Monica Gonzales

Born and raised in San Diego, California. I've always enjoyed being active whether yoga or hiking. I started my yoga practice several years ago and continued with it on and off for many years. I had a terrible breakup at the end of 2018 and my grandpa became very sick in early 2019. I had so many emotions and turned to yoga. I decided to dive into ny yoga practice and I enrolled in teach training through CorePower yoga. It was bitter sweet because my grandpa was so happy with my decision that helped pay the fees. However, he unfortunately passed away before the completion of teacher training. I was grieving and still had left over guilt /hurt from my recent breakup, I was in a terrible place.  I found it to be just what I needed and a positive outlet for my pain. When I enrolled in teach training, I had no intention on teaching.. I was doing it to better my practice and myself. But as I started getting more practice with actually teaching, I loved it. After completing teacher training i completed an internship with CPY and later got hired on to teach the C1 introduction class and have been teaching ever since. My mom became very sick last year and then passed away from cancer a few months back. I quite my job and devoted all my time and energy to caring for my mom. My mom knew how much i get from teaching and how positive it was for me that she insisted that I continue to teach throughout her battle. I would call after each class and tell her all about it. I took a break from teaching when my mom passed away but did return because I knew my mom would have wanted me to. My mom never got to travel and she never got to see me teach. i'm thankful for this opportunity to do both with her.