Taryn Elise Herselman (Ma Aakash Ganga): is the director of Shakti Yoga Therapy Centre and Teaching Academy in Gauteng.
Taryn Elise is a qualified yoga therapist and internationally trained yoga teacher with over 15 years of teaching experience. She is also the Director of Yoga Alliance Africa- a division of Yoga Alliance International (https://www.yogaalliance.org.in/).
Education:
- Yoga Circle one year Yoga Teacher training course – August 2005 – South Africa
- Yoga Vidha Gurukul certified Yoga teacher training course – March 2008 – India
- Yoga Vidha Gurukul certified Advanced yoga training course – October 2010 – India
- Yoga Vidha Gurukul certified Yoga Therapy training course – October 2011 -India
- Aerial Yoga ® YAI-certified training course – November 2015 – South Africa
- Transformational Yoga 500 level Teacher training course – Dec to Jan 2016 – New Delhi, India
- Masters Degree in Psychological Research – WITS- 2016
- Grand Master in Meditation course with Swami Vidyanand – Jan 2016 – Pondicherry, India
- 200 hour TTC and Therapy course at Paramand Yoga Institute – Dec 2016 – Indore, India
- Yoga Vidha Gurukul certified 150 hour Chakra Immersion Course- January 2020,
- Yoga Vidha Gurukul certified 100 hour Pre and Post Natal Yoga- February 2020
Experience:
- Practicing Yoga since 1998
- Teaching yoga since August 2005
- Director of Shakti Yoga Centre since Jan 2008
- Conducting 300 level Teacher training courses since March 2011
- Director of Yoga Alliance International South Africa since August 2014
- Director of Yoga Alliance International Africa since Jan 2016
- Conducting 500 level Teacher training course since April 2016
- Conducting Yoga Therapy training (300 hours) since Feb 2019