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Ruth completed her 200-hour YTT with EPIC Yoga studio in January 2021. She followed that with a few trainings in Yin Yoga, most notably a 50-hour online Yin Yoga training with Bernie Clark and Diana Batts through Yoga International. Ruth started teaching yoga with CorePower Yoga in June 2022 and is closing in on her…

Before becoming a yoga instructor, Meghan worked in retail for a while in high school and college and has spent most of her professional life teaching small children. She worked in a couple of preschools, spent two years teaching Kindergarten, and nannied for several families. Now her major responsibilities include scheduling continuing education workshops for…

Meghan fell in love with yoga in 2015. Yoga was something she had always had interest in, but never explored. After her first experience on the mat, she discovered yoga was more than just a physical practice. Yoga began affecting her daily life: making her more patient and increasing her mindfulness regarding perceptions of herself…

Lisa took her first yoga class in high school and began dabbling in and out of yoga for several years, always returning when life got stressful. After feeling stuck and desiring change in her life, she decided to fully commit to a yoga practice, getting on her mat three to four days a week in…

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Judy has always had a passion for movement and good health. She understands that she is able to make choices that have a direct effect on her health. With that being said, as a former figure skater with a BS in physical education and a minor in dance education from Ohio…

Having been in love with the practice of yoga since 21, Jessica has enjoyed yoga in many states including, but not limited, one of the most Zen places on earth, Hawaii. She now teaches yoga in Tennessee. As it is known, yoga must be studied, preferably shared and taught to others, but more importantly practiced.…

Gilbert inconsistently practiced yoga for seven years before settling down and fostering a regular practice. Once he did, something clicked. Gilbert decided to dive deeper, completing a 200-hr yoga teacher training in 2015, and deeper still with an additional 300-hr yoga teacher training in 2017. At the beginning he didn’t know if he wanted to…

David is an E RYT 200, RYT 500 and YACEP Yoga Alliance credentialed teacher. Through Small World Yoga, David’s outreach teaching includes chair yoga at Room In The Inn and vinyasa yoga at Rolling Hills Psychiatric Hospital. He also teaches in the SWY studio and taught chair yoga for 2 years at Park Center. He…

Annie Kate is an occupational therapist in Nashville, working primarily with adults with neurological dysfunction. She graduated from Belmont in 2021 with her doctorate in OT. She chose to complete SWY’s 200-hour training in March of 2021 just before graduation. Annie Kate found yoga in high school–deeming it the most mentally and physically challenging activity…

Sibyl has taught yoga since the summer of 2022 shortly after she received her yoga teacher certification from Small World Yoga. What Sibyl enjoys most about teaching yoga is watching how each person reacts and grows within their practice. Outside of yoga, Sibyl is a corporate attorney practicing in the digital health space, she enjoys…