When the building where Nashville’s first nonprofit yoga studio operated was sold, founder and executive director Liz Veyhl was tasked with finding a new space. Despite a pandemic and soaring real estate prices, Veyhl and her team turned lemons into lemonade. In May, SWY reopened at the corner of Edgehill and 12th Avenue South in a space double the size of its old Music Row digs, now with two separate rooms. That means there’s more room for teacher training, community events and both heated and nonheated yoga classes. Classes for the public are offered at a suggested donation of $10, which helps fund SWY’s work bringing yoga to prisons, libraries, recovery centers and other places where folks might not otherwise have access to the practice.
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