Trainer
Ayşe Gerçel
Yoga Alliance approved yoga trainer on the faculty of Etkin İnsan Gelişim Institute.
In Brief
I was born in Izmir in 1974. After studying first at the Justice Vocational School of the Faculty of Law at Dokuz Eylül University and then in the Public Administration department of the Faculty of Economics at Anadolu University, I worked for many years as an Executive Assistant to the General Manager at a corporate company.
I was introduced to yoga in 2008. At first I started practicing yoga for its physical benefits, to stay flexible and healthy in later years. Over time, yoga became more and more important to me. After the company I worked for closed down, I decided to learn the yoga I loved so much in more depth and perhaps make it my profession, guided by the belief that "if you do what you love, you won't tire for a minute." That is when my path crossed with my trainer Alper Bayraktar at Etkin İnsan Gelişim Institute. In the very first class, I was fascinated by "yoga philosophy," which I had known nothing about before.
After the 200-hour Yoga Trainer Training, I completed a productive and effective assistantship period at Etkin İnsan Gelişim Institute. Since October 2016, I have been teaching at Etkin İnsan Gelişim Institute, under the leadership of Alper Bayraktar, in the 200-hour Yoga Trainer Training and the 85-hour Prenatal Yoga Trainer Training programs.
Alongside teaching yoga in private and group sessions, I continue my own journey of learning and growth through my personal yoga practice.
Programs I completed at Etkin İnsan:
- RYS 200 Yoga Alliance 200-hour Foundation Yoga Trainer Training
- RYS 300 Yoga Alliance 300-hour Advanced Yoga Trainer Training
- RPYS Yoga Alliance 85-hour Prenatal Yoga Trainer Training