Cara Jepsen

Yogi Kali Om

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Escape winter and practice seven days of Dharma Yoga overlooking the beautiful Caribbean Sea at Cara-Kali's retreat and yoga vacation in Belize, February 9-16. Click here to learn more.

NEW! Special Sunday classes to help you deepen your practice - starting with Psychic Development on May 27. Details here.

Our next Maha Sadhana (Dharma Yoga intensive) is Saturday, June 9. More info here

Our next local retreat is November 3-4 at the beautiful Port for Prayer in Frankfort, IL. Sign up here.

The 10-11:30 Sunday Dharma Yoga class now meets at Sweet Pea's Studio, 3717 N. Ravenswood. Same time. New venue. Free parking. More info here

Check out Kali's May newsletter (and learn about tapas) here.

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Click here to read Cara's article about Dharma Mittra's recent retreat in Mexico (where she had the honor of assisting him).

Anxious? Depressed? Cara's Beat the Winter Blues with Yoga article can be found here.




Interested in developing a home yoga practice? Click the image to read Cara's cover story.

Cara is the first and only teacher in Chicago to have completed both of Sri Dharma Mittra's Life of a Yogi teacher training programs. Click on the image to read her Yoga Chicago article about this life-changing experience.

Cara studied directly with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois from 2000 to 2008. Click on the picture to read her Yoga Chicago tribute to Guruji, who passed in 2009


This photo was taken at the famous Balaji temple in South India. Click on the image to read about Cara's pilgrimage to this amazing place.


Cara was with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois the last time he taught - at the grand opening of his Florida shala in 2008. Click on the image to read her article.



Cara's essay about her yogic lifestyle aired on the Chicago Public Radio program "Eight Forty-Eight." Click here to hear.





The Dalai Lama made a rare appearance at Millennium Park in 2007. Cara's article about his speech can be found here.





In India, the word "namaste" is considered an informal greeting. So why do so many American yoga teachers say it at the end of class? What do they think they're saying? Click here to read Cara's article in Yoga Chicago.





Cara wrote about performance for DK's Real City guide to Chicago -- an insider's look at the best places to see live music, drama, poetry and performance art. Click on the image for more.

WRITER

Yoga Articles
Cara's first trip to India
A return to India
Feels Like the Third TIme
Another month in India
Cara's most recent trip to India
Essays
In which the Author receives a Hug from a Saint
A first-person account of 9/11
Dating the John Gray way
In which The Author attends a naked poetry slam... and lives to tell The Tale
From "Bathroom Frivolities" to "Gladiator," a semi-comprehensive guide to film's greatest pee scenes.

Yoga Teacher


Cara teaches all levels of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Dharma Mittra Yoga (a classical hatha style) and vinyasa flow. She is available for private and workplace lessons, and teaches regularly at Sweet Pea's Studio, YogaNow, and area health clubs. Click here for her schedule.