Amit Sharma
Dr. Amit Sharma Home Follow On Social : Dr. Amit Sharma Dr Amit K Sharma, PhD is a senior yoga teacher, researcher, Ayurvedic practitioner, AHPRA registered health practitioner in Sydney, and founder of Dhamma Yoga, a Sydney-based not-for-profit, volunteer-led Yoga and Ayurveda community established in 2011. His work brings together traditional yogic wisdom, philosophical inquiry, […]
Dr. Amit Sharma
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Dr. Amit Sharma
Dr Amit K Sharma, PhD is a senior yoga teacher, researcher, Ayurvedic practitioner, AHPRA registered health practitioner in Sydney, and founder of Dhamma Yoga, a Sydney-based not-for-profit, volunteer-led Yoga and Ayurveda community established in 2011. His work brings together traditional yogic wisdom, philosophical inquiry, scientific methodology, clinical practice, and grassroots community service.
With more than 45 years of yoga practice and over 20 years of teaching experience, Dr Sharma has trained more than 500 yoga teachers, reached over 20,000 students across Australia, and organised more than 100 public events to promote Yoga in schools, councils, universities, community centres, and public institutions.
A Life Dedicated to Yoga
Dr Sharma began his journey in Yoga as a child in India, and over the decades this path has matured into a lifelong commitment to practice, teaching, research, and service. For him, Yoga is not merely a method of physical exercise, but a complete path of healing, ethical living, self-knowledge, disciplined inquiry, and spiritual awakening.
His approach reflects a deep conviction that Yoga must be preserved in its fullness — as a science of body and breath, a philosophy of consciousness, and a living wisdom tradition relevant to modern life.
Founder of Dhamma Yoga
As founder of Dhamma Yoga, Dr Sharma has sought to create more than a teaching platform. He has built a living community rooted in service, simplicity, compassion, mindful living, and authentic yogic values.
Through Dhamma Yoga, he has led:
- Regular yoga classes and workshops
- Retreats and public talks
- Structured teacher training
- Wellbeing programs and breathing sessions
- Service-based community initiatives
Key Impact
Dr. Sharma’s contribution to Yoga is reflected in both depth and reach:
- 45+ pyears of yoga practice
- 20+ pyears of teaching experience
- 500+ pyoga teachers trained
- 20,000+ pstudents reached across Australia
- 100+ public events organised to promote Yoga
These figures represent not only scale, but continuity, commitment, and the long- term transmission of yogic wisdom through teaching and community service.
Community Outreach and Grassroots Leadership
A major dimension of Dr Sharma’s work has been the popularisation of Yoga at the grassroots level across Sydney and New South Wales. He has worked with adults, children, families, and multicultural communities through collaborations with:
- NSW schools
- UNSW
- Western Sydney University
- Blacktown Council
- Cowra Council
- Consulate General of India, Sydney
- Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre
- other public and private institutions
Through these collaborations, Yoga has been shared in classrooms, universities, community halls, civic spaces, workshops, and public wellbeing programs.His community initiatives have included programs in Blacktown, Lalor Park, Woodcroft, The Ponds, Glenwood, and surrounding areas. Among these, the Save Water initiative at Nurragingy Reserve stands out as a creative and socially meaningful example of applying Yoga as a tool for environmental awareness, civic responsibility, and community education.
Clinical Practice and Integrative Health
In addition to his work in Yoga and research, Dr Sharma is also an AHPRA- registered health practitioner in Sydney, practising in the areas of Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Herbal Medicine. This clinical dimension of his work reflects a broader commitment to integrative and holistic healthcare.
His training and experience across multiple traditional systems of healing allow him to approach health not only from a symptomatic or biomedical perspective, but from a deeper understanding of balance, constitution, lifestyle, prevention, and the interconnectedness of body, mind, and consciousness. This enriches both his therapeutic work and his teaching, and gives his contribution a uniquely interdisciplinary character.
Scholarship and Research
Alongside his teaching, community leadership, and clinical practice, Dr Sharma has pursued a serious path of philosophical and academic inquiry. He holds a PhD in Yoga and Ayurveda, and his research has explored the epistemological and methodological foundations of classical Yoga and Ayurveda, propounded in the classical Sanskrit texts, including Charak-Samhita, Susruta-samhita, Ashtanga Hridyam and Yog-Sutra of Patanjali.
His scholarly work examines how yogic ways of knowing can deepen our understanding of consciousness, healing, knowledge, and the nature of reality, while also challenging the limits of reductionist scientific models when applied to traditional Indian knowledge systems. He has also worked in the area of scientific methodology, including efforts to improve reporting standards for mind-body exercises, including Yoga, so that they may be better aligned with modern biomedical research methodologies and support higher-quality randomised controlled trials.
In addition, he has been substantially engaged in developing the explanation and elaboration of Delphi-based guidelines for the reporting of Yoga research, contributing to greater methodological clarity, scholarly rigour, and the advancement of high-quality Yoga research internationally.
Advancing Yoga in Higher Education
An important ongoing aspect of Dr Sharma’s contribution has been his collaboration with Professor Jon Wardle of Southern Cross University toward the introduction of Yoga at the university level in Australia, with the support of the Consulate General of India and SVCC Sydney.
Though still in its formative stages, this initiative reflects his long-term vision of helping establish Yoga as a recognised academic discipline within the Australian university landscape and bringing its timeless wisdom into higher education in a serious and enduring way.
Through these collaborations, Yoga has been shared in classrooms, universities, community halls, civic spaces, workshops, and public wellbeing programs.His community initiatives have included programs in Blacktown, Lalor Park, Woodcroft, The Ponds, Glenwood, and surrounding areas. Among these, the Save Water initiative at Nurragingy Reserve stands out as a creative and socially meaningful example of applying Yoga as a tool for environmental awareness, civic responsibility, and community education.
Teaching and Professional Standing
Dr Sharma is an accredited Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Australia and has taught in a wide range of settings including schools, universities, councils, community spaces, retreats, and public institutions.
His teaching has also extended internationally, including work in India, Australia, Macau, and Hong Kong. What distinguishes his teaching is the union of lived authenticity, philosophical depth, practical accessibility, and clinical insight drawn from his wider work in integrative health.
Recognition
Dr Sharma’s contribution has been acknowledged through a range of honours, certificates, and public recognitions reflecting his sustained service to Yoga, community wellbeing, and the dissemination of Indian knowledge traditions in Australia. These include the High Commission of India Award (2020) for outstanding contribution to Yoga and community wellbeing; recognition as a Fit India Champion (2020) by the Government of India for promoting fitness, public health, and Yoga education; a Certificate of Merit from the Consulate General of India, Sydney (2020) for Best Yoga Pose of the Year; a Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to Yoga presented by the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Sydney, on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2021; and a Certificate of Merit awarded by Hon. Chris Bowen MP in 2022 for outstanding contribution to Yoga. In addition, Dr Sharma has received several other national and international Yoga-related awards, competition prizes, certificates of merit, and commendations for excellence in teaching, research, practice, writing, and community outreach.
Closing Reflection
Over more than 45 years of practice, 20+ years of teaching, 500+ teachers trained, 20,000+ students reached, and 100+ public events organised, Dr Amit K Sharma has remained devoted to one essential aim: to preserve the depth of Yoga while making it accessible, transformative, and socially meaningful in the modern world.
His work stands at a rare intersection — where contemplative depth meets public service, where scholarship meets lived practice, where clinical healing meets traditional wisdom, and where ancient knowledge is carried forward with integrity into contemporary life.
