AIDA JOHNSON-RAPP is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, which acknowledges the completion of a yoga teacher training with an approved and active Registered Yoga School (RYS).

Aida Johnson-Rapp is an industry veteran and has held senior-level positions at leading organizations, including Chicago’s East Bank Club, Equinox, WTS International, and Wellbridge (formerly CSI). She has been a professional dancer, soldier, cheerleader for the Chicago Bulls, Director of Student Recreation at Cal State University Northridge, adjunct faculty for Columbia College Chicago, and Event Committee Chair for the Mayor’s Fitness Council in Chicago. She continues to teach mind/body and group fitness classes and her personal mantra is “To Sweat is to Live.”  In the community, she is a volunteer Ambassador for Bunker Labs, an organization dedicated to supporting military veteran entrepreneurs. She served on the Chicago Chapter Board of Directors for the International Live Events Association (ILEA).

Credentials

Education

Master of Arts Management, Columbia College Chicago Graduate School, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science in Communications, Excelsior College, Albany, NY

Certifications

×        Power Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training

×        160-hour Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification

×        Power Pilates® Level 3 Certified Instructor – Full System

×        AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor

×        Schwinn® and Stages® Indoor Cycling Certified

×        Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant®

×        American Marriage Ministries Ordained Minister

×        Second City Training Center Chicago Graduate, Improv A-E

Affiliations

×       ×Bunker Labs CEO Circle Facilitator (volunteer)

×        The International Association of Professional Wedding Officiants Member

×        Yoga Alliance RYT

My mantra is “To Sweat is to Live.”