[ ALLY MAZ E-RYT 500]

Ally Maz (she/her) is a yoga teacher, writer, entrepreneur, and the author of Girlvana: Self-Love, Yoga, and Making a Better World. With 17 years of teaching experience, Ally’s journey began in Vancouver, BC, studying traditional Hatha yoga before exploring hot yoga, Pilates, and ultimately finding her calling in the dynamic practice of Anusara Yoga. She spent years traveling and studying with senior teachers, immersing herself in the deep philosophy and biomechanics of the practice. Today, Ally blends her background in dance with multiple yoga traditions, teaching a fluid, music-infused Vinyasa style that incorporates intelligent sequencing and deep messaging.

Ally is the founder of Girlvana Yoga, a global movement offering retreats, classes, and mentorship for teen girls through yoga and meditation. With over 100 teachers worldwide, 15 retreats, and a published book with Penguin Random House, Girlvana has become a powerful space for young women to connect and grow. She also leads Ladyvana, an evolution of Girlvana for adult women, offering retreats that explore self-inquiry through yoga, nature, and raw conversation.

In 2014, Ally co-founded Distrikt Movement, a groundbreaking yoga, fitness, and community hub that blended movement styles with art, music, and youth mentorship. The Distrikt pioneered a new way of bringing people together through movement, hosting dance parties, speaker series, retreats, DJ’d classes, and after-school programs for teens.

As a former Global Yoga Ambassador for lululemon, Ally has taught and facilitated for The Mirror, Vancouver Canucks, LA Dodgers, New York Knicks, Wanderlust Festival (Canada, USA, Japan), Vice, Do Lectures, and more. Now, she is pursuing her dream of opening her own boutique hotel and retreat space alongside her husband, Bill, creating a space for connection, creativity, and community.

You can access meditations and musings at allymaz.substack.com.

 
 

[ ashley Brodeur M.A, RP, E-RYT 500 ]

 

Ashley Brodeur (she/her) is a Registered Psychotherapist, yoga teacher, adventurer, and entrepreneur whose path has always been guided by intuition. At just 19, she followed that inner knowing to Brazil, where she completed her first yoga teacher training, a decision that shaped the course of her life.

With over 500 hours of YTT experience, Ashley has been teaching and learning ever since. Originally trained in Moksha Yoga, her teaching style has evolved to reflect her deep belief in slowing down. Her classes are rooted in mindful movement, nervous system awareness, and the philosophy of doing less, better. Music is woven intentionally into her offerings, and hands-on adjustments are a key part of her approach.

For the past twelve years, Ashley has worked alongside Ally Maz, helping to develop Girlvana Yoga teachers worldwide. In 2016, she founded The Feelosophy, a practice that blends restorative yoga with therapeutic touch and massage. After earning her Master’s in Psychotherapy in 2021, she expanded her work to include mindfulness-based and somatic therapy, bridging the gap between mental health and movement. She has since led retreats, workshops, and countless classes across Canada and beyond.

Ashley also briefly owned a community yoga studio in Toronto, which she closed in 2020 due to COVID. Now, she runs a private practice supporting individuals in their mental health journeys. She is the creator of courses and workshops on the nervous system and the mind-body connection, helping people understand how emotions are stored and expressed in the body.

Her work has brought her to the stages of TED Conference, lululemon, Patagonia, Arc'teryx, and Wanderlust, among others. When she’s not teaching, you can find her on an airplane to her next adventure, swimming in the ocean, or at the gym with her husband.

Ashley shares accessible mental health tools over at thefeelosophy.substack.com

 
 

[ NYA DALEY ]

Nya (she/her) is a Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Atlanta, GA-based social worker, community builder, yoga facilitator (E-RYT 200, RYT 500), and equity, diversity, and belongingness (EDB) educator. With over 15 years of experience working in the social service sector, Nya has dedicated her career to supporting equity-deserving groups, including justice-involved youth, families with child welfare involvement, and adults diagnosed with developmental disabilities.

Her approach to facilitation is grounded in person-centered, strength-based, and trauma-aware practices. Nya is deeply committed to teaching individuals and groups how to create brave and safer spaces by critically examining values, identity, social position, and power.

In her yoga teaching, Nya brings a deep passion for the intersection of biomechanics and yoga asana. She designs sequences that are not only progressive and thoughtful but also functional, ensuring that every practice is rooted in anatomical awareness and mindful movement. 

Since 2020, Nya has been training movement teachers through Soulga Yoga, the wellness collective she founded after completing her first ytt in 2017. Soulga is dedicated to nurturing the growth and thriving of Black, Brown, and Indigenous Melanated (BBIMP) wellness professionals. As a lead and guest faculty member, she has collaborated with more than 10 North American-based studios to offer mentorship, training, and culturally accessible wellness experiences.