Ali Sperry
E-RYT 200
Ali has been a lover of yoga since her youth and has been teaching since receiving her 200-hr certification in early 2006. Having taught in New York, Chicago, Iowa and Nashville, she did her initial instructor certification with the Sivananda Ashram in Nassau, Bahamas, which provided a strong foundation in the fundamentals of yoga. She has done further yoga education with Core Power in Chicago, prenatal training at Global Yoga in Chicago, and restorative yoga training with BlossOMing Yoga in Nashville. She has taught at various studios in Nashville over the years, as well as teaching yoga at Vanderbilt University since 2010. She even had the pleasure of being the yoga instructor for the Vanderbilt Women's Tennis Team! Ali grew up in Fairfield, Iowa and attended a unique school where yoga and Transcendental Meditation were part of the daily curriculum. She was diagnosed with severe scoliosis as a child and her yoga practice has played a major role in helping her spine and overall well-being. It is her deep conviction that yoga and meditation are accessible practices for all human beings and she aims to teach in a way that helps people to feel good in their bodies. You can expect her classes to be a comfortable place for all levels of experience. In addition to her yoga teaching, Ali is a singer-songwriter and performs often in town as well as on tour.