Mimi Yoga and Pilates: Studios, Style, and What to Expect
Mimi Yoga is the brand most people mean when they search the phrase: Mimi Yoga and Pilates, a Miami-based studio with infrared-heated rooms, a 200-hour teacher training, and an online class library. The studio runs three locations in Miami and is built around a power-meets-pilates style of flow. This article gives you a neutral overview of what the brand is, who founded it, where its studios are, and which questions you should verify on the studio's own site before booking a class.
What is Mimi Yoga?
Mimi Yoga and Pilates is a Miami yoga and mat pilates studio brand. The name most commonly refers to the multi-location studio founded by Mimi Ghandour, which operates infrared-heated rooms in three Miami neighborhoods: Aventura, Coconut Grove, and Wynwood. The studio offers a mix of power and vinyasa flow yoga, sculpt-style pilates, and a few hybrid formats (Yogilates, Hip Hop Flow, Pilates Bootycamp). Beyond drop-in classes, the brand runs a Yoga Alliance-registered 200-hour teacher training and an online platform with live and on-demand classes.
Search results for "Mimi Yoga" can also surface a couple of unrelated teachers and smaller studios that use the name Mimi — including a kids-yoga community in another U.S. city and a Brooklyn-based practitioner. If you are looking specifically for the Miami studio, the easiest way to confirm you are on the right page is to check the address or the domain (mimiyoga.com).
Who is Mimi Ghandour?
Mimi Ghandour is the founder of Mimi Yoga and Pilates. On the studio's own materials she is described as an international yoga teacher who built the brand around infrared-heated rooms and a power-meets-pilates signature. We are not affiliated with the studio, and details about her training lineage and certifications are best read on her official site rather than summarized here. What is consistently visible across the brand's own pages and the Mindbody listing is that she is the public face of the studio and the lead teacher for its teacher training program.
Studios and locations
The studio operates three Miami locations, each in a distinct neighborhood:
- Mimi Yoga Aventura — the brand's newest location, in the North Miami Beach area.
- Mimi Yoga Coconut Grove — in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami.
- Mimi Yoga Wynwood — the brand's original neighborhood and the one most often listed first in its own marketing.
Hours, exact addresses, and the current class calendar change from season to season. Treat anything you read here as a starting point and confirm the schedule directly on the studio's official site or its Mindbody page. If you are planning a visit, this is also where promo codes and new-student offers are posted first — third-party listings for boutique Miami studios are very often out of date.
Class types
Mimi Yoga and Pilates is best understood as a heated, athletic studio. The class menu visible on the brand's site is a mix of:
- Power — a faster-paced vinyasa flow with dynamic sequencing. If you are new to that intensity, our guide to whether vinyasa yoga is hard gives you a realistic preview.
- Yogilates — a yoga + pilates hybrid focused on core work.
- Pilates Sculpt and Pilates Bootycamp — mat-based sculpt formats, the latter with a HIIT-style pacing.
- Hip Hop Flow — music-driven flow with a higher-tempo playlist.
- Restorative — slower, longer-held postures, the studio's lower-intensity option.
The shared element across the menu is heat. If you have never practiced in an infrared-heated room, expect to sweat earlier than usual, bring more water than you think you need, and budget a few minutes at the end for a cool-down. For the building blocks of a typical power flow, our primer on power flow yoga and the step-by-step look at Sun Salutations explain the sequencing you are most likely to encounter. If you are not sure heated power is your lane, our overview of vinyasa yoga is a useful baseline.
Teacher training (RYS 200)
The studio runs a 200-hour teacher training registered with Yoga Alliance (RYS 200). The program is listed on the brand's own site as a way to deepen a personal practice or to prepare for teaching, and it is one of the more distinctive elements of the Mimi Yoga brand compared with a typical drop-in-only studio. As with any training, dates, location, and prerequisites change by cohort — check the current cycle on the studio's teacher training page before applying.
Retreats and online platform
Beyond the Miami studios, the brand organizes international retreats and runs an online platform with both live-streamed classes and an on-demand library. Retreats are typically multi-day, destination-based immersions rather than weekend workshops, and they are scheduled intermittently rather than on a fixed calendar. For the live online schedule and the most recent retreat dates, the studio's official site and its newsletter are the only reliable sources.
Other teachers and studios called "Mimi"
The name "Mimi" is common enough that a search for "Mimi Yoga" surfaces more than one entity. In addition to the Miami studio covered above, you will find at least one kids-yoga community and a few independent teachers using the same first name. If your goal is the Miami studio, the safest check is the address and the booking platform (Mindbody). If your goal is a different local teacher, search the name plus the city and confirm the schedule on that teacher's own site rather than on a third-party directory.
Is Mimi Yoga right for you?
| You are… | Fit |
|---|---|
| An active person who wants yoga to feel like training | Strong fit — the studio's power and sculpt formats are built for this |
| A complete beginner | Workable — start with a beginner-labelled class and pace yourself in the heat |
| Looking for slow, restorative practice | Partial fit — try the restorative option, or look at gentle yoga for a lower-intensity default |
| Recovering from injury or heat-sensitive | Look elsewhere first — infrared heat and high-intensity sculpt are not a starting point for a recovery practice |
Frequently asked questions
The studio operates three infrared-heated locations in Miami: Aventura, Coconut Grove, and Wynwood. Exact addresses and current hours are listed on the studio's official site and its Mindbody page.
Mimi Ghandour, a yoga teacher who built the studio around infrared-heated rooms and a power-meets-pilates style.
Yes. The studio runs a Yoga Alliance-registered 200-hour program. Current dates and prerequisites are published on the studio's teacher training page.
Yes. The studios use infrared heating, so expect to sweat. Bring water, a non-slip mat, and plan a short cool-down after class.
Yes. The brand streams live classes and has an on-demand catalog. Access details and current schedule are on the studio's official site.
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