Upcoming Events

Thursdays with Rich Logan

EVERY Thursday from 4 - 6 p.m. -$20 to drop in

Join this highly skilled, knowledgeable, entertaining teacher, and seasoned practitioner. 

Rich is a long time practioner of yoga and creates a space for exploration and discovery, using humor and years of insight to help facilitate an intentional practice. The closer we come to the edge of consciousness, the closer we are to our core selves. And when we discover a technique that helps us transcend our seeming duality, that is the moment we arrive... the reason we practice.... to go beyond Ananda, the idea of bliss, into the actuality of unity.

 Or we might just learn some cool stuff that eases our stressful lives. In either case you win, and the world wins when each of us is better at taking care of ourselves... to go beyond Ananda, the idea of bliss, into the actuality of unity. Or we might just learn some cool stuff that eases our stressful lives. In either case you win, and the world wins when e ach of us is better at taking care of ourselves. Only $20 to drop in.

Healing Yin Yoga with Cara

Friday, October 3rd at 5:30 P.M - 6:30 P.M.

Join Cara on the first Friday this month for a grounded and replenishing class. We'll begin with grounded somatic sequences to open the fascial holding and warm the body, and gently move into restorative poses and a long savasana. Drop in and class card rates apply.

The Ropes with Cara

Saturday, October 4th at 11:00 A.M - 12:15 P.M.

STEADINESS & EASE: Sthira Sukham Asanam, with Cara. Find your balance between effort and ease in your practice and your life! Learn and practice poses using the support of wall and the ropes to experience its therapeutic and tractioning effects. Then move into more restorative poses, relaxing into the support and grounding properties of props and of course end with a long and peaceful savasana. Pre-registration required. Class size limited to 12 people. 

Yoga Beyond the Poses: Yoga and Sensory Regulation with Julia Jonson, Yoga Educator, E-RYT 500 

Saturday, October 4th at 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Many yoga practitioners regularly report feeling tired and even chronically exhausted after a full night’s sleep. Few of us know how to rest and are on sensory overload without even knowing it! We are often at the mercy of what’s happening in the external world, with endless distractions like social media, work emails, household chores, and busy schedules filled with meetings, appointments, and errands. We also often feel at the mercy of thoughts, feelings, and emotions. It’s easy to lose sight of how sensory-driven and pleasure-seeking we’ve become. 

While we can’t change the external world, we can train and manage our five senses through regular practice (called abhyasa in the yoga tradition). We can create little daily habits that, if practiced regularly, can transform us. 

This workshop is designed to make yoga and relaxation practices accessible to everyone. Practitioners will learn the following concepts and techniques: 

  • Healthy detachment (known as vairagya in yoga)

  • How to simplify input received from the external world to manage distractions

  • Differentiating between good and bad stress for a more relaxed state of mind.

  • The art of slowing down and learning to train our minds to move from external to internal. 

  • The five senses, how they work, and how we can manage them to feel more balanced. 

  • Simple yoga asanas and breathing exercises to be done daily to help manage stress. 

It is possible to develop simple yet life-changing daily habits that can bring about a profound shift in well-being.

Hands on Adjustments: Supine Poses and Savasana

Sunday, October 5th at 1:00 P.M - 4:00 P.M.

Hands on Adjustments: Supine Poses and Savasana 

A continuation of our adjustment series with Rich Logan. For teachers, teachers in training, and students interested in deepening their practice. 

In this segment, we'll explore guiding the body into savasana from supine poses. It's great to cool down and relax after an invigorating asana class and this 3 hour workshop is a great way to give and experience support. Traction is usually a key factor to help reorganize the connective tissues and reset the nervous system. This class will be a great way to learn new things for your students as well as experience your self. 

Cost: $60

Gabriel Halpern

Master Yoga Instructor

Friday, October 10th, 6 - 9 P.M. and

Saturday, Oct. 11th, 11-2 P.M.

Please join us for a special weekend with our teacher, Gabriel Halpern. He is a father figure to many of us at The Yoga Lounge, a student of BKS Iyengar, and founder/director of the 30+ year renowned traditional yoga center in Chicago, The Yoga Circle. Named among the top 10 most influential teachers in America by Yoga Journal, this is an increasingly rare opportunity to study with a teacher with direct lineage to BKS Iyengar who can bring and impart knowledge from his more than 40+ years of study and practice. This weekend, the focus will be on yoga practices to manage and improve Cardiac/Pulmonary and Respiratory health.

As always, don’t miss Gabriel’s patented dharma talks on Yoga Archetypes and Aging Gracefully.

Friday, 6-9 p.m.

Yoga And Respiratory Health

Dharma Talk: “Yoga, Psychology and Archetypes”

Asana: Our world is suffering from increased pollution. This spills over into the air, the water, the earth, into industrial waste, and the emitting of greenhouse gases creating respiratory ailments and pulmonary diseases. 

Yogic management via posture and breath control, gives tremendous leverage over conditions like asthma, COPD, emphysema, bronchitis, and pneumonia. 

Today’s sequence will open the lungs and strengthen our immune response to ward off air-borne illness. 

Saturday, 11am- 2 p.m.

Yoga And The Healthy Heart

Dharma Talk - “Aging Gracefully”

Asana: The world we live in has our nervous system jacked up. Yoga tones down hyper-sensitivity preventing our blood pressure from skyrocketing. 

Many cardio-pulmonary problems come from inadequate blood supply. Yogic practices increase circulation and oxygenation to all parts of our body and brain promoting smooth and efficient functioning.

Todays, session is designed to unblock the cardiovascular system and through vasodilation to prevent heart attack, stroke, blood clots angina, and clogged arteries.

Sound Bath Experience with Sarah

Sunday, October 31st at 6:00 P.M - 7:00 P.M.

We invite you to the Yoga Lounge to step into this sacred space where sound becomes medicine. This 1-hour journey begins with a guided meditation to ground your energy and invite presence. You'll then be immersed in the resonance of the crystal quartz singing bowls-designed to soothe the nervous system, clear energetic blockages, and bring the different layers of being into harmony. As the sound waves wash over you, your brain naturally shifts into deeper states of rest, activating your body's innate ability to restore from within. We close with a soft return-to-body meditation to anchor the experience and leave you feeling centered and nourished. Whether you're seeking release, relaxation, or reconnection, this is a space to simply be, to listen inward, and let the sound carry you home to yourself. 

Sarah is a multi-modality body and energy worker, yoga instructor, nature lover,  and singing bowl enthusiast. Her work is rooted in the belief that healing has its origin from within oneself when you create a space for the mind, body and soul to align together.

Cost: $20