Dr. Shaun Matthews (AUS)
M.B., B. Ch. ( Ireland ), Cert. Ayu Med ( Gujarat , India ), Cert. Yoga Teacher Training ( Bihar , India ), Cert. Somatic Integration, Cert. Astrology (Nature Care, Sydney )

Founder member of AYA

www.ayurvedichealing.com.au

Shaun Matthews is the founder and the co-ordinator of the Ayurvedic Medicine Department at Nature Care College in Sydney , Australia . He is a medical doctor, Ayurveda and Yoga therapist who specialises in the treatment of chronic illness using a holistic approach. Shaun has also trained in somatic or body-oriented psychotherapy, which like Ayurveda and Yoga, acknowledges the inherent wisdom of the human body and mind. He finds this combination of approaches to be complementary in nature and extremely effective in managing all types of chronic disease.

Shaun was an associate lecturer at the University of New South Wales from 1992-2005 where he taught first and second year medical students how to better communicate with their patients. From 1998 til 2002 Shaun gave the annual lecture on Complementary Medicine to first year medicine.

Since1993 Shaun has been running Ayurvedic cooking classes in Sydney with his friend, Tim Mitchell, a gifted Ayurvedic chef. Shaun also runs regular courses in meditation, Ayurvedic psychology and Yoga therapy. He is in private practice at the Bondi Whole Health Centre in Sydney . In 2003 his book 'Journeys in Healing - How others have triumphed over disease and disability' was published by Finch Publishing to critical acclaim both in Australia and internationally.