Campus Life at The Soma Institute
The Soma Institute is located in the heart of downtown Chicago, Illinois – an ideal location for attending your massage therapy courses. Because the School is located in an academic and cultural corridor, your massage therapy classes are not only going to be diverse, but your extracurricular opportunities will be as well.
This stimulating and culturally rich area boasts an amazing array of cafes, restaurants, theaters, galleries and bookstores. Our massage therapy institute is convenient to public transportation and parking facilities and is a short walk from the stunning shores of Lake Michigan. Chicago landmarks like Millennium Park, Grant Park, DePaul University, the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago are all within minutes of the School and provide you with a wealth of things to do when not actually in massage class!
We invite you to take a tour of our facilities and then check out some of the exciting surrounding areas.
Getting to The Soma Institute: Public Transportation
(For information and schedules visit the CTA web site.)
All six of these rapid train lines service the downtown Chicago area and The Soma Institute's campus. From subway trains: exit Jackson Boulevard (300 S.). From the elevated loop trains: exit at Adams Street (200 S.) & Wabash Avenue (50 E.), or VanBuren Street (400 S.) & State (0 E./W.).
- Howard/Dan Ryan (Red) - exit Jackson
- Evanston Express (Purple) - exit Adams & Wabash or VanBuren & State
- Ravenswood (Brown) - exit Adams & Wabash or VanBuren & State
- O'Hare/Congress/Douglas (Blue) - exit Jackson
- Lake/Jackson Park/Englewood (Green) - exit Adams & Wabash or VanBuren & State
- Midway/Loop (Orange) - exit Adams & Wabash or VanBuren & State
The Metra train stations are also within walking distance of our campus:
- Union Station - Canal Street (500 W.) & Adams Street (200 S.)
- Chicago & Northwestern Station - Canal Street (500 W.) & Madison (0 N/S)
- LaSalle Street Station - LaSalle Street (100 W.) & Congress Parkway (500 S.)
- Illinois Central Station - Michigan Avenue (100 E.) & VanBuren Street (400 S.)
Getting to The Soma Institute: By Car
- From the North/Northwest: Take the Kennedy Expy. (I-90/94) Exit at Jackson Blvd. Heading east, our campus is approximately 1 mile down.
- From the West: Take the Eisenhower Expy. (I-290) As you begin to enter the downtown area, the expressway becomes Congress Parkway. Turn left on Dearborn Street (North). Go north two blocks to Jackson Blvd. and turn right (East). The Soma campus is one block east on Jackson Blvd.
- From the South: Take the Dan Ryan Expy. (I-90/94) Exit at Jackson Blvd. Heading east, our campus is approximately 1 mile down.
- From Lake Shore Drive: Exit 290 W (Congress Parkway). Turn right on State Street (North). Go up two blocks to Jackson Blvd. and turn right (East). Soma is about half a block east.
Discounted parking is available for students of The Soma Institute at 55 East Monroe and 17 East Adams. Just bring your parking ticket to the school for validation.
In addition to ample parking, there are bicycle racks available directly across the street from The Soma Institute.
Interactive maps to our campus are available at MapQuest.
