Mona Anand

She runs ISHTA's flagship studio in NYC where she teaches group classes and is the ISHTA Teacher Training Director of ISHTA's global 200 and 300 Hour teacher training programs. Mona grew up in Mumbai India where she was first introduced to Yoga Nidra. She went on to created a nine-step system of yoga nidra with ISHTA founder Alan Finger called “Mona Anands ISHTA Yoga Nidra and teaches three yoga nidra trainings;Yoga Nidra, Yoga Nidra and the Chakras and Yoga Nidra and Ayurveda.Mona has yoga nidra recordings on iTunes Yogobe, Insight Timer, Spotify plus a monthly yoga nidra subscription “Yoga Nidra with Mona Anand” on the Teachable App accessible through the ISHTA website. Mona co-leads restorative trainings known as "Anand Menza Restorative” Her love of both restorative yoga and yoga nidra led her to develop her signature Restorative/Yoga Nidra Workshops over twenty years ago, a style being emulated by teachers around the globe.Mona leads yearly retreats to India and around the world. She has a masters degree in international affairs from Columbia University and currently lives in New York City.