North Miami Offers Free Yoga and Pilates Classes in City Parks

The City of North Miami launched free outdoor yoga classes at North Bayshore Park on March 21, with Vice Mayor Kassandra Timothe hosting the first session of a recurring Saturday series open to practitioners at every level.

Yoga in the Park runs every third Saturday at 9:00 AM at North Bayshore Park, 12220 North Bayshore Drive, North Miami, FL 33181. A companion program, Pilates in the Park, begins April 4 at Alfred S. Besade Park, where classes will meet every first Saturday at the same 9:00 AM start time. Both series are free and open to all fitness levels.

Vice Mayor Timothe is named as the on-site host for both programs, lending the initiative direct civic presence beyond a standard parks department offering. The city described the series as designed to promote wellness and community connection through accessible, outdoor movement programming.

The schedule is structured to avoid overlap: Pilates anchors the first Saturday of each month while yoga takes the third, so a committed practitioner could maintain consistent movement at two different parks without paying studio prices. The Saturday morning timing, combined with the public park setting, gives the series the kind of family-friendly accessibility that removes the friction often associated with starting a new practice.

Participants are encouraged to RSVP for planning purposes through the program's Eventbrite pages: YogainNorthBayshore.eventbrite.com for yoga and PilatesinBesade.eventbrite.com for Pilates.

The April 4 Pilates kickoff at Alfred S. Besade Park is the next entry point for anyone who missed the yoga series launch, as North Miami continues to build out what it has framed as a recurring outdoor wellness offering across its parks.