Begin Your Journey
Every journey has a destination. Let your journey lead you to Blue Awning Yoga and Wellness. Our stunning studio embraces all levels of practice and abilities with extra care and instruction for those with sight and physical restrictions. We offer in-person and virtual classes to meet everyone’s needs. All of our classes are focused on helping our patrons achieve a sense of mind and body. Whether you are participating in the comforts of your home or in-studio, you will surely leave feeling refreshed and renewed. Please join us on Facebook at Blue Awning Yoga and Wellness to receive the latest news and updates. We hope to see you soon!
Free Virtual Classes
We are proud to offer Free Virtual Classes for individuals who are 55+ and/or have a disability. You must reside within Allegheny County and complete an in-take assessment to qualify. Our virtual classes are interactive and engaging. You will enjoy participating in the comfort of your home while also reaping the increased health benefits of yoga. To learn more, please contact us phone at 412-368-4400 x 2239 or e-mail lgamrat@pghvis.org for eligibility.
About Us
Blue Awning Yoga & Wellness is a studio for EVERYONE.
Our goal is to create an all-inclusive environment so people of all backgrounds and needs have the opportunity to achieve harmony and awareness in their life.
We provide our students a chance to recharge, achieve balance, and relax in a renovated historic warehouse space in the heart of the Uptown neighborhood. We are located at 1816 Locust Street, on the 4th floor, convenient to public transportation and parking. We offer a wide variety of yoga and wellness classes for all skill levels. We present each student with an experience that will create strength, mindfulness, and balance in both the mind and body.
Our experienced instructors are committed to their students by creating an atmosphere of education, healing, and peacefulness. Our teachers inspire their students to become their best and happiest self through a mindful yoga practice that is both challenging and appropriate for all people of all skill levels and abilities.
We hope you will join us for a one-of-a-kind experience where you will achieve awareness, harmony, and help create a stronger community for all.


Wellness Services
We thrilled to announce that Blue Awning Yoga and Wellness is expanding. Join us in the art of practicing healthy habits on a daily basis to improve your physical and mental health so that instead of just surviving, you’re thriving. We offer wellness services that include Craniosacral Therapy, Lymphatic Drainage Massage, Massage Therapy , Personal Training Services, and Reiki. Schedule your appointment today.
To schedule an appointment or for pricing, please contact the therapists directly.
- For Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy (CST), and Lymphatic Drainage Massage, please contact Carol at 484.318.9145
- For Massage Therapy, please contact Prema at 412.925.2690
- For Personal Training services, please contact Vivian at 412.722.3207
Our Classes
Class Descriptions

CHAIR YOGA

LUNCHTIME GENTLE YOGA
Recharge during this 45 minute lunch break practice. We’ll balance activity and rest to keep you energized through the remainder of your workday. Pairing a gentle asana practice with grounding exercises, mindfulness, mediation, and pranayama (breath work), this class is appropriate for anyone who can comfortably get up and down off the floor. Adaptive and accommodating postures will be cued for all types of bodies.

BEGINNER YOGA
This class will introduce you to fundamental principles of yoga, proper poses, and breath work. This class will walk you through the step-by-step verbal description and demonstration. Emphasis is placed on student understanding, safety, and stability within each pose.

SLOW AND STRONG YOGA FLOW
Join us for slow and strong flow yoga. This class integrates strength, flexibility, concentration, and contemplation through a series of traditional postures linked together through breath and movement. We will bring you back to the basics while helping you tune into your body’s own rhythm. This 60 minute class is perfect for individuals of all levels.

DYNAMIC YOGA FLOW
Challenge yourself with this creative and lively class that features fluid movements that focus on body awareness in a continuous sequence. This class involves unexpected transitions and dynamic asanas with a funky spin. It will lead you from one pose to another through your inhale and exhale and create heat inside the body and stillness in the mind. This class is appropriate for individuals with some level of yoga experience.

GENTLE FLOW YOGA
Our Gentle Flow Yoga class is geared toward those who are new to yoga and are interested in a gentle practice. It incorporates simple flowing sequences to warm up the body, as well as slower paced movements focusing on alignment, strength, balance, and flexibility. It is a perfect class for all levels of practice.

SLOW FLOW YOGA

RECHARGE RAJA YOGA

SLOW POWER YOGA
Join us for this slow paced, hatha yoga practice designed to focus on strength through various sequences and poses, using your own body weight and breathing techniques to tap into and develop your strength. This class is great for anyone looking to increase their strength, while deepening their own practice. This class is for all levels however this is a moderate intensity class and participants should be healthy enough for exercise.

RESTORATIVE YOGA

VINYASA BREATH AND FLOW
Join us for a moving meditation that creates strength, freedom, and fluidity in the body and mind. Center the mind while challenging the body. This is the perfect class to kick start your upcoming week. You will experience a deepened strength, balance, vitality, and joy. This class is appropriate for beginners, advanced yogis, and everyone in between.

POWER YOGA
This stimulating yoga class is intended to use your own body weight combined with various flows and poses, to help strengthen and stretch your body. While this class is beginner friendly, it is intended for those who are fit enough for exercise and open minded enough to step on the mat. You will leave this class revitalized and ready to take on the world!
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Class Schedule
All classes are available In-person or Virtual.
MONDAY
CHAIR YOGA
10:00 to 11:00 am
Instructor: Megan Bianco
LUNCHTIME GENTLE YOGA
12:00 to 12:45 pm
Instructor: Megan Bianco
BEGINNER YOGA
7:00 to 8:00 pm
Instructor: Carol Lubecki
TUESDAY
CHAIR YOGA
10:00 to 11:00 am
Instructor: Annie Lapidus
SLOW AND STRONG YOGA FLOW
7:00 to 8:00 pm
Instructor: Melissa Osburn
WEDNESDAY
LUNCHTIME GENTLE YOGA
12:00 to 12:45 pm
Instructor: Christine Mclnnes
RESTORATIVE YOGA
5:30 to 6:30 pm
Instructor: Carol Lubecki
DYNAMIC YOGA FLOW
7:00 to 8:00 pm
Instructor: Melissa Osburn
THURSDAY
LUNCHTIME GENTLE YOGA
12:00 to 12:45 pm
Instructor: Vivian Bowser
SLOW FLOW YOGA
7:00 to 8:00 pm
Instructor: Megan Bianco
FRIDAY
CHAIR YOGA
10:30 to 11:30 am
Instructor: Christine Mclnnes
LUNCHTIME GENTLE YOGA
12:00 to 12:45 pm
Instructor: Melissa Osburn
SATURDAY
RECHARGE RAJA YOGA
9:30 to 10:30 am
Instructor: Ursula Howard
POWER YOGA
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Instructor: Vivian Bowser
SLOW POWER YOGA
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Instructor: Molly Knepper
SUNDAY
RESTORATIVE YOGA
9:30 to 10:30 am
Instructor: Carol Lubecki
VINYASA BREATH AND FLOW
6:00 to 7:00 pm
Instructor: Melissa Osburn
Class Pricing
We pride ourselves on offering a yoga program that is affordable and inclusive to everyone. We have a variety of pricing levels to meet everyone’s individual needs. We welcome walk-ins.
MEMBERSHIPS
$50 per Month (Virtual Only)
$90 per Month (In-person and Virtual)
$900 per Year (In-person and Virtual)
INDIVIDUAL CLASS
$15 per Class – In Person
$10 per Class – In Person Student, or Senior 60 years or older (ID required)
$5 per class – Virtual
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Expert Intsructors
Meet Our Team

Megan Bianco
INSTRUCTOR
I discovered yoga through my local library over a decade ago. I’ve been on a journey of self-realization ever since. My practice has helped me grow stronger, more flexible and grounded both on and off the mat. My training includes a 200-hour power yinyasa certification with South Hills Power Yoga. In addition to a 200-hour teacher training with Story Yoga located in Burlington, VT. Which focused on addiction recovery and trauma informed yoga. I seek to help others thrive by connecting body, mind and spirit. In class I like to combine creative sequencing, a spirit of playfulness and a dose of inspiration to help you deepen your practice. My hope is that you step off the mat feeling refreshed and balanced.

Vivian Bowser
INSTRUCTOR
After changing my own lifestyle to a health and wellness led journey I became a National Academy of Sports and Medicine Certified Personal Trainer (NASM) in the spring of 2021. Specializing in strength training and weight management as well as conditioning. Wanting to learn more on how to continue to expand my knowledge of health and wellness yoga was on my
radar. At first I did not know enough about yoga to have a valid opinion about it, so I took a class at my local Gym in downtown Pugh. This one class showed me that yoga would be a great
foundation for anyone. As a yoga instructor I strive to have a rhythmic strengthening flow in class. Using my fitness background to mix it up in class but it still will be a “yoga” class. I would also love to teach wall classes using this same style. One of my favorite sayings is “move forward with an attitude of gratitude”.

Ursula Howard
INSTRUCTOR

Molly Knepper
INSTRUCTOR
My name is Molly Knepper, 200 RYT, and I have been teaching yoga since 2016. I was first exposed to yoga as a child from a wonderful neighbor but stepped away from it for many years as I pursued competitive swimming. I returned to yoga as a public-school teacher in search of ways to manage stress. Soon after I completed a 200 hr. teacher-training course in Hatha Yoga. I taught with PIES Studio until I moved to Pittsburgh with my husband to start a family. Since then, I have been teaching at my neighborhood civic center, offering classes focused on strength and flexibility as well as relaxation. I love to help others discover yoga’s ability to build functional strength, reduce stress and promote relaxation. My goal as a yoga teacher is to help others learn and create an accessible and sustainable home practice.

Annie Lapidus
INSTRUCTOR
Annie Lapidus is an advocate for inclusion and accessibility, whose approach is Collaborative and community-oriented. In partnership with Creative Citizen Studios, she has served as a consultant and trainer for organizations such as the Carnegie Museums, the Children’s Museum, and Attack Theater, where she has worked to systemically break down barriers to access and to create authentic welcoming strategies. Annie is the board Vice-President of the Bricolage Production Company and is the chair of their Inclusion and Accessibility Committee. Annie earned RYT200 Yoga Teacher Certification through Open Up Pittsburgh. She also holds a specialized certification in Accessible Yoga. These programs of adaptive and accommodating yoga practice are in alignment with her belief that meeting people where they are and using open communication are the best methods for allowing people to feel welcomed, wanted, and included.

Christine Mclnnes
INSTRUCTOR

Melissa Osburn
INSTRUCTOR

Carol Lubecki
INSTRUCTOR
Expert Wellness Practitioners
Meet Our Team

Vivian Bowser
PERSONAL TRAINER

Carol Lubecki
PRACTITIONER

Prema
PRACTITIONER
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Thank you for your interest in Blue Awning Yoga & Wellness. Our committed staff is here to help you and answer any questions you may have. Please contact us by phone at 412-368-4088 or email at yogastudio1@pghvis.org