About - Nanda Yoga

About

Nanda Yoga Fort Worth Children's Yoga Studio

Nanda Yoga provides classes and workshops for students aged 6 weeks to 12 years. In Nanda Yoga’s non-competitive and inclusive environment, the students build strength, flexibility, coordination, and body awareness through playful yoga poses, yoga games, mindfulness, art, sensory activities, engaging music, puppets, and stories. Nanda Yoga encourages a feeling of well-being and respect for others which results in greater love for one's self, inside and out. During class, the teachers introduce kids to yoga's true meaning: union, expression, and honor for oneself and the community that surrounds them. Classes are created based on the developmental needs for each age range and will provide an integrated learning experience that your child will love!

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History

Nanda Yoga, LLC was formed in January 2019 and immediately began hosting pop-ups at various small businesses, parks, green spaces, and local festivals in order to grow its brand. Nanda Yoga continued to grow through working with several local small businesses and schools like: Trinity Valley, All Saints, Tanglewood, FWISD Leadership Academies, Cancer Care Services, Benbrook Library, Clearfork, Kindness Duck Festival and Mayfest. These programs create a deeper connection to the community and provide creative ways to introduce yoga into existing programming.

The Space

In addition to the two studios, Nanda Yoga has created a welcoming environment filled with a flex space for eating, birthday parties, loose parts play and meeting with friends as well as a sensory play space equipped with a climbing wall, aerial swings, infant area and much more to keep your littles entertained. We welcome you to come early and stay after class to mingle with Nanda Friends.

Kate Murphy

Owner

Nanda Yoga is owned and operated by Kate Murphy, a Fort Worth native and Trinity Valley alumni. Kate graduated from the University of Texas in 2007 with a degree in Early Childhood Education. In 2008 Kate received her first 30-hour children’s yoga certification through Radiant Child Yoga and from there has acquired additional certifications through Kidding Around Yoga, Karma Kid Yoga, The Little Yoga House, Kira Willey, and YoKid as well as business coaching through Next Generation Yoga. Kate is a registered yoga teacher at the 200-hour level and is also certified in Pre/Post Natal Yoga, Baby Yoga and Movement, and Infant Massage Therapy. She is also a certified Playmaker through the Life is Good Foundation.

Prior to forming Nanda Yoga, Kate lived and worked in Switzerland and France. She thoroughly enjoyed her travels and experiences abroad. She moved home in 2010 to begin her professional career as a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) at Cook Children’s Medical Center.

Working with children has always been Kate’s passion and she is so excited to create this amazing yoga sanctuary for families here in her hometown. It is truly an honor!

When Kate is not teaching yoga she loves exploring the great outdoors and running around with her 2 boys, Garrett and Bennett and husband, Jim.

Meet the team

CARRIE BOYD

Studio Manager

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Since 2007 Jessie has been in elementary education as a kindergarten and special education teacher. Working with children and watching them master a new skill or stumble upon something new warms her heart. Jessie’s dream is to combine her passion for children’s education and her love of yoga.

Alongside teaching, Jessie has been practicing yoga for over 11 years. Her training includes Baron Baptiste Level 1 RYT 200 in June of 2015, Baptiste Institute’s Kids Yoga teacher training in October 2017 and Unstoppable Baptiste Yoga for Youth in 2018. Yoga has been transformational to Jessie and she continues to learn how to connect the mind, body, and breath. She believes that teaching yoga and mindfulness to children provide them with the tools needed to succeed in life!
Jessie and her husband, Chris, have two sons, Cal and Cannon, and live in Fort Worth.

Kelly Stewart

Instructor

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Brittany “Britt” has been working in public education since 2008, beginning her path in the classroom as an English teacher then counseling at a local high school. Her training in children’s yoga and body-centered therapy guides her work at Nanda, where she offers students a space to practice embodiment, self-regulation, awareness, acceptance of self and others, and empowered decision-making.

Britt’s training includes 200-Hour RYT, 95-Hour RCYT (pending YA), LPC, NCC.

LAURA WRIGHT

Instructor

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Heather began her yoga journey in 2005. She completed her RYT 200 with Rebecca Butler at The Sanctuary Yoga Room in 2016 and went on to complete her Kids Yoga Certification at The Little Yoga House in 2017. She is also a mom to her 8 years old son, new wife to her hubby and decade long middle school educator. Heather believes that yoga brings perspective, beauty and play to everyday life. She is so excited to share space with the kids of Nada Yoga.

CAROLINE HARDWICK

Instructor

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Nadia discovered yoga in 2003 as her history of competitive sports and vigorous training never allowed her body to slow down enough to hear the subtleties of discomfort. Naida received her training in 2012 at CorePower Yoga and her children’s yoga training through Young Yolks, both in Denver, Colorado. She spent over two years in Dublin, Ireland teaching yoga and attending countless workshops and functions within a thriving yoga community. Nadia was later certified to teach Prenatal/Postnatal yoga in Asheville, NC. Nadia moved back to Fort Worth in 2017 to continue her teaching, including vinyasa classes and prenatal programs.

When not teaching, you can find her outdoors looking for adventures with her husband and their 2 and 4-year olds, dreaming up their next garden, creating herbal concoctions from her home apothecary, hiking and camping with the family, and sneaking the last piece of chocolate.

Cynthia Ruiz

Instructor

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Maria Demus

Music Instructor

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Carrie is honored to be part of the NandaYoga community. Being part of the NandaYoga team allows her to combine two of her greatest passions, children and yoga! Carrie has been in the education field for 14 years. She was a classroom teacher in grades K - 3 for six years and has been an elementary school librarian for the past five years. She simply loves spending time with children and values the joy and light they bring to the world. Carrie also has taught adult yoga for the past 2 years. An avid yoga practice led her to seek her initial 200-hour yoga certification in 2017, and her passion for children is what created the desire to pursue an additional certification in children’s yoga. In January of 2020, Carrie finished her 300-hour yoga teacher certification as well. In her free time, Carrie enjoys spending time with her husband Matt and her two fur babies, their dogs Izzy and Sophie. Carrie can’t wait to see you on the mat soon!

Keitha Spears

Instructor

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Bianca began practicing yoga in 2015. She originally picked up the practice for a physical workout and soon realized that yoga offered much more than a workout, on and off the mat. She obtained her RYT 200 at Soul Space School of Yoga in 2017. Bianca is fluent in Spanish and Reiki attuned level one and two. Previously Bianca has worked with "Yoga N Da Hood" in Dallas and is eager to begin her work with Nanda Yoga. When she is not practicing yoga she enjoys being outdoors, drinking tea, and spending time with her family.

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