It’s not easy, but it’s worth it.
About Artful Yoga Gallery
Artful Yoga Gallery is a one-of-a-kind personal development studio and art gallery based in St Kilda, Melbourne. We blend the transformative power of art, yoga, and mindfulness to inspire holistic growth and community connection. Founded by Neha Kumar, a scientist-turned-entrepreneur, yoga teacher, and digital marketer, the gallery serves as a sanctuary for creativity, healing, and self-discovery.
Our mission is to create an inclusive space where individuals can explore their inner potential through thoughtfully curated yoga classes, art workshops, and soulful events. Whether you're seeking to align your mind, body, and spirit, or simply immerse yourself in artistic expression, Artful Yoga Gallery is here to support your journey.
With a deep commitment to personal growth and community wellbeing, we bring together ancient wisdom, modern practices, and the power of art to help you create a life of balance, purpose, and joy. Join us in transforming everyday life into an artful experience.
“After losing my mum to cancer, she was only 52, she’s the reason I opened AYG. It wasn’t until I was cleaning out her belongings when I discovered a medical letter from 10 years ago, which clearly stated her diagnosis as suffering from clinical depression. It was as though the lightbulb went on.
I wondered how a woman, who never abused her body, smoked nor drank, ate well and didn’t really concern herself in anything. All she did was sleep all day and wake up in the evening to attend to her kids to cook for us and sit with us, this was her daily routine. I never knew that sleeping all day was a sign of depression. In-fact looking back there were a lot of signs that I missed as I wasn’t educated and aware to know better.
Now I do.
What else I’ve learnt is that 95% off all human disease is not hereditary, which means it’s the cause and effect of our environment that makes us fall ill. If that’s the case, I truly believe I could have made things better for my mum and her health journey, and therefore her life. But because it’s too late for that now, I just don’t want this to be another case study for someone else learning too late that they could have prevented something or helped someone they love had they known better.
Stress, overwhelm, poor relationships, and so many human-factors of the modern world is affecting human health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 60-70% of global deaths are caused by chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes. These are preventable. And we firmly stand by this.
That’s why I had to leave my lavish 6 figure job and start AYG in Nov 2021 after seeing the devastating catalyst that was the pandemic, making us all realise how many struggles we have as a society related to health and mental wellbeing.
I will do this until I can no longer do it. Until then my hope is simple; I want to be able to be in a financial position where I can employ people to work at AYG, currently we only have some casual teachers, and volunteers.
My hope is that someone, somewhere see’s and understands this mission and supports us as I am still doing this 100% on my own with no funding as of yet (we became a fully fledged NFP 27th November 2024).
And I hope that we help MILLIONS of LIVES to be SAVED”.
- Neha Kumar, founder AYG
