Pulsation Yoga - Lake Zurich

 

Alison began practicing yoga about four years ago. Recently receiving her 200 RYT in 2017 she is thrilled to be joining the Pulsation Yoga community and teaching the wonderful group of people that practice there.

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 added yoga to her fitness routine in 2003 quickly finding relief from minor lower back pain and loving the new athletic challenge yoga brought to her life. After practicing over 11 years she completed her 200 hour RYT with Pulsation Yoga in 2015. She prefers an alignment based yoga, feeling it keeps your mind present and connected to your body throughout practice.

 

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.

Kat turned to yoga in 2009 as a way to connect with community and move her body. She soon realized that there was so much more to learn than the physical asana practice and has been a devoted student ever since.

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.

 

In addition to practicing and teaching at Pulsation Yoga, Kat regularly attends workshops and classes to expand upon her training and she continues to study the theory and practice of yoga developed by B.K.S. Iyengar. She focuses her teaching on finding the right combination of flow, alignment, balance, and meditation.
She strives to create a welcoming, dynamic, and fun atmosphere in her classes

Linda comes from a dance background and grew up studying at her mother's dance studio in Grand Haven, Michigan. After moving to Chicago she became a member of the Joel Hall Dancers, a professional jazz dance company.

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.

A teacher since 2008, Megan has 200 hour RYT certifications in Forrest and Anusara Yoga and is wrapping up a 500 RYT Iyengar Influenced Advanced Teacher Training, and is is certified in Levels 1 & 2 Yoga for Golfers.

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.

Nadiya has been a student for many years and continues to learn. She started out in the Astanga style. Nadiya completed her 200 Hour Anusara Teacher Training in 2003. Nadiya frequently incorporates breathing techniques to enhance the class. She has been teaching for Pulsation Yoga since we opened our doors in Arlington Heights.

Sandy Smith is an Anusara Inspired RYT 500 teacher.  She primarily teaches Basics, Level 1 and Private classes for the studio, as well as managing workshops and the front desk staff. A graduate of Kathy's training program, Sandy has been assisting those new to yoga to build a regular yoga practice by focusing on the foundations of poses and alignment. As a Wellness and Weight Loss Coach, many of Sandy's clients have discovered the benefits of yoga for the development of strength, breath/body connection, and appreciation of their bodies regardless of where they are on their journey