Yoga Sanctuary

11/19/2025

Alternate Nostril Breath is called Nadi Shodhana in Sanskrit and is a cleansing and balancing practice. Try it with Shelley here and notice how you feel afterwards. :)

Alternate Nostril Breath is called Nadi Shodhana in Sanskrit and is a cleansing and balancing practice.About PranayamaYoga's breath work techniques offer an ...

11/19/2025

TOMORROW Give to the Max Day, a day to give to our communities by supporting local nonprofits doing good work. Did you know that Yoga Sanctuary is a nonprofit studio? Our MISSION is to offer accessible, holistic yoga to support individual and collective well-being through in-studio offerings and out-of-studio programming.

Past projects have included work in Minneapolis Public Schools, Prenatal care with People’s Center Hooyo Project, Twin Cities World Refugee Day, Yoga For All hosted at various community centers throughout the metro, teacher in-service day with Bloomington Public Schools, partnerships with Sabathani, Lakewood, Boys & Girls Club, and more.

When you support Yoga Sanctuary, not only are you helping us keep our studio classes at some of the lowest rates in the Twin Cities, but you are also helping increase access and exposure to yoga and all the ways it can bring holistic healing and collective care.

If you would like to support Yoga Sanctuary, consider donating during this giving season, or join us for an upcoming class or workshop.

THANK YOU for believing in this work and being a part of making it possible.

11/11/2025

Fall can feel like a whirlwind... of activities, emotions, seasonal shifts, and inner experiences. Times like these call for intentional grounding practices to balance our inner energy as it shifts with the energy around us.

Juliet Alden is teaching a special workshop this Saturday at Yoga Sanctuary- Tame your Vata: Grounding Energy for Fall.

In this class, we’ll discuss and practice yogic techniques to help you transition into the season with more ease, stability, centeredness, and contentment.

Class will include a brief discussion of the elements and how the outer is present inside each of us. Juliet will offer yoga asana practice to help increase tamasic sattwa - stability, steadiness, and destruction of things that are not helpful. We’ll specifically practice forward bends, twists, moving slowing and holding shapes longer, to focus on mentally, physically, and spiritually letting go and to clear space for our intentions.

Additionally, practice will include the concept of sukham/stirham or ease and steadiness from the Yoga Sutras. The final meditation will conclude with Nista Dharana - a practice centered in letting go and turning over a new leaf.

Our hope is that you will leave feeling grounded with a sense of clarity and motivation!

Register at YogaSanctuaryMpls.com/Workshops-Class-Series

11/07/2025

Our friend Nichelle recently joined us in hanging her beautiful art to feature in our studio lobby. She is inspired by our local ecology and magic and has a talent for making the natural world come to life on canvas.

These pieces are also available for sale, and part of the proceeds will support local nonprofits including harm reduction and Joyce's food shelf.

Thank you for inspiring us Nichelle!

✨ Come enjoy her art at Yoga Sanctuary ✨

11/05/2025

So many of us are carrying grief — not just from our personal lives, but from the world around us. Often, there is no place to speak it, to feel it, or even to name it.
We are grieving — not just individually, but globally.... Climate collapse, violence, injustice, disconnection — our bodies are holding what our mouths cannot always name.

This workshop offers a small pause within that overwhelm. A soft place to land.A space to begin tending what’s too often carried alone.

Guest Teacher Tamara Beran Robinson (E-RYT 500 hour trauma-informed yoga instructor) combines gentle yoga, breathwork, and guided meditation suitable for all body types and experience levels.

"After profound personal losses, I sought ways to find ease in my body and learn to sit with my grief and all the complex emotions. Drawing on my experience in psychology, hospice bereavement care, and trauma-informed yoga this workshop formed. I will offer a safe, welcoming space to meet grief with care. I’m honored to return to Yoga Sanctuary this fall to lead Grieving Together: A Collective Pause." -Tam

We invite you to join us Sunday at Yoga Sanctuary for shared space to witness grief, tend the body, and begin a gentler relationship with loss— both personal and collective.

What Participants Can Expect:
-A trauma-informed, quiet space for rest, reflection, and reconnection
-Insight into how grief lives in the brain and the body, inspired by Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor and her book The Grieving Brain
-Gentle, accessible movement and breathwork to support nervous system regulation
-A chance to begin (or re-begin) a relationship with grief, rather than push it away
-Silent journaling and reflection
-Take-home tools for grief-tending and daily emotional care
-No sharing or partner work is required. The container will be held with warmth, respect, and autonomy.

11/02/2025

We've added a few new classes to the schedule! 👀

🗓️Mondays 4:15-5:15 Gentle Yoga & Yoga Nidra w/ Julia Andrighetti
🗓️Thursdays 5:15-6:15 Restorative Yoga & Meditation w/ Krista Lindgren
🗓️ Saturdays 9:30-10:15 Vinyasa Flow 45 w/ Leni Sophocleus

Whether you're looking for movement or stillness, have an established practice or are brand new... We have a variety of class styles taught by our diverse team of teachers offering trauma informed, holistic yoga for your mind, body, and spirit.

🗓️Swipe to view our schedule and reserve your spot on Yogasanctuarympls.com/class-schedule.

✨YOUR FIRST CLASS IS FREE✨

11/01/2025

As we move into November, finding practices for rest and renewal brings resiliency of the mind and spirit. As we move into shorter days, colder temps, and holidays we invite you to join us for some special offerings at Yoga Sanctuary.

🍁 Sat 11/1: Yoga 101 for Men w/ Alex Modic .mpls
🍁 Sun 11/2: Calming Yoga: Learn Tools for Grounding and Settling the Nervous System w/ Shelley Pagitt and Kate Lucas
🍁 Fri 11/7: Chakra Balancing Restorative Yoga w/ Julia Andrighetti .journeying
🍁 Sun 11/9: Grieving Together: A Collective Pause w/ Tamara Robinson
🍁 Tue 11/11: Advanced 320-Hour Yoga Teacher Training - *FREE INFO MEETING w/
🍁 Fri 11/14: Embodied Breathwork w/ Krista Lindgren
🍁 Sat 11/15: Tame Your Vata- Grounding for Fall w/ Juliet Alden
🍁 Sun 11/16: Karma Yoga w/ Nei Huynh
🍁 Tues 11/18: Yoga for Middle Schoolers & Yoga for High Schoolers Series w/ Chelsea Schmitz Gillam
🍁 Fri 11/21: Sound Healing- Release to Renew w/ Angie Ellen
🍁 Sun 11/23: Yoga Para La Communidad w/ Dina Lee Ramirez
🍁 Thurs 11/27: Thanksgiving Gratitude Practice (in person or live streamed) w/ Julia Andrighetti .journeying
🍁 Fri 11/28: Acrobatic Yoga w/ Krista Lindgren and Sami Kinnunen
🍁 Sun 11/30: Protecting Your Essence + Building Immunity: Calming Yoga + Little House Acupuncture

🗓️ Learn more and register at Yogasanctuarympls.com

10/28/2025

"What's up yoga dudes, it's Alex!"
We're thrilled to have these men lead an upcoming workshop designed specifically for men to come together and dive into the fundamentals of yoga, to destigmatize the practice, and explore it in a way that is accessible in a community of men.

Share this with a dude in your life that could use more yoga in their life!

And find your inner chill this Saturday at Yoga Sanctuary with Alex & Henry 🧘‍♂️ .mpls

✨ Please preregister
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10/27/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out to the square dance this past Saturday! It was so special to come together and celebrate community in this playful-no-pressure way to connecting! 🤠✨🪕🍲

There were lots of smiles, tapping, swinging, snacking, and Halloween fun. 🙌💛

Thank you also for donating and supporting us as a nonprofit studio who remains fueled in our purpose to offer accessible holistic yoga in and out of the studio!

Big gratitude and love to you all!
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10/22/2025

Cooking up a lot of good stuff for this Saturday!
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Yoga Sanctuary's Annual Fundraising event includes Square Dancing for the whole family, live music, a chili cook-off, a silent auction and raffle with amazing prizes including sessions with , and art from , ...there will also be kids activities, and more!

Join us this Saturday October 25th 5-8pm, Halloween costumes are welcome, and help support your local nonprofit studio!

10/17/2025

Where do you find yourself as the cooler weather finally shifts into fall? Are you ready for routine? A little slower pace? A warm fire or a walk in the woods with crunchy leaves under foot? With all the unknowns in our world, routine and community can bring needed connection.

🤠October means our SQUARE DANCE + SILENT AUCTION + CHILI COOK-OFF is coming up! This event, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th from 5-8pm, is a time for EVERYONE TO GATHER, to PLAY, to LAUGH, to EAT, to DANCE (or tap your toes) in collective support for our Yoga Sanctuary MISSION - to increase access to holistic yoga which means keeping prices affordable, increasing representation, making things accessible, and partnering in community. Your donations fuel our programmings for individual and collective wellbeing.

🫶Each year, when it comes time ask for donations of TIME, TALENT & TICKETS in support of Yoga Sanctuary, I tend to get a bit nervous, and then you all STEP UP & STEP IN offering donations of all manner and contributing financially to ensure the financial foundations of our nonprofit studio are healthy for the long term. We have some amazing Silent Auction items coming in!!

🤝We are currently requesting Corporate Sponsorship and also Matching Donations, ie, if you give to Yoga Sanctuary, your employer will match your donation!! Woot! Woot! 

✨Please reach out if you or your company have tickets to donate (theater, music, restaurants, etc) or services to offer for our Silent Auction.

🪕And, please come to the FUNdraiser on October 25th. Costumes are welcome!! Stay for a while or the whole night (schedule below).

Thank you for your contributions to our community! We are better because of you!
Shelley Pagitt, Yoga Sanctuary Founder and Curator
& ALL of our AMAZING TEACHERS

10/16/2025

THANK YOU Jennifer Mhyre and the 'Just Savasana' Team!
We are so thankful to this devoted crew of volunteer instructors who streamed ‘Just Savasana’ offerings FREE to the community- Jennifer Mhyre, Kristin Jenkins, Julie Bearden, Joi Latsen, and Tracy Vacura.

We appreciate your service, gifts, and time!

What's next? Stay tuned for additions to our Fall Yoga Schedule.