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Holistic Nonprofit Yoga Collective
Offering accessible, holistic yoga to support individual and collective well-being.
Connect. Align. Extend.
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Classes for Every Body
We seek to teach safe, fun relational yoga every day, to EVERY BODY at sustainable prices to increase access to holistic yoga. We recognize the disparity and inequity inherent in our country’s origin and intentionally offer reduced rates and scholarships to folks who have been harmed by systemic racism.
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Holistic & Accessible
We offer holistic, interactive Workshops & Class Series as an opportunity to deepen our understanding and practice of being human.
Grow with us through the wisdom tradition of yoga philosophy, modern science, energy medicine, Ayurveda and community connection.
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230hr Teacher Training
Yoga Sanctuary’s Holistic Yoga Teacher Training & Personal Transformation program provides affordable certifcation accredited through Yoga Alliance. Our trainers guide students to see themselves more clearly and unlock their highest potential as a teacher. We have created a unique program that values practicality and wisdom in equal measure.
Offering a place of respite and integration for your body, mind, and spirit
Ignite the transformative and healing power of yoga — together
The practice of yoga tells us that everything we need for peace and wholeness is already inside us, but living and practicing yoga is best done in the context of a supportive community.
As a Nonprofit Yoga Collective, we we seek to expand trauma-informed yoga programming beyond our studio doors and into our communities, including under-resourced community spaces, schools, neighborhood centers, organizations, and workplaces. Together, we will work to ignite the transformative and healing power of being fully present in our bodies and in our lives.
Some of Our Upcoming Workshops + Events
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Calming Yoga: Learn Tools to Support the Nervous System
Friday October 9th | with Shelley P & Kate L
This workshop will provide information for understanding energy in the body and mind through the lens of yoga and Ayurveda (gunas and elements). This lens is not prescriptive nor is it critical. It is helpful to assess a person's state of mind/body/emotion and then to access simple practices and tools for yoga teachers and therapists to create and guide portions of or a full trauma-informed calming yoga practice, for students and clients. This workshop is also relevant for yoga students to create your own home practice, including the theory, set up, pacing, and sequencing. Our time together will include lecture, discussion, and a full hour-long calming yoga practice + take home practices.
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Forest Therapy: Autumn Wandering
Sunday October 11th | with Mel Schneider
Please join Certified Forest Therapy Guide Mel Schneider and fellow Yoga Sanctuary friends for a 2-hour guided, slow-wandering experience intended to deeply restore you.
Mel will invite us to pause for a few brief sensory connections followed by circle sharing.
We will end with a tea ceremony honoring the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, and the roots of Forest Bathing.
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8 Hour Training: Teaching Yoga through a Trauma Informed Lens
Tuesday October 13th & Friday October 23rd | with Shelley Pagitt
This training will provide a solid foundation of understanding for you to create and teach yoga classes that help students heal, integrate, and come back into the body. Topics of study include:
Neurobiology of Trauma
Creating a Safe Space
Awareness of Racial and Generational Trauma
Ethical Considerations
Embodied Practices
8.0 CEUs through Yoga Alliance available upon request
Presented in collaboration with Yoga Sanctuary's Holistic Yoga Teacher Training 320hr program
Class Prices and Memberships
We intentionally keep our class and workshop prices below market prices offering some of the lowest rates in the Twin Cities. We provide further accessibility through relational equity- sliding scales, subsidized rates, trade options, and scholarships are available to those who seek it.
First Class
Free
BIPOC Intro Week
Free
Monthly Membership
$76/mo
20 Class Pass
$11.50/class
Join us
100 W 46th St
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Giving Yoga to All
As a holistic, nonprofit, neighborhood studio in South Minneapolis, we are committed to increasing access to safe, fun, relational yoga for ALL who desire it. We intentionally keep our class and workshop prices as low as possible, but this is still not affordable for some folks. There is an increased sense of division in our culture, including yoga. The heart and soul of yoga is to UNIFY — within ourselves, outwardly with others and expansively with the Divine/Creation/Universe.
We have outreach yoga programs in which we subsidize yoga for individuals and groups. We invite you to join us in SHARING ABUNDANTLY. If you share our values and want to help others find inner and outer healing through yoga, please donate.
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