our teachers

Lori Lichtman-Sander’s training includes “Yoga for the Special Child", Therapeutic Yoga, and a personal practice of over 15 years.  Lori currently apprentices for Gabriel Halpern at the Yoga Circle in Chicago.  She spends most of her time teaching children of all abilities and varying therapeutic needs. After spending years of focusing on the physical intensity of the poses, her personal practice has evolved into greater awareness and appreciation of slowing down and working with basic poses in an extremely mindful way.

Trish Nealon received her certification at the Temple of Kriya Yoga at the 200-hour level as recognized by the Yoga Alliance. She has studied Iyengar yoga with Patrina Dobish for three years, and continues, committed to the never-ending journey.  She has also been able to focus on therapeutic concerns with Gabriel Halpern at the Yoga Circle in Chicago as an apprentice. Trish feels blessed by the gifts of yoga and meditation through her 10-year practice and is committed to seeing the individual grow, supported by the natural development of his or her own innate awareness of body, mind, and connection to the divine.