A BIT ABOUT OURSELVES
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 new postures at a faster pace. So we introduced our 60 Express Yoga class. Over time, we also added Hot HIIT, Hot Pilates, Hot Barre, and Power Yoga to help students build strength and maintain proper alignment in their yoga poses. We also began to offer transformational workshops to help people transfer the peace they find on the mat into their everyday lives.
ALWAYS EVOLVING
In over decade of providing yoga we had grown out of providing just Hot Yoga. We had become a place where lives are transformed through multiple modalities while surrounded by positive, like-minded community. We had become The Foundry. Moving forward, we’re committed to providing the best methodologies for yoga, exercise, and personal transformation. Our purpose is to provide a multi-dimensional experience that empowers people to fearlessly pursue positive change in themselves and in the world around them.
We believe that by inspiring people to grow and evolve themselves, they will spark joy and happiness. Our hope is that this ripple effect will spread joy and happiness to their relationships, their friends, their families, the community, and eventually to the world.
More GREAT REASONS TO CHOOSE Us
In addition to being the Valley’s leading provider of Bikram Hot Yoga, we offer a holistic mix of additional Hot Yoga classes, Hot Pilates, Hot HIIT, Hot Barre and Power Yoga designed to transform and empower you to grow and evolve. In every second of every class, in every droplet of sweat, in every movement of muscle, there is something to be discovered and learned. We offer hot and warm classes that range in length from 45 - 90 minutes. We have 5 locations in Arizona, 1 in California, and more on the way! As the Valley’s first purveyors of Bikram Yoga, we believe our history sets us apart. We have been believers in hot yoga since day one. We are purists and innovators who continuously look for ways to empower our students on their personal pathway toward positive growth and transformation.
We were the first hot yoga studio in Arizona
We’re proud to be locally owned and operated in Arizona
Close to 100 hot yoga & fitness teachers on staff with many teaching for over a decade!
We’re For Real
We combine systematic sequences with scientific methods
Our approach to Bikram yoga works most major muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, organs and glands
It is about physical, mental, and spiritual transformation
We’re About Results
Our knowledgeable and caring staff puts you first
Our Basic class is great for newbies and people recovering from serious injuries
We have a great community and awesome events!