About Us:Understanding our Journey

About Us

Founded in Sydney in 2023, the Australian Institute for Ayurveda and Yogic Sciences (AIAYS) was born from a simple truth: many Australians are carrying heavy loads — long work hours, constant stress, hormonal changes, digestive struggles, sleepless nights, and the quiet weight of burnout. Too often, modern systems treat only symptoms, leaving people without lasting solutions or deeper understanding of their wellbeing.

AIAYS was created to offer another path — a trusted bridge between the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda and Yoga and the modern needs of Australian life. Our vision is to build not just a centre of knowledge, but a living atmosphere of trust, care, and transformation.

At our centre in Gosford, and through partnerships with leading Ayurvedic retreat centres in India, we offer a wide range of ways to begin the healing journey:

  • Holistic Therapies & Treatments: Gentle yet powerful approaches — from Ayurvedic consultations to lifestyle planning — that address root causes, not just symptoms.

  • Accredited Courses & Learning: Training the next generation of practitioners and wellness advocates, ensuring this wisdom is shared with credibility.

  • Overseas Retreats: Immersive healing experiences in India, meeting different needs and budgets.

  • Books & Resources: Tools and teachings to support ongoing self-care and clarity.

  • Insurance & Schemes: Exploring frameworks to make holistic care more accessible and recognised.

  • Research & Case Studies: Building in-house evidence to strengthen the global credibility of Ayurveda.

We work alongside highly experienced Ayurvedic doctors, yoga practioners from India — professionals who see and treat thousands of patients each year, bringing unmatched clinical expertise combined with compassionate care.

Our mission is to walk with people who are tired, burdened, or seeking deeper meaning — and guide them back to health, resilience, and balance. By uniting ancient, proven wisdom with modern trust and delivery systems, AIAYS seeks to make Ayurveda and Yoga a recognised, respected, and reliable part of everyday life in Australia.

Our Vision & Mission

Our Vision: To make Ayurveda and Yoga recognised, respected, and reliable part of everyday healthcare and lifestyle in Australia  by becoming premier integrated health and knowledge centre.

Our Mission: To prioritise customer well-being through Ayurveda, yoga and meditation, bringing them closer to nature, and in turn, themselves through greater understanding.

About Us:How does our progress look like in next 3 years? In four stages.

Stage 1

Local Consultation & Digital Presence and Follow-ups. Knowledgebase & FAQs

Stage 2

Expansion of Local & Online Services, Overseas Retreats, Short Courses

Stage 3

Local Retreats, product and service offerings

Stage 4

Accredited Courses & Franchise Expansion

Founder's Journey

🌿 The Journey of Our Founder

The story of our founder, Ashok Alexander, is one of transformation — from high-pressure corporate life to a path of holistic wisdom.

Like many professionals, Ashok’s early career in IT demanded long hours, constant stress, and the drive to build thriving businesses. Despite his success — running an IT firm and holding a stake in a medical clinic — the cost was heavy amd more important not integrated. Headaches, chest pains, and burnout became constant companions. At the time, his only solution was to increase his health insurance assuming getting sick as we get older is natural, not realising that what he truly needed was not more coverage, but deeper care.

However, surely everything didnot go according to the plan, the weak, half hearted creation decided to collapse. Taking with it all that was the meaning to him. That turning point sparked a journey. Ashok stepped away from his businesses and embarked on a 4,000 km walk across Australia — a profound pilgrimage of self-discovery. Along the way, he immersed himself in the timeless wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda, studying the teachings of India’s ancient rishis and saints by visiting various places.

This path of discovery became a path of mastery. Ashok completed his Teacher Training Certification in Yoga at the Sivananda Yoga Institute in Trivandrum, pursued intensive Ayurveda training in Dharamshala, and later a two-year practitioner’s course to deepen his expertise. He also explored Ayahuasca and Vipassana meditation as part of a commitment to understand the full spectrum of body–mind connection, leaving no stone unturned.

His engineering and Business backgrounded was helpful in clearning the stories from the core of it all, challenging him and him challenging it every bit.

Why This Matters for You

Ashok’s journey isn’t just about credentials — it’s about empathy. He knows the toll that leadership, long hours, and relentless expectations can take on health and energy. He’s lived through burnout, breakdown, and rebuilding. Today, he helps women executives and business leaders rebalance their lives by integrating ancient Eastern practices with modern leadership needs.

His mission is simple: to help you reconnect the whole of you, be and stay integrated so you can lead with clarity, vitality, and sustainability — without sacrificing health, family, values or joy along the way.