Schedule
The Music City Yoga Festival is Small World Yoga's annual fundraiser and celebration of yoga, fitness, and wellness in Nashville. Join us for another year of yoga, vendors, live music, local food, and a few new surprises.
The Music City Yoga Festival supports Small World Yoga's outreach throughout Middle, TN. Through this fundraiser, Small World Yoga teachers bring yoga to prisons, schools, libraries, rehabilitation centers, parks and more throughout the Nashville-area for FREE. In addition, a portion of the money raised is donated to Africa Yoga Project, the inspiration for the MCYF and Small World Yoga.
2020 main stage Schedule
Class Descriptions
MEDITATION
Instructor: Brooke Widmer (Small World Yoga)
MCYF will kick off with beginning breath work and then progressing into guided mindfulness meditation, short break with discussion on bringing meditation into our daily lives and a second seated guided meditation from many traditions which may include: Mantra meditation, guided imagery, and mindfulness.
POWERFUL VINYASA
Instructors: Cindy Lundsford (Yogasoul) and Amanda Bell (Bend and Zen Hot Yoga)
Students will develop a stronger yoga practice as a result, including strength for arm balances and inversions. The class is also designed to promote stronger leaner muscle and more functional strength that will help prevent risk of injury associated with everyday activities such as walking, running, sitting and lifting things.
STANDING 26
Instructors: Nora Shabayek (Fahrenheit Yoga) and Madison Blackwell-Dotson (Madison Ryan Yoga)
This is a scientifically designed series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises intentionally sequenced to work the entire body - bones to skin; inside out; down to a cellular level. Each pose is held for a specific amount of time, up to 1 minute. The room is heated to warm the body externally which allows us to go deeper into each pose. This class is appropriate for all levels.
VINYASA FLOW
Instructors: Emily Wilterdink (Life Time Athletic - Franklin) and Kristin Gore (FreeBird Fitness)
This is a dynamic class that takes you through a guided flow, synchronizing your breath with traditional yoga movements. The perfect blend of Power Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa. This style of yoga supports an inward experience with sensual cues and breath-focused intention. Building students up to live beyond their ordinary limits, continuously moving forward without grasping on.
MISSION MOMENT: CONNECTING PEOPLE, CREATING COMMUNITY
Presenter: Liz Veyhl, Executive Director & Founder, Small World Yoga
Attendees will get a chance to learn more about Small World Yoga and its mission to serve over +2,000 students in Middle Tennessee.
BOOTCAMP
Instructor: Derrick Billups (City Fit Concierge) and Makiya Mildebrandt (Burn Boot Camp - Bellevue)
A dynamic hour long class that consists of thirty minutes of high intensity circuit training, followed by thirty minutes of yoga flow.
CACAO BLISS FLOW
Instructors: Debbie Williamson and Kellie Lin Knott (Wild Kauai Chocolate)
You’ll begin your practice with a square of stone ground 100% theobroma cacao. Often used for ceremony, quantum healing and vision quest, this allergen free superfood will open your body, mind and spirit as the music and vinyasa elevates you to a blissful state.
YIN YOGA
Instructors: Liz Stewart (Sanctuary For Yoga) and Ashley Brooke James (TRILUVA Wellness)
Yin Yoga uses long, passive holds to work on the deep, dense connective tissues of the body - the tendons, ligaments and cartilage - which are difficult to energize and open. This deep, passive practice settles you into poses for 3 -10 minutes, bringing you inward.
NAMASTE + MORE
In yoga, there's a belief that there is a divine spark in everyone, located in the heart chakra. This chakra — one of seven — affects the ability to love and is located just above your heart in the center of your chest. Join us for a final Namaste, and acknowledge the spark and the soul that lives in you and your community. The conclusion of the event will include prizes, announcements and more!