Monique is a certified Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT. She completed her 800hr program with the School of Embodied Yoga Therapy. She is an E-RYT500, E-RYT200 and YACEP Registered Teacher with Yoga Alliance. Monique is also a Love Your Brain certified yoga facilitator.
Monique values her yoga practice as an ongoing journey of becoming more self-aware and lighthearted. Over 25 years of practice, she has come to deeply appreciate the choices she has to live with integrity, to be of service in society, and to live as part of, and not separate from, Nature.
As a yoga teacher, Monique offers a space to pause, digest, and integrate. Feeling our body experience is prioritised over thinking about our body experience. Monique’s classes are breath-filled, grounding, and calming. She offers a space where students feel safe to be themselves and enjoy their practice.
Monique is passionate about finding ways to bring her Buddhism and yoga studies and practice into her engagement with conflict transformation work in all its many forms. She enjoys giving workshops where practitioners can explore their self-awareness and other skills to strengthen their services and teachings.
Monique has studied with many teachers over the past 10 years, focusing on Trauma-Sensitive and Trauma-Informed approaches as well as Yin, Restorative, Hatha, and Meditation.
Yoga Trainings, 2013-2023
2023
Completed final Practicum for 800-hour Yoga Therapy certificate with the School of Embodied Yoga Therapy (SEYT)
Love Your Brain Level 2 Facilitator Training
2021
Yoga Nidra (15-hr) with Devinder Kaur
2020
Breathe to Heal (15-hr) with Max Strom
Teaching Methodology (20-hr) with Stephanie Turple
Yoga Philosophy, Leadership, and Ethics (20-hr) with Jessie Carson
Restorative Yoga (25-hr) with Anne Wanda Tessier
Advanced Yin (12-hr) with Laurie Howe and Stéphane Ippersiel
Sanskrit: The Sacred Language of Yoga (10-hr) with Gitanjali Adlakha-Hutcheon
2019
Yoga for Everyone and Trauma-Informed Practice (20-hr) with Kathleen Burr
Yoga of the Subtle Body (20-hr) with Kathleen Burr
Meditation (20-hr) with Devinder Kaur
Ethics and the Business of Yoga (10-hr) with Devinder Kaur
Hot Stone Restorative (6-hr) with Anne Wanda Tessier
Yoga for the Spine (15-hr) with Andrea Peloso
Principles of Ayurveda (20-hr) with Joanne Wolczyk
Art of Yoga: Principles of Skillful Sequencing (20-hr) with Brian James
2014-2018
Yin (30-hr) with Joe Barnett
Fundamentals of Yin and Yang (15-hr) with Joe Barnett
Chakras (18-hr) with Anodea Judith
Vinyasa (25-hr) with Seane Corn
Ashaya Level 1 (28-hr) with Todd Norian
Mentorship (100-hr) with Louise Cameron
Anatomy (18-hr) with Isaac Cristoveanu/Studio269
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (30-hr) with Brendon Abram
2013
200-Hour Hatha YTT with Rama Lotus Yoga Centre