About Shantiji
Namaste, welcome and thank you for your interest about what we offer.
My name is Shanti Gowans, and I am the CEO of The Health Institute, Australia. I was born and educated in India and am still learning my Australian way.
Through a lifetime of committed practices, study, education and travel, I have gained a vast body of knowledge and enjoy sharing these insights and wisdom with others. I've reached the point of success in my life, which allows me to give back in a major way. I realise that a huge part of my success is because of the many wonderful and loyal teachers, students, patients and support staff that I have been fortunate to have journeyed with during my years of practice. To them I will always be eternally grateful. I look forward to assisting you on your journey.
Every single day I am aim to meet new and sometimes demanding goals that I have set for myself. On a day to day basis, I have the pleasure of being able to assist others in several traditional healing modalities. These include the spiritual arts of yoga and meditation, the health science of Ayurveda, and the performing arts of Indian music and dance. My work is a marriage between my cultural and experiential background, which has provided a solid grounding for the healing work we do, and my aspirations to be of service in the very best way that I can.
My name is Shanti Gowans, and I am the CEO of The Health Institute, Australia. I was born and educated in India and am still learning my Australian way.
Through a lifetime of committed practices, study, education and travel, I have gained a vast body of knowledge and enjoy sharing these insights and wisdom with others. I've reached the point of success in my life, which allows me to give back in a major way. I realise that a huge part of my success is because of the many wonderful and loyal teachers, students, patients and support staff that I have been fortunate to have journeyed with during my years of practice. To them I will always be eternally grateful. I look forward to assisting you on your journey.
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.
The transmission of knowledge from master to disciple can be oral, symbolic or direct. The uniqueness of Shanti Yoga is the direct transmission, or direct introduction in which master and student find themselves in the primordial presence at the same moment, through one of the experiences related to the body, voice or mind. Due to the power of the transmission, the students are able to discover their own real condition in this way. If you are interested in receiving direct transmission, please attend my classes and be prepared to be a student. 'Guru' means master. 'Yoga' means having the knowledge or understanding of one's own, authentic infinite state, the essential condition in which there is nothing to change or modify. This is the state of the guru. This is the main element in Shanti Yoga practice. You will work with a series of practices, namely the body series, the breath series, the subtle energy initiations and the nature of the mind in order to have a concrete experience of consciousness, and on the primordial dimensions of emptiness which serves as a base for manifesting clarity.
Through The Health Institute and Nirvana Wellness Retreat, we provide a space and place where you can feel deeply nurtured and connected, sustain your body, mind and spirit, and touch your innate gifts. Our commitment and dedication to support your work-life balance is glaringly obvious from the full range of programs, services and products we have created. These present unparalleled expertise and sources of knowledge and are a pedigree worthy of respect.
I wish to acknowledge and thank all those who help to keep the wisdom and compassion traditions of the past alive for the future. Our facilitators, practitioners, therapists and teachers walk their talk. They have an absolute passion for the work and a willingness to share it. We do our best for every student and for all human beings. We are surrounded by, and cultivate a wonderful community, through which we work. This gives us greater flexibility and puts a certain 'magic' into what we offer. My gratitude is boundless.
The transmission of knowledge from master to disciple can be oral, symbolic or direct. The uniqueness of Shanti Yoga is the direct transmission, or direct introduction in which master and student find themselves in the primordial presence at the same moment, through one of the experiences related to the body, voice or mind. Due to the power of the transmission, the students are able to discover their own real condition in this way. If you are interested in receiving direct transmission, please attend my classes and be prepared to be a student. 'Guru' means master. 'Yoga' means having the knowledge or understanding of one's own, authentic infinite state, the essential condition in which there is nothing to change or modify. This is the state of the guru. This is the main element in Shanti Yoga practice. You will work with a series of practices, namely the body series, the breath series, the subtle energy initiations and the nature of the mind in order to have a concrete experience of consciousness, and on the primordial dimensions of emptiness which serves as a base for manifesting clarity.
Through The Health Institute and Nirvana Wellness Retreat, we provide a space and place where you can feel deeply nurtured and connected, sustain your body, mind and spirit, and touch your innate gifts. Our commitment and dedication to support your work-life balance is glaringly obvious from the full range of programs, services and products we have created. These present unparalleled expertise and sources of knowledge and are a pedigree worthy of respect.
I wish to acknowledge and thank all those who help to keep the wisdom and compassion traditions of the past alive for the future. Our facilitators, practitioners, therapists and teachers walk their talk. They have an absolute passion for the work and a willingness to share it. We do our best for every student and for all human beings. We are surrounded by, and cultivate a wonderful community, through which we work. This gives us greater flexibility and puts a certain 'magic' into what we offer. My gratitude is boundless.
