Monique in Taos, New Mexico
Photo by Brendan Curran 2005

“The daily yoga practice that Monique created for me has touched my life in almost every way imaginable. From better digestion to greater self-expression and more compassion for others, my yoga practice continues to provide amazing consequences in my everyday life. The yoga postures are gentle and relaxing, yet very powerful in their effects on my body and mind.  And the best part:  I just started doing my practice less than two months ago. I can only imagine the ways in which it will continue to permeate and enrich my life."

Shannon Morrison, Ph.D.
Albuquerque, N.M.

Monique Parker, E-RYT, has been studying yoga since 1996 and teaching for the past nine years. She is a personal student of A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan of Chennai, India, the long- time private students of the late Sri Krishnamacharya and authors of Yoga Therapy and Yoga for Body, Breath, and Mind.

Monique is the Yoga Program Coordinator at the University of New Mexico-Taos, where she co-developed curriculum for the school's first 200-hour Yoga Teacher Certification in accordance with Yoga Alliance.

A member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and Yoga Alliance, Monique teaches personalized yoga and yoga therapy throughout Northern New Mexico, including at the University of New Mexico-Taos, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, Santosha Yoga of Taos, Northside Health and Fitness Center of Taos, Ojo Caliente, the Questa Medical Center, and the Angel Fire Community Center.

As the oldest personal development system in the world, Monique believes yoga's power lies in its psychology.
"The psychological methodologies yoga presents supersede even its unparalleled contribution to fitness. With the right individualized practice, yoga can aid the practitioner in developing concentration and discernment. Of course, optimum health and well-being are vastly important.
But ultimately, the goal is in realizing a state of perpetual peace or contentedness."

An English Composition and Creative Writing instructor at the University of New Mexico-Taos, Monique also writes fiction and creative nonfiction. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University-Los Angeles. Her twenty-year career as a Fortune 500 copywriter in Silicon Valley includes such clients as Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems, and Samsung. She created The Yoga of Writing workshops to help writers reconnect with their authentic voice and advocates the practice of yoga and writing together to recharge one’s creative faculties, bring greater alignment between body and mind, and ultimately, with one’s higher Self.