Directory of yoga classes in the Chicago Metro Area, Urbana and throughout Illinois
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| Amara Yoga & Arts | |
| Address: | 300 S. Broadway Avenue, Suite 156B Lincoln Square, Urbana, IL 61801 Our outside entrance is on the Vine Street (East) side of Lincoln Square next to the Great Impasta. |
| Contact: | Email: info [at] amarayoga.com |
| Website: | www.amarayoga.com | Yoga Links |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Yin, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga for kids |
| Description: | Amara Yoga & Arts is a multidisciplinary yoga studio and art gallery offering daily yoga classes for all levels on a drop-in basis, and YogaWorks Yoga Teacher Training. Styles include Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Hatha and Yin. Our yoga classes blend meditation with breathing and flowing yoga movements to create a total mind body experience. We also offer kids yoga, ballet and movement, as well as arts and crafts for kids. |
| Bodyscapes | ||
| Address: | Heartwood Center, 1818 Dempster St., Evanston, IL 60201 |  |
| Contact: | Phone: (847) 864-6464 / Email: bodyscape [at] sbcglobal.net | |
| Website: | www.bodyscape.biz | Yoga Class Info & Links | |
| Instructor: | Ellie Pickering | |
| Yoga Style: | Iyengar | |
| Specialties: | Yoga for Women's Health | |
| Description: | Join your Sisters in finding fitness, fertility, fun and freedom from your womanly woes. This class is designed for women of all ages, shapes, and sizes, and addresses the many physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges we face from our child-bearing years to our golden years. Students will learn inspiring ways of addressing issues such as PMS, infertility, menopause, fatigue, weight loss, and depression. Basic belly dance moves will be used as a warm-up along with Middle Eastern and yoga music. Breath, belly massage, and visualization will also be explored. Hand-outs included. | |
| Dancing Cranes Yoga & Massage | |
| Address: | 7405 Madison Street, 2nd Floor, Forest Park, IL 60130 |
| Contact: | Phone: (708) 366-8915 Email: susandancingcranes [at] sbcglobal.net , tomdancingcranes [at] sbcglobal.net |
| Website/Links: | www.dancingcranes.org |
| Instructors: | Tom Wilkens, Susan Wilkens |
| Yoga Style: | Classical Hatha, Kundalini |
| Specialties: | Body awareness, breathwork, meditative flow |
| Description: | Our Dancing Cranes dharma is to provide you with tools for transformation so that you might enjoy your embodiment! Toward that end, we offer yoga classes, yoga therapy, and private yoga and meditation instruction, as well as massage therapy and Thai massage. Please visit our website for more information & current class schedules. |
| The Inner Light Studio | |
| Address: | Chicago, IL 60630 |
| Contact: | Phone: (773) 517-9295 / Email: hello [at] theinnerlightstudio.com |
| Website: | www.theinnerlightstudio.com | Yoga Class Info & Yoga Links |
| Instructor: | Cindy Minalt |
| Yoga Style: | Vinyasa, Yin, Basics through Advanced |
| Specialties: | Private lessons, Corporate, Parties, Beginners through seasoned |
| Description: | Passionate instructor with a decade plus experience teaching, studying and practicing throughout the USA as well as internationally. Her teaching style comes from the heart and is an eclectic fusion of the schools that have influenced her the most. Deriving joy and satisfaction in helping others holistically she is also a Hypnotherapist and Thai Massage Therapist. |
| Katia's Yoga Studio | |
| Address: | 4712 Oakton St., Skokie, IL 60076 |
| Contact: | Phone: (224) 766-0823 / Email: KBORUN [at] YAHOO.COM |
| Instructor: | Katia Borun |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha Yoga: Vinyasa Flow, Gentle, Power, Kripalu |
| Specialties: | Certification from Kripalu Center of Yoga |
| Description: | Purify the body first, liberate every cell from the stagnant energy and negative emotion. Encourage you to explore beyond the mental edge, staying tuned to the rhythm of your heart. Wonder knows no fear, curiosity builds no barriers, outer meets the inner beauty and both dissolve into one in the ocean of breath and total awareness. |
| Ki Workshop | |
| Address: | Chicago, IL 60660 |
| Contact: | Phone: (773) 934-4216 / Email: info [at] kiworkshop.com |
| Website: | www.kiworkshop.com | Aikido & Yoga Resources |
| Instructor: | Jonathan Knipping |
| Yoga Style: | Classical Hatha, Meridian TouchT 5 Element Yoga |
| Specialties: | Yoga and Martial Arts, Private Instruction, Corporate Programs |
| Description: | Ki Workshop offers group classes, private instruction, corporate programs, workshops, and seminars in Hatha Yoga, Meridian TouchT effortless 5 Element Yoga, Aikido, and applied martial arts at a variety of locations around Chicago. |
| Temple of Kriya Yoga | ||
| Address: | 2414 N. Kedzie Blvd. Chicago, IL 60647 |  |
| Contact: | Phone: (773) 342-4600 | |
| Email: kriya [at] yogakriya.org | ||
| Website: | www.yogakriya.org | |
| Instructor: | Sri Goswami Kriyananda | |
| Yoga Style: | Kriya Yoga, Hatha Yoga | |
| Specialties: | full schedule of weekly hatha yoga classes, Sunday Noon Meditations and Afternoon Lecture Series, live Internet meditations and courses with Sri Goswami Kriyananda, Wednesday night meditation group, hatha yoga and meditation teacher training, home-study courses, and Kriya Yoga Seminary. Temple swamis provide spiritual guidance, and perform baptisms, marriages, funerals and house blessings upon request. | |
| Description:
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The Temple of Kriya Yoga was founded by Sri Goswami Kriyananda in 1964, and has been located in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood since 1978. The Temple is an esoteric center for spiritual study offering educational resources and spiritual guidance to all who seek a deeper understanding of the spiritual life and the mystical Kriya tradition. | |
| Sri Goswamiji carries the flame of the Kriya Yoga Lineage through the mystical teachings of his Guru, Sri Shelliji, who is a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda. Sri Goswamiji has been guiding seekers along the path towards enlightenment for over 65 years. | ||
| He teaches the ageless wisdom of Kriya Yoga with warm humor and deep mystical understanding, offering seekers a system for experiencing a transformation in consciousness, which enriches one's life on every level; spiritually, mentally and physically. | ||
| The Temple's onsite and online bookstores carry an extensive collection of the Teachings of Sri Goswami Kriyananda. | ||
| Sky Yoga Studio & More | |
| Address: | 2035 S Washington St, Naperville, IL 60565 (The corner of 87th St and Washington St) |
| Contact: | Phone: (630) 386-0027 / Email: skyyogastudio [at] gmail.com |
| Website/Links: | http://skyyogastudio.com |
| Instructors: | Emily Canibano, and Others |
| Yoga Style: | Hot, Vinyasa, Power, Beginner, Kriya, Fitness |
| Specialties: | Kids, Prenatal, Babies, Postnatal |
| Description: | New studio space in the heart of downtown Naperville IL. Offering classes for infants through adults in yoga, Zumba, and fitness. Specializing in therapeutic applications of yoga, Thai Yoga Massage, Lifestyle and Weight Management Coaching, and personal training. |
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| Address: | Algonquin, IL 60102 |
| Contact: | Phone: (224) 210-3163 / Email: jodi [at] shimayoga.com |
| Website: | www.shimayoga.com | Yoga Links |
| Instructor: | Jodi Shimabukuro |
| Yoga Style: | Vinyasa |
| Description: | Fun yoga apparel and jewelry, private yoga instruction, group parties |
| Lake Forest YOGA | |
| Address: | 780 E. Greenbriar Lane, Lake Forest, IL 60045 |
| Contact: | Phone: (847) 732-4750 / Email: yoga [at] ameritech.net |
| Website: | www.LFyoga.com | Yoga Links |
| Instructor: | Steve Moylan, RYT |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha, Yin-Yan |
| Description: | Small classes in a serene home/studio location off Sheridan Rd. near the college. |
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