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Instructor Bio - Jessica Aiken, R.Y.T.- Chicago, IL
Jessica Aiken is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), registered with The Yoga Alliance at the 200 hr level. She completed her 200 hour teacher training with Larry Schultz - founder/owner of It's Yoga (San Francisco, California). It's Yoga is a Ashtanga Vinyasa school dedicated to teaching the Ashtanga Yoga as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Jessica just recently spent 21/2 months in India studying yoga, sanskrit, yogic philosophy, classical Indian dance and Henna art. Her primary study durning this trip was 7 weeks in Mysore with studying Ashtanga at Pattabhi Jois's Ashtanga Yoga Research Center with her teacher Sharath Rangaswamy. She also attended the International Yoga and Ayurveda conference in Rishiskesh and spent 10 days studying Ashtanga with Rolf and Marci Naujokat in Goa, India. Jessica regularly attends many yoga workshops to strengthen both her practice and to nurture her teaching skills. Some of the workshops that have been the most inspirational to her have been with : Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty, David Swenson, Danny Paradise and Reema Datta, David Williams, and David Life and Sharon Gannon. In Jessica's yoga classes she emphasizes the breath as the primary tool for healing the body. All of our tools for healing are already withen us. Yoga if practiced regularly can heal, balance the body, calm the mind, and bring back a sense of lightness to our lives! Jessica's teaching style creates a warm and fun environment on the mat where you can uncover your fullest potential!

Contact Information - Smile Yoga - Chicago, IL
For all inquiries please contact Jessica Aiken

phone: 773.343.8177
email: jessica@smileyogachicago.com
web: www.smileyogachicago.com