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Mitch Walker
Mitch Walker joined the board of Small World Yoga in early 2021. He is the father of four amazing kids, two girls and two boys, ages 13 to 24. Mitch has been practicing yoga for 10 years, and appreciates how the practice helps ground his life. He strongly supports the SWY mission of extending yoga’s…
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Sarah Anderson-Daniels
Sarah started adding yoga to her routine when she was in graduate school. She enjoyed getting her body moving in new ways and connected to the flow of the sequence. When she moved to Nashville, she slowly connected to the yoga community through classes at the community center and Metro Parks. In cooler months, she…
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Lisa Wyatt
Lisa is originally from Nashville and began practicing yoga in 2010. At that time, she was practicing law and raising two young children. She was drawn to yoga to escape her whirlwind lifestyle as it offered a quiet space and exercise while she was also competing in marathons and triathlons. Fast forward ten years and…
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Angela Nixon
Angela began her yoga journey in 2014 with a desire to be more physically fit and a curiosity as to what yoga offered. Soon she realized the positive effects this practice had with her depression and anxiety. She didn’t take her first in studio class until she moved to Nashville in 2016 at Shakti Power…
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Reggie Ford
Reggie Ford was introduced to yoga in 2016 by Hot Yoga of East Nashville after experiencing nagging aches from his days of playing college football at Vanderbilt University. Initially attracted to the benefits of the physical practice, Reggie quickly began seeing the deeper positive effects from a spiritual, emotional, and mental perspective. After finding SWY…
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Mikka Parrish
Mikka is a 200hr Baptiste trained yoga teacher. She got certified with Baptiste Power Yoga Nashville in March 2020. She has practiced yoga for 3 years and became interested in being a teacher in 2019 after attending several outreach classes from Small World Yoga at Edmondson Pike library and yoga in the park at Mill…
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Akiko Schooley
Akiko Schooley was introduced to yoga by a friend in 2014. At first, she wanted to try yoga for exercise but immediately became enthralled by all the cool yoga poses. This led to her practicing yoga on a regular basis. As she practiced more, she began to understand the true meaning of yoga and decided…
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Savanna Starko
Yoga slowly became a pillar of Savanna’s life when she moved to Nashville in 2016 to attend graduate school at Vanderbilt. It was a way to escape the endless swirl of thoughts about schoolwork and to instead focus on gratitude for being a whole and complete person. Wanting to share those feelings of gratitude with…
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Alex Fisher
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Regine Webster
Regine is an avid yogi who can be found regularly at our Community Studio and joined the Small World Yoga Board of Directors in 2019. She is the Vice President at Center for Disaster Philanthropy and utilizes her incredible experience to head Small World Yoga’s Fundraising Committee. Regine brings a keen sense of adventure, discovery,…
