Violet Monis

Violet Monis is a Yoga Teacher based in West London, teaching at all the major gyms including Virgin Active, Nuffield Health, Fitness First and Pure Gym as well as classes for Sweaty Betty and private tuition. Violet has lived and worked in over ten countries including Singapore, Denmark, India and South Africa. During this time, she has practised and been exposed to different styles of yoga in various settings and worked extensively with people from different cultures.

Violet was born in South India and yoga has been an integral practice in her life since childhood. She worked as a Fashion Designer in the Bollywood industry. Around this time she had been suffering with chronic back pain (degenerated disk disease), which lead her deeper into her yoga practice and the all-round benefits she received inspired her to pursue teaching so she could share her experience.  Violet believes that teaching is all about learning from her own practice as well as through her students.

Her 200 HR certified Yoga Teaching course in Sivananda Centre, India gave Violet a very good classical yoga foundation from which she has developed her own style of teaching. In 2016 she became a certified Budokon Yoga instructor – a martial arts inspired style of yoga containing elements of callisthenics.

“I am passionate about making a difference in people’s lives and I believe my cultural (Hundi and Sanskrit) background allows me to contribute more effectively to my teaching.”