Come join us this Sunday at 9:30am for yoga by the fountain
$5 donation to help support Hope for Haiti
Caryn Gallagher
As an avid fitness/feel good enthusiast my entire life my
group teaching first started with boot camp, sculpt and spin while my love for
running in the early 90’s post-college kept me on the yoga mat to stay
limber. It is yoga that became my
pillar of strength over the past 25 years since my curiosity brought me into a
class as an undergrad at the University of Michigan. I found calm in the midst of college academic
and social pressures. I will forever be
grateful for that experience. In 1989,
when I first moved to Chicago yoga offerings were slim. I discovered alignment-based Iyengar yoga at
Yoga Circle and shortly thereafter ashtanga, vinyasa and bikram at Lakeshore
Athletic Club. I was a racer and
marathoner so yoga balanced me. The cool
thing about yoga is you never know what it is preparing you for. I became certified in “Reebok Flexible
Strength” in 1996 – a gym-friendly approach to yoga - and in 2001 completed
Moksha Yoga’s 200-hour certification under the guidance of Daren Friesen. While at Moksha Yoga in Chicago, I had the
good fortune to study with many yoga greats who visited us in Chicago including
but not limited to Sean Corne, Shiva Rea, Gary Krafstow, Ana Forest, Rod
Stryker, Andrey Lappa, Baron Baptiste, Bryan Kest, Jonny Kest and Donna
Farhi. My yoga practice literally
carried me through three pregnancies from 2001-2006. Fast forward to today, our three children
enjoy playing yoga.
In addition to residing in the city of Chicago for 16 years,
my family and I also lived in Franklin, MI and most recently in Park Ridge,
IL. We have embraced our relocation to
Naples which feels like home due to the friendliness of people we meet and its’
sheer beauty. It is with great
enthusiasm that I plant the seeds of yoga, cultivating love and passion with
students young and old and ever ability.
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