Welcome to the St. Paul Yoga Center!
Donna, Don and Mary (Owners of the St. Paul Yoga Center)
Updates and Upcoming Events
Bonne's prenatal class is cancelled Wed., Nov. 25th. It will resume next week.
Chris will teach on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26 from 8-9:30 a.m. in the Selby Studio. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday classes will be taught as scheduled over Thanksgiving weekend. Have a great holiday!
Mären Dahlke's Yoga for Kids class started again. It meets from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, in the Dunlap studio.
Anna has taken over Velleda's Friday morning Beyond Beginning class and Saturday morning Beginning & Continuing class .
Velleda is now teaching Inner Body Yoga Thursdays from 5:30-7:00PM and the third Sunday of the month from 3-5PM.
Please see the "Workshops and Retreats" page for upcoming events.
Try one class for free!
Are you a new to the St. Paul Yoga Center? Would you like to try one class for free? Follow this link to a coupon. Just print it out and bring it with you to the class of your choice.
What City Pages said about the St.Paul Yoga Center
Yoga, or "union" in the classical Indian language, Sanskrit, is about balancing one's body with one's mind—finding serenity and calmness while strengthening one's physical self. For that reason, yoga shouldn't be overpriced or commercial, and you shouldn't walk into a studio to find clones of beautiful, thin people who see yoga only as a way to burn calories. Unlike many of the trendier studios popping up around the Twin Cities, the St. Paul Yoga Center hosts people of all shapes, sizes, ages, colors, and genders in its three studios. The center offers a variety of courses for beginning and advanced levels, as well as classes for children, seniors, and expecting couples. It only takes one class at the center to know that the people practicing here don't see yoga as a once-a-week thing. Here, students learn how to incorporate breath and the silence of the mind into their everyday life. They learn the meaning behind specific poses and the eventual goal of their chosen yoga practice. At the St. Paul Yoga Center, students learn how to turn a yoga class into a lifestyle.
What is Yoga?
Yoga means "union" in the Sanskrit language. It is an ancient art, science and philosophy based on Patanjali's yoga sutras. It brings balance, serenity and physical health to the practicing student by working the body, observing the breath and quieting the mind. It helps develop strength, endurance and flexibility of body, mind, and spirit.
There are many different approaches to yoga. The St. Paul Yoga Center is diverse in nature and supports any path that follows the basic yoga teachings of nonviolence, truthfulness, compassion, awareness, tolerance and integrity.
It is our mission, through nonviolent living, through community service, and through a commitment to diversity, accessibility and ecological sensitivity, to offer a space where all people can learn and practice the teachings of yoga in an environment that supports personal growth and world peace.
Please read the class descriptions and teachers' biographies found on this web site to help you find the class and teacher that best meets your needs.