Jeanne  Movement has always been a central part of my life. I first fell in love with fitness as I saw how it could transform not only my health, but my overall outlook on life. About 10 years ago I began exploring meditation, energetics, and the subtle body. I...

BernieBernie began practicing yoga at the age of 27 in February 2012. Within One year he began teacher training with Sarah Starnes and Pavla Haluskova at the Elmhurst Yoga Shala where he received his first 200 Hour Hatha/Anusara Yoga Teacher Certification. He started...

My intention as a Yoga teacher is to share Yoga with the world.

Yoga is healing. Life can be painful and joyful and everything in between. Oftentimes, my mat has been the safest and most nurturing place for me to be.

To me, yoga is a way of living. It is not only on the mat that I make choices what to teach or practice, but also in the outside world by choosing how to respond in certain situations and how to stay true to myself no matter what.

RUTH Ruth was transplanted from Southern Ontario in 2003, with three, now grown somewhat sassy, children. A famous dabbler she has tried everything from meditation to martial arts, from warrior dashes to Improv comedy, but Yoga and meditation have remained her...

Ellen first came to the practice of yoga in 2005 to help heal injuries sustained through years of martial arts training. A student of hot yoga since 2010, she gravitated toward both the discipline of the practice and the health benefits of the intense heat.

Mike is a flooring contractor by trade, and a yogi by choice. Currently, Mike teaches Hot Yoga, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga classes, while still maintaining a daily practice. Divorce drew him to yoga, but the benefits are what encourage him to continue practicing…

My father used to teach my brother and I yoga when we were very little. Yoga wasn’t really popular at that time so we would only practice yoga at home, in the family room, backyard or even the kitchen.

Thank you or reading our blog, which is just one of the ways we try to stay connected with our community. In this blog you will meet Stefanie, one of our Yoga Teachers and Yoga Teacher Training co-leads. Stefanie began her yoga…

“Yoga teaches us to cure what can’t be endured and to endure what cannot be cured.”~ BKS Iyengar What do you do when you are not teaching yoga? When not practicing yoga, working my full-time gig at Jewel (since 1985),…

I took my first yoga class in 2005, it was a Bikram class. Prior to finding yoga, I exercised at a health club, doing pilates, spin, treadmill, kickboxing, etc, on almost a daily basis. I’ve exercised my entire life.

When I started yoga, I was raising 3 young children so my physical and mental health were very important to me. It helped me to be a more effective and patient parent.