Curative Yoga™
Meet Our TeachersNaader Shagagi
Founder & Teacher
Trained in Raja Yoga at the Self Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles, and Hatha Yoga at The Yoga College of India, Beverly Hills, Naader Shagagi has been studying and practicing Yoga & Meditation since 1983. A former Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering, Naader also studied Philosophy and Religion before coming to Los Angeles as a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda in 1985.
A student of the great Yoga Master, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Sufi Mystic, Pir Inayat Khan, Naader brings a culmination of intensive study and personal experience presented to you through his Yoga of Mystics® philosophy.
Carolina Cotman
Owner & Teacher
Inspired to practice yoga to set an example of living a balanced life for her children, Carolina’s journey has taken her on a deeper path towards spirituality and guiding others seeking peace and harmony. While Carolina has received her 200 Hour Certification from Yoga of Mystics®, she believes that a commitment to teaching yoga is a lifetime journey in which she sees the teacher in all, in particular her well-intended mother, mystical father, supportive and loving husband, strong willed daughter, affectionate son and her trustworthy teacher.
Hannah Kopen
Teacher
Hannah Kopen is an empowerment health coach, somatic embodiment guide, and functional wellness expert now based in Bigfork, Montana. Originally from Michigan, she recently relocated from Los Angeles, California, bringing her unique blend of neuroscience, psychology, somatic attachment therapy, and feminine embodiment practices to her new home. Hannah is passionate about helping individuals transform their relationship with health, body image, and self-worth. Her work integrates dance therapy, intuitive eating, nutrition, and the energetics of the feminine and masculine, guiding clients to uncover the root causes of their challenges. Through her 1:1 coaching, group programs, and online courses, Hannah aims to create a ripple effect of empowered confidence, health, and positive habit change, impacting individuals, families, and communities at large.
Anthony Pietromonaco
Teacher
Anthony Pietromonaco is a dynamic entrepreneur and seasoned martial artist with over 30 years of experience. As a sound meditation facilitator, breathwork guide, and flow state specialist, Anthony is dedicated to exploring and guiding others through altered states of consciousness. His mission is to create a unique physical and mental dojo—a transformative space where individuals can fortify their strengths, celebrate their journeys, integrate new insights, and, when necessary, release limiting belief systems. Through his work, Anthony empowers others to achieve profound personal growth and self-mastery.
Our aim is to help others REALIZE and spread the knowledge of UNITY, so that the bias of faiths and beliefs may of itself fall away, the human heart may overflow with love, and all hatred caused by distinctions and differences may be rooted out for the sake of harmony.
Our ideal is to educate the heart, mind and body of humanity, one at a time, in the Universal Ideal of ONENESS with GOD.