Meet Luna

We had the good fortune of connecting with Luna and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Luna, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
As a yoga therapist and mental health worker, I offer a compassionate, body-centered approach to mental health and trauma recovery. Yoga Therapy provides personalized tools to cultivate resilience, balance emotions, and gently rewire patterns shaped by stress or trauma. The patients and clients that I work with have developed greater self-awareness, better emotional regulation, and an embodied sense of well-being to support long-term healing and transformation. Supporting the mental wellness for Angeleno’s has always been an important part of my work and mission.

However, my mission has shifted slightly in response to the political landscape in our country and the mental health crisis that we’re all feeling because of it. It’s still important for me to provide trauma-informed care to my individual groups and clients, but I felt a calling to make an even greater impact. I’ve recently co-created The Collective Healing Circle, a space for community advocates, therapists, educators, librarians, caregivers, and changemakers alike to step away from burnout to reconnect and restore balance within themselves. The path of justice requires not just fierce dedication, but also tender care and attention. Our goal is to provide restorative experiences for those who dedicate their lives to social change and community care, allowing them to sustain their vital work through yoga practices of rest and renewal. I see this as my way of creating a Butterfly Effect, creating ripples of hope, action, and change.

We are very excited to host our first retreat scheduled for February 13-16, 2026 in Joshua Tree, CA. Through yoga therapy, breathwork, self-inquiry, community, and time in nature, our hope is that participants learn mind-body tools to replenish their energy and return to work and life with greater resilience. We want to create sustainability for our community’s most dedicated helpers to decrease burnout before it leads to departure from vital service roles. The retreat will offer nourishing meals, community support, and intentional rest to create a foundation for renewal. And, sponsorships will be made available!

I also facilitate yoga therapy groups at Los Angeles Outpatient (LAOP), an outpatient mental health facility in Culver City. I am also a collaborator with The Pink Moon Healing Collective, which features skilled, BIPOC women practitioners and psychotherapists that operate from a person-centered, feminist, culturally relevant, and queer and gender-affirming lens for the entire Los Angeles community.

What should our readers know about your business?
I am not a typical LA yoga teacher. You won’t see me wearing Lululemon’s or teaching vinyasa style classes at a studio. (However, I admit that used to be me.) I became a 200-hr yoga teacher back in 2005, but it wasn’t until I completed my 865-hour yoga therapy training in 2021 that my practice and offerings really began to shift. Yoga Therapy school started with a 3-month mental health module and that’s when I knew mental health would be my specialty. After three years of YT school, I went on to complete a one-year behavioral health support specialist program through UCLA Extension followed by an internship with The Pink Moon Healing Collective in LA.

What sets my yoga therapy practice apart from others is my mental health training and social justice focus. There is a lot of yoga out there that is not trauma-informed, and in fact some yoga practices can actually be harmful or create adverse effects for people with certain mental health challenges. Individual clients that work with me get a personalized yoga practice that fits them to a tee based on the multitude of dimensions of their being, e.g. physical abilities, cultural background, social dynamics, trauma (current and ancestral) etc. . I recognize that individual healing is inseparable from systemic oppression, historical trauma, and community resilience.

It was not easy getting to where I am today business-wise. For many years, I was afraid of taking risks because I didn’t truly Trust myself. It was through my own yoga and spiritual practice that I slowly began to shed layers of societal conditioning that told me I wasn’t “good enough” or that I needed to “stay small” so no one noticed me. Yoga helps you to feel that Light within you that is already there, but it’s just been covered up with layers of trauma, societal norms, or stories we’ve been told to us that aren’t true but we begin to believe them. Once that Light begins to illuminate brighter in us, that’s when the Trust starts to build. Once that Trust started to reveal within me, my confidence began to slowly bloom and my business began to really excel.

There is an abundance of yoga tools, teachings, scriptures, and practices that have been handed down unchanged for centuries by the Rishi-s and for good reason – because they make a profound impact on your personal health, mental well-being, and liberation. Yoga Liberates! And that is what I’d like my clients and the world to know.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
For a dog-loving friend, I’d take them to Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long Beach along with my sweet pitty, Biscuit. Most of the dog-caregivers are responsible and chill and it’s so cute seeing the pups play in the water. After that, we’d go get falafel wraps from George’s Greek on Pine Ave. in Long Beach.

RAT beach in Torrance is a chill beach to visit (just not a dog beach). I personally never knew Torrance had a beach until I moved to Gardena, which is South Bay-adjacent. It’s a low-key, off the beaten path beach that has a peaceful vibe with great views of the peninsula.

South Coast Botanic Garden in Torrance is also one of my favorite places to spend an afternoon.

I’d definitely want to take them to the Korean Bell of Friendship in San Pedro. Cabrillo beach, Point Fermin Lighthouse, and the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium are all very close by, too.

For a high-end meal, i like Baran’s 2239 in Hermosa Beach. But for a delicious, low-key meal. Ensanada’s Surf & Turf Grill in Lawndale is not to be missed. I take EVERYONE there. Best fish tacos around!

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I want to dedicate my shoutout to Aubri Gomez, founder of The Pink Moon Healing Collective. Aubri took me on when I needed to complete 260 internship hours for my behavioral health support specialist certification from UCLA Extension. Aubri mentored and supervised me not only clinically, but also professionally. She has always uplifted and showcased my skills during networking events and truly wanted to see me succeed. She’s created a fierce mental health collective of practitioners that provide BIPOC, queer, and gender-affirming care for the Los Angeles community. I honestly don’t know where I’d be today if it weren’t for the support and encouragement from her. She is the ultimate chingona!

Website: https://crissyluna.com

Instagram: @crissylunayoga

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crissyluna/

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lunayoga

Other: https://thecollectivehealingcircle.com

Image Credits
Caroline Miller (yoga shots only)