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: Weekly starting Nov. 2024! 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. Offered in the spirt of dana (joyful giving). No need to sign-up, just come as you are <3
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.
Yin & Sound Bath: Bathe in the vibrations of live Crystal healing bowls. A weekly offering, Typically starts with light yogic exercises/meditation and some Yin yoga postures. 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. Please reserve your spot before attending.
We suggest that all level students practice at least 2-3 times per week in any community-led yoga environment (or at home) 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 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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Lydia Smith (she/her): Lydia has always been drawn to yoga & movement. She has experienced movement in various activities throughout her life; yoga gradually took a gentle but intentional path that invoked a new sense of introspection and expansion. Yoga has inspired a fierce, ever growing love of body, self and practice that are core values in her practice today. She deepened her knowledge of the practice through teacher training, and found an intense love of yin yoga. She weaves together music, instruments, and subtle expressions in the body to invite a mindful and individual practice. Her classes are focused on holding space for all, exploring movement and stillness, and always leading with the heart. Lydia is also a professional photographer, avid reader, outdoor enthusiast, and musician.
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Priscilla Momah : Priscilla Momah is a certified yoga instructor, meditation and breathwork guide, and musician who weaves the art of healing into every offering. With over 15 years of mindfulness practice and a decade of crafting soulful embodiment experiences, she blends gentle movement, restorative soundscapes, and somatic care into transformative experiences. Priscilla’s classes invite participants to root themselves in stillness, rise into balance, and rediscover the beauty of their inner rhythms.
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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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Holly Whittlef (she/her): Holly is, above anything else, an eternal seeker. Since her first yoga class more than 20 years ago, she continues to find within this ancient practice a deep knowing that she (and we) are all innately whole. She became a 200-hr RYT through The Sacred Fig and strives to honor the traditional eight limbs of yoga while incorporating modern movement philosophy and a touch of humor. She offers an introspective space in her classes where we can feel more okay with ourselves by connecting our bodies, minds, and breath—hopefully taking that off the mat to be better humans. Outside of yoga, Holly runs a one-woman communications & design studio and can most likely be found cooking, planning her next travels, and/or singing Cher songs at the top of her lungs. Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves is her favorite.
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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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Nicholl Holas (She/her) : Nicholl Holas completed the 200 hour YogaWorks yoga teacher training program at Pressed Hot Yoga in 2018 and Reiki Master certification at Azitala in 2023. She brings a grounded energy to all of her classes and creates a feeling of safety for the mind & freedom for the body. Nicholl is incredibly excited to share her heart for yoga with you all! You can find her on our schedule currently teaching Slow Flow on Sundays at noon.
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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.