Stephanie
Stephanie Yukui
A resident of Japan for much of her adult life, Stephanie Yukui started teaching in 2004. "There is a natural progression that starts with casually taking yoga, then going deeper by adding a home practice, and finally to wanting to share the joy and bliss of yoga with others." She has been taking classes, teacher trainings, and workshops since 2004. "I traveled to the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India three times for month-long sessions between 2012 to 2019." Prashant Iyengar and Rajlaxmi Nidmarti, among others at RIMYI, stand as inspiring models for her, as well as her teacher in Japan, Elena Kogure.
"Yoga is sure to change your life in a good way," Stephanie insists, but also realizes this is not necessarily obvious at the first class. During her initial year of practice, she found her neck pain disappeared and she discovered a wholesome, holistic philosophy that matched and informed her own. "Given time, practice and patience yoga's secrets will be revealed!" Stephanie is passionate about her classes being pragmatic, interesting and leading toward greater body and mind awareness and finds students that are curious, open-minded and fairly determined tend to more quickly realize the benefits. Outside of teaching and practicing, Stephanie is passionate about SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Family Association Japan, a national organization she started for bereaved families.
Email: stephanie@yhchicago.com