Pranayama Resources
Notes and resources on Pranayama from Kathleen Wright’s Dec 2023 and Winter 2024 class series on the topic.
Props for Home—What Do You Need & Where To Get It?
Ready to set up yoga practice space in your home or apartment? We’ve put together the following list or props and vendors to make it easier to purchase what you need.
Class Rates (& Yoga Economics) Explained!
A student recently inquired about the difference between our “Standard” and “Accessible” class rates. To answer this, it’s helpful to have some context. As a new studio owner, I’ve found yoga economics are rarely very transparent. For 20+ years, I never knew how much my class teacher was earning!
Where to Begin?
We want to make it easy, welcoming and not intimidating to begin yoga. I find that new students have often unspoken reservations likely created by advertising images of “athleisure” clothing brands implying you have to be more physically nimble, thin, or hip and cool than you may consider yourself to be
What to Expect at Your First Yoga Class…
I remember the beginning of my first yoga classes clearly. In my early 30s, I finally agreed to my mother’s many suggestions that I try it. She’d been practicing for years and, in her 80s, still does! Despite hearing about it from her, I didn’t really know what to expect. It was a little intimidating!
Why Yoga Horizons
Do you teach yoga? is most often the first question I’m asked when I tell someone I own a yoga studio. Being on the participant side of Iyengar Yoga for more than 20 years provides a perspective that centers the student experience and is unlike many other studios led by teachers. Beginning this journey, I knew there were a few principles that would be fundamental…
The Transition Begins
Earlier today, June 12, the last Yoga Circle class was held in the Ontario Street studio.
Next week, we'll begin moving all the props to the new Yoga Horizons studio with the goal of hosting the first in-person class this coming Saturday, June 18. Before this busy week begins, a few key updates…
What Location?
The location had to make sense for more than just me. Choosing a home for Yoga Horizons of Chicago didn’t take long. I’ve had an office in the building for the last 7 years.
Taking the Step
Yoga Circle 3.0…When circumstances presented an opportunity, I didn’t hesitate to continue the tradition from which I have profoundly benefitted.