Yoga Nidra in the Heart of New York City with Yogiraj Mona Anand

Rooted in decades of experience, Mona’s teachings offer a profound journey inward, whether you're seeking, deep rest, healing, physical alignment, inner transformation or spiritual insight. A master teacher based in New York City, Mona ‘s teachings blend the ancient wisdom of yoga in a way that is accessible, relevant and infused with lightness and joy.

Through the practice of yoga nidra, Mona helps you connect to your deeper purpose - to dream, and bring those dreams into manifestation. In the city that never sleeps, her yoga nidra practices guide you into a profound state of relaxation and stillness that reconnects you to yourself so that you can bring a lightness of being into your daily living.

Join the ISHTA community, where Mona is a co- owner and ISHTA master, to deepen your practice. Mona brings a playfulness to her teaching that is grounded in depth, knowledge and wisdom.

Teacher Training

Weekly Classes

Mona's Specialty

Expert Led Classes with Yoga Nidra, Restorative / Yoga NidraWorkshops & Yoga Nidra and Restorative Teacher Trainings in NYC and Online

Yoga Nidra Trainings

Dive into the subtle layers of rest and awareness through Mona Anand’s Yoga Nidra Trainings, rooted in a 9-step system co-developed with Alan Finger and taught worldwide for over a decade. Trainings include foundational study as well as specialty modules like Yoga Nidra & the Chakras and Yoga Nidra & Ayurveda, blending ancient wisdom with practical tools for modern life.

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Restorative / Yoga Nidra Workshops

Mona’s signature Restorative/Yoga Nidra Workshops, developed over the past decade, blend gentle movement, long-held supported postures with music and essential oils, and close with a deeply immersive 30–40 minute Yoga Nidra practice. Each workshop is themed around topics such as the chakras, Ayurveda, pranayama, or the koshas to offer a multi-layered journey into rest and restoration.

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Yoga Nidra Membership

This monthly subscription offers access to a growing library of Yoga Nidra practices designed to support deep rest, emotional balance, heart opening, and family-friendly relaxation, with sessions ranging from quick resets to full-length guided meditations. It also includes access to Mona’s signature Restorative/Yoga Nidra Workshops featuring themed series on the chakras, Ayurveda, the koshas, pranayama, and more.

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About Me

I am a co-owner of ISHTA Yoga and a Yogiraj or master teacher in the ISHTA lineage. I run ISHTA’s flagship studio in nyc and lead ISHTA’s 500 Hour Global Teacher Trainings.

With over two decades of teaching experience, I specialize in Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, and the subtle body, weaving ancient wisdom with accessible practices for modern life. My passion lies in helping students and teachers access deep states of healing, rest, and self-awareness through the tools of yoga.

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My Yoga Home

Ishta Yoga

ISHTA means that which resonates with the individual spirit and is also an acronym for the Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda. Our studio and global headquarters is located at 816 Broadway, New York, NY.

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20+

Years Of Experience
700+

Teachers Trained
30+

Retreats Led
50+

Years of Ishta Yoga in NYC

Yoga Nidra has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I was first introduced to this deeply restorative practice as a teenager growing up in Mumbai, India, and it had a profound impact on me. I experienced firsthand how it could bring about a deep state of relaxation, and I’ve used it ever since. In fact, I often say I’ve never taught a class without including a Yoga Nidra!

Over the years, I’ve created numerous Yoga Nidra recordings to help people relax deeply, fall asleep, lift their spirits, ground and center themselves, and balance their chakras. You can find my recordings on iTunes, various yoga platforms, and at ISHTA Yoga. I’ve also developed my own Yoga Nidra trainings: Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra and Yoga Nidra and the Chakras, and I’m currently writing a book on Yoga Nidra with Yogiraj Alan Finger.

Yoga Nidra

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Real Students, Real Results:

Sarah Finger

I highly recommend Mona Anand's ISHTA Yoga Nidra training to anyone who wants to learn more about this powerful practice. Mona's knowledge of the science, energetics, and healing qualities of Yoga Nidra is incomparable to anyone else's in the field. Her love & passion for yoga is only surpassed by her generosity of spirit. Learning from Mona is an absolute delight.
Jenny Bloom

The Yoga Nidra Teacher Training is the most valuable speciality teacher training I have taken. As a yoga teacher, the tools offered by Mona Anand in this training have been very important in many parts of how I structure my classes, from how I bring my students into a state of focus and good feeling, to the final relaxation. My Yoga Nidra practice has transformed my life, I am able to calm down and sleep better, as well as be more present in daily life. I am so grateful that this training is offered.
Robin Benitz

As a student, I regularly attend Mona’s classes and workshops and have benefitted from Mona’s Yoga Nidra Trainings enormously. I use yoga nidra to re-charge, to relax before sleep and after I wake up if I have had a restless sleep. Yoga nidra has helped me with my regular yoga practice, with connecting to meditation and is one of the reasons I can live in an intense city like NYC with grace. For those wanting to deepen their practice, as a sweet alternative to meditation, and for an effective, simple relaxation tool, this is it. The trainings are essentially a retreat for 3 days with life changing benefit.

Specialty Yoga Nidra Trainings

This training will teach you how to guide the practice of Yoga Nidra with clarity and confidence, using tools like rotation of consciousness, breath awareness, and visualization to access deep states of rest and inner connection through a signature 9-step sequence Mona co-created with Alan Finger.
This training will teach students how to recognize chakra imbalances and develop Yoga Nidra practices to support balance, using tools like mantra, visualization, breath, and restorative poses to address the emotional and energetic layers of each chakra.
This training will teach students how to integrate the wisdom of Ayurveda into Yoga Nidra practices by exploring the doshas, gunas, and seasonal rhythms, and applying yogic tools like breathwork, visualization, and intention to support healing and harmony.