Instructors

Lydia is passionate about helping  others to help themselves. She welcomes all folks to attend her classes, regardless of age, experience level, flexibility, skin color, and body size. Known for her soothing voice, creative sequencing, and light-hearted approach, Lydia’s classes are influenced  by her love for nature and the ancient teachings of yoga. You can expect breathwork, meditation, laughter, mindful movement, storytelling, and philosophy when you attend her classes.

Yoga found Lydia during her final  year of study at Indiana University in Bloomington. After several years of playing on the mat as a student, in 2012 Lydia attended Orbis Yoga’s 200 Hour Teacher Training in Louisville. After teaching over 1,000 hours from the time of her certification, she  received the title of Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher from Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 200). As owner of Fire Horse Yoga Studio in Jasper from 2017 to 2021, Lydia found a new place to share her love of yoga. She completed her 500 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Certification  (RYT500) from Asheville Yoga Center of North Carolina in March of 2020 and has now completed  over 2,000 hours of teaching yoga.

When she’s not on her yoga mat,  you will probably find this sweet yogini at the local farmer’s market, experimenting with a new dish in the kitchen, hiking, reading, listening to records, dancing, hula hooping, or looking for adventure with her sweetheart, Andy.

Robin has been practicing yoga for nearly a decade. After six years of a regular home and studio practice, she decided to deepen her practice with a 200-hour teacher training course with the hopes of sharing her yoga with others — fully embodying Fire Horse Yoga’s mission by bringing body, mind, and spirit together. 

Her Thursday evening (6:30 pm) Light Yoga is a vinyasa-flavored class that focuses on melding intentional breath with functional movement to better move us through our daily activities. Robin offers modifications to add or reduce depth/sensation in the poses allowing students the space to meet themselves exactly where they are each time they come to their mats — seasoned and beginner yogis alike. 

Julia is a longtime FHY teacher and student. She has been practicing yoga for nearly her entire life, and you'll often hear teachers reference Julia wisdom throughout their classes with such statements as: "Falling is learning!" and "No prizes for straight legs in yoga!"

If you've never attended a Yin class with Julia, you're missing out. She is the pure embodiment of yoga, bringing deep peace to each student with her sweet, soothing voice and compassionate air.

Julia leads Hatha classes on Monday mornings at 9am, and Yin on Wednesday evenings at 6 pm; in-studio and online as a livestream or recording. 

Yoga came to Samantha in high school as a way to gain strength and flexibility for horseback riding. Yoga flitted in and out of her life through college and was made a permanent part of her life when she lived in Carmel, Indiana – maintaining a home practice when she wasn’t sweating it out during hot classes after work. She began practicing at Fire Horse after moving back home to Dubois County in January 2016. Samantha fell in love with yin yoga after taking one class with Julia Jalles and knew that she wanted to bring this practice to the lives of others. She finished her 200-hour teacher training at Fire Horse in November 2017 and is passionate about the benefits of all yoga, but especially yin, restorative, and hatha yoga.

In addition to teaching yoga, Sam is  certified in the BarreAbove method and loves teaching the Thursday evening Barre Fusion class, combining the movements of barre with the relaxation and breath awareness of yoga.  Samantha also attends classes at Fire Horse and maintains a daily  practice at home with her two young daughters and husband. She’s an avid believer in taking time out of our busy lives to rest and restore our bodies and minds. Samantha’s intention is to bring a deep level of peace and an awareness of body and breath to every student she teaches.

When she’s not at the studio, Samantha works in marketing part-time for two  different organizations and loves spending time with her family on their farm in Bretzville — hiking, riding their 4 horses (Suzy, Troubadour, Ginger, and Dash), porch-sitting, and loving on their 3 rescue dogs (Roxy,  Rory, Charlotte) and 6 cats (Greay, George, Leo, Aqua, Biscuit, and Pepper Potts)