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Victoria received their yoga teacher certification in 2023 with Hot Yoga East Nashville. She fell in love with yoga when her sister (also an instructor) bullied her into taking her first class in 2008. What Victoria enjoys most about teaching yoga is sharing an incredibly powerful tool for healing, a tool that she credits with…

Melissa Gordon received her yoga teacher certification in 2020 with Baptise Power Yoga School. She started teaching yoga in 2020 and began teaching with Small World in 2024. She loves yoga because in addition to supporting down regulation, it also builds mobility and strength. What Melissa enjoys most about teaching yoga is the opportunity to…

Jess received her 200-hour yoga teacher certification in 2024 with Small World Yoga. She loves yoga because of its healing power and ability to create mind-body connection. What Jess enjoys most about teaching yoga is connecting with people and being able to spread the power of yoga. She hopes through teaching she can encourage students…

Carly loves yoga for the sense of connectedness it brings—connecting the individual body and mind, as well as the individual self to world around us. She’s been practicing yoga for sixteen years and has only just scratched the surface of this ancient practice. After completing her 200-hour YTT at Hola Yoga in early 2024, she’s…

Lou Alice Rogers received her yoga teacher certification in 2024 with Small World Yoga. She began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2024. She loves the physical expression of the poses and how they move us to a deeper connection between our bodies and our core being. What Lou Alice enjoys most about teaching yoga…

Cam began practicing yoga in 2020 after an injury kept him out of the gym. It quickly became an important and influential part of his life and he completed his 200-hour YTT in January of 2024. Cam believes in the power of yoga to bring unity to one’s mind, body, and spirit. His hope is…

Rina received her yoga teacher certification in 2021 with Austin-based yoga studio, My Vinyasa Practice. She started teaching yoga in 2021 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2023. She enjoys leading vinyasa and yin classes, with concentrations on mindfulness and breath awareness. What she enjoys most about teaching is being able to see…

Nikki Lee received her yoga teacher certification in 2018 with theAmma Yanni Yoga Center and School, in Glenside, Pennsylvania. She started teaching yoga in 2018 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2024. She loves yoga because she needs flexibility in herself, and because breathwork is becoming increasingly important. What Nikki enjoys most about…

Sabrina believes that a good yoga class can help make space in your life for laughter, joy, peace and power. She began practicing yoga in earnest almost three years ago, after more than two decades of intermittent practice. She is RYS 200-hour certified and is eager to share the gift of yoga with others. With…

MontieAnn Swafford realized one of her lifelong dreams of completing her yoga teacher certification in July 2023 with Small World Yoga, after a lifetime of practicing yoga. She started teaching yoga to private students immediately thereafter and began teaching with Small World Yoga in August 2023. She loves yoga because it helps her with pain…