Grateful Yoga

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Walk-ins are possible but reservations strongly recommended.

Grateful Yoga wants to make it affordable to practice several times a week, so we offer the Sustaining Membership - unlimited attendance in drop-in classes + 15% discount on events + access to audio class archive. Come twice a week and pay $12/class!

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Who really needs more stuff? And who doesn't need yoga? Printed cards and email-able PDF's available.

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Teacher Mentoring Program

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Please contact lela at gratefulyoga.com to learn more about teacher mentoring programs for YACEP or APD course credit through Yoga Alliance or the International Association of Yoga therapy.

Mentoring topics/skills that can be covered in your personalized program:

The Five Koshas During Pregnancy
Working with Your Mind and Nervous System: Using Yoga Therapy and Somatics to help your students prepare for birth
Themeing and Sequencing Your Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Classes
Postpartum Recovery Tools
Working with PTSD from traumatic birth or loss

Your personalized mentorship program will be comprised of pre-recorded videos and audio recordings, pdf documents, sample classes, and a video review assignment where Lela will give you feedback on your teaching. Lela can also help you with your marketing plan.

Investment: Up to you! Depending on how much time you want to spend and how many CE hours you need, we can design a program based on your budget and needs. Generally, rates are $105/contact hour for consults and private sessions (personal practice recommendations or Somatic Experiencing sessions) plus additional cost for coursework.

About Lela Beem, C-IAYT, RPYT, E-RYT500

Lela is co-owner of Grateful Yoga in Evanston and has been leading group and private Hatha and Prenatal classes there and in the Chicago area since 2005. For 10 years, Lela was co-owner and lead trainer for the Amala School of Prenatal Yoga, a Registered Prenatal Yoga Training School through Yoga Alliance offering 85 hour programs in Chicago. Lela is currently an advanced level student in the trauma recovery progam Somatic Experiencing and continues to blend her love of working with the perinatal population with this powerful work.

Email lela at gratefulyoga.com for more information.

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