Jessica G

3946 N. Southport Ave., Chicago IL 60613 773.472.0930 - contact us

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Jessica is originally from New York City but has been living comfortably and at a more relaxed pace in Chicago for the last 10 years. She came to the Midwest to study art and dance at Beloit College, and discovered yoga shortly after graduating.

After moving to Chicago in 1999, Jessica found the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in Edgewater and so began her yoga journey. She completed her Teacher Training Certification in 2004 at the Sivananda Ashram in Val Morin, Canada. There Jessica met, trained, and befriended many amazing yogis from all over the world. This was a very humbling experience for her and she began to greater realize how yoga is a unifier.

She has since then been teaching yoga on the side for many years, taking classes and participating in workshops and trainings whenever possible. Her humble yoga beginnings are rooted in Sivananda, but she enjoys and incorporates various others styles of yoga in her practice and classes. She encourages her students to be open and free to discover their best self, and to be comfortable in their own skin. She has been teaching yoga to adults, children and families at The Old Town School of Folk Music for many years and has loved developing herself as a teacher in the diverse and richly creative venue. She is a kind and encouraging teacher, and enjoys bringing a light mood to her classes. Jessica follows a playful and creative spirit; one that she feels is nourished by spending time with children.

Yoga has been in the background of Jessica’s life for a long time, but she more recently has begun to put her yoga practice and teaching in the foreground. She has desired to be part of a yoga community where she could share her passion of yoga with a diverse group. She is very delighted to have joined Namaskar Yoga and looks forward to practicing and growing with her peers.

random questions

for jessica

first contact with yoga:

I took a small yoga class with a group of college students. I don't remember her name but our teacher was kind, compassionate and really was the person who inspired me to follow a yoga path. I wish I could find her and tell her what an impression she made on me.

private yoga class to anyone. who would you teach?

My twin sister. She is hearing impaired and is hesitant to take a class for fear of not being able to hear the instructor.

what inspires you to want to get out of bed in the morning?

My puppy. He ALWAYS lets me know when it is time to get up.

3 things you couldn't live without?

My boyfriend, my family, my friends. (and my closet)

3 million dollars, guaranteed success, what would you do?-

Travel the world. Then buy a house and teach/study yoga in a beachside community. I'd give some money to my sis too.

Breakfast Club or Pretty in Pink?

Breakfast Club. Both are classics, but the first is even more so. I could prob recite that movie from start to finish.

mountains or sea?

Sea. I'm a beach girl. Why I am living in Chicago is still a mystery.