About:

Monique has a background in Architecture and Sustainable Development, and has completed degrees in both. Since 2015, Monique has changed her career radically from Architecture to teaching yoga full time. She is passionate about teaching yoga because she believes it guides people to live more connected, authentic, fulfilled and sustainable lives. She has been practicing yoga for 9 years, and believes in the powerful effects of yoga on the body and mind. Monique teaches the traditional style of Iyengar yoga in Constantia and Kalk Bay. Her classes have an alignment focus, a characteristic of Iyengar yoga. She believes that it is in the alignment that one finds true freedom in yoga, and that alignment can help one go much deeper into one’s yoga practice. In her spare time Monique enjoys hiking, surfing, nutrition and general adventures that involve the outdoors!

Monique offers yoga classes that are suitable for all levels of yoga. Her classes are ideal for absolute beginners who want a safe introduction to yoga, but also provides deeper, more nuanced instruction for those more advanced. We will explore poses in detail, as well as move through our breath.

The Sanskrit word Ayama summarises her experience of yoga: extension, expansion and ascension.