Karen Watson is the director of Islington Yoga.

She began her study of yoga with Sundernath in 1993 and completed a 3 year teaching apprenticeship at the Yoga Shala in Sydney in 1997.

She taught yoga in Sydney from 1997- 1999 and in 2000 she co-founded Islington Yoga when she moved to London. Karen teaches Shadow Yoga and Nrtta Sadhana at Islington Yoga and continues to learn under the guidance of Sundernath.

She runs regular intensive courses, workshops and retreats in London, the UK and Europe.

Monique Ledesma began practicing yoga in 2002.

She started learning Shadow Yoga in 2008 and since then she has been studying with Karen Watson at Islington Yoga.

In 2010 she began attending courses with Sundernath and Emma Balnaves and continues to study Shadow Yoga and Nrtta Sadhana with them.

Monique completed a three year teaching apprenticeship with Karen Watson in February 2014 and is now teaching Introductory courses for Beginners, Level 1 (Balakrama) and Level 2 (Chaya Yoddha Sancalanam) courses at Islington Yoga.