Grateful Yoga

What is my pathway to health?

How do I access tranquility during tumultuous times?

How do I make the most of this precious life?

You may have heard that yoga will help you feel better
in your body. This is true! But it's also just the beginning.

Simple, enjoyable movement brings your body into balance.
Pain and tension begin to dissipate.
You feel more alive and awake, prepared to
act with confidence and clarity.

It's common to feel too busy or out of shape to join a class -
yet this is precisely why it's beneficial to come!

Yoga is a priceless investment in your long-term happiness.
You leave each class feeling more at ease in your body,
less bothered by stress, and more present to joy.

Here you will be welcomed into a community that
accepts you and supports your desire to grow.
Our highly-trained teachers will safely challenge and inspire you.

This humble studio can be your urban sanctuary -
the place you come to remember who you are
and who you want to become.

Welcome to Grateful Yoga

Focus
Learning
Ease
Looking Inward
Present to life
Clarity
Strength

Spring Theme: Fire Practices

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Fire (agni) is a metaphor for spiritual transformation, the force that transmutes the unknown into the known, obstacles into awakenings, the mundane into the sacred. Fire practices point towards the final destination of yoga - experiential knowledge of the Mystery. No dogmatic lectures here - just possibilities to be tested with first-hand experience.

This theme comes last in our yearly curriculum, as it draws on the physical and mental stability of Earth and Moon practices, and the energetic expansion and sensitivity that comes from Sun practice. Classes will include more opportunities for self-reflection and longer (5-10 minute) meditations.

Learn more about our year-long syllabus here.

Some suggested reading:

The Mirror of Yoga: Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind by Richard Freeman

New Self New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-first Century by Philip Shepherd

Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body by Reginald Ray

Be Here Now by Ram Das

A Gradual Awakening by Stephen Levine

Meditation for the Love of It by Sally Kempton

Upcoming Grateful Events

Baby and Me Yoga - 6 weeks to 1 year with Lela Beem: Wednesdays in April and in May (4 week series), 4:15-5p.
Earth Day Sound Healing with Lisa Devi: Satuday, April 21, 4-5:30p.
Grateful Sunday - A Yoga & Meditation Practice Intensive with Nick Beem: Sunday, June 3, 2-6p.
Yoga for Slow Living Restorative Yoga Teacher Training with Rhoda Miriam: Fri-Sun, Oct 26-28 & Fri-Sun, Nov 30-Dec 2.

Class Updates

Day change: Therapeutic Stretch with Luna will is now on Wednesdays instead of Tuesdays from 8-9a!
On hiatus: Tuesday 7:30p Mindful Movement and Meditation with Tom is on pause til summer.
New class: Gentle + Yoga Nidra on Thursdays 5p with Corinne Peterson, a certified iRest Yoga Nidra instructor.

Women's Health Events with the Amala School of Yoga

Yoga for the Postpartum Body & Mind: A Four Day Intensive for Yoga teachers and women's health professionals. May 3-6, Yoga Six South Loop, Chicago
The Circle of Womanhood: A Retreat to Welcome and Honor the Cycles of Our Lives with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, PhD, Chanti Tacoronte-Perez, Yoli Maya Yeh. June 27-July at the Christine Center in Willard, Wisconsin. Register now for the Early Bird rate!
Women's Health Workshop Series with Catherine Lewan, PT, summer 2018 at Ganesha Yoga, Chicago: Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Diastasis Recti and Addressing Incontinence. For health professionals, yoga teachers and students wanting more in-depth knowledge.