Meditation & Feldenkrais Class Instructors

Jeffrey
Lifesurfing Instructor - Meditation

Jeffrey has over 25 years experience in self-awareness and meditation techniques. Internationally educated, Jeffrey has come in contact with different spiritual masters throughout his lifetime.
As a successful garden designer, his work has been exhibited in France and Germany. For 15 years, Jeffrey lived and studied in the "Universal and Multiversal Academy" in Freiburg, Germany. For the past ten years, he has mainly lived in Chicago. Besides offering awareness- & meditation classes as well as life coaching, he has become a successful businessman selling portable massage tables worldwide.
He was a co-creator of the I.M.U. in October 2005. Facilitates events and classes labeled with "Lifesurfing-Instructor"

Amona
Lifesurfing Instructor - Meditation & Feldenkrais

Through her own inner journey Amona has become interested in practicing the Feldenkrais Method® and meditation, with the intent on developing more self-awareness and understanding. She has a passion for inquiring into the mysteries of one's own being and into life's dynamic unpredictable unfolding.
She is a certified Feldenkrais® Instructor, having completed the four-year Educational Training in Rome, Italy. She has lead Feldenkrais and Meditation classes since 15 years. Besides having worked as a carpenter for many years, and being co-owner of Bestmassage.com, Amona feels that the constant commitment in self-observation has become the key factor in understanding herself and others more deeply and thereby improving her life quality. Wanting to share this experience with others, she was part of creating the I.M.U. in 2005, and facilitates events and classes labeled with "Lifesurfing-Instructor".

Peter Norman - Guest Instructor
Tai Chi, Chi Gong & Standing Meditation

Peter has been teaching Tai Chi and qigong classes in Chicago and Evanston for over 10 years. He is a member of IMAAHE (Internal Martial Arts Association for Health and Enlightenment).

He was initially attracted to the slow, meditative movements of Tai Chi and Qigong as a way to balance the stresses of everyday life.  As his practice has deepened, he has grown to appreciate the transformative power of these ancient arts to heal, both physically and spiritually, and to naturally develop a reservoir of internal energy.

Peter has studied Tai Chi and Qigong with the Grandmaster Sam Tam, Daoist Qigong with Eva Wong, and Tai Chi and Qigong at the Tai Chi Foundation. At the Inner Metamorphosis University, he teaches Yang Style short form Tai Chi, Chinese Soaring Crane Qigong and Standing Meditation taught to him by Grandmaster Sam Tam.

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Ceci Morales - Guest Instructor
Core Vinyasa Yoga

Yoga instructor at the I.M.U., Ceci Morales was born in Monterrey Mexico and started on a conscious path earlier than most. An important spiritual crisis at age 11 prompted her to begin exploring different schools of thought searching for the “right” answers. She read books by thinkers such as Richard Bach and Carlos Castaneda eventually making her way to the mountains of Mexico, where she participated in Toltec workshops based on the writings of Carlos Castaneda and Victor Sanchez. 
Years later, in an attempt to cure chronic insomnia after moving to Chicago from Mexico, Ceci took her first yoga class. Having tried several other strategies in vain, she found sweet, long-term relief from yoga. Yoga also introduced her to a range of benefits and clarity that no other discipline had been able to deliver.
Today Ceci uses Ana Forrest’s method as a foundation of healthy alignment principles for modern-day, Western bodies.  Ceci is a Rogers park resident and is enjoying her new motherhood with her son Matthias and husband Marc.

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Cynthia Nirel Chico - Guest Instructor
Raw Food Preparing

Cynthia Nirel Chico is a raw gourmet chef and graduate from Living Light Culinary Institute.  She has been a raw food enthusiast since 1999, after years of searching for improved health and vitality. In 2009 she began Unforgettable Chocolate to share her love for chocolate vegan raw treats that are organic, healthy, and delicious.  Her products are foods that are prepared in its natural, or “raw” form. The three main raw food groups are fresh fruits, vegetables and natural fats, such as avocados, nuts, and seeds. She knows first-hand what delicious healthy food does to the mind, body, and spirit. For this reason it is essential that the ingredients in her products come from local farmers who are certified organic or apply organic farming methods. “I want my food to be transforming and follow the wisdom of “let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.” It is within this context that her food lives up to her company’s motto “a taste of the divine”.

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Leon Haris - Guest Instructor
Memory & Intelligence Training

Retired teacher (80 years of age), Coach, Entrepreneur, Writer of Self Expression, Leadership challenges and games.

Current Activity:
Develop brain fitness challenges and games, Retrains/improves his own hearing capacity, Learning and teaching – a Life Passion

For his classes: Memory & Smartness Training, click here