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Renegade Yoga Institute · Knoxville

Meet Our Instructors

Led by Philip Clift, LMT, E-500 RYT, YACEP, with 30+ years of daily hands-on experience. Renegade Yoga Institute is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School at the RYS 200 and RYS 300 levels.

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Philip Clift, founder of Renegade Yoga, adjusting a student in a seated forward stretch

Philip Clift

Founder & Lead Teacher • LMT, E-500 RYT, YACEP

Philip has taught yoga for over 30 years, with a daily hands-on practice that has made advanced assists and adjustments — rare in Knoxville — a signature of the studio. As a licensed massage therapist and Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level, he brings an anatomical precision to the mat that most classes simply don't offer.

He leads the Sadhana Yoga Facilitator Training at Renegade Yoga Institute, covering yoga's subtle internal dynamics — the Koshas and Vayus — alongside hands-on adjusting and Vinyasa Krama sequencing. Learn about teacher training →

Our Teaching Team

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Every teacher gives options for every pose and hands-on help when you want it. Your first class is free.

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