Hi, I am Monique Michaels, a Holistic Health Coach, Yoga Therapist & Teacher. I am committed to supporting your vitality so that you can live your life with passion, and bring forth into the world your unique light and gifts.
Join me on the mat, or sign up for my monthly Newsletter to receive free tips to live fully with vitality and passion. I make them digestible so you can make simple changes, as well as small shifts in perspectives. Small changes you make will accumulate and create a ripple effect in your life as well as the life of others whom you connect with.
In my wellness programs, I pull the tools from my yoga therapy, Ayurveda wellness and nutrition training as well as breath, meditation and mindfullness techniques. We will create the strategies that fit your uniqueness.
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Monique Michaels | Yoga Therapist, Katonah Yoga® Teacher & Ayurveda Wellness Counselor
Monique Michaels is the founder and creator of Intention Juice and an experienced Yoga Therapist, Katonah Yoga® Teacher, Pranayama and Meditation Instructor, and Ayurveda Wellness Counselor. With nearly two decades of teaching experience, her work integrates classical yoga traditions with modern therapeutic practices to support sustainable movement, injury prevention, and whole-person wellness.
Monique has completed over 2,500 hours of professional yoga training and certifications and is an E-RYT 500 Yoga Alliance–certified instructor. She completed her 200-hour and 300-hour teacher trainings at YogaWorks in Los Angeles, California, and has studied and mentored with renowned teachers including Jasmine Lieb, Nevine Michaan, Abby Galvin, Natasha Rizopoulos, Larry Payne, Jillian Pransky, and Kate Bowers. Her teaching is informed by the foundational lineages of Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Indra Devi, and T.K.V. Desikachar, with a strong emphasis on alignment-based and therapeutic yoga.
She holds a degree in Yoga Therapy from Loyola Marymount University and a minor in Psychology from Iowa State University. Monique completed her Ayurveda Wellness Certification at the Sivananda Ashram in Cu Chi, Vietnam, where she studied under Durga Leela and earned certification as an Ayurveda & Yoga Wellness Counselor through the American Institute of Vedic Studies, founded and directed by Dr. David Frawley.
In 2013, Monique lived in Bangalore, India, where she taught yoga and meditation in a rural village to children and adults with disabilities. During this time, she traveled to Kerala, the birthplace of Ayurveda, studying traditional Ayurvedic therapies with multiple practitioners. She also studied meditation and The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali in Sanskrit with Swami Shivabalananda.
Monique’s teaching style is intelligent, intuitive, and therapeutically driven, blending precise alignment, breathwork, mindful sequencing, and practical yoga philosophy. Her group classes, private yoga sessions, and one-on-one therapeutic work focus on structural integrity, injury management, and long-term mobility.
She specializes in back, neck, and foot rehabilitation, sports-related injuries, stress management, weight support, and nervous system regulation. Through the integration of Yoga, Ayurveda, and nutritional wellness, Monique helps students strengthen, recover, and reconnect—creating a balanced, mobile, and resilient foundation for lifelong health and vitality.
