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Arboretum Yoga

Improve your health and well-being with yoga.

Content Detail

Yoga can help release stress and improve your health and well-being. Practice poses, breathing, and meditation while connecting to nature in the tranquil setting of The Morton Arboretum.

Please bring a yoga mat.

This program meets in person at the Arboretum.

Instructors: Anna Dusold, certified yoga instructor; Marla Mothershed, certified yoga instructor; Natalie Schilke, certified yoga instructor

Age: 16 and older

Course number: WELL005

Instructors

Anna Dusold, certified yoga instructor

Anna Lee was beyond enthusiastic at discovering her devotion to nature could be combined with her passion for yoga in completing her 200 hour certificate at Adventure Yoga Training in Arizona. It is Anna Lee’s greatest hope that each class will bring you an expansion of the mind, nourishment of the body, and an elevation of your soul.

Marla Mothershed, certified yoga instructor

Since 2018, Marla has been teaching yoga to all ages and abilities. She brings her love of nature into her class, incorporating moon phases, the miracle of plants, and simply receiving the gifts of breezes and sunshine. She teaches that yoga can nourish the spirit and mind as well as the body.

Natalie Schilke, certified yoga instructor

Natalie Schilke has been practicing yoga since 2010 and blends her love for nature and wellness into all of her teachings. She is a registered yoga teacher and also holds a certification in children’s yoga, aerial yoga, and horticultural therapy.

What to Know

This class takes place entirely indoors during the winter months.

This class requires a yoga mat.

Please bring water.

Program Schedule

This program meets during these times; choose your sessions. Pricing is per session.

November

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, November 20, 2025, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

December

Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, December 4, 2025, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, December 18, 2025, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

January

Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, January 15, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, January 22, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, January 29, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

February

Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, February 5, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, February 12, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Administration and Research Center (parking lot P-1), East Side
Natalie Schilke

Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, February 19, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Natalie Schilke

Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Cudahy Room, Administration and Research Center (parking lot P-1), East Side
Natalie Schilke

March

Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Cudahy, Administration and Research Center (parking lot P-1), East Side
Anna Dusold

Thursday, March 5, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Marla Mothershed

Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Anna Dusold

Thursday, March 12, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Marla Mothershed

Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Anna Dusold

Thursday, March 19, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Marla Mothershed

Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Cudahy, Administration and Research Center (parking lot P-1), East Side
Anna Dusold

Thursday, March 26, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Marla Mothershed

Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Anna Dusold

April

Thursday, April 2, 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Thornhill Education Center (parking lot P-21), West Side
Marla Mothershed

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