Jai Ram Om

Jai Ram Om is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) with Yoga Alliance.

His certifications include:

Integral Yoga, 500 Hours
Dharma Mittra Yoga, 800 Hours. 
Viniyoga Teacher, 500 Hours
Srivasta Ramaswami School of Yoga, LMU, 200 Hours
Srivasta Ramaswami School of Yoga, LMU, 50 Hours, study of the Bhagavad Gita.

Other courses taken with Ramaswami at the Chicago Yoga Center include: Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Katha Upanishad, Yoga Yajnavalkya, Yoga Rahasya (Included in 200 hour training above: Yoga Makaranda, Yoga Sutras, and Yoga for the Internal Organs).
In August 2022, Jai Ram was certified as a 500 hour Viniyoga Teacher. He is currently a Viniyoga Therapist-in-Training.  Jai Ram Om is a disciple of Sri Dharma Mittra and a student of Baba Ram Dass. His Guru is Maharajji Neem Karoli Baba. He received the last name Om from Sri Dharma Mittra and  the name Jai Ram from Sri Siddhi Ma in India in 2007.

Jai Ram’s legal name is Joseph Francis Hartel. He has an M.A. in Philosophy (Marquette University) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy (Gregorian University, Rome, Italy). He taught philosophy for almost 35 years, first at Xavier University (New Orleans) and Loyola University (New Orleans). He then moved to Iowa and taught philosophy at Divine Word College for 28 years.  He retired from teaching philosophy at Divine Word College in 2019.

Jai Ram teaches yoga at the Dubuque Community YMCA, IN Dubuque,Iowa.  Besides teaching yoga, he practices Philosophical Counseling and Logic-Based Therapy at Body and Soul Wellness Center in Dubuque, Iowa.

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