Monica Johnson
MIND.BODY.AWAKENED. 

About Monica

 

monica johnson image creator of rest awake

Monica started her career as a ballet dancer and took her talents to Europe where she lived for many years working in the performing arts. Her love of people and her interest in personal growth, yoga, and dance then led her to study movement therapy in London, England. Since returning to the U.S., her focus has been assisting others in their personal growth as a spiritual counselor and intuitive guide, as well as a yoga, meditation teacher and somatic healer.

Since 1999, Monica has been teaching personal development classes, hosting women’s groups, facilitating workshops, and teaching many styles of yoga, meditation and various other somatic healing practices. The somatic mind-body practices that she teaches are geared to guide someone inward. An inner awareness allows someone to become the observer of their  physical, mental, and emotional state, identifying areas that may be dysregulating, or compromising their overall health. The healing and introspective practices that she guides people through, work to energize and rejuvenate the mind and body, promoting better immune function and revealing new possibilities for healing and growth. She is the creator of the Rest Awake Meditation™ and Rest Awake Yoga™, a meditation and yoga practice that are so gentle and simple that everyone can do them. Her greatest passion is guiding people to empower themselves, and she does this by supporting them with loving acceptance and encouragement.

What I Believe.
All of our answers are within. After nearly 30 years of working with people as a counselor and intuitive guide, yoga instructor, meditation coach, and somatic yoga therapist, I have come to believe that the keys to peace and healing are present inside of us. Seeking things on the outside such as fame and fortune usually leaves us tired, disappointed and on a never ending search for the next thing that might make us content and happy. I believe that when we slow down and become aware of what’s happening within ourselves, what we truly desire can then present itself. With this knowledge, we can release, reframe and bring all that we are into balance. Once in harmony, an acceptance, calm and sense of well-being can grow and expand until our experience in the world feels more grounded, less reactive and more enjoyable. It can be challenging to find time in our busy lives to stop and listen to the inner self. I will offer you the space and caring support to experience being guided into your own mind-body awareness. Using a mind-body somatic approach, I guide you into calming your nervous system, becoming present to your own wisdom, helping you to discover what you really want in your life and then assisting you in moving towards those goals.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE WANT:
…to be deeply happy.
The question is, why not allow ourselves to be supported on our way?