Welcome to your healing journey
Monisha is a passionate yoga instructor and artist, from India and based in New York City. She offers a variety of classes and personalized packages designed to guide and support you on your journey to balance, strength, and vibrant health. Become a member today and access videos for all levels of yoga, meditation and ayurveda practices.
Classes
Your body was not designed to stay in fight or flight. This series is your way back.
Modern life keeps our nervous systems in a near-constant state of activation. Over time, that chronic stress accumulates — in the body, the breath, and the mind. In Ayurveda, this is understood as a Vata imbalance: a depletion of the qualities of warmth, stillness, and groundedness that our nervous system needs to function and heal.
This April, join me for a four-week series using yoga, pranayama (breathing practices) and Yoga Nidra to help your body find its way back to balance. Each session builds on the last, offering both modern nervous system science and the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda as your guides.
Apr 5 – Understanding the Nervous System & grounding
We begin by understanding what's actually happening in the nervous system — and why. Drawing on Ayurvedic principles of Vata pacification, this is a grounding practice to settle the body and quiet the mind, with an introduction to Yoga Nidra.
Apr 12 – Release & Unwind
The body holds what the mind cannot. In Ayurveda, unresolved stress creates ama — accumulated toxicity in the tissues. This session focuses on the hips, psoas, and areas where chronic stress accumulates — using slow and supported holds.
Apr 19 – Tone & Regulate
The vagus nerve is the body's built-in pathway to calm, and it can be trained. In this session, we use humming, chanting, breath, and gentle inversions to actively self-regulate. Ayurvedic practices include sound and oil massage as tools.
Apr 26 – Rest Is Medicine
We close with a full restorative practice and Sankalpa — planting intentions for the season ahead. In Ayurvedic view Spring is the body's natural time of renewal, and rest, nourishment, and self-care are not indulgences but necessities.
Each class will include:
• A brief educational talk with practical guidance
• A 60-minute asana practice
• Pranayama and deep relaxation
All levels are welcome. Postures are made accessible with props.
Dates: Sundays Apr 5, 12, 19 & 26.
Time: 10:00 - 11:30am ET
Location: Zoom. Link will be emailed the day before and an hour before class.
Cost: Full series - $150. Drop-In - $45 per session.
Props optional: Blankets or towels, yoga bricks, yoga strap or long belt/scarf, chair. We will improvise if you do not have these handy.
Have a yoga mat to practice on.
PLEASE NOTE: Once registered, your spot will be held for the series. If you are unable to attend a class live, you will have access to the video for 7 days.
Ayurveda is a time-tested, consciousness-based system of health that supports vitality, balance, and long-term well-being by aligning daily life with nature’s rhythms. Rather than treating symptoms alone, Ayurveda addresses the whole person—body, mind, emotions, and spirit.
This 6-session coaching program is designed for individuals and groups ready to take an active role in their health and create sustainable change. In these sessions, you’ll receive a personalized Ayurvedic approach based on the 6 Pillars of Health: Nutrition, Movement, Sleep, Meditation, Emotional Healing, and Self-Care.
Together, we explore how these pillars apply to your unique constitution, current imbalances, lifestyle, and goals, ensuring recommendations are practical, realistic, and supportive of your nervous system and daily life.
This is not a one-size-fits-all program. Each session builds upon the last, allowing time for assimilation, reflection, and growth as awareness and habits evolve.
Details
6 private / group online sessions
60–75 minutes each (first session is a longer intake session)
Fully customized to your individual constitution and needs
You leave with a customized Ayurvedic daily routine to continue supporting your journey to vibrant health.
Designed for beginners or anyone seeking a gentle, meditative yoga practice. This class focuses on basic postures, proper breathing, and alignment, with poses held comfortably. Props are used to support the body, deepen postures, and ensure safe transitions.
Props: Blankets or towels, yoga blocks, a yoga strap or long belt/scarf, and a chair. Don’t worry if you don’t have everything—we’ll improvise.
Duration: 1 hour
Important: Please purchase your class at least two hours before the start time. A Zoom link will be sent 30–60 minutes before class begins.
Classes may be cancelled due to low enrollment. In that case, you will be notified and refunded.
Grounding the Foundation
This 90-minute immersive workshop explores Muladhara Chakra, the root energy center associated with stability, safety, and structural support.
We begin with a teaching component clarifying the role of the root chakra in both yogic philosophy and modern life — how grounding the nervous system, and physical alignment form the foundation for emotional and mental steadiness.
The asana practice emphasizes:
Standing postures that build strength and create structure
Slow, deliberate transitions to cultivate stability
Hip and pelvic awareness
Conscious connection to the feet and legs
The session concludes with a guided meditation incorporating mudra (hand seals) and mantra (chanting) to reinforce grounding and internal steadiness. We explore awareness at the base of the spine while maintaining presence.
This workshop is designed to:
Strengthen physical and energetic foundations
Reduce anxiety through regulation and stability
Cultivate confidence rooted in inhabiting the body
Prepare the system for deeper energetic work
Suitable for both new and experienced practitioners. Modifications are offered to meet you where you are.
Location:The Broome Street Ganesha Temple, 430 Broome Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013
*Also available online via Zoom
*Recording available if you are unable to attend in-person
Props: Please bring your own yoga mat and yoga belt or long scarf.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes.
100% of the proceeds go to Broome Street Temple
About Monisha
Monisha was born and raised in India. She began her yoga practice at the age of four and maintained her discipline when she moved to The States in 1990 to pursue her studies in fashion. She has been teaching yoga and fashion in New York City for over twenty years. Through Yoga she finds an expression for her passion for healthy living and creativity…..
What students are saying
“I’m a cardiologist and have been practicing yoga for 40 years but I learned more from Monisha in the last 10 minutes (about yoga and science) than I did in the 40 years of practice.”
- Dr. Arvind M.
“Monisha is a truly gifted yoga teacher and I am grateful beyond words for having met her. I am an absolute beginner, but someone who has longed to develop a serious practice for many years. To every session Monisha brings her impeccable character, integrity, intuitive wisdom and decades of experience in the service of guiding me into a solid practice. Thanks to Monisha’s masterful teaching I finally have a life altering daily practice of yoga. I only wish I had met her sooner.”
— Mark S.
“Beautifully constructed, each pose flowing into the next as you feel your body releasing and opening and the mind resting.”
- Idelisse
