Teachers

Yoga Horizons Teacher

Iyengar Yoga Practitioner since: 2000
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT): 2021

Allison Chaplick was immediately hooked by the teaching, practice, and philosophies of Iyengar Yoga from the moment she took her first class more than 20 years ago. She found the practice gave her strength, stamina, and poise both physically and mentally. Because of these benefits, Allison decided to become a teacher and share the practice with others.

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Yoga Horizons Affiliated Teacher

Iyengar Yoga Practitioner since: 1996
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT):

From a young age, Ann Socha has thought about her place in the universe and the meaning of life. In second grade she began exasperating her Catholic school teachers with her questions about religion. After moving to Crested Butte, Colorado in 1996, it was this interest in philosophy which led Ann to her first Iyengar yoga class with Gary Reitze.

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Yoga Horizons Teacher

Certifications include:
Yoga therapist C-IYAT
Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher RYT 500
Yoga of the Heart ® – Cardiac and Cancer Certified teacher and iRest® Level 1 Teacher.

Britta Eumann started practicing yoga almost 10 years ago when looking for a movement practice that she could fit into a busy traveling and work schedule. "I went to a Yoga 101 workshop at my gym and was immediately hooked." Through many trainings and workshops, she became a yoga therapist in order to offer a yoga practice that is truly accessible, especially to those that don't fit the flexible yoga student stereotype.

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Yoga Horizons Affiliated Teacher

Iyengar Yoga Practitioner since: 1998
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) since: 2004

Jennie Williford is a Level 3 CIYT currently living in LaCrosse, WI, where she teaches regularly for The Yoga Place and online for Riverstone Yoga Center in Kalispell, MT where she also used to live. She has a deep love for the Iyengar Yoga community of the Midwest and is grateful for the opportunity to teach for Yoga Horizons. Through her many moves and trips to India, Jennie has developed a well-rounded approach to Iyengar Yoga and emphasizes the understanding of yoga philosophy along with the physical subject of asana. She knows the study of yoga can be intense and transformative, but also knows that joy and fun are key elements of our practice as well.
(Photo by: Mandy Mohler, Field Guide Designs)

Yoga Horizons Affiliated Teacher

Iyengar Practitioner since: 1974
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) since: 1983

When at the tender age of 15 Kathleen Wright was given and read the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, she began her pursuit of Yoga. She is the founder and director of the Garden of Yoga (La Grange, IL), and cofounder of the former Yoga Circle and Wild Onion Yoga studios in Chicago. Together Kathleen and Patricia Layton founded the Bhavana Institute for Yoga and Ayurveda.

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Yoga Horizons Teacher

Iyengar Yoga Practitioner since: 2000
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) since: 2022

Marianne Joyce was drawn to Iyengar yoga after practicing a different kind of yoga and starting to get injured. "Out of necessity, I needed to find out how to prevent injuries. Iyengar yoga was the answer!" After being a dedicated practitioner for many years, she decided to pursue teaching certification to both learn more and to share the benefits that she's experienced with others.

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Yoga Horizons Teacher

Iyengar Yoga Practitioner since: 2000
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) since: 2006

Natasha Julius began studying Iyengar yoga as a way to cross-train for the year-round Chicago floor hockey season. She soon traded in her sticks and shin pads for bolsters and blocks, delighted to find a practice that kept her physically and mentally challenged while significantly reducing her risk of being struck by flying objects.

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Yoga Horizons Affiliated Teacher

Iyengar Practitioner since:
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) since:

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Yoga Horizons Teacher

Iyengar Yoga Practitioner since: 1999
Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher RYT 500

Rhonda Duffaut took her first Iyengar yoga class after ACL surgery repaired her knee but left her feeling imbalanced physically and emotionally. As an athlete, she was enthralled by how the practice enhanced her confidence in herself along with her physical abilities. She trained at the Iyengar Institute in San Francisco, and practiced in Pune and at Yoga Circle, after moving to Chicago. She is grateful to her teachers for passing on their knowledge and enthusiasm that she will be able to share at Yoga Horizons.

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Yoga Horizons Teacher

Iyengar Yoga Practitioner since: 2004
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) since: 2013

Twenty years ago when Stephanie Yukui stumbled into her first Iyengar class, she found that she was so stiff that she was unable to do most of the poses. “However, I was flexibility-curious so I persevered until I found myself craving the expansion of body and the quiet of mind that yoga brings.”

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David Carpenter was the owner of Yoga Circle (later Yoga Horizons) from 2018 until 2022. A dedicated student, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT), and contributor to and leader in the Iyengar Yoga community, we honor his memory. He passed away from pancreatic cancer in July 2022.