Welcome to Up Yoga
rated best yoga in the Twin cities, Minneapolis, MN
our mission is to empower you to generate connections, take action, and be a leader in your own life
Up Yoga delivers on our mission through empowering yoga classes, workshops, trainings and retreats. Together, through the practice of yoga, we will change our bodies, move stuck energy, clear our minds, and inspire each other to seek and live at our truest potential.
We’ve been empowering yogis since 2017! Our signature classes are heated power yoga. The practices support you to raise your vitality and physical power, and will empower you to create accelerated results in your overall body strength and confidence. We expand into free flow vinyasa, slow flow, foundation and strength building classes, as well as YIN Yoga. We also integrate yoga philosophy through the yamas & niyamas, the yoga sutras, and chakras, bringing an ancient practice to the practical today. This deepens your practice and connects you more profoundly with your mind, body, and spirit. We do all of this while having a lot of fun! Creativity lies in play. Yoga can be serious, but we don’t think it always needs to be that way.
We use radiant heat to promote the release of toxins, provide fluidity and flexibility in the muscles, and help you learn to stay calm and focused in challenging conditions. Radiant heat warms objects and people directly rather than heating the air, offering even warmth distribution, better air quality, and maintains the humidity levels - which we need to sweat!
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our core values
connection
We think each and every interaction is a chance to strengthen connection. We are in this together!
growth
We practice what we teach with the intent to always grow. “The prize is in the process” - Baron Baptiste
integrity
We SHOW UP for each other with clear communication. We hold ourselves accountable to our goals.
empowerment
Our intent is to leave you in your greatness and empower you to find your truest potential.
inclusion
Everyone is invited, welcomed and respected. We create a psychologically safe space for all to be themselves.
leadership
Through our mission and core values we RISE UP to our lives and we take others with us.
our community guidelines
We strive to follow Patanjali’s eight-limbed path of yoga, and in doing so we promise to create an inviting and welcoming space for all beings to explore themselves and the practice of yoga. We commit to interact with all others following the ethical guidelines of yoga including, but not limited to the list below.
In other words, we accept all beings, are honest and adaptable and we will not tolerate anyone in our space who behaves otherwise.
non-violence
We will practice acceptance and compassion for ourselves and others, ensuring our actions are kind and helpful, with an awareness to avoid creating injury or destruction of any kind
non-lying
We commit to speaking words derived from honesty, truth and love, and not speaking words that derive from deception, assumption, exaggeration or creating or furthering gossip.
non-stealing
We commit not to take anything that has not been freely given, including the time, resources and possessions of others.
non-grasping
We will embrace the continuous flow of change in our environment and embrace and encourage this for ourselves and others around us.
Scholarship Program
Connection is what we are built on and how we want to grow. We welcome and celebrate all levels of practice, all sizes, all colors, all cultures, all sexes, all beliefs, all religions, all ages, all sexual preferences - ALL PEOPLE.
We realize the price of our classes may exclude people, and we want to do what we can so that anyone who wants to practice at Up is able to. In an effort to make that happen, we have expanded our Uplift The Community (UTC) program to a more extensive scholarship program and there are lots of ways to get involved.
Participate in our Upcycled Clothing Store.
We have gently used athletic wear that available all the time at the studio. All proceeds go to the scholarship fund. Buy some! Donate some!
Become a scholarship recipient.
Are you a student that would benefit from a scholarship so you can practice and/or participate in teacher trainings and workshops? Email Kelsey at info@upyogamn.com and she'll send you an application.
Make a donation to the scholarship fund.
If you are in a position to sponsor another student for any amount it’s an incredible way to give back. Email Kelsey at info@upyogamn.com to set Up a one time or reoccurring donation. Thank you!
About Our Owner - Lindsay Grabb
Lindsay’s journey to yoga is marked by transformative moments that created a clear before and after. Before discovering yoga, Lindsay thrived as a corporate retail buyer at Target Corporation, traveling the world and rapidly climbing the career ladder. However, a year into practicing yoga, she made a life-changing decision to leave corporate America behind. She became a birth doula, a yoga teacher, and eventually opened Up Yoga.
Lindsay's background is a unique blend of business acumen and creative flair. With an undergraduate degree in business and over a decade of experience in operations, finance, and marketing, she brings a wealth of knowledge to Up Yoga. Her time as a retail buyer and living in NYC and Singapore honed her love for travel and design, which is evident in the studio's decor and graphic design.
As a natural leader and nurturer, Lindsay's passion for community, personal growth, and yoga radiates through everything she does. The moment you walk into Up Yoga, you'll feel her warm, welcoming energy, making the space feel like home. Lindsay's dedication to living her purpose is palpable, and it's this authentic commitment that makes Up Yoga a special place for everyone.
Lindsay is also a devoted single mom to her two girls. She loves walking her neighborhood paths along Minnehaha Creek with her two French bulldogs and enjoys traveling, hiking, and, most recently, watching basketball with her boyfriend, Ben.
GET UP FOR IT
GET UP FOR IT
one month of yoga for $59
New to up yoga? …Here’s where it starts: wake up and empower your body + mind with our experienced teachers and deep community. Try our heated power classes along with our more restful ease up and yin classes. Offer includes all in studio and online daily group classes.