Fire Horse Yoga has been serving the community for health and wellness since 2001.
MISSION: Fire Horse Yoga provides Yoga, Barre, Meditation, Breathwork, Movement, and Mindfulness practices which have been proven effective in supporting well-being and promoting the integration of the body, mind, and spirit. We provide qualified, credentialed professional instructors, consistently maintaining an environment that is supportive of our offerings and welcoming to all. Body, Mind, and Spirit.
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Tasia Hein, CYT 200, Studio Manager
Julia Jalles, RYT® 200
Robin Morton, CYT 200
Michelle Pfister, Pilates Instructor and YTT Student
Samantha Knies Gray, E-RYT 200, YACEP®, Barre Above® Instructor
Tim Gray, CYT 200, Barre Above® Instructor
Tasia Hein, CYT 200, Studio Manager
Tasia is a yoga instructor and acts as the Studio Manager for Fire Horse Yoga.
She’s been practicing at Fire Horse Yoga for over a decade, and completed her 200-hour teacher training at the studio in 2019.
You can find Tasia as a regular student in Yin, Barre, and Hot Yoga Classes — she knows it takes both yin and yang in life to stay truly balanced in mind and body.
Outside of the studio, Tasia is a mother of two, a licensed RN (!!), and loves dogs just as much as Sam.
You can find Tasia at the front desk every Sunday, with the biggest and most genuine smile, ready to teach Sunday Yin (11 am in-studio and online).
Robin Morton, CYT 200
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.
Robin’s classes 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.
Samantha Knies Gray, E-RYT 200, YACEP®, Barre Above® Instructor
Samantha is the former Owner/Director and current teacher at Fire Horse Yoga and our sister yoga school - Fire Horse Academy of Yoga - in historical downtown Jasper, Indiana. A lifelong equestrian, she started practicing yoga in high school as a way to develop flexibility and strength for horseback riding.
In 2016, Sam and her family (husband, Tim, and daughters, Kate and Isla) moved to Dubois County for Tim’s job and to be closer to her family in Bretzville. Shortly after moving, Sam found Fire Horse Yoga and fell in love with the slowness of Yin Yoga which helped her regain flexibility/mobility/stability in her body, as well as mental/emotional wellbeing following a rough pregnancy, traumatic childbirth experience, and major life changes.
In 2017, Sam completed her Yoga Teacher Training at Fire Horse Yoga and began leading private and group Yin Yoga practices at the studio and across the county — bringing the practice of mindfulness to others who had lost their connection to their bodies and mental wellbeing in the midst of the stress and chaos of daily life.
Samantha bought Fire Horse in ‘21 and moved it to a historical building north of the Downtown Jasper Square. She added new modalities and styles to the studio, became certified as a Barre Above® Instructor and YACEP (Yoga Alliance Certified Education Provider) and upgraded her Yoga Alliance designation to Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT). She currently teaches adult and children group and private sessions (including aerial yoga) at the studio and across the county for local institutions and businesses.
Sam enjoys teaching alignment-based and Yin yoga, as well as Yoga Nidra. She specializes in nervous system regulation and helping clients regain flexibility, mobility, and stability in their bodies.
When she’s not at the studio, Samantha works as a social media specialist for a digital marketing firm and loves spending time with her family on their farm in Bretzville — hiking, porch-sitting, and loving on the 3 dogs, 6 cats, 15 horses, and 3 ducks that take up residence with them.
Julia Jalles, CYT 200
Julia is a longtime FHY teacher and student. She has been practicing yoga for nearly her entire life, and you'll often hear Sam reference Julia wisdom throughout her classes: "Falling is learning!" and "No prizes for straight legs in yoga!" If you've never attended a 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 fuses both passive and active stretches and movement into one class. You might also get a little Qigong in Julia’s classes! Julia is a mom to two sons — one in Florida and one in California — and a grandmother to 3: Sebastian, Daniel, and Ada.
Tim Gray, CYT 200, Barre Above® Instructor
Tim is Samantha Gray’s husband. He’s been practicing yoga regularly since 2018 and quickly saw an improvement in mobility, range of motion, flexibility, balance, and fewer workout/sports/work-related injuries . Tim, a licensed engineer and Project Management Professional, has found that the use of breathwork and meditation helps to manage stress in his engineering job. His favorite style of yoga is Yin.
Tim is a CYT 200 and is certified in the Barre Above® method. He is the official fill-in as a substitute Barre teacher on Thursday evenings.
Michelle Pfister, Pilates Teacher and YTT Student
Michelle has loved fitness for years; a love that led her to teaching classes early in her career. She enjoyed and taught a variety of modalities over time, with one of her favorites being Pilates. The demands of life required a long break from teaching, but in the ebb and flow of life, Michelle was ready to return to her love of teaching Pilates in 2024.
When not practicing Yoga, Pilates, or walking her dog, you can count on finding her at an art show, art gallery or art class soaking up any creative energy she can find. A self-described art-addict, she believes that "The eARTh without art is 'eh.' "
MIchelle took her first yoga class from Fire Horse when the studio opened (with Amar), and has been hooked ever since.
RYT® 200. Teachers can register as an RYT® 200 if they have successfully completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training that is registered with Yoga Alliance. All training hours must come from the same school and multiple trainings cannot be combined to meet the 200-hour Requirement. Teaching hours are not required for this designation. RYT® 200 teachers are registered with Yoga Alliance. (RYT = Registered Yoga Teacher)
E-RYT 200. Teachers can register as an E-RYT 200 if they have successfully completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training program that is registered with Yoga Alliance and have taught a minimum of two years after completing training. All training hours must come from the same school and multiple trainings cannot be combined to meet the 200-hour Requirement. Applicants must submit 1,000 teaching hours for this designation which must be completed after completing training with a RYS 200. E-RYT 200 teachers are registered with Yoga Alliance. (E-RYT = Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher)
Once registered, an E-RYT 200 is able to provide continuing education workshops to RYTs and can be a Lead Trainer of a 200-hour teacher training program for a RYS 200.
RYT® 500. Teachers can register as a RYT® 500 if they have successfully completed a 500-hour yoga teacher training that is registered with Yoga Alliance. The 500 hours of training can either come from one school or can be a combination of a 200-hour training plus 300 hours of advanced training from a different school. Advanced training is defined as training that requires participants to have completed a 200-hour training. Applicants must submit 100 teaching hours for this designation which must be completed after completing training with a RYS 200 or 500. RYT® 500 teachers are registered with Yoga Alliance. (RYT = Registered Yoga Teacher)
RCYT. Teachers can register as a RCYT if they have successfully completed both a 200-hour yoga teacher training and a 95-hour children's yoga teacher training—in either order—that are registered with Yoga Alliance. Applicants must submit 30 teaching hours in children’s yoga which must be performed after completing a training with a RCYS (Registered Children’s Yoga School). RCYTs are registered with Yoga Alliance. (RCYT = Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher)
CYT 200. Indicates that the teacher has successfully completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training with a Yoga School that may or may not be registered with Yoga Alliance. CYT = Certified Yoga Teacher. CYTs are not registered with Yoga Alliance.
YACEP®. The YACEP designation is designed for experts in the yoga community to set themselves apart and teach courses that qualify as Continuing Education hours for RYTs and CYTs. Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®s) who take courses with a YACEP® can trust that their training counts toward meeting their Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Requirements.
Barre Above®. Instructors are certified in the Barre Above® method. Barre Above® is a unique approach to barre workouts as you've seen them. Fusing the best of pilates, yoga, aerobics, and elements of the strengthening exercises dancers do, Barre Above® delivers a results-driven workout that is not only fun and dynamic, but it will sculpt your body and get you into absolutely amazing shape.