Casa Vinyasa Yoga

Casa Vinyasa Yoga has operated along South Dixie Highway in the southern reach of Coral Gables since 2017, co founded by Melissa Echevarria and Lizzy Chiappy, two names that show up consistently across the studio’s history as the driving force behind its growth from a new studio into an established part of the local yoga community. Being co founded and run by two named, identifiable owners rather than operating under an anonymous brand gives the studio a personal, accountable character that many boutique fitness studios lack.

The studio’s signature offering is infrared heated yoga, a style that uses infrared panels rather than traditional space heaters to warm the room, an approach many practitioners prefer for the way it warms the body directly rather than simply raising ambient air temperature. Alongside heated vinyasa classes, Casa Vinyasa offers mat pilates, private one on one sessions for students wanting individualized instruction, and a 200 hour yoga teacher training program for students looking to deepen their practice into a teaching credential.

That teacher training program is a meaningful marker of a studio’s depth and commitment to the practice beyond just running drop in classes. Running a legitimate 200 hour certification program requires significant instructor expertise and a real investment in curriculum development, and studios that offer this level of training tend to attract a more dedicated, long term student base rather than casual, one off visitors.

Casa Vinyasa also maintains a virtual studio option, allowing students to join classes remotely, a feature that became increasingly common across the yoga industry and has stuck around as a genuine convenience for students who cannot always make it to the physical studio. Special programming like full moon classes adds a seasonal, ritual element to the schedule that appeals to students drawn to yoga’s more contemplative and spiritual traditions alongside its physical benefits.

The South Dixie Highway location situates Casa Vinyasa in the southern part of Coral Gables near the Underline corridor, an area that has been developing its own identity as a wellness focused stretch of the city distinct from the retail heavy downtown core. For Coral Gables residents in this part of the city, or anyone drawn specifically to infrared heated practice and serious teacher training, Casa Vinyasa offers a studio with real depth built over years of consistent operation under its founding owners. The studio’s South Dixie Highway address also puts it within easy reach of the Underline, making it a natural stop before or after a run or bike ride along the linear park.