Best Yoga Studios in Saint Paul

2021

Alchemy 365

• Power Yoga

Alchemy 365 is a fitness studio that serves clients in the Saint Paul metro. Its group classes integrate conditioning, cardio, strength training, and yoga in each session to improve both the body and mind. Different class formats are available for clients to choose from and to mix and match in order to reach their personal fitness goals. It also offers AFlow class, a calming and restorative yoga flow meant for all, regardless of any yoga experience. Alchemy 365 offers at-home and in-studio classes.

Big River Yoga

Big River Yoga is an independently owned studio that serves individuals in Saint Paul and the surrounding areas. Established by Chris and Nora Gordon in 2010, it offers private and small group yoga classes for beginners, continuing, and intermediate students. It also provides clients with massage therapy services, health coaching, and therapeutic bodywork, including Thai massage training. Chris has been teaching yoga since 1996. From 1998 to 2010, he trained in Anusara yoga, a style that combines the biomechanics of alignment with a heart-centered devotional approach to yoga.

Bliss Yoga Studio

Bliss Yoga Studio provides a variety of yoga training techniques for clients in the St. Paul area. The staff possesses decades of experience and thousands of hours of certified training through the Yoga Alliance, and through their extensive practice, study, and personal experiences, they have developed proprietary restorative yoga classes that focus on the therapeutic aspects of the form. Workshops involve Thai yoga massage for pairs and how to perform poses for improving alignment and posturing. They also offer a 200-Hour Registered Yoga School (RYS) Teacher Training program that specializes in teaching classical Hatha Yoga postures, philosophy, pranayama, and meditation, among other disciplines.

Bodyshop Fitness Wellness

• Restorative Yoga

Bodyshop Fitness Wellness is a yoga studio that has been serving clients in Saint Paul and the surrounding areas since 2019. It practices different styles of yoga, including flow, gentle, and Yin. It also offers classes on BarreFit, cycling, and FitHIIT. Group and personal fitness sessions are available, which can include cardio and conditioning, guidance, interval training, and nutrition tracking. Tanya, the yoga teacher, is a certified personal trainer who has been teaching a wide range of class formats since 2010.

Defining You Pilates & Fitness

• Power Yoga
• Hot Yoga

Defining You Pilates and Fitness was founded by Suzy Levi, a Pilates and fitness trainer, and a motivational speaker. She has been helping people achieve their fitness and wellness goals for over 30 years. Defining You Pilates and Fitness is a facility that provides small group classes to the Saint Paul community. It offers yoga, mat Pilates, HIIT, and spinning classes that are available in the studio and online. In addition, the establishment offers personal training, Pilates teacher training, workshops, and events.

Flourish Pilates+Yoga+Bodywork

• Private Lessons

Flourish Pilates+Yoga+Bodywork has been catering to students of different body and fitness levels in the Saint Paul metro since 2013. It offers various classes such as Yamuna body rolling, STOTT Pilates, TRX, and Vinyasa yoga. It also provides athletic conditioning, acupuncture, therapeutic, traditional, and Thai yoga massages. The owner, Rachel Bouchard, is a master Pilates and movement instructor. She is also a dancer and a multidisciplinary student of the Gyrokenesis method, the Alexander technique, somatics, and anatomy trains fascial meridians.

Fly Freak

• Restorative Yoga
• Private Lessons

Fly Freak is a yoga studio located in Saint Paul. In addition to yoga, the studio holds classes for flexibility training, handstands, barre, aerial sling, and aerial silks. It also holds specialty workshops, including classes for leg flexibility, spin, chair yoga, and contortion. The studio is also available to host private parties and lessons. Fly Freak creates opportunities for its students to grow as artists by performing throughout the Twin Cities area in collaboration with partners such as ARIA Minneapolis and The American Cancer Society.

Fusion Yoga

Fusion Yoga is a studio located in Eagan that serves the Greater St. Paul metropolitan area. The site is home to a variety of courses and workshops. It also provides Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) training under the 200-hour certification program recognized by the Yoga Alliance. Fusion classes take place in heated environments, where instructors work with clients to achieve mastery of posture, poses, and breathing in a gradual process that acclimates the user to each new level of difficulty. Fusion, I and I-plus classes, are the low end, with Fusion HIIT testing advanced-level students with a blend of Vinyasa yoga and high-intensity intervals.

Healing Elements

• Restorative Yoga

Founded in 2014, Healing Elements is a wellness studio that serves the residents of Saint Paul and nearby areas. It offers a number of services, including yoga therapy, massage and bodywork, acupuncture, and Reiki. Its team also conducts tarot reading, focusing on several areas such as life transitions, relationships, health, and career. The business is a contributor to the Minnesota Healing Justice Network Fund, a movement founded by queer and trans people of color that provide educational and financial support to minorities.

Longevity Studio

Longevity Studio is a studio based in St. Paul that offers clients a mix of classes in the arts of yoga, Pilates, and barre. The facility provides several courses that are specific to yoga. These include Vinyasa flow; heated Vinyasa flow; restorative yoga, which emphasizes relaxation and the use of props; sculpting for cardio and strength; and Prana stretching, which incorporates Thai Yoga massage, emphasizes musculoskeletal release, optimizes nervous system health, and restores hormonal balance. Owner Sara King employs a team of highly-qualified instructors with certifications recognized by the Yoga Alliance governing body. Instructors have hundreds of hours of training and decades of experience to their credit.

Mendota Heights Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center

• Restorative Yoga

Mendota Heights Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center is a wellness studio that serves clients in the Saint Paul area. It provides a range of yoga and therapeutic sessions, including Ayurveda consultation, Thai yoga bodywork and massage, private yoga instruction, and cupping therapy. It also offers life coaching, Reiki and energy healing, private meditation instruction, and hands-on healing. Its sessions are conducted in the center's ten healing rooms. One of its instructors, Amanda Rands, has been in the field since 2006.

Nokomis Yoga

• Teach Training

Nokomis Yoga serves clients in the Saint Paul metro. It offers a range of classes, including vinyasa flow, beginner and continuing yoga, basic yoga, and ageless yoga for seniors. It also provides Embodyment yoga therapy, a healing technique that focuses on releasing core muscle tensions at the base of spines. The studio's founder and director, Solveig Corbin, has been in practice since 2005. She has received over 1,000 hours of Svaroopa yoga through the years.

Pure Yoga

Pure Yoga is a St. Croix-based studio with full certification from the Yoga Alliance. It specializes in Vinyasa/Power Yoga, Barre, Cardio Yoga, Sculpt, Gentle Therapeutics, Yin, Meditation, Pre/Postnatal, and children’s yoga. It encourages those interested in teaching designations or individuals hoping to develop a deeper understanding of the practice to apply for its 200-hour teacher training workshops. It also provides intuitive healing and yoga therapy classes as well as massage therapy. Clients have recommended Pure Yoga for its atmosphere, steady focus on breathing techniques, and for striving to make all students feel welcome regardless of skill level.

St. Paul Yoga Center

The Saint Paul Yoga Center located in the Lexington-Hamline neighborhood welcomes small groups of area students for personalized yoga training sessions that focus on aspects of mind, body, and spirit. The studio welcomes new students, but they also have options for intermediate and advanced practitioners such as the precision of Iyengar yoga and the flow of Vinyasa. The facility hosts a variety of workshops and events as well, covering topics like muscle imbalances, craniosacral therapy, and intro to yoga. Instructors have decades of experience and more than 1,000 hours of training Yoga Alliance-recognized training. The site has operated for more than twenty years.

Statera Balanced Fitness

Statera Balanced Fitness is a studio in St. Paul. It provides yoga classes in the art of Vinyasa, which links breathing and movement with an emphasis on physical posturing and the transitions in between them. The studio targets both beginning and intermediate practitioners. Its staff includes multiple personal trainers with 200-hour training certification as well as certification from ACSM and various health and wellness degrees from universities all over the country. Additional classes provided include spin, boot camp, women’s weightlifting, cyclosquat, and exercises for cancer recovery. Statera also employs certified nutritionists to help clients merge exercise and diet for full wellness guidance.

Studio One Yoga

• Hot Yoga

Studio One Yoga serves clients in Saint Paul and the surrounding areas. It offers different yoga practices for both beginners and advanced yogis. Beginners can select from different types of yoga classes, such as yinyasa, all-level fusion, sculpt with optional weights, stretch and flexibility, and candlelight. Advanced yogis can select from sculpt power fusion, S2, and hot 90. The studio also offers private one-on-one yoga sessions and holds private yoga parties or classes for different occasions, such as bridal showers, birthday parties, or social get-togethers

The Power House

• Restorative Yoga

The Power House is a family-owned and family-operated fitness center that has been serving individuals and athletes throughout the metro area of Saint Paul since 2003. It offers a wide range of services, such as private and semi-private training sessions, WOD, recovery classes, health assessment, and youth training. It also works with small businesses and public service sectors to develop fitness and wellness programs, including physical therapy and health coaching services. The Power House extends its services to Woodbury and St. Louis Park.

Tula Yoga & Wellness

Tula Yoga & Wellness is a studio located in St. Paul that offers a variety of classes for individuals and groups in the surrounding area. The studio features a workday yoga program where instructors will provide group training during breaks. Focuses are on Vinyasa flow, healthy eating and movements, and other yoga-related practices. Sessions go up to 90 minutes in length. Tula’s extensive list of credentials includes 200-hour and 500-hour teacher training certifications from the International SomaYoga Institute as well as the institute’s SomaYoga Intensive program. The site also has Y12SR (Yoga of 12-Step Recovery), Yin yoga, Unnata Aerial, and Yoga Calm teacher training.

Vertical Endeavors–Twin Cities Bouldering

• Private Lessons
• Power Yoga

Vertical Endeavors–Twin Cities Bouldering is a fitness center that offers a yoga and fitness program to clients residing in Saint Paul. It hosts various classes that are designed to improve fitness and mobility, including aerial, yin, and other types of yoga flows. The fitness center also offers different climbing lessons for beginners and seasoned practitioners. Vertical Endeavors–Twin Cities Bouldering has a “Climb For Community Program” that supports organizations with their local fundraising events.

YogaFit

• Restorative Yoga

Serving clients in Saint Paul, YogaFit studios has five signature classes to offer. YogaRestore is for those who seek relaxation, concentration, and improved concentration. The all-levels YogaFlow 1 and the more challenging YogaFlow 2 are classes that strengthen, stretch, and work the entire body. YogaBurn combines yoga and a full-body workout while YogaHIIT is a programmed class that incorporates cardio and strength training. The studio's YogaBarre class includes barre exercises, yoga, and weights all in one. Music playlists and essential oils boost the YogaFit experience.

YogaFresh

YogaFresh is a studio located in Woodbury that serves clients in the surrounding area, which includes all of St. Paul. Owner Jen Vail has taught since 2000, and she holds certifications from the Yoga Alliance for E-RYT 200 and RYT 500. She teaches both yoga and barre, and she employs a staff of Registered Yoga Teachers with more than 1,000 hours of combined certification training. Class offerings include introductory courses, Yoga at Work for companies hoping to improve their employees’ quality of life, and private sessions. YogaFresh also provides various workshops and events to involve the community throughout the year. Customers have credited the studio with assisting in improved calmness, sleep quality, strength, and cardio.

Yoke Fitness

• Private Lessons

Yoke Fitness is a yoga and general fitness center based in Saint Paul. It primarily hosts barre and yoga classes, both in-studio and online. Its instructors supervise the general flow of each class while providing individual clients with advice regarding alignment and yoga postures. In addition, it maintains an online library of over 40 instructional exercise videos taught by its instructors. Owner Lauren Hopps has finished 700 hours of yoga teacher training. She hosts classes with an anatomical focus to help clients improve body awareness.