Twin Cities' Best Yoga 2008

Spa and health club offers massages, facials, waxing and skin treatments; Pilates, yoga and personal training; hair, skin and body products.

Reviews:

• “beautiful facility”
• “Awesome”

Anew Wellness Center & Spa

A large, open studio offering several ashtanga, vinyasa, hatha and power yoga classes a week.

Reviews:

• “Beautiful Studio, Great Yoga with a Mission”
• “Best Yoga.”
• “I love this place.”
• “Just right…”

Tips: Evening classes fill up fast, so weekdays and weekends are the best options for avoiding cramped sessions.

One Yoga Studio

If you can take the heat, this yoga practice can’t be beat.

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Tips: Got a 9-to-5er? Morning classes begin at 6am and showers are available.

Bikram’s Yoga College of India

With ashtanga, hatha, Kriya and prenatal and family yoga, instructors can help you strike a pose any way you like.

Reviews:

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• “considering yoga?”

Tips: Instructors are available for at-home wellness services, like Thai massage and Reiki.

Yoga Center of Minneapolis

Offers a holistic approach to health through yoga, Pilates, meditation and tai chi, as well as massages and nutrition counseling.

Reviews:

• “What a yoga studio should be…”

Tips: Learn how to prepare healthy meals by enrolling into the center’s cooking workshops.

Human Elements

Yoga classes for the beginner to the certified-yogi-in-training. Unique group classes include hot yoga, power yoga and prenatal yoga.

Tips: Beginners can sign up for a one-month pass for unlimited sessions for $79. Students and seniors can get a discount on classes.

CorePower Yoga

A sweaty, pulse-pounding workout that leaves you dripping.

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• “Supportive and fun”

Tips: Things can get stuffy when more than 15 people (average class size) jam in for the 20 different classes each week. Try coming early (6:30am-7:30am) if you want more space.

Twin Cities Bikram Yoga

Offers beginning, intermediate and advanced classes in the Raja Yoga style.

Reviews:

• “Not just a school for learning poses, the center is your one-stop shop for all things yoga.”
• “One bad experience never forgotten”

Tips: Meditate with the kids at family sessions, offered the first Sunday of each month.

The Meditation Center

Achieve inner peace (and outer beauty) in a bucolic setting at this getaway spa.

Reviews:

• “What a welcoming place!”

Tips: Still planning on losing some pounds during your relaxation retreat? There are also personal trainers and workout classes.

The Spa at the Marsh