Chi-Town Shakti: Yoga + Meditation in Chicago

01/08/2026

Pajama Restorative Yoga with Kirstin Safakas
Saturday, February 28th
7 to 9 pm
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Back by popular demand!
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Cozy up in your comfiest pair of pajamas for 2 luxurious hours of restorative yoga in the soft glow of candlelight. Your softest blankets, favorite pillows and stuffies are also welcome. Kirstin will gently guide you through a series of restorative yoga asana - shapes held for 5 minutes or more, while luxuriously supported by props such as bolsters, blocks, blankets etc. Surrender, release, and renew. Enjoy an extended savasana before floating home and melting right into bed!
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Tiered Pricing Available

01/02/2026

*Valentine* Sound Magic Immersion
with Special Guests, John + Jitka Yost
Friday, February 13th
7 to 8:30 pm
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Early Bird Discount through January 16th 🎉
Celebrate friendship, partnership, connection with others or Self this Valentine’s Day. Treat a partner, friend and YOU to a luxurious and magical immersion.
Allow yourself to decompress and experience a unique inward journey for your body, mind and spirit. Physical sound vibrations entrain the brain to move from beta to alpha-theta waves, bringing about a deep, meditative state. Jitka and John will weave a tapestry of magical sounds using gongs, crystal bowls, singing bowls, chimes and other instruments.
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Join us on Friday, February 13th from 7 to 830 pm at Chi-Town Shakti Yoga + Meditation for a deeply relaxing 90-min Sound Magic Immersion with John and Jitka Yost. Bolsters, blankets, and cushions will be provided for your comfort. However, you are more than welcome to bring your own cozy comforts with you (pjs, soft blankets, eye masks, etc!). This Event is in-person in studio. Space is limited, so sign up soon!
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01/02/2026

Happy New Year! 💙
It was lovely to spend the afternoon with so many of you for our annual Medicine Buddha Mantra Soak. We wish you a peaceful and intentional New Year, rich with Compassion, Love and Joy. 🩷
We know the New Year sparks excitement for all the changes you wish to make and the habits you wish to cultivate, but be EASY on yourself. Extremes encourage opposite extremes. If you wish to practice yoga more? Maybe you commit to one or two classes per week rather than vowing to attend all 7 days. Maybe this is an unexpected message from a business who survives on people attending classes and programming, but truly we wish to support your longevity, your tenacity, and your ongoing wellbeing. Commitment in smaller doses at first will help you flourish over time. We wish to support you in maintaining a lifelong practice of cultivating overall joy and peace - in body, mind and soul. And if you would like to share your intentions with us (for the New Year or whenever the time feels right), we are happy to cheer you on. 🎉
See you soon, Beautiful Community!
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12/29/2025

Ignite your wish to grow and join our Intro to Yoga series in 2026!
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February Intro to Yoga 3-week Series
with Fran Lonergan
3 consecutive Saturdays: February 7th, 14th and 21st
2 pm to 330 pm
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Starting a yoga practice may feel intimidating with the strange names of the postures, coordinating breath and movement, and feeling like others know more than you...but here at Chi-Town Shakti, we welcome newbies (and those who wish to refine their practice) to the practice with our In-Person, In-Studio Introduction to Yoga Series!
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Join us for 3 consecutive weeks to learn how yoga is about MUCH more than just stretching! In this workshop-style class, we will explain the physical postures to help you understand your own alignment, work with understanding and experiencing how the breath moves in the body, and begin to touch on some simple meditation techniques to help calm the thought waves of the mind.
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As students, you are encouraged to ask questions, take notes and/or experiment with different variations of a posture to help support and nourish your practice! We believe yoga is for everyone. Each person’s expression and experience of each yoga posture is unique and we celebrate this diversity. Yoga is truly about connecting within, embodying breath and movement and feeling into one’s own unique expression through practice.
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Beginners are welcome to join as well as those looking for a refresher or a workshop-style class where alignment and basic yogic concepts are discussed in more detail. We hope you will leave this class feeling confident and ready to attend a group yoga class while also beginning to explore and experience how yoga uniquely supports YOU.
Series includes access to all in-person Yoga Basics classes between week 1 and 3! That’s 3 1.5 hour sessions plus 6 classes, all for $80!
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12/25/2025

Happy Happy Holidays to our beautiful community! We are SO grateful for you and immensely value the friendships and connections we have enjoyed with you through the years - new friends and old. We wish you a FABULOUS holiday and Happy New Year!
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12/22/2025

Still shopping? No problem! Give the gift of yoga - easily purchased for a loved one, with just a few clicks!
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The gift of yoga is one of promoting self-care, enhanced stress management, increased calm and peace. Yoga Gift Cards through Chi-Town Shakti can be used toward yoga and meditation classes (both online and in-person), workshops, private yoga sessions, teacher trainings and more!
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Whether for a birthday, holiday or special occasion, we appreciate you “shopping small” and supporting businesses like ours in the Edgewater/Rogers Park neighborhoods in Chicago. We cherish our yoga home and all of you who come in our doors or connect with us via the web!
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To purchase a gift card for a loved one, colleague or friend, visit our website under the “gift card” tab for instructions!
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12/22/2025

Happy Pancha Ganapati! 🐘💕🐘💕🐘💕🐘💕🐘💕- a yearly 5 day celebration of Ganesha, the deity best known as “remover of obstacles”, patron saint of the arts and the gatekeeper between the human and devic realms! On these five days, we provide offerings and chant to Ganesha with devotion, adorning him in brilliant colors and alighting candles and incense in his honor.
💕🐘Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha 🐘💕

12/06/2025

New Years Day Slow Flow (All Levels Welcome) with Sithara
Thursday, January 1st
10:30 to 11:45 am
(online or in-person)
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Join Sithara for a 75 min slow flow yoga class centered in Self compassion. Meet yourSelf with openness and grounding to start the upcoming New Year! Choose to join online or in-person.
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12/04/2025

In 3 DAYS!!! 💙

**Our later evening Sound Magic Immersion SOLD out so we are adding an earlier evening version. Sign up soon for our Early Bird Discount! December ...