Affinity Institute provides classes for individuals, businesses and organizations in the Greater Chicago area. We specalize in working with schools and non-profit organizations. Class offerings include American Heart Association CPR, AED, and First Aid and Wilderness First Aid. Wellness, Holistic Life Transformation, Reiki, EFT, Free-form Tai-Chi, and "Ki-Do" Self-Protection classes are also offered on a regular basis.
Our classes can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the organizations we work with. In addition to group training, classes for individuals are held several times weekly at our Evanston Training Facility.
Pre- and Post- Emergency services, Responder Readiness Workshops, Compassion Fatigue workshops, and Verbal First Aid seminars are also available to help people manage all of the aspects associated with responding to an emergency.
We invite you to call or visit our office with any questions.
About the Directors:
John Martin serves as our Safety and Lead Instructor. He is certified as an instructor for the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, The National Safety Council, and The American Health and Safety Institute.
John brings 20+ years of experience in the helping/teaching profession, as well as, emergency psychiatry. John holds a Master's Degree in Clinical/Developmental Psychology, a Doctoral Degree in Ministerial Counseling, is a member of the International Association of Coaching and a Practitioner Member of the American Holistic Health Association.
John is also an experienced Martial Arts Practitioner and Teacher. He developed and facilitates our Pre- & Post-Emergecy Emergency Response Workshops and teaches a number of our holistic classes including the Holistic Self-Protection workshop.
Yoshie Okubo acts as the primary liaison between the CPR & First Aid Program (Compa Obayashi) in Japan and Affinity Institute in Evanston, Illinois. She is a well respected business woman in Toyonaka city and brings to the Program an extensive background in both the fields of business and health and wellness. She is a Japanese citizen, and both bilingual (English and Japanese) and bicultural (having lived in the US for a total of 15 years).
Ms. Okubo was employed as an RN in Osaka city, Japan for nearly ten years as a young adult. During this time, she frequently accepted assignments for the US government as a translator for military personnel stationed in Japan.
In 1990, she founded S.S. Tiffany, a school and clinic training Estheticians.
AFFINITY INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE LIVING
AED & CPR Training and Consulting
AFFINITY INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE LIVING
Phone: (847)733-0374 Fax: (312) 253-4399
