Meet the Board

      

Meet the Board

Meet the Board

      

Meet the Board
“Yoga empowers you to feel the way you want to feel at any time,
instead of being a victim of your own feelings. It makes you independent.”
 
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Meet the Board

Madhu Rao, Chairman

Madhu Rao, Chairman

Email: madhu@artofliving.org.au

Mr. Rao is a Trustee with the International Art of Living Foundation, Switzerland and is overseeing the administrative matters relating to the Art of Living organisations in the Australasia region.

He has served Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts for nearly 30 years in various capacities as its CFO and President. He is a Chartered Accountant by qualification.

 

 

Mehul Somaiya, Secretary and Director

Mehul Somaiya, Secretary and Director

Email: mehuls@artofliving.org.au

Mehul is a Volunteer Teacher of the Art of Living – Happiness Program, he has been practicing Yoga and Meditation and has been involved with the Art of Living Foundation for 16 years.
 
He has also served as a Treasurer and Director of International Association for Human Values (Australia) Ltd – a Not for Profit Charity, for 4 years
 
Professionally, Mehul is a Chartered Accountant and runs a Boutique Accounting and Financial Planning practice in Sydney.

 

Sarat Sharma, Treasurer and Director

Sarat Sharma, Treasurer and Director

Email: sarat@artofliving.org.au

Sarat Sharma has been associated with the Art of Living foundation for over 20 years now. Married with 2 kids, Sarat is based in Melbourne.
 
In addition to being actively involved in Art of Living, Sarat runs a successful Insurance Broking business. The entire family is dedicated to the Art of Living and its mission of helping the community.

 

Angela Hass, Director

Angela Hass, Director

Email: angela@artofliving.org.au

Angela has been active in yoga since 1984 and trained initially in Iyengar Yoga and as a Yoga Therapist.  She has focused her attention on breathing and developed the Pranayama course section for the first ever Government accredited Yoga Diploma course.  
Her involvement with Art of Living commenced in 1999.  She is one of the two Senior (Part 2) Teachers in Australia and teaches several AOL programs, including the Art of Meditation and Sri Sri Yoga.  She is the Sri Sri Yoga Australia Coordinator. 
Originally trained as an art historian, with a PhD from Munich University, Angela worked as an academic at the University of Melbourne for many years.

 

Peter Roberts, Director

Peter Roberts, Director

Email: peter@artofliving.org.au
 
Peter has been practising yoga and meditation for 38 years and has been with The Art of Living and its founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for 24 years .
His work background (retired) is the building industry as a licenced builder.
He was an active videographer for various AOL courses over many years and he continues to have a keen interest in this and video editing field.
Peter has played mainly a support role to teachers and volunteers and is keen to expand that along with the other initiatives in his current position
Hinesh Gohil, Director

Hinesh Gohil, Director

Email: hinesh@artofliving.org.au

Hinesh has been practicing Sudarshan Kriya, Yoga and Meditation with the Art of Living since 2007. Hinesh and his family are committed to the Art of Living and it’s mission for helping the community. Professionally, Hinesh is a software developer and passionate about IT innovations.