Monica Angelucci

Monica is a certified 200 E-RYT Yoga instructor and has spent the last nine years studying and teaching various aspects of Yoga & Yoga styles. In addition to her Yoga Certification, she has an M.A. in English Literature. Prior to Yoga she studied karate and hapkido. She believes Breath and Bandha are the foundation of Yoga and are essential to moving in out of poses safely and effortlessly. Her teaching blends Vinyasa Flow with the underlying alignment principles of Iyengar Yoga and the breath principles of Svastha Yoga. A graduate of the 240-hour North Carolina School of Yoga (NCSY), Monica has trained with several prominent Iyengar, Anusara, Ashtanga Vinyasa & Svastha Yoga teachers in the US, Europe & Asia - her favorites being NCSY director, Chandra Om, Prague's beloved Lucie Konigova & Kuala Lumpur's Yoga Dynamics director, Richard Schultz. Her Breath & Bandha Yoga Teacher Training Program has been registered through the international Yoga Alliance since 2006. Monica's greatest gifts are her family and friends - who touch her life in ways they can't imagine and her Yoga teachers and students - who constantly grace her classes with their wisdom, love and beauty!