Edge Community Highlight :: Meditation & Yoga

Meditation & Yoga

Ancient technology to connect us to the deepest and most sacred part of ourselves is just as effective centuries ago as it is today. Meditation and Yoga offer more than peace of mind. True wellness. The following businesses and individuals offer Meditation & Yoga services in the Upper Midwest…and beyond:

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All About…Me! Massage & Yoga, Lorrie Jacobson, 2910 Upper 55th St., Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076, 651.453.1221, lljacobson01@aol.com, AllAboutMeMassage.com – Our center is a place of healing. We offer many services for you to feel better, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Recently added is Kundalini Meditation & Yoga Class. Also, we offer Hatha Yoga two evenings during the week. Also, Massage, Reiki, Psychics, Shiatsu, Workshops, Psychic Fairs. Like us on Facebook!

All Faiths Meditation & Worship Services, Rev. Alan L. Pritz & Awake-In-Life, 612.721.4100, AlanPritz@q.com, www.awake-in-life.com – Meditation Worship Services are for persons of all faith traditions, or none, who desire inner nourishment through a meditation based spiritual service. Programs include: Opening Prayer Invocation; Guided Centering; Chanting; Meditation; Healing Offering; Inspirational Message. Inclusive format to deepen one’s inner-experience of and relationship with, the Divine. More info at www.theomcollective.com.

Awaken Counseling and Wellness, 1200 Hosford St., Hudson WI 54016, www.awakencounselingandwellness.com — Besides offering Counseling, Life Coaching, Massage, & Energy Healing, our center is pleased to offer Yoga & Meditation. Meditation by Maria: Offered every Thursday 8:45-9:15am. This is open for everyone in our beautiful tranquil yoga/meditation room. Hatha Yoga by Lucy: Offered Tuesdays 8-9am & Wednesdays 4:30-5:45pm. Chakra Workshops also offer a combination of Yoga & Meditation. Contact us through our website or visit our center!

Better Day Yoga, LLC, Sandy Krzyzanowski, 2905 Country Dr., Suite 120, Little Canada, MN 55117, 612.708.6900, sandyk@betterdayyoga.com, www.BetterDayYoga.com – Hatha Yoga in the Vinyasa style • Meditation/Breathwork classes for focus, clarity, stress relief and mindfulness • Facial Exercise classes to turn back the hands of time and add muscle tone and a fresh glow to your complexion • Private Consultations • On-site Corporate Programs • First building north of Nadeau Road.

Center of Light, 2548 Pleasant Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404, 612.205.5545, Minneapolis@CentersofLight.org, www.centersoflight.org/minneapolis.html – Guided Mindfulness Meditation: learn to observe your thoughts and experiences. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30-6pm. Free. Introduction to Meditation and Christian Mysticism: move deeper than the body, thinking and emotions, into the reality of God’s peace within. Six-week class meets Wednesdays from 7:30-9pm. Free.

Circle Mind Body Medicine, Sheila Bauer, 123 W. Third St., Suite 6, Chaska, MN 55318, 651.248.0000, sheila@circlembm.com, www.circlembm.com – Meditation and experiential activities that promise to engage, relax and expand your sense of well-being. Simple. Practical. Effective. Reduce stress. Improve your health. Join a Circle today!

Cooking the Yoga Sutras, 650.504.7892, camyoga@gmail.com, www.cookingtheyogasutras.com – Offering an online course to help anyone have a better understanding of what yoga is and how it can improve your life. Millions of people practice hatha yoga. Few have time or courage to delve deeper into the ancient teachings behind that. Camella has developed an easy-to-watch and understand series of videos that look at 12 of Patanjali’s yoga sutras. Lecture, recipes and homework suggestions are included.

Lyrea Crawford, 608.549.2023, www.lyreacrawford.com – Coherency Training: Learn simple, yet profoundly effective meditative techniques to release limiting thought patterns, quiet the mind, and move toward full system integration. Weekend class includes instruction in Ishayas’ Ascension techniques, which powerfully catalyze the release of underlying stress. Info on various states of consciousness. Rochester, MN: April 20-22.

Devanadi Yoga, 2822 W. 43rd. St., Minneapolis, MN 55410, 612.926.8250, info@devanadiyoga.com, www.devanadiyoga.com – Located in Linden Hills, we offer a variety of traditional hatha yoga classes, teacher training, workshops and wellness therapies with experienced, multicertified teachers. As the first Green Yoga Studio in MN, our aim is to serve our local community, as well as operate with ethical, sustainable and Green business practices.

Laura Erdman-Luntz, MA, E-RYT(500), Musélan, Eden Prairie, MN, 651.649.4495, Laura@muselan.com, www.MuseLaura.com – Laura is one of the most experienced yoga teachers in the Twin Cities area, with over 20 years experience. Her classes and workshops are heart centered and alignment based. She offers international retreats (Italy in September 2012) and beginner and advanced Teacher Training programs and continuing education for Yoga Teachers.

Amy Erickson, RYT-200, Enstasy Yoga, Ramsey, MN, 763.443.1281, amy@enstasYoga.com, www.enstasYoga.com – Amy compassionately instructs private and semi-private yoga classes at her Ramsey studio and leads Employee Yoga Programs at Twin Cities workplaces. Amy creates a nurturing environment for her students by focusing on centering and breath, and emphasizing alignment while offering appropriate modifications. Amy honors each student as an individual.

Green Body Personal Training, David LaChapelle, 328 E. 9th St., Studio 1, St. Paul, 651.225.9895, david@greenbody.net, Greenbody.net – Green Body offers Yoga classes for all levels & abilities. Our practices are a Vinyasa style, in which you synchronize the movements to your breath. You will move through both standing and seated yoga postures with an emphasis on form. Detoxifies & exhilarates your body and mind. We have a variety of classes and styles to suit your particular taste.

Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center – Lakeville: 18480 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville, MN 55044, 952.373.0055 • Mendota Heights: 750 Main St., #100, Mendota Heights, MN 55118, 651.319.9525, greenlotusyogactr.com – Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center is uniquely integrated to nuture body, mind and spirit. With over 35 classes per week at each Center – including Yoga, Meditation, Tai Qi, Pilates, and Zumba – we have something for everyone. New students get a week of unlimited classes Free! We look forward to meeting you!

Highland Yoga & Meditation Center, 1040 Cleveland Ave. (south of Ford Parkway), St. Paul, MN 55116, www.highlandyogacenter.com • Contact: Niranjan, Nate Matanich at 612.730.0837 – Our Group Classes and Private Sessions specialize in Svaroopa® yoga, which unravels the deep-seated layers of tension in your body (a core opening), to create healing and personal transformation, while opening you to an illuminative inner experience of your own divine essence, which is the goal of all yoga. We offer satsang (a free meditation program) and a “Learn to Meditate” series as an official extension of Svaroopa® Vidya Ashram.

House of Prayer in the City, 425 Oak Grove St., Minneapolis, 320.363.3293, houseprayer@csbsju.edu, eHouseofPrayer.org – Are you looking for a place to practice Christian contemplation? Every Monday from 6:30-7:30pm, a group meets for silent prayer in a Christian setting. The format includes simple chanting and two 20-minute sits with a walking meditation between.Any type of silent meditative or contemplative practice is welcome.

Human Energy Matters, 651.484.9442, Shoreview – Beginning and advanced meditation classes in Shoreview, adults to tweens. $5- $10 per class. Learn techniques for: relaxation and wellbreathing; scan and balance chakras; connecting with Angels, the Divine Feminine etc.; Stones and Fairies. A Minnesota non-profit to help youth and adults live well.

Institute of Healing Studies, Surajit Sengupta, M.D. (A.M), 612.644.6258, www.healingstudies.com – Health and Wellness Program: Learn what is imbalance before sickness. Senguptamethod® consists of three important steps for total body healing: Nerve-Muscle integration™ • SS-Self-regulation Techniques™ • Mind-Body Integration.™ Learn the Wisdom of Good Health: Freedom from Stress, Anxiety and Depression. Ayurvedic medicine and Body Type, Diet and Nutrition. Ayurvedic Wellness Plan for Detoxification and Rejuvenation. Lose Weight and Gain Energy and Vitality.

Institute of the Himalayan Tradition, 1317 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN, 651.645.1291, info@ihtyoga.org, www.ihtyoga.org – The foremost classical yoga, holistic wellness and spirituality center, offering year-round courses and seminars in gentle yoga, pre-natal yoga, beginning, intermediate and advanced hatha yoga, meditation, philosophy, psychology and teacher certification in hatha yoga and meditation, as well as BETA R and bio-feedback. Office hours mornings. Classes: Monday-Thursday evenings, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday mornings. Satsung Thursdays at 7:30pm.

Linden Hills Yoga and Massage, Karen Onny, 612-202-0337, Lindenhillsyogaandmassage.com – I teach yoga at the Lake Harriet Spiritual Community center at 44th and Upton Avenue S., Minneapolis. I have been teaching yoga for since 1999, and practicing yoga since 1994. I am also a massage therapist since 2002 and have an office at the Life in Light Chiropractic office on West 44th Street in Linden Hills. I’ve completed my Master Healer level in Spring Forest Qigong energy work. I am doing what I love, and loving what I do.

The Meditation Center, 631 University Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN, 612.379.2386, www.themeditationcenter.org – The Meditation Center offers a complete system of Yoga training for a more joyful, effective, successful life. Its teachers offer a depth of knowledge and extensive experience in the 5,000-year-old unbroken spiritual tradition of Raja Yoga.

Minneapolis Meditation Group of Self-Realization Fellowship, 112 W. 43rd St., Minneapolis MN, 612.788.8873, www.srfminneapolis.org – SRF is an international religious society founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda, author of “Autobiography of a Yogi.” Books, CD s, DVDs and Lessons on Concentration, Meditation and Kriya Yoga are available. Sunday, Meditation Service 9:30-10:15am, Reading Service 10:30am, Thursday Inspirational service 7:30pm. Meditation is a part of every SRF service.

The St. Paul Yoga Center, 1162 Selby Ave., 651.644.7141 or 651.244.8846, www.stpaulyogacenter.com – The St. Paul Yoga Center for 17 years has offered authentic yoga teachings for all levels and abilities: Yoga for Women, pregnant Women, Seniors, Children, and a donation-only class. Two newly decorated studios and 14 highly qualified and dedicated teachers wish to share the beauty of yoga with all!

Kate Sciandra, 4601 Excelsior Blvd. Suite 337, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416, 612.202.5583, kate@thehealingpresence.com, www.thehealingpresence.com – Mindful, patient, honest, individual coaching and group instruction. Develop the skills to heal your body, quiet your mind and soothe your spirit. Classes and coaching focus on meditation for health, pain and stress relief and professional and personal growth. I have been providing hands-on health care and instruction for 20 years.

Spark Clinic, Desirée Brazelton, 4748 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407, 612.232.6453, getwell@sparkclinic.org, SparkClinic.org – We offer 24 yoga classes a week in several different styles, including Yin, Restorative, Hatha, Family, Vinyasa, Foundations and Slow Flow – appealing to beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Our Sunday morning Open Meditation is a beautiful combination of guided meditation and silence where we hold a space for quiet contemplation.

Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul, MN, 651.696.2788, www.wisdomwayscenter.org – Offering Christian Meditation. Times of Prayer (free): Tuesdays, 7-7:40pm. Day of Contemplative Prayer on Saturday, March 24, 8:30am-3:15pm, $40.

The Yoga Barn, 1697 County Road K, New Richmond, WI 54017, 715.246.3406, Judie@YogaNYou.com, www.YogaNYou.com – The practice of Yoga and life as it is. Classes are offered year round – call for Holiday exceptions. All proceeds go to local charities. Mondays: Fundamentals 6:30-7:30pm, Advanced Yoga 7:30-8:30pm, Meditation intro 5:45-6:15pm. Wednesdays: Balance/Stability Ball 6:30-7:30pm. Bring your own ball and resistance band – limited balls at Yoga Barn. 8-Week Introduction yoga. Ongoing sessions (call for details) 6:30-7:30, $70 minimum donation.

Yoga Loft, Willmar, MN, 320.214.7231, ayogaloft@charter.net, www.yogaloft.net – Owned by Mary Beth Nehl, RYT /EY RT 500, along with her husband Larry, the Yoga Loft Studio is home to a variety of classes, workshops and Study Groups. At Yoga Loft, we believe that those who come to practice will discover and share energy of love, peace and light with self, each other, family, friends and community.

Yoga North Duluth – Yoga Teacher Training & Yoga Studio, 4628 Pitt St., Duluth, MN, 888.722.YOGA, YogaNorthDuluth.com, Info@YogaNorthDuluth.com – Yoga North is known for its Teacher Training programs and its emphasis on the Yamas & Niyamas. Yoga North provides yoga classes in a variety of styles, including Therapeutic yoga, Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Restorative, Yin, Children’s yoga, as well as a number of specialized classes and workshops on yogic thought and Eastern philosophy. With more than 20 weekly classes and over a dozen instructors, there is a class to serve everyone’s practice.

Yoga Prairie, Karen Kinnard, E-RYT, 8783 Columbine Rd., Eden Prairie, MN 55344, 952.944.6096, www.yogaprairie.com – Studio in Eden Prairie provides yoga classes, yoga teacher training (200 hours), Qi Gong, Ecstatic Dance, Meditation and Mat Pilates.