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UPCOMING EVENTS

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All-Levels Yoga, 6pm

Flow with a beer? Sip during or after and flow in a private tap room. Register here!

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Yoga Dance Party, 12p

Let's have some fun while raising money for Dreams of Hope, a local queer youth arts organization. Register Here

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Community Yoga, 11am

Located inside/outside the new ACB Taproom, just show up with your mat and water, 11am!

Meet Kayla

Kayla Hersperger (she/her) is a Pittsburgh-based yoga teacher and fitness professional. Teaching yoga has been the greatest joy of her life and she hopes students leave her classes feeling strong, safe, supported, and self-aware. She started teaching yoga in 2017 and developed a love for cycling and group fitness in 2020. Now-a-days she inspires people to move in a way that fosters a mind/body/spirit connection. She believes everyone has an inner guiding light, or Center Sage, and movement is a way to connect to that deeper knowing. 

Kayla is mindful that physical asana is just the tip of the iceberg as she integrates the wisdom of yoga into daily life with breath work, meditation, and spiritual considerations. Kayla is passionate about equality, vegan life, and traveling. She is a resident of the Northside, a marketer during the daytime, and a dog mom to the sweetest girl, Cici pup. 

In her yoga classes, expect creative sequencing inspired by water and music, always linked with an intention and supported by the breath. Though her classes are challenging and fun, they are always inclusive, providing a safe space for students to try new things and explore the boundaries of their practice. Variations are emphasized and all levels are welcome! 

In her fitness classes, expect the mind/body connection to guide everything. She is inspired by music and obsesses over making playlists, down to every beat of the song. She has been teaching cycling since 2020 and group fitness since 2022, receiving certifications in both in 2024. Her fitness classes are challenging and inclusive, always on the beat of the music, and full of high energy fun. Variations are emphasized and all levels are welcome! 

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Winter Wellness Retreat
January 16-19, 2026

Save $50 when you register before July 31 for next year's Winter Wellness Retreat at River Mountain. Join Kayla and Lauren for an all-inclusive 4-day long weekend yoga retreat to set an intention for the new year and restore after the busy holiday season. With a balance of energizing yoga flows, grounding meditation & breathwork, and intentional rest, you'll leave feeling replenished, clear-minded, and inspired. 

PRIVATE YOGA/FITNESS INSTRUCTION

For students wanting to deepen their understanding of their yoga practice, Kayla offers private yoga instruction, in studio, or virtual. Private yoga classes offer a personal touch and attention to your experience. You receive individual guidance, direction and support for your practice. Complete the form below to learn more.

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PAST EVENTS

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Veggies n'Yoga

April 29, 2023

Veggies N'at threw down in Riverview Park. We moved through a beautiful all levels flow and then ate our fill of the best vegan food in the city. Dreams really do come true.

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Yoga & Beer

Third Thursdays '22 & '23

Join us at Necromancer Brewing Co. in the brew house for a one hour all levels yoga class hosted by Ales & Asanas. Cost includes a Necromancer beer that you are welcome to enjoy at your leisure. Next date is May 25, 2023! Register Here

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Yoga and Self Care

Jan 2022 & 2023 & 2024

Take your yoga practice off the mat and set an intention for the new year with Kayla and Kelly in this Yoga and Self-Care workshop. This is an opportunity to gather as a community and share strategies to sustain a self-care focus within the traditions of the yoga practice.

Live Music Yoga

Live Music Yoga

September 20, 2020

Join Kayla and Derek at the Harvie Farms Pgh Warehouse for a live music yoga event in support of the bail project!

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Be Your Own Beloved

Feb 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

This workshop guides students through strategies to build and maintain a sustainable self-care practice through the integration of yogic concepts.

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Yoga in the Square

18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Breathe, stretch, and flow under the sunshine with a few hundred of your neighbors and Pittsburgh’s top yogis. Oh, and did we mention it’s totally free!?

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Journey to Headstand

April 18, 2021

Kayla's workshop will show you how to confidently integrate headstand into your yoga practice. You’ll practice the fundamentals, learn the skills necessary to build stability, and play with fun variations and transitions.

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Journey to Crow

February 9, 2019

Do you want to confidently integrate crow into your yoga practice?

Kayla's workshop will show you how. You’ll practice the fundamentals, learn the skills necessary to build stability, and play with fun variations and transitions.

Audiovisual Conference

Pitt Mindfulness Fair

April 7, 2018

Kayla gives a talk at the Pitt Mindfulness Fair entitled "Mindfulness in Social Media Communities."

Check out the video of this talk here

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