"Namaste. Welcome to Health Institute Australasia."
Shanti Gowans, Founder & CEO
Learn about HIA,
and what we do.
Australian Government Registered Organisation RTO 45524
CRICOS
CRICOS No 03791F
Health Institute Australasia (HIA) is a Gold Coast, QLD, based Australian Registered Training Organisation (RTO 45524) offering both non-accredited and Australian Government accredited Ayurveda and Yoga courses for Australian and international students.
Our short (non-accredited) Ayurvedic and Yoga courses are open to all and available in various delivery formats. These courses are ideal for continuing development for all alternative and natural therapy professionals.
All of HIA government accredited courses, in Cert IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels, are identified throughout our website by relevant course codes and the NRT logo. These courses open pathways to careers in Ayurveda and Yoga and related fields.
ACCEREDITED AYURVEDA AND YOGA SCHOOL
Authenticity, Government Accreditation
and
International Recognition
Authenticity
Health Institute Australasia provides Authentic yoga and Ayurveda training. The Institute's outstanding publication record, strong academic and research credentials, and an international reputation are testimonials for the quality and breadth of its teaching.
The consistent, high calibre of education and quality of experience of our courses is unsurpassed by any other school of yoga and Ayurveda in Australia.
What sets us apart from other training organisations in Australia is our true dedication and respect for the ancient, and authentic, science of yoga and Ayurveda. Our Ayurveda and yoga courses are designed to bring you opportunities to reach your full potential in life.
Government Accreditation
RTO, ASQA, AQF, NRT logos, and registration numbers appear on training organisation websites as symbols of trust and accreditation. But what do all these mean?
RTO stands for a Registered Training Organisation regulated by Australian Government. Health Institute Australasia is a Privately Operated Registered Training Organisation (RTO 455254). Our RTO Registration Manager is Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Which means all Health Institute Australasia's accredited courses are fully compliant with ASQA, being the national regulator for Australia’s vocational education and training sector. Accredited courses within our scope of registration are identified with the relevant course number, as well as the NRT (Nationally Registered Training) logo.
Health Institute Australasia is approved by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) to offer programs in the study of Ayurvedic medicine, as provided by the Australian government standards set in the Health Training package. Health Institute Australasia also has government approval for the teaching of Yoga.
International Recognition
Education institutions can only enrol and deliver education services to students in Australia on a student visa if they are registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS). Our CERT IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses in Yoga and Ayurveda are CRICOS approved. CRICOS No. 03791F
The consistent, high calibre of education, and quality of experience throughout your student period, will surpass your expectations. Our programs are known for their comprehensive curriculum that far surpasses the standards set by Yoga Teachers Associations and International Associations.
Our 1800 hour Advanced Diploma of Yoga course is the highest yoga qualification you can obtain. Not only in Australia, but the world!
We cherish our long-standing reputation as one of the country’s most reputable yoga, Ayurveda and meditation centre.
In Australia, ASQA regulates courses and training providers to ensure nationally approved quality standards are met. Undertaking an accredited course with a government approved provider means that you can be assured the highest quality education available, and that your qualifications are recognised Australia wide and beyond.
- Australian students are eligible to apply for Austudy or Youth Allowance while undertaking our accredited courses.
- International students are eligible to apply for a student visa for up to 3 years for undertaking of our CRICOS approved courses.
- NOTE: We are the ONLY college in Australia to offer a 3-year Government Accredited Yoga Teacher Training program to International students.
- We offer flexible payment plans and payment options, as well as discounts for long term students in order to make studying at Health Institute Australasia more accessible and to reduce financial stress.
TAKING YOUR LIFE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
We are here to support your path to success
We wish you all success in your studies in Ayurveda and yoga. Your interest in full self-actualising and employing the Health Institute’s courses as a tool will enable you to grow, develop and reach your full potential.
We welcome you to join us in celebrating and deepening the commitment to a renewal of humanity, health and wellbeing.
Health Institute Australasia courses provide a complete, in-depth education, with a curriculum that will enable you to become knowledgeable in your chosen field of study, together with personal development as a responsible human being, fully grown in all the values of life, and established in higher consciousness and understanding.
From the CEO of Health Institute Australasia & Founder of Shanti Yoga™ , Shanti Gowans:
"I have been extremely privileged to have learnt from great teachers and from several disciplines, starting with my Indian family who I loved, and laughed, cried, savoured food, beauty and the joys and struggles of life with. My extended family has been the Ramakrishna Order of monks and nuns who initiated me into Advaitic Vedanta for which my gratitude holds no bounds. These Vedic teachings, together with practices and perspectives from Yoga, Ayurveda and Theravada Buddhist philosophies have enabled me to spend my lifetime refining the 'yoga of life' through which we combine harnessing nature's medicinals (plants and other natural substances), with common-sense elements such as diet, exercise and cleanings, as well as the most profound principles for spiritual and psychological transformation. I have enjoyed many decades developing an umbrella teaching organisation which delivers yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, culture and dance and is international in its scope and is nationally accredited.
Shanti Yoga™ has been established for 50 years with groundings, protocol and somatic techniques drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions and Western science, as well as from the latest research, a diversity of healing modalities and human spirituality that connects us to the sacred. Thus, Shanti Yoga™ offers both a manifesto for self-healing and an essential guide to creating a more vibrant, authentic and joyful life.
Unlike a myriad other paths of ‘awakening’, which start with a presumption of separation, and work directly or indirectly back to our true nature, Shanti Yoga™ starts with your true nature, and stays there. Here, in this placeless place of effortless here-and-now, your inherently peaceful and luminous nature pervades and outshines the entirety of your experience.
The purpose of education is to culture a person’s mind so that they can accomplish all their aims in life. This education should enable you to develop within yourself the ability to make the best use of your gifts, talents, personality, surroundings, and circumstances so that you are on your way to accomplish the maximum in life for yourself – and then you can make this world available to others."
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