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Accredited Yoga Teacher Training

Whether you’re beginning your yoga teaching journey or ready to take your skills to the next level, Baptiste Power Yoga Nashville, Small World Yoga’s official teacher training school, offers Yoga Alliance-accredited 200-hour and 300-hour certification programs designed to help you grow, teach, and lead with confidence.

Learn to teach powerful, accessible classes, deepen your understanding of yoga philosophy, and step into leadership on and off the mat, all within a supportive, mission-driven community.

Why Train With Us

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    Your Tuition Gives Back

    BPYN supports a nonprofit organization, which means every tuition dollar helps our mission to provide accessible yoga to all. You’ll be putting your money right back into your community, helping get a kindergartener, an inmate, a senior, a single mother, on a yoga mat for free.

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    Start Teaching Right Away

    Because this training is affiliated with Small World Yoga, we don’t just have studio teaching slots. We place over 100 teachers at 75+ partner locations all over Nashville and beyond. If you want to teach, we’ll give you an opportunity.

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    Hands-On From Day One

    We start practice teaching on day one to create a supportive and open community right from the start. Our intention is to build confidence, teach practical skills, and ultimately get you ready to teach the moment you’re certified (if you want to!).


Small World Yoga’s Baptiste Power Yoga Nashville (BPYN) is Nashville’s only yoga teacher training program officially affiliated with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It is an accredited power yoga program recognized by Yoga Alliance. We offer 200- and 300-hour certifications, teacher development workshops, and other continuing education courses.

Our curriculum is holistically designed to provide our students with the tools and experience necessary to expand their power yoga practice, confidently teach a power yoga sequence, and also learn how to step into their own personal greatness.

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200-Hour Training

We host immersive seven-weekend programs in the winter and intensive two-week programs in the summer. These are designed for anyone ready to deepen their practice or begin teaching. You’ll learn the foundations of power vinyasa yoga, explore self-inquiry and yoga philosophy, and gain the skills to confidently lead and assist classes in the Baptiste style.

  • June 22–28, 2026
    July 20–26, 2026

    Times
    8 am–7 pm

    • Strengthen your personal yoga and meditation practice

    • Find your authentic and confident voice

    • Master sequencing a power vinyasa class, in the style of Baron Baptiste

    • Learn pose modifications and best practices when teaching a variety of people, including veterans, children, and populations with trauma

    • Clearly communicate and teach from the heart

    • Learn to give and receive effective feedback

    • Gain knowledge and appreciation of yoga philosophy

    • Know how to safely provide hands-on assists to students

    • Empower yourself through self-study and inquiry work

    • Discover the importance of service through teaching

    • Understand yoga as a business

  • $2,750 until May 25
    $3,250 Full Price

    We offer discounted tuition for military members, first responders, nurses, and educators. Email us for details.

  • A $300 deposit holds your spot, with full tuition due by the first day of training. Deposit counts toward your tuition.

    Flexible payment plans are available.

    Tuition does not include required reading materials.

  • The only eligibility requirement for our training is that you are excited to try something new. There are no prerequisites; you don’t have to be able to do a handstand or even touch your toes! All levels of experience are welcome.

    Full attendance is required to receive the complete experience of this training program. Specific details on attendance are included in the application. If you have a conflict with a specific date, please email us in advance to inquire if the training is still feasible.

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300-Hour Training

A six-month advanced program for certified 200-hour teachers ready to refine their craft and expand their leadership. You’ll deepen your study of Baptiste methodology, intelligent sequencing, anatomy, and facilitation, building the mastery and confidence to teach, lead, and serve at the next level.

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    • Elevate your teaching to a new level of mastery using Baptiste Methodology

    • Gain deeper skills in intelligent creative sequencing

    • Learn how to facilitate workshops and lead inquiry work

    • Take on advanced anatomy and hands-on assisting

    • Master the art of building a brand and business

    • Gain confidence in teaching yoga for all populations

    • Expand your understanding of self and the impact you have on the world around you.

    • Extend your classroom beyond studio walls to the world.

    • Empower your own leadership as you help others grow as leaders.

  • $3,750 Early Bird
    $4,000 Full Price

    We offer discounted tuition for military members, nurses, first responders, and educators. Email us for details.

  • A $500 deposit holds your spot, with full tuition due by the final weekend. Deposit counts toward your tuition.

    Flexible payment plans are available.

  • You must be a certified 200-hour instructor by the start date of program to enroll in this program.

    Participation in all six weekends is required to receive the full experience and the most powerful results in your teaching, leading and life. If you have a conflict with a specific date, please email us in advance to inquire if the training is still feasible.

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DEIA Scholarship

Small World Yoga is committed to increasing diversity and leadership in yoga. Our YTT Equity Scholarship empowers BIPOC students to become teachers and leaders, helping bridge the racial representation gap within our community.

    • Identify as BIPOC

    • Age 18+

    • First-time 200-hour YTT participant

    • Live in the Greater Nashville area

    • Submitted a YTT application

    • Attend all training dates

    • Complete one post-training mentor meeting

    • May 20, 2026: Application Deadline

    • May 21–22, 2026: Phase 1 applicant reviews

    • May 25–26, 2026: Phase 2 applicant interviews

    • May 28–29, 2026: Funding awarded

    • June 22, 2026: 200-hour training starts

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Meet Our Facilitators

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    Sarah Ellis

  • Close-up of a woman with brown hair and fair skin, outdoors with trees and a wooden fence in the background.

    Meghan Henry

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    Meghan Midgett

  • A young man with a knee brace smiling while sitting in a red canoe on a calm lake, surrounded by fall-colored trees.

    Cody Mitchell

  • A young woman with dark skin and long braided hair, wearing a white headscarf and matching blouse, stands in front of a tropical leaf background with pink and gold eyeshadow, full lips, and a tattoo on her chest.

    Mikka Parrish

  • A smiling woman with glasses and a bun hairstyle, wearing a sleeveless black shirt with the words "Hello Sunshine," and a blue beaded necklace, standing outdoors near a body of water.

    Savanna Starko

  • A woman with shoulder-length light brown hair smiling outdoors, standing in front of green foliage, wearing a sleeveless yellow top.

    Liz Veyhl

What Our Grads Say

  • "The teachers taught us more than just healthy alignment, effective sequencing, and confidence in teaching—they believed in each of us completely."

  • “This was an amazing experience that helped me grow in my yoga and in my personal development. I walked out on the day of graduation ready to teach an empowering, challenging power yoga class.”

  • "The facilitator’s experience and knowledge brought so much to the training program. I learned so much about the physical components of yoga, meditation types and breathing techniques."