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Allyssa Nehrenz
Allyssa received her yoga teacher certification in 2022 with Yoga Renew. She started teaching yoga in 2023 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2023. She loves yoga because it makes her feel empowered in her body. What Allyssa enjoys most about teaching yoga is inspiring people to be the best version of themselves.…
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Gabe Marrero
Gabe has been practicing yoga since 2010 after getting involved in the workout program P90X. After resuming a consistent practice in 2021, Gabe decided to apply to SWY’s DEIA scholarship and completed his 200-hour yoga training in the summer of 2023. As a plus-sized Afro-Latino/Pacific Islander man, Gabe has not found many people who look…
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Echo Fallon
Echo received her yoga teacher certification in 2020 with Yoga One. She started teaching yoga in 2020 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2023. She loves yoga as a centuries-old healing and embodiment practice that centers her in a safe, calming, accepting space to connect with others and her inner, authentic self. What…
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Emil Faison-Reeves
Emil Faison-Reeves, a New York City native currently living in Nashville, has practiced yoga since 2018. He noticed many underrepresented groups within the yoga community, especially Black men. This inspired him to complete his 200-hour yoga teacher training from Shakti Power Yoga in 2023. Upon completion of training, Emil vowed to provide diversity and inclusion…
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Kali Wheeler
Kali has a passion for sports and fitness, and how our bodies react, adapt, and work through the process of learning new skills and art forms. In her early sports career, Kali spent eight years as a competitive gymnast. During this tenure, she was taught to condition not only the physical aspects of our bodies…
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Ashley Haley
Ashley Haley is a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher based in Nashville, TN. She teaches vinyasa, gentle, yin, and children’s yoga with a focus on accessibility and helping students develop a practice that feels steady and sustainable. Ashley completed her teacher trainings through Fahrenheit Yoga and Small World Yoga, along with additional studies in yin and…
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Raechel McBride
Raechel has been a yoga teacher since 2005. She has taught every age range, activity level, and many different styles that are incorporated into her classes. She once taught on a plane! She loves to help beginners fall in love with yoga. She’s from South Florida but has called Middle Tennessee home since 2010. She…
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Anita Hoerman
Anita has been practicing yoga for the better part of the last 20 years, which led her to teacher training in January 2023 at Small World Yoga to deepen her practice on the mat and expand herself off the mat. She and her husband Dave have three grown daughters, Murray the Dood, chickens, and a…
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Liz Veyhl
A native Nashvillian, Liz is passionate about both the local and global yoga communities. In 2013 she was moved by the idea that “yoga can happen anywhere” while in Kenya with the Africa Yoga Project. Upon her return she believed that the Nashville community deserved the same access to yoga and its benefits that she saw…
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Teresa Standard
Teresa passionately supports the mission of Small World Yoga, understanding personally the life-changing benefits of yoga she experienced following the unexpected death of her husband in 2003. She has practiced yoga consistently inconsistent for almost two decades. She’s a student of all types of yoga including power vinyasa, hot 26, restorative and Iyengar. She loves…
