Ashley is a FANTASTIC yoga teacher !! Great instruction and amazing work out woven into the poses. If you haven’t tried her class do it now!
Ashley is a FANTASTIC yoga teacher !! Great instruction and amazing work out woven into the poses. If you haven’t tried her class do it now!
Susan is a graduate of Kathy’s 200 hour teaching training, and has been practicing yoga for over a decade. Susan’s practice originally started as a supplement to her distance running as a “stretch and strengthen” exercise. But over the years she realized she got much more from yoga than simply stretching and strengthening, and it has become her central focus. Yoga is how she connects with herself, as a way to look inward without judgment, to reflect on the good, the bad and everything in between in a peaceful and respectful way. She works to carry that peace and reflection to better herself both on and off the mat.
Susan teaches a flowing practice suited to her students' needs while pushing them to their highest potential.
Dana began her yoga practice about a decade ago and has been practicing consistently for the last few years. She decided to complete YTT 200 at Pulsation in the fall of 2018 to not only further her growth as a yoga student but also to assist others in advancing their own practice and overall well being. The benefits of Yoga and the philosophy behind it nicely complements her current practice as a social worker, and Dana would like to continue to explore how she can combine social work and yoga to foster student growth both inside and outside of the studio.
My best friend Linda introduced me to yoga in 1994. Although I enjoyed it, my monkey mind didn’t allow me to be fully immersed in a regular yoga practice until the birth of my first son Michael. Serving as a Director of Human Resources for a few decades years while being actively involved with my sons lives, community and social activities, I craved yoga. I dedicated early mornings to my home practice. I travel with a mat in my car “just in case” there’s a class I can attend spontaneously ie: between games at a baseball or basketball tournament or on my home from work. In 2016 I organized a wellness month at the resort where I served as a Human Resources Director. I led an outdoor “stretching” routine for my colleagues. The routine included several yoga asanas I had learned throughout the years. My boss received multiple emails from attendees who felt the benefits of my class. They reported felling invigorated, focused, energized, and great. When he shared the feedback, the seed of “Hatha with Atha” was officially planted. At the urging of fellow yogini and Pilates guru, Laura Cison I enrolled at Pulsation studio to receive formal Anusara Yoga certification training. The training was amazing. I am honored to be joining the “kula” that Jim and Kathy Simonik have created and look forward to contributions my classes will be able to make to the community. My style is a flow sequence highlighting the 3 A’s action, attitude, and alignment. I chuckle when people tell me that they are too “hyper” for yoga or too stiff or worried about the way they will look. That’s how I sounded in 1994, now I’m limber, calm and look like a yogini. It’s a new chapter to a great story.
She started to practice simply as a way to get exercise, but as time went on yoga became critical in helping to deal with her General Anxiety Disorder. Now as a teacher, Alison strives to help students feel and see the benefits yoga offers the mind, our self-confidence, and how it can become a part of our lives even when we step off the mat. Her teaching style is vinyasa flow and in the style of Anusara™. She believes it is important to build strength, flexibility, and balance through proper alignment. She tries to inspire a sense of community that creates a fun, rejuvenating, and relaxing environment.
Cary teaches an athletic style class with a sense of playfulness, encouraging students to explore their edge physically and mentally through poses and thoughtful themes while reminding them to listen to their bodies and providing modifications when necessary. By the end of class she hopes each student feels improvement in their mind and body, walking out the door with a new sense of strength, empowerment and a lightness in their heart.
She enrolled in the 200 RYT program through Pulsation Yoga and completed it in 2015.
In addition to practicing and teaching at Pulsation Yoga, Kat regularly attends workshops and classes to expand upon her training. She has practiced and studied various styles of yoga including Anusara, Iyengar, vinyasa flow, alignment based, restorative, and yin.
She focuses her teaching on finding the right combination of flow, alignment, breath, and meditation. She strives to create a welcoming atmosphere for all in her classes and hopes to inspire others to find mindfulness outside of the classroom and in their daily lives.
Linda's first experience with yoga was taking Ashtanga yoga classes at Chicago School of Yoga (formerly NU Yoga). She later moved to the northwest suburbs and began taking classes with Jim and Kathy Simonik. Linda completed the teacher training program at Pulsation Yoga in 2015 earning her 200 RYT. Linda has been practicing yoga for close to 20 years. She currently teaches at both studios.
Megan’s classes are uplifting and energetic, yet embrace calmer, reflective moments too. Each class is themed and interlaced with breath work, philosophy, creative, progressive sequencing leading to an apex pose, the use of props therapeutically and as tools to make postures more accessible, playlists that are an eclectic mix.
Megan works to help students personalize their practices by modifying poses and mindfully progressing to deeper and more challenging poses when they’re ready. Rooted in alignment principles, she wants to help students develop wise, knowledgeable, instinctual practices and find balance, harmony, and peace on and off the mat.
Pulsation Yoga- Arlington Heights 17 E. Miner Street, Arlington Heights, IL, 60004 , USA |
Ashley is a FANTASTIC yoga teacher !! Great instruction and amazing work out woven into the poses. If you haven’t tried her class do it now!