Yoga Teachers Training Institute
Yogashakti Yoga Center
Faculty

Ma Mokshapriya Shakti Ph.D. E-RYT


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okshapriya is an Ordained Minister and certified Yoga instructor with over 30 years Yoga experience, both teaching and personal practice.
She prepares and teaches Yoga and meditation classes and workshops at Yogashakti Yoga Center in Queens, New York. Prepares and gives Yoga retreats, workshops and classes throughout the New York area. Responsible for preparation and layout of books and publications produced by the Yoga Center.
In 1992 she was ordained "Ma Mokshapriya Shakti Saraswati" by Maha Mandeleshwar Ma Yoga Shakti Saraswati at the Ujjain Kumbha Mela in India. She set aside a long professional career in the printing business to dedicate more time to community service and the propagation of Yoga.
Mokshapriya started to teach yoga and meditation classes in 1970 and also acted as a Yoga Instructor in High School in Miami, introducing, designing and teaching an accredited Yoga course for high school students, which was adopted throughout the state.
In 1998 she joined with Marianne Mitsinikos and formed the Yoga Teachers Training Institute. Prepares and teaches the curriculum for Yoga Teachers in the New York area.
She is an active member of MYSIM - Ma Yoga Shakti International Mission and associated sister organizations since 1978. Pupil of Maha Mandaleshwar Ma Yoga Shakti Saraswati, the world-renowned expert and author of many authentic books on Yoga and philosophy.
She received her Ph.D.in Education by researching and writing a "Comprehensive Eclectic Yoga Program: A Strategy for Self-Improvement" Curriculum for College from Warnborough College in U.K.