Kristin Sassi

Upon the shelter in place in March 2020, Kristin opened her own virtual studio, Sassi Pants Yoga, to offer students yoga online on the Zoom platform. She currently teaches both live in-studio classes and virtual classes in the following formats: Vinyasa, Restorative, Yin and Yoga Nidra meditation. She is a graduate of the 200 hour teacher certification program at Yoga by Degrees in the Western Suburbs of Chicago. She started practicing yoga in 2001, at a time when everything in her life needed to change. Seeking ways to overcome a health crisis, yoga became a key part of her physical, emotional and spiritual recovery. As her health recovered, she became a holistic health advocate, counselor, and C.T. in Lincoln Park for 12 years. She brings compassion into her yoga teaching for those still suffering from unhealthy lifestyle choices, yet have a willingness to use yoga as one of the ways to change it. The meditative side of yoga helps her to stay calm while raising two high-spirited boys with her husband, who also is a supportive and avid yogi, or “bro-gi.” Music has been another channel of creativity for Kristin; she spent years in the Chicago indie music scene as a singer-songwriter. She brings this love of music to her classes and always looks for ways where music can be a part of the inspiration and growth that students take with them when they roll up their mats and leave the class.