Spring Pilates, Yoga & Fitness at 3940 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

My review is for yoga classes at Spring 2, at 3940 N. Lincoln. I bought a deal for a 5-pack of yoga classes. I'm a runner, and view yoga as a good recovery/injury prevention workout. However, I have been schooled. Yoga is a kick-ass workout in it's own right. I'll admit, most of my prior yoga experience had been yoga classes at various gyms, and maybe a couple beginner classes elsewhere - so not really "serious" yoga. But Spring is definitely a place to practice yoga for yoga's sake, no matter your level.

I figured since I can run long distances like they're NBD, yoga would be a breeze. However, Jill's class on Monday evenings is awesome, and I actually break a sweat, which surprised me at first. For the first time, I got to see some serious legit yoga being practiced around me. Jill was incredibly encouraging of my obviously n00b status, and everything we did was applicable for any level - she would offer up different moves depending on how long you've been practicing. Seeing other students in the class doing crow pose, headstands and even attempting scorpion pose certainly humbled me and also encourged me to perhaps consider practicing yoga for yoga's sake (something I was never inspired to consdier after all those gym yoga classes). I definitely want to keep going to classes at Spring at the "normal" prices.