Hi! We’re Nicole Deacon-Miller and Todd Deacon, sister and brother, both born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. We started practicing yoga in 1993 at the Old Town Scottsdale location, which was the first hot yoga studio in Arizona. Our teacher, Cintra Brown, studied with Bikram for about a decade before moving from Los Angeles to Scottsdale. Nicole completed her Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in 2005 and continued volunteering and serving as faculty for over 15 trainings. In 2006, we purchased the Paradise Valley location.

HOT YOGA TO THE CORE

We are strongly rooted in the Hot Yoga methodology.  We’ve seen the 26&2 Yoga series transform the lives of thousands for the better, and it’s incredibly gratifying to watch their stories unfold. Parents learning to be more patient with their kids, athletes healing injuries without surgery, individuals freeing themselves from medications, and countless others feeling more empowered in their jobs and relationships.

WE TAKE ON ALL COMERS

We strive to make Hot Yoga accessible to as many people as possible. Early on, we noticed that many people were intimidated by the heat and overwhelmed by the intensity of the original 26&2 class.  So we developed The Basic Yoga class sequence. It’s warm instead of hot, 60 minutes instead of 90, and features gentler poses that focus on opening the hips and strengthening the core.

We also noticed that students who had practiced the same sequence for decades were ready and willing to try n