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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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Brooke Heinsohn
Brooke’s yoga journey started long before she knew the word existed. She was born in a little stone house tucked amongst the wild things in The Great Smoky Mountains, TN. Naturally, she too is a wild thing. With the forest as her playground and its creatures her companions, Brooke learned the art of being fully…
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Lauren Dawkins
Originally from Knoxville, TN, Lauren graduated from the University of Georgia and worked in Atlanta prior to moving to Nashville in 2004. Lauren has stayed at home with her three children for 19 years before getting her 200-hour yoga certification.
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Caitlyn Campbell
Caitlyn earned her 200-hour training at Mangala Yoga Studio in Maui, Hawaii in 2022. Having been a dancer since she was a child, her classes include upbeat and fun music, paired with a vinyasa flow focusing on power, strength, balance, and flexibility. She loves connecting with her students and forming community through her classes.
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Rebecca Lesesne
Rebecca Lesesne grew up in North Carolina and took her first yoga class in 2005. However, she really connected with her practice in 2014 when it helped her to get through some difficult life changes. She completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2015 in order to connect more with her own practice, and in…
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Lisa Hoy
After 21 years in the Tennessee Army National Guard, Lisa decided that she needed a change and enrolled in 200-hour teacher training class at Small World Yoga. This journey has gone over and above Lisa’s expectations! Lisa is excited to see where God is going to lead her in her yoga instructor journey. She can’t…
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Vanessa Faddoul
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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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Ellen Hobbs Fournier
Ellen is an occupational therapist, a nature lover, and a yogi. Her passion is teaching children and adolescents how to use movement to learn, gain confidence, create purpose in their life, and most importantly, play. She is passionate about advocating for inclusion and building a community where differences are not only accepted but embraced. While…
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Thao Le
Thao learned about SWY and started going to SWY studio classes in 2018. Wanting to deepen her personal practice and sharing her love of yoga with others, she became a certified yoga teacher through SWY’s teacher training program in 2022. Thao looks forward to volunteer-teaching at SWY outreach classes and events. Off the mat, Thao…
