Kundalini Yoga and Meditation is an ancient technology perfect for modern times. The purpose of the Kundalini Yoga Chicago Meetup Group is to gather regularly to experience meditations, yoga and the gong (as taught by Yogi Bhajan). Anyone interested in personal growth and development is invited to join.

Drawing from multiple faith traditions, yoga has evolved across the ages as a means of tuning the body for prayer and meditation. Join us as we explore the multiple spiritual and physical benefits of yoga practice while explicitly integrating prayers and spiritual themes of our Catholic faith. Typical sessions include an opening prayer, inspired movement & strengthening, and contemplative prayer to close. The program focuses on various themes to coincide with the liturgical calendar and progress …

Let's build a community of belonging, peace, natural healing, and awareness through yoga practice in Ravenswood! Join us at local Ravenswood and North Chicago locations to practice yoga. Build awareness, strength, vitality, and love for your Spirit and body. Come to classes lead by Candice Wu, a local yoga teacher, graduate student of clinical psychology, and former art teacher. Candice’s yoga classes are compassionately sequenced to connect and integrate your whole body so that poses become eff …

Dedicated to a harmonious yoga lifestyle, this group is for you if you love to chant, sing, play music, or dance! If you want a way to meditate using sound and silence, movement and stillness, community and self-reflection. If you want to deepen your yoga experience, spiritual connectedness, or mental clarity. We participate in kirtan and chanting events around Chicagoland with fierce joy, peace, and love in our hearts. Namaste.

Take advantage of Chicago's natural surroundings! Do yoga on the lake and in the surrounding parks, Lincoln and Grant Park!

Energy yoga is simple exercises that increase flexibility, strength, circulation, balance, and alignment. Also promotes stress-relief, deeper breathing and relaxation. All levels welcome, no experience necessary. Energize!

I just started teaching yoga at Lake View Lutheran Church (east of Wrigley Field), and I really want to get the word out to people who might be intimidated to go to a studio (that definitely used to be me), don't want to pay studio prices, and/or want to be part of a welcoming community made up of yogis who want to feel better physically, mentally, and spiritually. Slow Flow Hatha Yoga is on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:45 pm at Lake View Lutheran Church (835 W. Addison, between Sheffied and H …

… The focus of this weekly group is the use of Kundalini Yoga, Yantra Yoga, sound, light, breath, forgiveness, and advanced yogic to practices to liberate our flow of energy so that we can flow once again with life. Change is the way of the universe, and we must stay flexible and ,as the Egyptians said, the results of our work must leave us with hearts as light as a feather. The greatest weight we carry in life actually has no measurable weight at all. This group is not a talk therapy group but on …

… -Rubee www.blackriversacredadventures.com (312) 725-YOGA (9642)

Meditation, Yoga, Community, Healing, Fun

Isha Yoga derives from the heart of the yogic science from India. When practiced, it brings well-being and a deeper awareness of who you really are. People who have been practicing this have benefited from maintaining their health and as a result managing their life situation better than ever before. This meetup exists to provide a forum to learn more about Isha Yoga by meeting with people who practice it and with the teachers who will periodically be offering programs in the Chicago area.

  Breathe Meditate Live Chicago! Breathe Meditate Live, Chicago offers free 1 hr session to combat stress arising in everyday life.  The session aims at bringing a smile to every face. By emphasizing the power of breath in creating a stable mind, body and spirit; the free session (as part of the meet up) is open to people of all ages, faiths, ethnicities and background who wish to inculcate a healthy lifestyle and be more productive. Inspired by the self awareness workshops and service projects …

Whether you are an experienced or novice meditator, join this group for meditation and conversation about how to keep the spirit strong. We explore the inner landscape of silence and share our insights on what helps to give our lives a spiritual focus. We also sponsor talks on methods and tools to enhance your meditation experience. Enjoy group meditation with a blend of spoken commentaries, instrumental music and silence. Open to people of all faiths and cultures.

… We will also utilize gentle yoga movements to help relax the body. This group is for anyone and everyone who is committed to the development of their body, mind and spirit and to the healing of other people in their lives. We are putting Chi into Chicago! I hope you will enjoy this group and join us!  PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR MESSAGE BOARD (UNDER "DISCUSSIONS") FOR WEEKLY  THEMES & THOUGHTS.    PLUS, FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN THOUGHTS/SHARING.

… The principal literature of discussion is the canon of Samael Aun Weor, a modern author and expositor on esoteric topics such as Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Alchemy and Tantra, Yoga, the Initiatic Tarot, Astrology, Dreams, Awakening, Consciousness, Meditation, Kundalini and more. Gnosis is a revolutionary mystical science aimed at the complete development of the human being. Gnosis is about acquiring direct experience of fundamental mystical truths, to know the mysteries of life and death for oneself, …

… I have always been into the idea of "Consciousness", which to me was the gateway logically/philosophically to an expanded metaphysics which led me into mysticism, psychedelic/entheogenic shamanism, all kinds of spirituality including Buddhism Hinduism Sufism Kabbalah Yoga Meditation etc, and ultimately back to my own faith which is the monotheistic lifestyle of Judaism!  Now I am committed to becoming a "mystical metaphysician" of some kind, helping give people the tools to actually slowly widen …