Shakti Power Yoga

65 Music Square E, Nashville, TN

Shakti Power Yoga is a sister-run power yoga studio that occupies the top two floors of a 150-year-old three-story house on Music Row, a block from the Country Music Hall of Fame's label offices and the Midtown bars. Lauren and Kelly built it as a community studio, and in the last couple of years they added a wellness room with an infrared sauna and a single cold plunge tub so the recovery half of a hot-yoga routine could happen under the same roof. The sauna is infrared, recommended for 25-30 minutes; the plunge is booked in 10-minute slots with three to five minutes in the water the suggested dose. The house rules are the sensible ones: shower first, clean swimsuit, no splashing, slow breathing, and keep it to two or three plunges a week. This is the cheapest way into contrast therapy in Midtown, and it is built for people who already sweat here. A first plunge is $10 (then $20), a first sauna $30 (then $45), and a sauna-plus-plunge session $45 the first time and $60 after; bring a friend to any session for $20. The real deal is the $75-a-month unlimited cold plunge and sauna membership (30-day cancellation), and yoga members get 20% off drop-in wellness sessions, though the wellness room is not included in the $129 unlimited yoga membership. Book through the Shakti app, the website or at the desk during studio hours, which start at 6 am on weekdays. There are showers, men's and women's changing rooms and shelf storage upstairs; park free behind the house, on the street, or in the paid lot next door ($5 for 90 minutes with the code SHAKTI). The yoga is the context: a heated Shakti Room with infrared panels for power vinyasa, an unheated second-floor Shiva Room with big natural light for restorative classes, up to 12 classes a day, 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings and retreats abroad. Reviewers talk about the place feeling like "a cozy home," and the plunge room has the same unpolished, friendly feel rather than a spa gloss.