Chicago Hot Yoga

Thank you for everything you have done to support our yoga school! We are celebrating one year at 4937 N Damen next weekend.
 
Please come celebrate with us
Sunday, May 3, 2-4pm
2pm - Meditation and Intention setting
3pm - Live music
Pot luck anytime between 2-4pm
 
In a city known for constant reinvention, our neighborhood yoga school has quietly embodied the very resilience it teaches.

Founded in 2008, our yoga school opened its doors on Clark Street in Andersonville with a clear and unwavering purpose: to help people experience the life-changing benefits of a consistent yoga practice. From the beginning, our mission was not trend-driven, but rooted in discipline, accessibility, and care—offering classes that were both deeply therapeutic and uncompromising in quality.

In those early years, students arrived seeking many things—relief from chronic pain, a way to manage stress, or simply a new form of movement. What they found was something more enduring: a structured, high-quality practice that emphasized healing from the inside out. The school built its reputation not on novelty, but on consistency—holding space day after day for students to return, rebuild, and reconnect with themselves and eventually, with each other.  In 2024, we opened our light-filled permanent location, here, just across from Winnemac Park. 

In recent years, the school has also expanded its offerings, introducing teacher trainings, yoga retreats, and continuing education opportunities—extending its impact beyond the studio walls and into a wider community of dedicated practitioners.

Nearly two decades after its founding, the school remains in continuous operation—a rarity in an industry often defined by change. Its story is not one of rapid expansion or reinvention, but of quiet persistence.

In an era that often favors the new, this yoga school stands as a reminder that longevity itself can be a form of success—built breath by breath, class by class, and year by year—and sustained by a simple, enduring belief: that when something truly works, it is worth returning to again and again. And so we continue to thrive.

Please come celebrate with us!

Dear students and friends,
It’s hard to believe, but we are coming up on one full year in our new space, and 18 as a yoga school.
Thank you for being part of our highest hopes and dreams. Our wish is always to be of service to the communities we participate in and help people feel better, one person at a time. When you feel better, you will be able to think with more clarity, feel with more openness and be at one with yourself and others in ease.
This past year has been filled with so much: practice, growth, connection, and quiet moments that have shaped what this space has become. Each of you has been a part of that, simply by showing up.
We would love to gather together to mark this moment.
Sunday, May 3, 2026
2:00–4:00 PM
Join us for a simple afternoon in community:
Meditation — time to arrive and settle together
Food — shared and enjoyed as a community.
Reflections — honoring this past year
Intentions — looking ahead to what’s to come
This won’t be anything formal—just a chance to be together in our space, to connect, and to acknowledge all that’s been built here over the past year.
You’re warmly invited. Feel free to bring something small to share if you’d like, but most importantly, just bring yourself.
With gratitude,
Cat (she/her/hers)

Thank you to our friends from for coming to visit and teach last weekend. We have been friends with Ayanna and Glenn for many years and love learning what they had to share about the yoga, tai chi and qigong!

We are grateful to build community with others who do what we do 🙏💙

Yoga is even better with a buddy — and April is the perfect time to bring one.
All month long, you can invite a friend to join you for one full week of FREE yoga at the school.

Here’s how it works:

• Your buddy creates a free account in Momence
• You bring them with you to class (If you cannot be there, just send us an email to let us know!)
• A teacher activates their FREE week of yoga
That’s it.

Sometimes the hardest part of starting yoga is simply walking through the door the first time. Having a friend there makes everything easier — and more fun!

Congratulations to our newest teachers!! They are wonderful and have put in an incredible amount of work over the last 5 months to train. They are lovely people, full of humor and lightness. We are so happy to have them!! 🎓