Hi, Remember Yoga?

Let’s face it. Sometimes, it’s not easy to do the practices that uplift us. Whether it is prayer, treadmill, cleaning off our desk, practicing yoga, or sitting for meditation, making the effort can be tough at times. For me, when I’m on a roll, it is effortless to take care of my body, mind, and soul. It’s so easy, anyone could do it. Enlightenment is for the taking. Simple. See the Buddha did it and so can I.

However, when obstacles arise and I’m thrown off course for a bit, it can take days or weeks to get back to that place of feeling like a yoga rock star. Yet, even when I want to sit on my sofa, eat brownies, and forget all about yoga...it keeps coming back to me. Yoga keeps calling me. I see it on TV, in magazines, and on facebook! I can run, but I cannot hide.

For the last few days, I have been in that space of resistance. I did not want to even hear about spiritual practices. I was getting stuck in a funk. Then yoga tracked me down and came up innocently in a casual conversation. A man was telling me about his wife’s back pain. Bait. I could not resist. I said, “You know yoga is the only exercise that can heal the spine so quickly. I met a lady last summer that needed back surgery and after practicing yoga for 6 months, her doctor gave her the all clear. She was healed. What a miracle. I myself used to have back pain, but no more...” I went on and on. I convinced him and me too.

Being now so convinced, I had no choice but to go home and practice yoga. The post yoga endorphins coaxed me return to my evening meditation. And of course, I felt so fabulous the next day, I had to start my positive thinking practices back up as well. I was really inspired when I taught yoga. I found myself feeling like a yoga rock star again and could even blog about it. “YOGA works!!!!!” I’ll shout it from the rooftops.

Thank you, yoga for finding me again and again. I wish that I may always be easy to find.

About Us

Monique Toh first came to yoga in 1996. While teaching English in China, she met an Indian meditation master, received a powerful awakening, and began her spiritual journey. She moved back to Texas in 1997, married her soul mate, got an MA in teaching at Rice University, taught high school, and continued spiritual practices such as chanting, meditation, and selfless service.

After having two children, Monique knew that her own state of mind needed improvement in order to raise truly happy and confident children. She had the great fortune to begin working with positive thinking and Law of Attraction techniques such as “Strategic Attraction Planning™” developed by Perfect Customers, Inc. The attraction plan clarified her path to the ancient yoga teaching that “we create our own reality.” Impressed by the results of her happier family, her steadier state of mind, and her own improved confidence, Monique became a certified Strategic Attraction Planning Coach in 2006.

While living overseas, this time in Indonesia, Monique finished a Yoga Teacher Training program in the Sivananda yoga style. Having always struggled with her weight, she found the healthy vegetarian diet proposed by yoga, combined with regular yoga practice, to be an easier way to stay connected to her body, keep fit, and heal old food and body issues.

Monique has successfully taught yoga and coached clients, resulting in improved relationships, inspired career choices, and personal growth. In 2007, she taught the first Yogic Diet™ workshop. Everyone who participated in the workshop had major breakthroughs. They lost a significant amount of weight, gained confidence, and healed self-esteem and body issues. They created a long term plan for making healthy choices in their diet and lifestyle and found new passion. Monique knew she had found her calling.

With her background, qualifications, and 13 years of yoga experience, Monique feels blessed to be a yoga lifestyle coach. She is an inspiring healer and teacher. Her integrated approach to uplifting the body, mind, and spirit yields the best results, time and time again.