Phone-Free Miami Yoga and Pilates Studio Is Expanding to Aventura

Mimi Yoga & Pilates, a local hotspot for those in their human pretzel eras, has announced that it is opening its largest and most luxurious location in Aventura next month.

While an exact opening date has yet to be announced, the space, located at 17071 W. Dixie Hwy., will begin welcoming clients sometime in April. It follows Mimi’s original Wynwood location, a 2024 Best of Miami winner that opened in 2022, and a Coconut Grove outpost, which debuted in 2024. The new space will offer several different yoga classes and Pilates in infrared rooms heated between 90 and 98 degrees.

Founder Mimi Ghandour tells New Times that she’s taken everything she’s learned from running the first two studios to create what she calls an “amazing sanctuary” for her third location. While certain aspects, like the bathrooms and boutique, are comparative upgrades in the Aventura space, the new location will feature the other studios’ familiar signature rose scent, blue ombre walls, polished concrete floors, and arched mirrors.

“When you walk in, you’ll know you’re in a Mimi Yoga,” says Ghandour.

While the space might look Instagram-ready with its calm, clean aesthetic, Ghandour says that her widely publicized no-filming policy — which was covered in national press when Mimi announced it last fall — will carry over to the Aventura studio.

“[In class], you have one hour to go inward. The policy is also out of respect for anyone in the room who does not wish to be filmed,” she says.

Those who violate the policy will be asked to leave class without a refund, but fear not, influencers: You can still get your content in before and after class, or during the studio’s special events, workshops, and yoga and Pilates trainings. (After all, we are still living in the content creation capital of the country.) 

The new Mimi Yoga & Pilates location will be one of several new wellness spaces that Miami has welcomed in recent months, including Brickell’s Quantum Temple, which focuses on sound healing practices, Little River’s Wild Thing studio, which recently launched a collaboration with celebrity-favorite brand Alo Yoga, and Tracy Anderson’s Coral Gables studio, which opened with a visit from its eponymous owner in November.