Meet Your Wellbeing Teacher
Dr. Monisha Bhanote, the founder of the Holistic Wellbeing Collective, is a quintuple board-certified physician and published author with expertise in Integrative Medicine, Functional Culinary Medicine, and Nutrigenomics Biohacking. After graduating from Binghamton University with dual degrees in Chemistry and Asian Studies, she earned her medical degree and completed training at NYU Winthrop University Hospital. This was followed by three fellowships in Cytopathology at Cornell University, Breast, Bone & Soft tissue Cancer at the University of Rochester, and Integrative Medicine at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Arizona.
Dr. Bhanote has additional training and certifications in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Plant-Based Nutrition, Ayurveda, Yoga for Cancer Recovery, and is a 500+ hr Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist.
As a Yoga Teacher, Monisha has completed additional training in Yin & Meditation, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Myofascial Release, Female Health, Nervous System & Restorative, and Mental Health.
She applies a whole-body approach to healing. She is a sought-after health and wellness expert providing both speaking and written commentary to multiple news media outlets and publications.
Her interests include nutrition and the microbiome, the role of stress and inflammation in disease manifestation, applying mindfulness as a lifestyle practice, and cancer and disease prevention. Dr. Bhanote's mission is to support an integrative approach to evidence-based holistic wellbeing.
Meet Your Mindfulness Teacher
My name is Yely Rivas-Staley, I am a Venezuelan born American citizen, who speaks fluently in English and Spanish and enjoy learning and studying. Before I became a Yoga Teacher, I was a Venezuelan Attorney with a master’s degree at Law from the University of Illinois. I lived in Chicago, Illinois for several years, and then moved to Silicon Valley California, where I was a yoga studio owner. With more than a decade of experience in yoga and meditation, I am now a certified yoga teacher, registered with Yoga Alliance with E-RYT 500 and YACEP certifications in Vinyasa Yoga, Functional Yin Yoga, Meditation and Yoga Anatomy. Currently I collaborate with Yoga Medicine, Yoga International, and OmPractice by writing articles and teaching various online yoga classes in English and Spanish.
I have been practicing Yoga since 2004 and Meditation since 2008 and have trained with some of the most world-renowned yoga and meditation teachers. I am currently enrolled to receive my Mindfulness Meditation certification. I am constantly refining my practice, studies and knowledge of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness with many other renown teachers so I can continue offering my best self to my students.
It's my mission and passion to teach and help busy professionals to embrace the power of mindful daily self-care practices so they can avoid depletion and instead align with their authentic selves and live a harmonious authentic, joyful and fulfilled life.