawler Foundation Profound Healing -Sustainable Wellbeing
	Yoga Synergy

		Sanjivani Tim es