Chris Byford

Chris is an accomplished and awarded RYT 500, E-RYT 200, and YACEP certified teacher with numerous other specialized certifications for teaching to specific populations. With over 3000 teaching hours in the last 8 years, Chris has taught everywhere from studios, festivals, and events all over the country to military bases, prisons, homeless shelters, public schools, with professional and amateur sports teams and everything in between. Chris discovered his own yoga practice in 1999. He credits yoga and meditation with helping him stay healthy and grounded while fighting cancer and arthritis. Chris has been repeatedly voted as the one of the best yoga teachers in Nashville, is an ambassador for lululemon, Defiance Fuel, and St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Chris enjoys volunteering to teach for under-served populations and has been a large contributor to several yoga non-profits, including Joined Forces Yoga, where he was a founding board member, and Small World Yoga, where he was the lead facilitator, Teacher Development Coordinator, and helped to create and build the processes for their work with the Metro Nashville Public Schools, including training 100s of teachers and support staff to incorporate yoga and other mindfulness practices in the classroom.