2510 Nicollet ave. S #108
(Back Door)
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(763)283-6970
Welcome to Greenway Yoga! Led by breath, students of ALL LEVELS practice together in a judgment-free environment where modifications are encouraged. Practice will be held in a gently heated, candlelit environment. Check out our schedule and see which classes fit your needs!
Flow: Build your mind-body connection by linking breath to movement (often referred to as Vinyasa). Build heat in this moving meditation as you flow through a series of postures, core-strengthening, and balancing poses. All levels welcome.
Kirtan: Weaves live music and mantra together as part of the Bhakti yoga tradition, the path of divine love. Heart connection in a group circle through music, poetry, and vibrations from instruments such as: harmonium, violin, and guitar. Come as you are, listen/sing, feel the vibes.
Yin & Restore: Will help you access deeper layers of fascia and connective tissue to increase flexibility and circulation to your joints. This slow-paced practice includes supportive postures held for extended periods of time. Through the use of props, each instructor will offer unique variations of this class to include elements of meditation, restorative yoga, breathing techniques, and yoga Nidra. Dive deep into your body and consciousness.
Craft Night: Select Fridays monthly, offered in the spirit of dana (joyful giving) Participants are encouraged to donate, but are not required. Get together with like minded people to do art together. We will typically have a craft theme and some supplies will be provided along with tea. Do your own craft or craft together. This offering will typically begin with a 15 minute mindful exercise.
Sound Bath: Bathe in the vibrations of live Crystal healing bowls. A weekly donation offering with Eden Bauer. Typically starts with light yogic exercises/meditation. Participants are encouraged to lay reclined OR in any position of ease. A provider will administer sound bath musical techniques that will create soothing, overlapping vibrations. Healthy for the mind, body, and spirit.
We suggest that all level students practice at least 2-3 times per week at home (self-practice) or in any community-led yoga environment in order to prevent injury and develop deeper benefits from yoga. Please refer to your physician before beginning any new exercise routine.
*Instructors offer hands on assist to help with alignment & enhancement of your practice. If you have an injury or prefer not to be touched, please inform and remind your instructor*
Doors open 15 min. before & after class and will LOCK once classes start, please arrive on time.
Instructor Bio
Phong Kaiyu Cao (he/they) is the founder & head teacher at Greenway Yoga. Phong started his teaching journey as an apprentice at the age of 15 in the 1990’s. As a life-long student, he spent most of his post graduate years from school-to-school drawing from the wisdom of his favorite teachers. Phong aims to help you find your innermost guru by flirting with the depths of your truth, love, and creative artistry. In Phong's yoga class you can expect passion, and a creative gentleness where he weaves in poetry, inspiring songs, and eclectic sequencing. Phong is inspired to share his insight, gifts, and perspectives with you, in hopes to inspire you… to be you.
Follow him on Instagram @phong_kaiyu.yoga for class updates
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Sara Karimi: Sara was born and raised in Milwaukee, educated in Iowa, nurtured in Colorado and currently inhabiting the Twin Cities. She started practicing over 15 years ago and earned her 400 hour certification in 2009, while also finishing her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dance Performance. Since that time, she has led classes and workshops in Colorado, California, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, while expanding her education through retreats and classes abroad and mining her own practice. Outside of yoga, Sara is a professional dancer with Threads Dance Project and Concerto Dance and an independent artist/choreographer. Her classes are a mix of traditional Vinyasa and Hatha asansa as well as incorporating her extensive dance and kinesiology background.
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Saoirse Dungan's journey into yoga began after a decade of competitive swimming as a non-competitive person. She wound up experiencing an inevitable burnout and knew change was needed, she took her first yoga class in 2009. The connection that she felt in her body and breath was something she had never experienced before. The level of serenity she felt left her wanting more! Saoirse has learned so much about herself and couldn't imagine life without her yoga practice. She loves new music, sweaty flows, and slow luscious stretching in her classes. Saoirse hopes to provide a space where everyone feels welcome and comfortable to learn. She wants her students to have fun and build a better connection with themselves.
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Eden : Eden Bauer is a space holder and creator of safe, uplifting, and transformative environments. Eden weaves together vibrational sound healing using quartz crystal and brass singing bowls, chimes, and traditional drumming. Eden is also a yoga instructor, reiki energy healer and birth doula. She believes we are all healers in our own right, and that each individual brings a unique gift to the table of the community. Join us Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm for sound baths paired with meditation, breath and connection.
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Emily began her yoga practice in high school as a part of her training with the Reif Center Dance Company. She decided to take her practice a step further in 2015 when she attended her teacher training in Costa Rica with Frog Lotus International. She has been teaching since 2015 and has been with Greenway Yoga since 2017, leading classes in vinyasa, yin, yin flow, and now slow flow. Emily comes from a dance background and enjoys incorporating dance like, flowing movements into class with a mixture of strength poses and feel good, stretchy poses. Outside of yoga, Emily works doing case management for home care clients and is also a working musician. She loves to include her passion for music into her yoga classes with carefully chosen playlists and sometimes even a bit of live music and chanting as well!
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Justyn O'Neill (She/her): is a 500hr certified yoga instructor and educator. Her mission as a teacher is to create a pathway for students to broaden their perspective, to see their own worth, remeber the truth of who they are and love themselves in a bigger way. Her intention as a teacher is to offer the teachings of yoga in a sacred way, upholding the reverence to the roots of the tradition. Justyn guides in a way that honors the feminine aspect of the practice. Weaving in wisdom form Shakti/Goddess traditions gives the practitioner an opportunity to connect with their own inner power and inherent wisdom. She invites students to challenge their perspective through questions. Questions that invoke depth and illuminate where we have limiting beliefs. We start by examining our relationship to the self first, then cultivate love for what we see. Then growing, nurturing, and watching the impact of love will deepen and impact the way we love all other beings. You can find Justyn teaching workshops along with weekly classes here at Greenway.
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Maria Kennedy: Originally from Wisconsin, Maria tried out a yoga asana class while attending graduate school in Oregon in 2012. As life ebbed and flowed, she was drawn to deepen her practice by completing her 200-hour training, and is continuing to grow her knowledge by working towards a 300-hour certification, as well as learning from the never ending chances to observe the world each day! With a curious eye and love for learning, she brings a compassionate, reverent, and vibrant energy to sharing this practice. As an eternal optimist and someone who considers and connects many perspectives, Maria finds yoga to be a powerful grounding practice, and a chance to see and acknowledge the full experience of each moment of reality, as it is. Yoga invites us to notice and listen to what is here now, and through this to be empowered to move, be, and show up in a way that aligns with your truth and unique gifts. She is intentional about creating space in class to integrate wholeness, self awareness, and love for all beings into our day to day lives. She is honored to practice with you in whatever way yoga shows up in your life - and hopes to reflect your own light back to you
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Kyle Ashlee (he/him): is a yoga teacher, an educator, a dad, a philosopher, and musician. Kyle has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, teaching in and outside the classroom for nearly 15 years, and thinking deeply about life, leadership, and community as long as he can remember. As a yoga teacher, he focuses on the fundamentals of a strong practice, connecting with the body and the breathe, and calming the mind. He strives to honor the ancient tradition of yoga by honoring his inner wisdom and those along side of him. In Kyle's classes, he shares insights from his own practice, inspiring stories and ideas from his daily life and melodic music from his acoustic guitar. When he's is not on the mat, he's learning from the wisdom of his daughter (his greatest teacher) Azaelea Grace. Kyle believes that teaching yoga is his life's calling and is honored to practice with you.
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Sam Polivick (he/him/his): journey into yoga began at age 15 when he took his first yoga class in Southern Missouri. What started out as a purely physical practice quickly evolved into a deeper experience and a lifelong passion that has impacted all aspects of his life. Through inner focus, breath, and movement, Sam has overcome many physical and mental obstacles to grow into the person he is today.
Sam chose to further his practice in 2016 by seeking his 200 RYT through Yoga East Healing Arts studio in Cape Girardeau, MO, with the intention of leading others into finding a spark for holistic wellness. His personal teaching style focuses on the artistry of linking poses together to create space for self-study within an overall relaxing and restorative experience. Today, Sam creates his home in Roseville, MN with his partner, John, and their cat, Sorata; where he loves to cook, watch anime, and take walks.
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Adrienne (She/her): Adrienne started practicing yoga in college, where it soon became a staple activity that has interweaved its way throughout her life ever since. After college, she spent a few years working as a ski instructor in Colorado, while spending her free time soaking up all the adventures the great outdoors of the Rocky Mountains had to offer. Through this experience, she learned the importance of taking excellent care of the body. In 2016, she went back to school for Western therapeutic massage at CenterPoint and has been working as a massage therapist ever since, where she's continued her passion for helping others with self-care, the mind-body connection, and staying active. When she's not doing yoga or massage, she loves kayaking Minnesota's waterways with her husband Dan, hiking with her dog, camping, skiing, and doing anything that gets her outside no matter what the season.
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Erin Wintervold (She/her): Born and raised in Minneapolis, Erin first stepped on her mat at a free class on her college campus. That experience sparked a curiosity that led to exploring studios throughout the Twin Cities, eventually finding that yoga was something she could not live without. Erin was inspired to begin teacher training after recovering from an eating disorder. Yoga became a crucial part of healing her relationship to movement and finding love and appreciation for her body, and she felt called to share this transformative power with others. She strives to provide a space for students to cultivate awareness, connection and joy along their unique journeys in life and in yoga. She has completed her 230 hour certification and Yin Yoga instructor training in Minneapolis. When not teaching or practicing, you can find Erin digging in her garden, on bike or hiking trail, trying new recipes and checking out local breweries.
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Mic (She/her/They): Mic’s trek into practicing yoga began when she was a kid, but it wasn’t until she was 23 that it took hold of her. Through her own healing journey, she re-discovered yoga after it gave her the ability to breathe. Once she was secure in her recovery, she wanted to move her body in a relatively safe and mindful manner. She understood yoga could teach her to pay attention to her body’s needs, so she signed up for yoga teacher training and got her 200 - hour certification. Mic didn’t plan on teaching yoga, but it happened because she wants to share with others the thing that has brought their life balance. Mic comes from a background of competitive dance, where in her experience, she did not often feel celebrated. When teaching, she uses her past experiences as inspiration to challenge students to feel connection with their surroundings, to acknowledge and celebrate their own selves, and to remain curious about how one can honor their body’s wisdom. To Mic, yoga is clarity and yoga is celebrating existence. She would like you to know, her favorite animal is a bumblebee.
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Ash W (She/her): Ash first began practicing with her mom while growing up in Uganda. Her practice has since developed as a space to think and be present amidst the happy responsibilities of life. Ash continued to bring her practice around the world when she became a 200RYT after training at Ananda Yoga and Detox Center in Koh Phangan. She is currently based in Berlin working as a theatre and multimedia artist. To her, yoga is a space of journey and focus. She is seeking to create classes and spaces that make yoga human and accessible, and remind us that it is always a practice and never a performance. Ash started as an ambassador for our studio many years ago, then started teaching in-studio classes in 2018, and currently is based out of Germany teaching via Greenway Yoga Online.
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Andie Gallagher (She/her): Andie comes from a large family, born and raised in St. Paul. She was first drawn to yoga at 14 years old. Naturally introspective, she found that dedicating time to bring awareness to the breath, mind, and body helped ground her in an often chaotic life. For Andie, yoga is fearlessness. Through practice, she feels empowered to lean into the fear and the uncomfortable in order to flourish. As a yoga instructor, she feels called to hold space for others to do the same. She enjoys experimenting in her classes with creative sequences and music.