Health Institute Australasia Courses

The Health Institute Australasia is an Ayurveda and Yoga School located on the beautiful Gold Coast of eastern Australia.  We have developed numerous educational programs in the form of interactive community lectures, workshops, series, and seminars as well as diploma courses to meet the needs of the twenty-first century.  The Health Institute Australasia is Government Accredited as a registered training organisation offering flexible payment plans. Government subsidies such as Austudy and youth allowance are available for eligible domestic students.

HIA offers the highest yoga qualification you can obtain not only in Australia but in the world, with our Advanced Diploma course being 1800 hours, conducted over 3 years.

Our courses are CRICOS approved, allowing international students to obtain Australian visas to study with us for up to 3 years. The Health Institute Australasia is the ONLY college in Australia that offers a Government Accredited Yoga Teacher Training program to International students so they can obtain up to 3 years study visas to study in Australia. 

Our team is led by CEO Shanti Gowans, born in India. After completing her MA at the University of Mumbai, Shanti spent several years traveling around the world as an international guest speaker with global and cosmic perspectives. Whilst on the speakers’ circuit, Shanti taught the yoga warmup for 'Journey to the Boundless' with Deepak Chopra in Sydney, and in Melbourne, Australia. She has authored over 30 books on Yoga, Ayurveda, Meditation, and allied subjects.

Shanti  Gowans also brought the concepts and practices of a healthy body and still mind to thousands of Australians through her Yoga and Meditation programs which appeared on Australian national television for 3½ years on channel 10, and prior to that on 'Think about, Talk about' on Channel 2.

Shanti Gowans is truly a remarkable and inspirational teacher and has developed life-changing courses with true dedication, knowledge, and respect for the authentic, classical, and perennial Vedic sciences of yoga and Ayurveda, adapted for life today.