About us

Dr. Ram Bhandari holds distinguished qualifications in Ayurvedic medicine from the most reputable universities and hospitals in India and Nepal. He won a competitive scholarship to study Ayurvedic medicine and completed six years of medical training in Kathmandu, Nepal.

He further augmented his medical degree with advanced training in Panchakarma at the Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Foundation, a Centre of Excellence in Kerala, Southern India.

After graduating, Dr. Bhandari was made a founding member and Panchakarma specialist in the largest Ayurvedic and Panchakarma private hospital in Nepal, the Ojus Ayurveda Hospital and Research Centre in Kathmandu.

Dr. Bhandari’s qualifications include specialization in detoxification and rejuvenation therapy (Panchakarma), therapeutic yoga and breathing therapy (Pranayama), Vastu (Vedic architecture), and Jyotish (Vedic astrology). He has expertise in healing techniques including reflexology, relaxation massage, Marma therapy, and Reiki healing.

Dr Bhandari practiced at an Ayurvedic Panchakarma resort on Madeira Island, Portugal, where he provided Ayurvedic consultations and treatments to guests from all over Europe. He also lectured in an Ayurvedic certification course at Associação Luso-Brasileira de Ayurvédica, Lisbon, and delivered workshops and consultations in Germany and the Netherlands.

Dr Bhandari has designed and delivered Ayurvedic training workshops in Europe, South America and Central America. The courses that he taught in Colombia include: Ayurvedic Practitioner Certification, Panchakarma, Shirodhara, Ayurvedic beauty therapy, Ayurvedic cookery, and Vastu Shastra. Ram has also taught Ayurveda for Yoga teachers in Nicaragua.

Before moving to the Sunshine Coast with his beautiful family, Ram was based on the Gold coast where, for five years, he managed a successful Ayurveda centre. He was among the sought out holistic practitioners and Ayurveda doctors in the Gold Coast region. He offered consultations, detox programs, Ayurveda courses, and regular workshops at the Gold Coast Yoga Centre, one of the well-established yoga schools on the Gold Coast.

Ram has a strong desire to educate and inform clients about the benefits of a holistic approach to healing, and to promote Ayurveda practices globally. With this aim in view, he started an Ayurveda blog in 2011 (www.ayurmantra.com). There you will find hundreds of articles about Ayurveda, yoga, herbs, natural remedies and more. His articles have also been published on other online sites and in print magazines.

In response to the increasing demand for holistic healing and Ayurveda treatments, Dr Bhandari has designed complete holistic centre in the heart of Maroochydore

Sandhya has been practicing Ayurveda for 20 years. Along with consultations and therapies she has presented many Ayurvedic cooking classes and workshops and loves to continue her education in Ayurveda. She has attended conferences that included 30 Ayurvedic doctors and guest speakers from India and around the world and regularly attends online meetings and tutorials with respected Ayurveda teachers from India. 

Ayurveda led Sandhya to study and practice authentic yoga with Yoga in daily life. Along with her own personal practice, she was a volunteer yoga teacher at the yoga center on the Sunshine Coast, teaching regular rejuvenating yoga classes and giving regular Ayurveda presentations and cooking classes. 

Sandhya’s other qualifications include specializing in healing the techniques of relaxation massage, aromatherapy, lymphatic drainage, shiatsu, marma therapy, yoga movement therapy, and yoga therapeutic breathwork.

Sandhya’s background before Ayurveda was in health and rehabilitation. One of the areas she worked in during this time was as a Pilates Rehabilitation Teacher in a studio on the Gold Coast where Sandhya was helping clients with a large variety of health conditions, pain, and movement conditions. In her early years, she enjoyed teaching children swimming, gymnastics.

Sandhya was drawn to Ayurveda searching for a more holistic approach to wellbeing during a time when her health needed attention. Sandhya Initially experienced profound positive changes in her body, mind, and entire being from Ayurveda at this time. After living to practice and studying Ayurveda for a short while, she was fortunate to have the opportunity to receive the profoundly deeper healing “Panchakarma” treatments that Ayurveda is well known for. 

Sandhya is committed to helping people to feel the benefits of Ayurveda and understand and heal themselves through this ancient wisdom. Sandhya has regularly volunteered her time and knowledge of Ayurveda to those in need. Since moving to the Sunshine Coast 8 years ago Sandhya has been amazed by the warm acceptance of the Ayurvedic community and is looking forward to being part of the Sunshine Ayurveda team with Dr. Ram Mani Bhandari.