​​​Yoga for Strength, Stability & Ease

At Envision Pelvic Health & Wellness, Chicago IL

This 5-week series invites you to explore yoga as a pathway to greater stability, freedom of movement, and a grounded sense of presence—both on and off the mat. Each class offers a mindful blend of movement, breathwork, rest, and meditation, welcoming all levels and bodies. With a focus on healthy alignment and functional movement, we’ll explore how to cultivate strength without tension, flexibility without instability, and a deeper sense of balance in both body and mind. This is an open invitation to anyone looking to begin or deepen their yoga practice in a mindful and accessible way.

 

Wednesdays, 6:30–7:30 PM | 5-week series 8/27-9/24

Investment: $150

Sign up: send email to jessicastec@ymail.com

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The power of posture: Unlocking stability and freedom in your low back and hips

At Bloom Yoga Studio, Chicago IL

Thu Date: Sep 18 2025 - Oct 02 2025 From: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

A 3-part yoga class series to release stiffness, ease pain and gain greater understanding of your lower back, hips and their connection.

Join Jessica Gonsiorowski for a transformative three- part class series designed to help you explore the relationship between your posture, movement patterns, and the health of your lower back and hips. Through posture exploration, yoga poses, basic anatomy, and mindful awareness, you will gain insight into how stiffness, weakness, or even pain in this area might be influenced by the way you carry yourself.

Although yoga is a great support in keeping your body healthy, it is not uncommon to take these imbalances into your yoga practice and therefore perpetuate some of these imbalances.

Low back pain is omnipresent in modern life and one of the main reasons students turn to yoga. It’s estimated that up to 80% of people will experience back pain at some point. Causes vary—from structural issues and spinal injuries to poor posture habits and muscular imbalances like weakness or tightness.

Hip health plays a key role in preventing and relieving low back pain. The hips and lower back are closely connected, and dysfunction in one often affects the other. Prolonged sitting and repetitive movements can lead to tight hip flexors and weak glutes, placing extra strain on the lumbar spine and altering posture.

 

Throughout these three 90-minutes classes you will learn:

• Basic anatomy of the lumbar spine and pelvis

• Posture and alignment exploration

• Stretching and strengthening key muscles for better support and mobility

• Breath practices

• Stress reduction practices

• Utilizing props to adapt the practice in a personalized way

 

Expand your yoga practice or come and start your yoga journey in these intelligently developed and empowering classes and move towards more functional alignment and movement in your daily life on and off the mat.

 

This class series is for you if:

• You are experiencing stiffness or pain in the lower back and hips

• You have reduced mobility in your hips

• You have gait dysfunction

• You have SI joint pain

• You Experience Stress and anxiety

• You want to improve your posture and movement patterns • You want to deepen your yoga practice

 

By the end of this series, you’ll walk away with a deeper connection to your body and practical tools to feel better and move more freely.

 

Cost: $105, $95 if you register 7 days in advance, $75 for Bloom members

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Plus Size Yoga

At Bloom Yoga Studio, Chicago IL

Thu Date: Oct 16 2025 - Nov 20 2025 From: 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM

Plus Size Yoga, A 6-Week Series

Thursdays, 6:15-7:30pm

Practice yoga in a supportive environment and enjoy classes especially designed for plus size students. All classes in this 6-week series will incorporate movement, breath, and meditation to help you connect with yourself and your body.

 

This workshop will continue to teach you how to build strength and mobility using props and variations to find functional alignment in yoga poses, and explore rest & relaxation, and gain more resilience for your everyday life and explore yoga practice in a consistent community.

 

No yoga experience required. This workshop series is open to all!

Cost:$150 for the 6 week series. Save $10 if you register 7 days in advance. One make-up class is available if you miss a class in the series. 

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The connected Body, Applied Anatomy for Yoga Teachers

At Bloom Yoga Studio, Chicago IL

Friday 10/10 from 6 - 9pmSaturday 10/11 from 11am - 5:30pmSunday 10/12 from 9am - 1:30pm

Exploring Anatomy along the myofascial lines for a more holistic embodied experience.

This 17-hour continuing education intensive is designed for 200-hour certified yoga teachers who want to feel more confident in teaching movement from an anatomical and biomechanical standpoint. Instead of focusing on individual muscles in isolation, in this course we’ll explore how the body moves as a connected system.

Using the framework of myofascial lines (inspired by Tom Myers and other movement pioneers), this training offers a practical and embodied approach to anatomy—helping you better understand what’s happening in your students’ bodies during yoga asana and how to support them more skillfully, as well as craft sequences that support resilience, balance, and stability in your students.

 

This intensive is for Teachers who want their anatomy to feel useful, embodied, and directly applicable to teaching. You’ll learn how to:

 

• Understand the body through whole-system, fascia-informed anatomy (not just isolated muscles)

• Teach from a place of clarity and connection, enhancing your student’s experience

• Deepen your knowledge in applied anatomy

• Read and support diverse bodies in motion with greater insight

• Build more sophisticated, balanced sequences grounded in anatomical and functional principles

• Keep your students safer and more empowered on the mat

 

Details:

• Open to 200-hour certified yoga teachers

• Eligible for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education (17 CE hours)

• Movement-based and experiential—come ready to embody what you learn!

• Handout and supporting materials covering the learned content

 

Whether you want to refine your teaching or simply feel more confident in what you see and say, this is a powerful next step.

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Cost: 

$420

$395 if purchased 1 month in advanced 

$600 for both Therapeutic Fall Intensives 

20% discount for Bloom 200hr YTT Grads

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Therapeutic Applications of Yoga

At Bloom Yoga Studio, Chicago IL

Dates: Saturday 11/15 from 11am - 5:30pmSunday 11/16 from 9am - 1:30pm

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Foundational skills for seeing, understanding, and supporting students with greater depth and clarity

 

This 11-hour continuing education intensive is designed for 200-hour certified yoga teachers who want to begin exploring the therapeutic applications of yoga. Whether you’re curious about working one-on-one with students or simply want to deepen your ability to see and respond to the whole person in front of you, this training offers a thoughtful and practical introduction.

 

You’ll learn foundational tools for body reading, recognizing movement and postural imbalances, and understanding the deeper layers that influence how people show up in their practice—including breath patterns, emotional tone, and personality tendencies. You will also build skills to respond to students’ needs in group classes- offering meaningful modifications and support with confidence.

 

Grounded in myofascial anatomy and a holistic body-mind approach, this course helps you better understand your students—and yourself—while developing the tools to teach with more confidence, empathy, and impact.

 

You’ll learn how to:

 

• Understand the core principles of therapeutic yoga and how it differs from general group instruction

• Begin body reading techniques to identify muscular and structural imbalances

• Observe and assess posture, breath, and movement

• Learn how to teach from “low load to high load”

• Introduction to recognizing emotional and character patterning that may be embodied

• Use knowledge of myofascial lines to guide your observations and plan supportive practices

• Learn about your own patterns and imbalances

• Learn the basics of how to create an individualized yoga plan based on student needs

 

This Workshop is for 200 hour certified yoga teachers that want to:

expand their teaching skills

learn more about adaptation of poses and prop usage

earn CE hours (11)

expand your personal practice and kinesthetic awareness

 

We recommend taking The Connected Body (applied anatomy intensive) prior to this workshop but its not necessary.

Cost:
$280
$255 if purchased 1 month in advanced
$600 for both Therapeutic Fall Intensives
20% discount for Bloom 200hr YTT Grads

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