Monique Pickering

Monique Pickering (Owner of MDYC) Monique began her yoga journey while pregnant with her first child eleven years ago. Yoga is now an inseparable part of Monique’s life, and she thrives on sharing her knowledge with students of all ages.  Inspired by how yoga movement...

Koren Paalman **

  Koren Paalman Koren Paalman, MS, is Iyengar certified and has been teaching yoga nationally and internationally since 1995 to both adults and youth in a variety of settings. In 1998, Koren developed the first yoga program for credit at Los Angeles Unified...

Gwen Miller

Gwen Miller Gwen began to specialize in corrective exercise when she learned to heal her own postural misalignments.  This personal experience led her to become certified with the C.H.E.K. Institute as a Corrective, High-performance Exercise Kinesiologist, or C.H.E.K....

Karyn Bristol **

Karyn Bristol ** Karyn Bristol has been a dedicated student of yoga since 1986. Her practice had such a powerful, transformative effect on her life that she decided to become a yoga teacher. She has been teaching Iyengar yoga since 2002. In 2003, Karyn graduated from...

Cator Shachoy

Cator Shachoy Cator Shachoy began her exploration of yoga, Buddhist meditation, and energy healing in 1990 as the result of chronic illness. Through the regular practice of these disciplines, she began to recover her strength and vitality. In 1995, after 3 years...

Dana Davis

Dana Davis   Dana Davis has practiced yoga since 1984 and is a graduate of the 3-year Advanced Studies Program at the Yoga Room in Berkeley (a 500-hour program in the Iyengar tradition). She has studied Restorative Yoga with Judith Lasater, and is a certified...