Welcome to the website for the Yoga Circle. We are an Iyengar yoga studio located in Chicago's River North area. We offer introductory classes for those new to yoga, as well as a wide range of classes and workshops for students who already have experience with yoga.



Upcoming workshops and events include:

Yoga For Scoliosis
January 9-11
This workshop is by one of the nation's experts on Yoga and Scoliosis! "Yoga for Scoliosis" Elise presents her internationally acclaimed workshop on working with scoliosis. This workshop is designed to present information and experience in the ways Iyengar Yoga can be used to meet the challenges of scoliosis.

Yoga: Good for What Ails You
January 15 to February 19
Over the 6 weeks of training, the students will learn how to set the poses up therapeutically, utilize props for greater ease, facility, and depth in the poses, and show self-sufficiency in setting up the series for themselves.

Yoga and the Inner Marriage
January 23 & 24
Please come to deepen your practice and knowledge of yoga with Gabriel at one or all of three of these extensive workshops. Friday PM: Beginner's Mind, Sat. AM: Master Class, Sat. PM: Vinyasa: Iyengar Style

The Beginner’s Mind
January 25
This workshop will include fundamentals in body posture, breath control, guided deep relaxation, and seated meditation.

Backcare Basics
February 9
Join Gabriel at Beverly Yoga Center. Back pain sufferers take heart! Come and find relief and discover new options for your home practice.

Safe Inversions
February 9
Join Gabriel at Beverly Yoga Center. Yoga is one of the only systems that specializes in postures that reverse the flow of gravity. Learn simple and effective ways of utilizing the g-force in positions where the legs are above the head and the head is below the heart.

Lois Steinberg Workshop
February 20-22
Lois Steinberg is an advanced level certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher from Urbana, Illinois, with 31 years of yoga study, practice, and teaching experience.

Yoga Vacation in Mexico
March 14-21
At Villas Shanti, a secluded resort south of Cancun, our 22nd annual vacation promises to heal and transform with Gabriel Halpern and William Prottengeier.

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