Meet our Teachers
Candice O’Connor
Miia Bricker
Born and raised in Huntsville, Candice is a proud local excited to share her passion for yoga with the community. After ten years of ballet lessons, it was only natural that she fell in love with yoga and its flowing movement. While teaching Kindergarten for six years at an International School in Thailand, Candice completed her Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga Training. Candice loves slowing down each day to connect the breath with mindful movement and meditation. She also strives to find balance between strengthening and stretching when facilitating yoga practices. While traveling Central America, she completed a Children’s Yoga Teacher Training in Mexico. Candice’s ultimate goal is to help children and adults find peace in the present and learn strategies that help us lead healthier and happier lives.
Born and raised in Huntsville, Candice is a proud local excited to share her passion for yoga with the community. After ten years of ballet lessons, it was only natural that she fell in love with yoga and its flowing movement. While teaching Kindergarten for six years at an International School in Thailand, Candice completed her Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga Training. Candice loves slowing down each day to connect the breath with mindful movement and meditation. She also strives to find balance between strengthening and stretching when facilitating yoga practices. While traveling Central America, she completed a Children’s Yoga Teacher Training in Mexico. Candice’s ultimate goal is to help children and adults find peace in the present and learn strategies that help us lead healthier and happier lives.
Lucy’s teaching style is knowledgeable, intimate and thoughtful. Known for her gentle approach and soothing voice, Lucy articulates cues with exceptional clarity so that students can confidently move through the sequence. She encourages students to explore beyond the physical posturing, allowing their practice to become a journey of personal growth and self exploration. Lucy has a passion for studying the yogic sutras and sharing the philosophy with those seeking. Lucy guides students to activate their parasympathetic nervous system through focused attention on pranayama and relaxation techniques. She believes in welding the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of yoga together for a truly wholesome experience.
Lucy’s teaching style is knowledgeable, intimate and thoughtful. Known for her gentle approach and soothing voice, Lucy articulates cues with exceptional clarity so that students can confidently move through the sequence. She encourages students to explore beyond the physical posturing, allowing their practice to become a journey of personal growth and self exploration. Lucy has a passion for studying the yogic sutras and sharing the philosophy with those seeking. Lucy guides students to activate their parasympathetic nervous system through focused attention on pranayama and relaxation techniques. She believes in welding the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of yoga together for a truly wholesome experience.
Lucy Stapleton
Trish Hozian
Trish grew up in Burlington but after fourteen years in Muskoka she now calls Huntsville home. Yoga came to Trish at a young age while working through personal obstacles. She began attending a studio forty-five minutes away from her home, and quickly found herself practicing every day. Different teachers, different styles, all began to shape her reason for showing up on her mat. With over twelve years of teaching experience, yoga has remained Trish's truest passion. Time on the mat is invaluable to Trish as yoga has become and always will remain a lifestyle for her.
Trish grew up in Burlington but after fourteen years in Muskoka she now calls Huntsville home. Yoga came to Trish at a young age while working through personal obstacles. She began attending a studio forty-five minutes away from her home, and quickly found herself practicing every day. Different teachers, different styles, all began to shape her reason for showing up on her mat. With over twelve years of teaching experience, yoga has remained Trish's truest passion. Time on the mat is invaluable to Trish as yoga has become and always will remain a lifestyle for her.
Andrea Johnston
Andrea has been connected to the developmental service sector for more than thirty years promoting community inclusion and identifies as a changemaker. She had a childhood filled with dance and gymnastics and in early adulthood discovered yoga. She began teaching in 2010 and has embraced natural and holistic approaches to life. She is also a part of the team at Enliven Cancer Care Muskoka.
Andrea has been connected to the developmental service sector for more than thirty years promoting community inclusion and identifies as a changemaker. She had a childhood filled with dance and gymnastics and in early adulthood discovered yoga. She began teaching in 2010 and has embraced natural and holistic approaches to life. She is also a part of the team at Enliven Cancer Care Muskoka.
Christina Hutt
“Yoga and music have been two pillars of healing on my personal journey, helping me reconnect with myself on a deeper level. Through yoga, I found a space to slow down, breathe and release tension - both physically and emotionally. Music, on the other hand, has been my emotional outlet. Whether playing, singing or listening, music allows me to express emotions I couldn’t always put into words. Together, yoga and music have come my way of finding balance - centering my mind, soothing my heart and keeping me grounded through life’s ups and downs.”
“Yoga and music have been two pillars of healing on my personal journey, helping me reconnect with myself on a deeper level. Through yoga, I found a space to slow down, breathe and release tension - both physically and emotionally. Music, on the other hand, has been my emotional outlet. Whether playing, singing or listening, music allows me to express emotions I couldn’t always put into words. Together, yoga and music have come my way of finding balance - centering my mind, soothing my heart and keeping me grounded through life’s ups and downs.”
Natasha Nadrofsky
Mat and Reformer Pilates certified, Natasha has a deep passion for holistic health and wellness. Her journey into pilates began as a personal healing practice after she was diagnosed with a chronic illness. Facing the challenges of living with a long-term condition, Natasha found solace and strength through pilates, which became not only a physical workout but a mental and emotional healing tool. Returning to teaching after her first maternity leave, Natasha’s health journey and experience as a new mum has shaped her approach to teaching. Her ultimate goal is to inspire others to embrace movement as a form of self-love and healing, guiding them to feel empowered, strong and centered.
Mat and Reformer Pilates certified, Natasha has a deep passion for holistic health and wellness. Her journey into pilates began as a personal healing practice after she was diagnosed with a chronic illness. Facing the challenges of living with a long-term condition, Natasha found solace and strength through pilates, which became not only a physical workout but a mental and emotional healing tool. Returning to teaching after her first maternity leave, Natasha’s health journey and experience as a new mum has shaped her approach to teaching. Her ultimate goal is to inspire others to embrace movement as a form of self-love and healing, guiding them to feel empowered, strong and centered.
Miia has been on a journey of wellness for nearly two years as a yoga instructor, combining her passion for mindful movement with the healing arts. Certified in breathwork, sound healing, Reiki and deep tissue massage, Miia is dedicated to exploring the mind-body connection and helping others discover their own paths to inner balance and well-being. Miia is excited to share her passion for yoga and support you on your journey!
Miia has been on a journey of wellness for nearly two years as a yoga instructor, combining her passion for mindful movement with the healing arts. Certified in breathwork, sound healing, Reiki and deep tissue massage, Miia is dedicated to exploring the mind-body connection and helping others discover their own paths to inner balance and well-being. Miia is excited to share her passion for yoga and support you on your journey!
Lindsay Irvine
With seventeen years as a nurse, Lindsay’s passion for helping others is at the heart of what she offers. Overtime, Lindsay felt a deeper pull towards holistic health, blending her love for yoga and mindfulness with her commitment to caring for others. Now, as a holistic detox coach, Lindsay guides mothers and families through gentle detox practices, helping them improve energy, sleep and overall wellness. Lindsay’s approach combines the nurturing aspects of yoga with natural detoxification, empowering families to thrive and feel their best from the inside out.
With seventeen years as a nurse, Lindsay’s passion for helping others is at the heart of what she offers. Overtime, Lindsay felt a deeper pull towards holistic health, blending her love for yoga and mindfulness with her commitment to caring for others. Now, as a holistic detox coach, Lindsay guides mothers and families through gentle detox practices, helping them improve energy, sleep and overall wellness. Lindsay’s approach combines the nurturing aspects of yoga with natural detoxification, empowering families to thrive and feel their best from the inside out.
I began competitive dance by age five and spent over fifteen years training in many styles, with specific focus on ballet technique. Movement became a part of my identity. When I reflect back now, it seems only natural I would find myself on the path of yoga. However, I didn’t come to yoga because of dance. I came to find yoga because honestly, I had hit rock bottom and desperately needed a lifeline.
Lucy Stapleton
From the age of three I fell in love with movement.
A Note from our Founder,
In my late teenage years, I struggled with depression and anxiety, which led to self-medicating. Growing a deeper dependence on substances, I began making reckless choices with complete disregard for my life. I went traveling in 2017 and got involved with a cult who began dosing me with drugs. I stayed for three weeks and by the time I escaped, I was in a drug-induced psychosis.
By grace, I was able to return home safely with the support of a loving family. I knew I had become someone I never imagined I could be. I had lost touch with both reality and my sanity. I went to a yoga class in an effort to find relief from the overwhelming anxiety, confusion and shame I felt each moment. In the studio, I felt safe to be present in my body for the first time; I felt supported as I confronted my pain. As I moved my body with attentiveness, I felt suppressed emotions rising to the surface to be acknowledged and released. Breath by breath, I knew this practice was how I may be able to piece myself back together. To my surprise, instead of piecing together old parts of myself, yoga made me anew. My yoga practice gave me a new life.
In the intimacy of my practice I heard the whispers of my heart, which revealed uncomfortable truths to me. My inner dialogue was in a constant state of fear, insecurity, scarcity, unworthiness and not-enoughness. I knew the only way I would live a life with some normalcy again, was if I continued to confront the truth and learn ways to self regulate by processing my pain healthily, instead of numbing out or escaping.
Through yoga, I began to take accountability for my life. I had a lot of humbling to do. My mat became a place I returned to feel safety and comfort on my journey of healing. I knew with each practice I was purifying myself of all the shame, guilt and anger I had been carrying. At times I would cry my way through the sequence, but every practice left me feeling lighter and more at peace, with greater faith in my recovery.
My intention in every class is to create sacred space so individuals feel safe being present with their body, mind and spirit. I like to imagine it as a homecoming; guiding you toward quiet reflection so the whispers of your soul are heard. Your yoga practice is an opportunity to create space from the intensity of the modern stimulation and genuinely make space to listen and care for your body, mind and spirit.
The services of Glow Hot Yoga are here to support you on your soul’s journey, wherever you are in your walk of life and yoga.
My role is to walk humbly alongside you, and share the ancient practice of yoga that has helped so many people throughout time.
I was inspired to become a yoga teacher so I could give back the life-changing gift that had been given to me. I was eager to expand my knowledge and spent three years in three different yoga teacher trainings, learning a variety of approaches to the yogic path. Training in many styles from restorative, ashtanga, hatha, vinyasa and yin, I explored many expressions of these ancient teachings in an effort to help myself heal. Having first handedly experienced the life changing benefits of yoga, I am inspired to share this practice, in hopes you too might find refuge in your own yoga practice.
