Dr. Tanya Pergola is an internationally acclaimed award-winning author, inspirational speaker, community development orchestrator, healing safari guide, and yoga and meditation instructor. For twenty years she has been sharing timeless indigenous wisdom tailored to help individuals with modern-day stresses. Her approach to health and well-being encourages true transformation in people and in the communities they touch.
Born in the United States, Tanya holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Psychology. She is a Chopra Certified Vedic Master Educator, a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), and has apprenticed with traditional Maasai healers in East Africa for over ten years.

From her experience living in Tanzania and with the Maasai healers, Dr. Tanya penned Time is Cows: Timeless Wisdom of the Maasai. This Nautilus award-winning book shares the healing wisdom of Africa with those seeking to live a bountiful life of profound simplicity from the heart.
Dr. Tanya is the founder of THE PERGOLA METHOD(tm). The surname Pergola means a garden structure that gives climbing plants a structure and provides support during times of growth and transformation. The method is Dr. Tanya's very own combination of Ayurvedic/Maasai holistic wisdom. One of her signature programs is the Safari Guides of Wisdom training.

In 2000, Dr. Tanya Pergola co-founded Terrawatu, an NGO based in Tanzania. Terrawatu has helped construct schools and computer labs, cultivate plant nurseries, open an orphanage and helped build businesses in the area to help nurture entrepreneurship amongst the local youth and women.