Meet the team
Kalari Ayurveda Centre is a Kerala style Ayurvedic clinic where a Kalaripayattu master and healer, Kerala Ayurvedic Doctor and Ayurvedic therapists are available to help you improve your health.
Master Biju Nair
Traditional Indian healer and Kalaripayattu master
Master Kalaripayattu teacher
Kalari chikitsa healer
Ayurvedic practitioner
Ayurvedic and Panchakarma therapist
Remedial massage therapist
Master Biju Nair is a pain and injury management specialist using Kalari chikitsa and Ayurveda. With over 25 years of experience, he has treated thousands of people in Australia and India using these methods.
Not only is he an experienced and qualified Ayurvedic practitioner, he is also traditionally trained in the martial art of Kalaripayattu and its healing art, Kalari chikitsa.
In Kerala in Southern India, the Kalaripayattu master plays the dual role of a martial arts teacher and healer. They treat the kalari students and the general public for their injuries and pain-related conditions.
Master Biju continues this practice in Brisbane where he is sought out for his traditional knowledge and practical approach to Ayurveda, Kalari chikitsa and Kalaripayattu.
Qualifications and experience
Master Biju grew up in a rural village in Kerala in Southern India. In 1996, he began learning the martial art of Kalaripayattu and its healing art Kalari chikitsa under his village’s Kalari master, Suji Master.
After seven years with his Master, he went on to study with his Grandmaster, Guru Balachandran Nair (Satguru Hanuman Das), through the Gurukula system. Here he was completely immersed in the martial and healing art by living, learning and working at the Kalari full time for four years.
The Gurukula system is an ancient Indian education system, where the disciple receives the knowledge by living with the Guru. For Kalaripayattu and Kalari chikitsa, as with training in any traditional art form in India, understanding and acquiring the knowledge is a long, demanding and rigorous process.
Master Biju is also a certified Ayurvedic and Panchakarma therapist through the respected Dhanwanthari Ayurvedic Hospital in Thodupuzha, Kerala. He has treated patients in Ayurvedic clinics, resorts and traditional centres in Kerala, Bangalore and Brisbane. He has also trained Ayurvedic therapists in India and Australia.
He has an Advanced Diploma of Ayurveda and a Diploma of Remedial Massage from Australia. He has worked alongside Ayurvedic Doctors, Physiotherapists and Chiropractors in Brisbane. He mentors Ayurvedic professionals in Australia, and is the Ayurvedic therapy trainer at various Ayurvedic clinics in Australia.
Following Kalari tradition, where the healer is also the martial arts master, Master Biju teaches Kalaripayattu at his martial arts school, Australian School of Kalaripayattu.
Dr Leny Prabhath
Kerala Ayurvedic Doctor
She has a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from University of Kerala, and a Postgraduate degree in Ayurvedic medicine making from Kerala University of Health Sciences.
Dr Leny has been our Ayurvedic Doctor for the last 5 years. She is available for Ayurvedic consultations, massage, therapies, Ayurvedic detox and rejuvenation programs and Ayurvedic postnatal programs.
Chithran Kutty
Senior Ayurvedic therapist
He is from Kerala, in Southern India, and is a qualified Ayurvedic and Panchakarma therapist through Arsha Yoga Vidya Peetam Trust in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Chithran has provided Ayurvedic therapies in large Ayurvedic hospitals, clinics and resorts in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Pune, Singapore and Mauritius. As a senior Ayurvedic therapist, he has also trained and supervised many Ayurvedic therapists.
Chithran speaks English, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada.
Flávia Bella
Ayurvedic therapist and Remedial massage therapist
Flávia is an Ayurvedic therapist and remedial massage therapist with over 10 years of experience.
She has worked in Ayurvedic centres in Australia and Brazil, specialising in Ayurvedic massage and therapies.
She has a Diploma in Ayurveda and has studied under Ayurvedic experts in India, Brazil and Australia.
She has also undertaken further studies that compliment her qualifications including:
• Advanced Ayurvedic Yoga Massage Training with Atma Rupa and Master Kusum Modak
• Diploma in Yoga teacher training with SOMA in Brazil
• Children Yoga teacher training with IEPY
• Vedanta Study with Gloria Arieira.
• Vedic chanting and Sânskrit language with Atma Vidya.
Flávia is available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays for Ayurvedic therapies and remedial, deep tissue, sports and Ayurvedic massage.
Mandy Tian
Ayurvedic and Remedial massage therapist
Mandy is a Remedial massage therapist and has previously worked in clinics in Queensland and Tasmania.
She is trained in our style of Ayurvedic massage and therapies. She combines her knowledge and techniques of remedial massage with the herbal oil application and flow of Ayurvedic massage.
Mandy is available Mondays and Thursdays for remedial, deep tissue, relaxation and Ayurvedic massage.
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More about what we do
Ayurvedic and Kalari treatments
A full range of Ayurvedic massages, Ayurvedic treatments and Kalari chikitsa are available. We provide these treatments with experience, expertise and an emphasis on tradition.
Kalari chikitsa
Kalari chikitsa is the healing system of Kerala’s martial art, Kalaripayattu. Kalari chikitsa was developed to prevent and treat the injuries and improve the fighting skills of the Kalaripayattu warriors. The methods used for the ancient warriors remain effective for treating modern aches, pains, and injuries.
Kalaripayattu training
Kalaripayattu develops the body and mind through a powerful flowing practice. It is a comprehensive system that was originally designed to create an expert warrior. Classes are available at our Brisbane school, Australian School of Kalaripayattu.
- 0424 939 130
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- 30-32 Nandala Drive, Tanah Merah, Queensland
- info@kalariayurveda.com.au
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