Open Up

Open Up teaches mindfulness through arts and movement, centering people living with disabilities. Our programs are for everyone!

Open Up, teaches yoga movement and improv mindfulness with many different collaborative partner organizations throughout the region and excels at tailoring these classes for those who benefit from adaptations and modifications of instruction in particular. While yoga and improv are two separate disciplines, they both welcome fun, growth and deeper self-knowledge. Classes in yoga focus on bringing levity and joy to exercises that focus on wellness with movement and breath. Classes in improv/theater games focus on the social and therapeutic benefits of interactive games. All can be tailored to your family, community and individualized needs!

08/30/2025

Sign Up today and join us on Sunday, September 28th from 12–4pm for Accessible Asana Part 2: Backbends & Twists! ✨ In this training, we’ll explore inclusive ways to adapt these poses for all bodies using props, mindful language, and supportive cueing. Open to yoga teachers, students, and anyone curious about accessible movement. 💫 Sign up here: https://www.open-up.org/store/p/accessible-asana-certification-with-anea-michelle-9w83y

08/29/2025

We had a blast hosting the IGIA crew at the studio! Thanks to everyone who joined us and brought such great energy. We're so inspired by the partnerships that help us continue to create and serve our community. Your support shows us that we can overcome any challenge together!

image: Inside the studio on a Thursday evening, participants stand in a semi-circle while raising their arms and opening their hearts during and IGIA session.

08/28/2025

🗣️ Pittsburgh, your voice matters.
From Shadyside to Sheraden, residents came together to shape the future and now it’s your turn. Take the survey below to help decide what our city should prioritize in the next 25 years.

Take the Priorities Survey and share it with your community. Let’s build a future that reflects all of us.

Survey: https://bit.ly/PrioritiesSurvey2050

Image description: Poster from the Pittsburgh 2050 Comprehensive Plan team. It says "Pittsburgh is Facing Tough Choices. What Should We Prioritize? These Changes Will Shape Our Future. Take the Priorities Surve

08/27/2025

We are still buzzing from the energy at the ADA 35 Celebration! We are deeply grateful to our sponsors, the City of Pittsburgh and the Alzheimer's Biomarkers Consortium–Down Syndrome (ABC-DS), for making this event possible.

It was a privilege to partner with the ABC-DS team (AJ pictured here!). Having them there to discuss their groundbreaking international study on aging and brain health in individuals with Down syndrome added so much value. Their work to drive a future of earlier diagnosis and better treatments is a testament to what we can achieve through collaboration.

Thank you, ABC-DS, for your invaluable contribution to the celebration and to the community. Learn more about their work at abc-ds.org.

image: AJ stands behind an information table in the sunlight outside of Open Up's studio. He has a welcoming smile and cheerful demeanor, ready to share information about the ABC-DS research study.

08/26/2025

💛 August is National Make-A-Will Month 💛

Making or updating your will ensures your wishes are honored—and it’s a powerful way to support the causes you care about most.

Including Open Up in your will or estate plan helps us keep movement and mindfulness accessible for all bodies and minds, now and in the future.

Even a small percentage of your estate can make a BIG impact. Read more in our latest blog 💫

Reach out to info@open-up.org if you’d like more information or visit our website to make a recurring gift instead: https://open-up.monkeypod.io/give/2025-annual-campaign

08/25/2025

Help us keep moving together by sharing the word to the people in your communities about Open Up! Any donation big or small will help us towards our goal to continue to offer classes and mindfulness tools to EVERYONE. Please consider donating: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-open-up-openurgent-need-to-sustain-efforts?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=524-newsletter

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Students facing the back of the Open Up yoga studio with one arm up in the air and the other arm down by their side, leaning all together to one side. The teacher is standing, watching everyone and there is a warm light overhead.

08/24/2025

📅 Class Schedule for This Week

Register for a Class and Move with Us!
www.open-up.org/events-and-classes

Let’s keep moving together. 💛
Thank you for being part of our community.

08/22/2025

Classrooms are busy. Minds are even busier.
That’s why we created Open Schools. Bringing accessible yoga and mindfulness into schools to support both students and educators is important on a micro and macro level.

Students learn tools for emotional regulation, focus, and self-awareness. And teachers get a moment to breathe and reset, reducing stress and burnout.

This is about more than movemen, it’s about cultivating safer, calmer, and more connected learning spaces.

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Students and a teacher stand together holding hands and look excited as they move together in a colorful classroom.

08/20/2025

Celebrate 10 years of Open Up with us! 🎉
Pick up a limited edition anniversary t-shirt for $30 before or after your next class at the studio. Wear your support and keep spreading the joy of accessible yoga! 💜👕

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A purple t-shirt with a white design in the center that reads “10 years of Open Up,” with a stylized figure inside the number zero. The background features playful, wavy shapes in pastel purple, yellow, and teal. At the top, bold black text reads “Limited Edition 10-Year T-Shirts.” In the bottom right corner, text says, “Purchase a T-shirt for $30 before or after a class in our studio!”

08/19/2025

Let’s pause and breathe together.
Emily, Education Lead at Open Up, begins each class with a grounding breath, a simple, powerful way to arrive in the moment. Slowing down to feel the rise and fall of your breath can shift everything. 🧘‍♀️✨

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Emily sits cross-legged on a pink yoga mat, holding a colorful expandable breathing ball in front of her face. She is wearing leopard print pants and a black long-sleeve shirt. Around her are a singing bowl, a welcome note, and cards arranged in a semi-circle on the wooden floor. The setting is a bright room with natural light and wooden floors.

08/18/2025

📅 Class Schedule for this week.... don't miss Breathwork with Kyle on Tuesday and the monthly dance party this Friday!

www.open-up.org/events-and-classes

Let’s keep moving together. 💛

Thank you for being part of our community.

08/15/2025

Enjoy this testimonial from a student who is a weekly participant at one of our Community Yoga classes!

Image Description: The image depicts a blue-green background with white text in the center of the image with an Open Up logo at the bottom. The text includes an interviewer question and response from a student who attended the Thursday night yoga class.

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3711 Butler Street
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http://www.open-up.org/

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