Hersha Harilela Chellaram (Hersha Yoga) is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP®), and is recognised as an expert in one or more of Yoga Alliance's Educational Categories.
Hersha Chellaram is an award-winning yoga educator, yoga therapist and teacher trainer offering Integral Yoga, Accessible Yoga, and Yoga for the Special Child, for all ages and abilities. She is founder of YAMA Foundation, a charity that makes yoga, art, and meditation accessible to Hong Kong’s most vulnerable communities. She is featured on the Emmy-nominated Children's Show Oddbods Busy Bodies.
Hersha advocates for disability rights, equality and equity in wellbeing spaces, and has developed special trainings, programmes and presentations in Hong Kong and internationally, specialising in empowerment and inclusion. Honours and awards include: Hong Kong’s 100 Women of Wellness: Change Maker 2021, 20 Yoga Teachers of Colour to Watch in 2020, and the 2014 Women of Hope Award: Children’s Advocate. (hershayoga.com / yamahk.org)