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| Hi, I'm new here and I have a question. I've been doing Anusara at an Anusara studio for about a year. I've never done any other kind of yoga. I'm moving in May to an area in the Northwest Chicago suburbs that doesn't have a nearby Anusara studio. What type of studio focuses on alignment the way that Anusara does?
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| Woo! Where in the burbs? I'm in Des Plaines! 
I go to Total Body Yoga in Vernon Hills (or Mundelein ~ some weird zip code/boundary thing going on there). They are based in Anusara, and it takes me about 40 minutes to get there on a morning with little traffic. With traffic, it's kinda ugly (about an hour), but I really like them so I do it.
Yoga Chicago is a local publication that has a great studio/teacher directory. There's more to pick from the closer you get to the city or the lake.
YogaChicago.com
Welcome to Chicago in May! Should be nice here by then. If you have any other questions about Yoga or other stuff, feel free to PM me. |
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| Iyengar is good for alignment. Actually most decent yoga teachers should tell you when you're doing something wrong, it's just that some styles are more focused than others. |
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| Kabu - 2006-02-22 1:51 PM
Woo! Where in the burbs? I'm in Des Plaines!
I go to Total Body Yoga in Vernon Hills (or Mundelein ~ some weird zip code/boundary thing going on there ). They are based in Anusara, and it takes me about 40 minutes to get there on a morning with little traffic. With traffic, it's kinda ugly (about an hour ), but I really like them so I do it.
Yoga Chicago is a local publication that has a great studio/teacher directory. There's more to pick from the closer you get to the city or the lake.
YogaChicago.com
Welcome to Chicago in May! Should be nice here by then. If you have any other questions about Yoga or other stuff, feel free to PM me.
I'll be over in Crystal Lake. How far is Vernon Hills? |
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| Iyengar is the "parent" school to Anusara  No loops and spirals, minimum hugging until you get to know everyone, but the alignment is the same. Good luck with your move |
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| Vernon Hills is a bit East of where you'll be but easily accessible. I'll look and see if I can find anything around Crystal Lake for you.
Thank you Green Jello and Tourist for mentioning Iyengar. I got so excited about the fact that she was moving to my area, I completely missed her second question. |
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| >Tourist - Iyengar is the "parent" school to Anusara No loops and spirals, minimum hugging until you get to know everyone, but the alignment is the same.
Some even call Anasura the "friendly" Iyengar. I have never seen a more 'beautiful' Yoga style of going into asanas. Anasura is actually slower going into poses with more dramatic alignment then Iyengar. Then both end up in the same place, but I swear, it's always like a ‘slow motion dance” getting there with the Anasura folks. With Anasura, I seem to be able to set up better in poses then with Iyengar.
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| Kalitrea in Crystal Lake
Yoga Werks in Barrington
Total Body Yoga in Vernon Hills
I have no experience with Kalitrea or Yoga Werks. I think Yoga Werks is Anusara, but I'm not positive. I've been thinking about trying them out (love their site too ~ they seem like a bunch of happy yogis ).
Maybe we'll see each other in a class one day!
Edited by Kabu 2006-02-22 10:02 PM
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| I think I'm going to try Kalitrea because it's so close to where I'm going to be living. I am not going to want to travel 20 minutes to get to yoga. I know me.
Thanks so much for your help. I REALLY appreciate it. |
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| Ooh, I found this too:
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| Someone should teach you to align your letters, Jambo. It's ANUSARA, not anasura.
Jambo - 2006-02-22 9:37 PM
>Tourist - Iyengar is the "parent" school to Anusara No loops and spirals, minimum hugging until you get to know everyone, but the alignment is the same.
Some even call Anasura the "friendly" Iyengar. I have never seen a more 'beautiful' Yoga style of going into asanas. Anasura is actually slower going into poses with more dramatic alignment then Iyengar. Then both end up in the same place, but I swear, it's always like a ‘slow motion dance” getting there with the Anasura folks. With Anasura, I seem to be able to set up better in poses then with Iyengar.
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| Keith - they had it spelled wrong as the thread heading for so long I was starting to spell it wrong, myself! I love typos, though. Great entertainment. People like me would love my posts  |
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| >Lori- they had it spelled wrong as the thread heading for so long I was starting to spell it wrong, myself! I love typos, though. Great entertainment. People like me would love my posts
Yes, the typos are pretty funny. Guess I missed the wrong spelling in the thread heading.
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Switching from Anusara
