Kara has been a dedicated yogi since 1998 when she took her first class at an NYC fitness club across the street from her first post-college job. Living in Chicago since 2005, she's enjoyed yoga all throughout the city. She completed her Yoga Alliance 200 Hour Teacher Training in March 2024. When not in Chicago, she's climbing mountains in Alaska.
Danny turned to yoga in 1991 to help settle his mind after serving in the Gulf War. Healing happened and his yoga practice stopped. He rekindled his affair with yoga in 1995 looking for a new physical challenge. The affair turned to love as he felt his physical practice turn into a spiritual awakening. This awakening has kept him connected to the mat ever since.
Maria has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. She discovered yoga at a physically & mentally stressful time in her life and the effects on her health & wellness were so profound that she made it her vocation to teach. Maria infuses her classes with passion, creativity, and a spirit of playfulness and she sees every moment as an opportunity—to embrace life, to care for others, and to love without judgment. When not teaching yoga, you can find her at concerts, cooking for friends & family, and driving her vintage 1971 Buick Riviera around Southwest Mighigan.
Wellness has always been one of Sam's passions. At the University of Iowa, she fell in love with taking yoga classes and a few years later became a yoga instructor. Appreciating the community that group fitness brings, Sam has expanded her horizons unto all types of fitness and got her NASM-CPT coaching strength as well. Outside the gym, Sam hangs with her lifelong friends, loves to read, and is obsessed with her dog.
Caroline has a passion for mindful movement and the healing arts. She has been teaching since 2014 and enjoys both Vinyasa and restorative yoga styles. Caroline passionately believes that yoga is for every BODY. Her classes emphasize joyful movement, empowerment, and she encourages students to reconnect with their heart, mind, and body through focused breath and motion.
Claire has been teaching Vinyasa & Yin styles of yoga as well as Yoga Nidra & mindfulness based meditation. Her goal is to hold a safe space for you to find your presence and your breath. Claire is an empathetic teacher and her classes are thoughtful and intentional in each movement. Join her in class to relieve stress, find lightness, and cultivate calm, steady energy.
Anna has been practicing yoga since 2011. She earned her 200 RYT (2021), Level 1 Restorative (2022), and continues to expand her movement knowledge in her own multi-discipline practice and working as a movement specialist. Expect a mixture of intentional holds and traditional flow, increasing your body awareness, leaning into the subtleties of postures through strength work, and some good rest.
For Philip, yoga is a well rounded approach to life that encourages self-discovery & expression. All of his life, Philip has been a mover & shaker. As a former professional dancer & teacher, he often incorporated yoga to more deeply understand the body, center the mind. Philip’s greatest joy as a teacher is witnessing others discover their inner light and experience profound fulfillment. Philip's classes foster strength, flexibility, balance; cultivating a present awareness and striving towards inner acceptance & peace while letting go & laughing a little.
Rachel found yoga as a high schooler in search of spirituality. As a dancer, yoga made sense in her body. In 2016, Rachel completed her Hatha-Vinyasa 200-hour RYT Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India, & in 2021, completed her 300-hour RYT. Her training & teaching honors the origins of yoga while also focusing on the current community of practitioners, & how to apply an inclusive, trauma-informed approach to foster a safe, healing yoga space for everyBODY. Also certified in Barre & Prenatal/Postpartum Yoga, she aspires to teach dynamic yoga classes that include Pranayama, Mantra, Asana & Meditation.
Grace has loved practicing yoga since she was 4 years old- as soon as she could put the Yoga Kids cassette into her family’s VCR. As her practice deepened, she discovered yoga was far more than a fitness regimen: it was a lifestyle grounded in love, ritual, and community - a lifestyle she wanted to be a part of. She completed her 200HR TT
Grace has loved practicing yoga since she was 4 years old- as soon as she could put the Yoga Kids cassette into her family’s VCR. As her practice deepened, she discovered yoga was far more than a fitness regimen: it was a lifestyle grounded in love, ritual, and community - a lifestyle she wanted to be a part of. She completed her 200HR TT & Group Apprentice Program at Zen Yoga Garage. Grace is determined to include equitable, accessible, and trauma-informed approaches to her yoga teaching.
Sarah believes yoga can help us feel more connected to each other and the world around us. Her classes link breath and movement to create a meditative, balanced, vinyasa-style flow to get students out of their heads and into their bodies. Her goal is to help students feel grounded, energized, and aware during and after yoga practice. She
Sarah believes yoga can help us feel more connected to each other and the world around us. Her classes link breath and movement to create a meditative, balanced, vinyasa-style flow to get students out of their heads and into their bodies. Her goal is to help students feel grounded, energized, and aware during and after yoga practice. She earned her 200-hour certification with Yoga Flow SF and her 500-hour certification with Laura Burkhart in San Francisco.
Johanna came to Yoga to learn how to manage Anxiety in 1999. A few years later when an instructor didn't make it to class she offered to lead. Obtaining a 200 hour certification in traditional Ashtanga Yoga in 2011 helped focus her instruction. Since then Johanna has taught and practiced a wide variety of styles from Hatha to Yin to Vi
Johanna came to Yoga to learn how to manage Anxiety in 1999. A few years later when an instructor didn't make it to class she offered to lead. Obtaining a 200 hour certification in traditional Ashtanga Yoga in 2011 helped focus her instruction. Since then Johanna has taught and practiced a wide variety of styles from Hatha to Yin to Vinyasa inspired classes. She is also a Certified Wine Consultant and enjoys going to Brunch and spending time with her Niece.
Born & raised in Logan Square, Maya is in the Visual Arts Conservatory at the Chicago High School for the Arts. Outside of high school, she will be helping her mom as our Studio Assistant.
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