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  • Mary Kate Best

    Mary Kate Best

    Mary Kate received her first yoga teacher certification in 2017 with Corepower Yoga, her second 200-hour Hot 26 certification with Hot Yoga of East Nashville, and in 2019 received her 500-hour Pilates Certification through Club Pilates. She started teaching yoga in 2018 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2024. Mary Kate’s passion for…

  • Ambriehl Crutchfield

    Ambriehl Crutchfield

    Ambriehl Crutchfield received their yoga teacher certification in 2023 with Fahrenheit Yoga Studio. She started teaching yoga in 2023 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2024. She loves yoga because it prompts deeper observation, awareness and spiritual connection. What Ambriehl enjoys most about teaching yoga is guiding practitioner to feel what’s happening in…

  • Elise Bobrowski

    Elise Bobrowski

    Elise received her yoga teacher certification in 2022 with Fahrenheit Yoga. She began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2023. She loves yoga because it provides the opportunity for the mind to seek contemplation and designates a space to promote positive energy. She loves teaching yoga to help others find self-love and healing through meditation…

  • Rina Pritchard

    Rina Pritchard

    Rina received her yoga teacher certification in 2021 with Austin-based yoga studio, My Vinyasa Practice. She started teaching yoga in 2021 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2023. She enjoys leading vinyasa and yin classes, with concentrations on mindfulness and breath awareness. What she enjoys most about teaching is being able to see…

  • Nikki Lee

    Nikki Lee

    Nikki Lee received her yoga teacher certification in 2018 with theAmma Yanni Yoga Center and School, in Glenside, Pennsylvania. She started teaching yoga in 2018 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2024. She loves yoga because she needs flexibility in herself, and because breathwork is becoming increasingly important. What Nikki enjoys most about…

  • Danielle Barron

    Danielle Barron

    In 2015, Danielle saw a woman in the gym doing something really cool with her body and felt compelled to ask what it was. The response was something along the lines of, “Vinyasa yoga, I own a studio in Nashville. It’s totally changed my life- highly recommend you try it.” Danielle started practicing that week.…

  • Sierra Rhodes

    Sierra Rhodes

    Sierra received their yoga teacher certification in 2022 with Sanctuary for Yoga. She started teaching yoga in 2022 and began teaching with Small World Yoga in 2023. She loves her personal practice because it gives her dedicated time to be kind to myself. Sierra loves teaching because she enjoys connecting what we are learning on…

  • Kristy Robinson

    Kristy Robinson

    Kristy came to yoga through meditation. She noticed when her body was at rest and it was easier for her mind to settle. She is an ordained Buddhist chaplain and mediation teacher, she became certified as a yoga teacher in 2018. A native of New Mexico, she has lived in Nashville with her husband and…

  • Sabrina Cowden

    Sabrina Cowden

    Sabrina believes that a good yoga class can help make space in your life for laughter, joy, peace and power. She began practicing yoga in earnest almost three years ago, after more than two decades of intermittent practice. She is RYS 200-hour certified and is eager to share the gift of yoga with others. With…

  • Kaitlyn Naff

    Kaitlyn Naff

    Kaitlyn received their yoga teacher certification in February 2023 with Session Yoga in Tucson, Arizona. She started teaching yoga soon after in March and began teaching with Small World Yoga in October 2023. She loves yoga because of its ability to meet the needs of every body in every phase of life. What Kaitlyn enjoys…