Stoked Yogi

Business Coaching for Yoga & Wellness Entrepreneurs. Yoga, Paddle Board & Life Coaching Workshops, Retreats, and Teacher Trainings with E-RYT 500 Amelia Travis.

Team Glide SUP. Stoked Yogi is a collective of yoga-loving, beach-bumming water babies, founded by E-RYT 500 Amelia Travis. We are proud to offer the world's leading stand up paddle board yoga teacher training program. Our global teaching network brings together the most passionate, playful, and knowledgeable yoga instructors with a variety of modalities. SUP yoga, beach yoga, slackline yoga, acro yoga, live music yoga, hooping yoga, meditation, surfing, stand up paddle, spiritual seeking, yoga therapy, and more. By embracing a spirit of unity we bring you local classes, workshops, retreats, and trainings with a team of incredibly loving and gifted teachers. We unite to spread light. We believe and be love. We are stoked on life and want to share the stoke with you! The discipline of yoga is an ancient and sacred practice that integrates body, mind, and spirit. This holistic approach to health and wellness dates back thousands of years to ancient India. Yoga continues to be relevant today because of the powerful healing, nourishing, and stregthening effects of the practice. In the fast-paced world of today, yoga is more necessary than ever to restore and balance the body and mind to it's natural state of bliss. Join us in Oceanside, California for local events or connect with us for trainings and retreats around the world. Connect on instagram with . xoxo

05/17/2023

Did you hear the news? (Probably not, because we've been quiet for so long!)

Stoked Yogi has migrated across the sea, and is making a new home in Portugal! July 2022, founder Amelia Travis (that's me) moved from California to central coastal Portugal, to honor the desire for a slower, safer, more sustainable way of living.

We've been doing some recon of this incredible country, scouting out the best beaches, lagoons, rivers, hiking trails, and movement spaces, and look forward to sharing more with you going forward.

For now, as we continue 'landing' in this new place, and putting down roots, we're pulling back from stand up paddle board yoga and going back to our roots: surfing, yoga, outdoor fitness, and gathering humans for incredible retreat experiences.

Speaking of, if you'd like to see what the magic of Portugal is all about, please join me - and a team of other incredible facilitators - for a unique woman & femme centric gathering this September near Ericeira, Portugal.

Expect 6 nights and 7 days of stoke: some of the best beaching and fun surf the world has to offer, long sunny days, farm to table dinners, daily yoga, breathwork, meditation and sound healing sessions, exploratory creative sessions and arts / crafts, and some incredible cultural tours, curated by our local friend and impeccable event planner Amanda Marquez.

For our Stoked Yogi community, we'll honor 10% off the retreat rate for you - even beyond the early bird deadline. Airfare for September is looking pretty sweet right now, and more routes are being added to Lisbon from the states as we speak.

RETREAT DETAILS: EmergenceRetreat.com

So, thank you for your love and support as we (finally) emerge from the cave of the past three years... I can't wait to reconnect and make more memories with you in the future!

In the meantime, how the heck are you? What are you up to? Catch me up!

12/01/2022

My kids have been sick since September: a mood board.⁣
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But seriously, how are you doing over there? What’s the 2022 life like for you? How are you orienting? What challenges are you facing? ⁣
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I wonder to myself about the folx who don’t work from home, and whose families are also going through this cycle of exposure after isolation which is apparently one three month extended snot fest, fevers, no sleep, and reflect YET AGAIN what a f**kbag it is that we’ve been conditioned into organizing as “nuclear families,” far from community and extended family support, because we need each other now - and that need is only growing stronger where we’re going (kids or not.) What a perilous structure, the modern five day 40+ hour workweek, the educational institutions where one adult is expected to caregive 35 young children for 7+ hours a day and not go insane or burn out. ⁣
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And now, as we turn to the season of advent, the time of the dark womb and winters tomb, instead of resting in the shorter days and longer nights, we’ve created a month long tradition of materialism and consumption that exhausts, depletes, and drains so many people financially whilst dressing it up in twinkle lights.⁣
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I’m just saying, if you’re tired, overwhelmed, exhausted, grieving, raging, depressed or numb… duh. There’s nothing wrong with you. You’re just over there being human. ⁣
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Also, and I find this part fascinating: amongst it all, I find solace in the simplest places: my body, intentional breathing, flowers after rain, wind blowing through the trees, storm clouds, petting my dog, the snuggles of my feverish and snotty kiddos, laying in a warm puddle of sunlight coming through the window, hot soup, being witnessed and tended in relationships. ⁣
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Body. Breath. Nature. Each Other. ⁣
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We have all these. So I’m holding onto my favorite conspiracy theory: we’re gonna be okay.

But really, how are you? Vent / dump / external processing welcome below. And if you’re GOOD, let me just say 🙌🏼❤️👏🏼✨ I’m celebrating with you and vicarious pleasure is a thing, so feel welcome to tell me all the good things below too. 😘

09/04/2022

Today marks 60 days in Portugal. 🇵🇹⁣
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We haven’t been taking pictures, or making videos, or documenting the journey. ⁣
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We’ve just been in it. ⁣
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So here’s the summer photo dump of the moments we ✨did✨ capture, immersed in all the messy glory of landing in a new country as a family of 4. ⁣
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1. Sunset over the Atlantic - new ocean, same nightly marvel. ⁣
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2. 16 hours of air travel with 2 rad kids and one very helpful service dog. ⁣
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3. The first beach walk on ‘our’ beach. Look at Brent’s face - it says it all. ⁣
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4. We live near the 🦕✨🦖 Dino capital of Europe. The statues are very lifelike (butth0le included). ⁣
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5. Me + my Pisces sun / son ☀️ in our happy place.⁣
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6. Cruising on our , best purchase ever. Going places with kids is now peaceful and fun (most of the time.)⁣
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7. The neighbors: caramelo, tata e toto. 🐈⁣
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8. Local adventuring and enjoying the slow life, bike style. ⁣
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9. Exploring Óbidos castle during the Renaissance faire.⁣
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10. Climbing the castle walls and feeling the magnitude of history in the stones. ⁣
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As summer comes to a close and we get ready to start school with our big kid in a new country, I’m doing my best to be present and soak up the last few days of sweet togetherness, chaos and two little suns madness. 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦. ⁣
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I will say this: pretty sure my pace of Instagram posting reflects the new normal of life speed in Portugal - very, very slow. 🐢 ⁣
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Here for it. ❤️

03/23/2022

Because it’s been on my heart lately…⁣
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What are your thoughts on the term “divine feminine?”⁣
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What does it conjure up or evoke for you?⁣
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Do you have feelings toward the term, positive or negative? ⁣
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I’d particularly love to hear from my q***r, non-binary, and gender fluid friends: how does DFF (divine freaking feminine) land with YOU?⁣
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Open, compassionate, curious, nonjudgmental conversation welcomed in the comments below.

03/14/2022

May these words be the abridged version of my life story.

I used to say the prayer for my life was to love people the way God loves them.

Then I met the great mother and remembered I am people, too.

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03/04/2022

The art of Taye Bright] and the words of Adrianne Tamar Arachne] stopped me in my tracks.

"I’m no longer interested in any forms of spirituality, self mastery programs, success mentors, coaches, healers, spiritual thinkers, or activists that don’t ultimately lead their communities back to responsible association to tending the Earth.

The never ending quest for self-realization, personal brand mastery, self-success “soul”-preneurship all strike me as bypasses that have only served to keep us disassociated from what’s actually going on here.

Which requires us to exit the cult of individual success, whether seen through foggy spiritualized goggles or not, and get our hands dirty in the immediacy of our grounded environmental issues around us.

The Earth dies while we buy in to yet another charismatic voice telling us how to heal some yet unmastered part of ourselves even more deeply into narcissistic individual “success.”

The Earth dies while charismatics make millions on their self help platforms.

Sure, and for that matter… please do your personal healing.

But if my healing only keeps looping back to myself, and doesn’t ultimately lead to reassociation with the Earth and my work to be part of it, then I’m just a casualty of healing-themed consumerism, and still contributing to the problems that are destroying the planet."

Adrianne Tamar Arachne] thank you for the words my heart has been trying to form, and
Taye Bright] for this homage to ecological grief.

We are *literally* all in this together. Times feel heavier than ever so please go outside and breathe, listen to the trees, and find any way, small or large, to love our mother and each other. ❤️🌲🌈

02/20/2022

✨ Chill TF Out ✨ Breath Based Meditation 🌬 ⁣
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If you are looking to reduce anxiety, stress, irritation, or just help your body actively recover from workouts (or life), this super easy breath based meditation is for you. ⁣
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I made this for a fitness group I’m in, and realized we ALL need this practice right now, so I’m sharing here too. ⁣
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One of the best things you can do for your overall health is MEDITATE! But that word feels loaded to many of us and it can be a struggle to find time, patience, and discipline for the practice. ⁣
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I get it. I've been practicing and teaching yoga for nearly 20 years, and still struggle to stay consistent with meditation. This practice is one of the simplest ones to return to when it feels tough to meditate.⁣
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Meditation is like teeth brushing for your brain. 3-10 minutes a day (or a few times a day) can give you clarity, freshness, energy, and calm. ⁣
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4:7:8 breath based meditation is amazing for activating the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps us rest and digest, relax and recover. It’s helpful when you can’t sleep, need to calm down, or just want to slow and still the mind and body to create more space and ease.⁣
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Find a comfortable seat (or lie down if that’s your jam). With a few deep belly breaths, gradually relax the body from head to toes. Guide yourself through 3-10 minutes of this breath practice:⁣
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1) Inhale through the nose to a count of 4.⁣
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2) Hold the breath for a count of 7, concentrating on the brow point or heart center. ⁣
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3) Exhale slowly and quietly - out the nose or mouth, whatever you prefer, to a count of 8, feeling the entire body relax as you exhale.⁣
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4) Repeat 3-10 minutes.⁣
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5) Relax breathing normally for 1-3 minutes and notice the shift in your energy.⁣
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Wishing you a few moments of peace when you receive this. If you know you need more intentional space and time to breathe, come to Moon Medicine and let me guide you back to your most spacious and favorite self. Link in bio - doors open 2.22.22 to the wait list!! 🌙👁🌀✨🍄

02/12/2022

What are you broadcasting? ❤️‍🔥⁣
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You are wildly powerful in your deep feeling. Whether you know it or not, the shape that you hold in your body impacts the energy of everyone around you. ⁣
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Part of the priestess path is learning to take responsibility for this power and use it wisely. ⁣
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Have you ever seen a woman illuminated by delight and pleasure? Imagine yourself with a warm heart, turned on, excited, enthusiastic, and expectant for good things to come. Think about the twinkle in your eye when you’re in your most elevated emotions, and how expansive your love is when you project joy from your heart. ⁣
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Of course, rage is equally powerful, as is longing, grief, sexuality, or any other energy you send out. That’s the point. You can choose. It’s one of the few things in life that you *can* actually choose, direct, and control.⁣
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We can’t control much, but we can always choose where we place our attention and what we choose to transmit. ⁣
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I’m laying in bed right now, injured, frustrated, and feeling a bit sorry for myself. But projecting those feelings into my family will only make the entire situation more difficult. So my work today is to anchor into gratitude, curiosity, compassion, patience, and love, and make that my broadcast, creating more ease and surrender for myself and everyone around me. ⁣
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If you want a place to orient to this kind of soul work, and deepen in understanding your power, come to moon medicine. Wait list is open, we start with the spring equinox. 🔥❤️🌙 ⁣
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Drop me a comment below and share when you feel most connected to this kind of power. 🐍

01/21/2022

What is the path of the priestess?⁣
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The word rubs some people the wrong way, but what is a priestess?⁣
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She / they are ritual leaders in magic, spellcraft, spiritual or meditative practices. They embody the mother aspect of caring for, nurturing, and leading families and groups. They / she holds awareness of their energetic / emotional “shape” and transmission and wield feminine divine power directly. She / they may practice devotion to certain deities or archetypes as different ‘faces’ of the divine. ⁣
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The commitments of MY walk as a priestess are to restore harmony and balance by journeying to the depths of my being, attuning to and revealing authentic feeling and expression. ⁣
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To honor the cycles of nature and my body, recognize the multiplicity of divinity in ALL Creation, to dance with the rhythms of the moon and ocean, life and death, and count it all as sacred. ⁣
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On this path of liberation, we may connect with ancestral practices, earth based wisdom, or work with the elements and directions as ways of orienting ourselves; practice listening to the intuitive intelligence our animal bodies hold and communicate; make meaning from other cyclical patterns like seasons, lunar movements, the zodiac, and menstruation. ⁣
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We find our way into the circle, onto the spiral path and find peace in curiosity, compassion, non-judgment and non-closure. ⁣
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We become more open, soft in our energy but strong and clear in our core.⁣
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Maybe the words ‘priestess’ or ‘witch’ hold allure for you, or maybe they turn you off, but either way, notice the charge they hold - notice the power, and invite yourself to explore why they feel that way. ⁣
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With the nodal shift into Scorpio / Ta**us, it’s time to pull out whats been hidden and swept under the rug, and meet it with nature, light, and beauty. That includes all the parts of yourself. ⁣
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If this speaks to you, Moon Medicine might be the next waypoint on your spiral path. Doors open next month - jump on the wait list and you’ll get an invite to visit a circle in February or March. ⁣
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I’d love to hear, what does “priestess” evoke for you? If you feel inclined, lmk in the comments. 👁🌈❤️⁣

01/18/2022

♒️ Aquarius Season ☀️

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⁣Tomorrow, Wednesday January 19, the sun shifts into the 11th sign of the zodiac, Aquarius. Aquarius is a fixed air sign related to progress, innovation, technology, liberation, humanitarianism, and the good of the collective. ⁣
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Tapping into Aquarius energy means feeling gifted and comfortable being alone and marching to the beat of your own drum, while also bringing your qualities of genius, innovation, and humanitarianism to serve the collective. ⁣
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Aquarius energy helps us find ways to shine and honor individual liberation, in turn giving others permission to seek after their own freedom as well. ⁣
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Ruled by Uranus, Aquarius brings an element of electricity to our being, like a human lightning bolt, here to disrupt, innovate, invent, and do things differently - not for the sake of ego, but for the sake of collective liberation. ⁣
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We’re here to be wildly authentic, to give freely, universally, wholeheartedly, to live a life on the cutting edge, to share resources, find our people, and build community. ⁣
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We’re invited to be different, to buck convention, to think outside the box and be ahead of the curve - to feel like a sacred heretic, an unorthodox rebel, to innovate and think beyond what has already been done.⁣
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We step into this frequency by being fully, unapologetically, completely ourselves, and to align with and explore humanitarian ideals, new information, and challenge existing authority. ⁣
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It starts with liberating ourselves and giving space for authentic self-expression. Bonus points if we find spaces to do this within the group, as Aquarius puts the We on equal footing with the Me. ⁣
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If you’re feeling the winds of change and want to create interior spaciousness and more room for your freak flag to fly, please come join me to prepare to welcome the Aquarius sun, under a Leo moon, as we breathe for ALL OF US to experience true, embodied freedom.⁣
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Donation based breathwork is Wednesday, January 19 at 4pm PST / 7pm EST and YES, there is a replay (delivered to your email late night). Sign up via my links. 👁 🌈 ⚡️ ⁣

01/02/2022

New year, new moon, same (incredible) you. 👁🌈❤️⁣
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I recently had the pleasure of sharing intuitive tarot guidance with group of seekers and it was so fun that I thought I’d spread the love around and offer these practices to you, too.⁣
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1. Annual Calendar Tarot Spread ~ lay out all the cards and pull clarifying ones at the end as needed. ⁣
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2. Cosmic Spread ~ looks at the energies showing up in your astrological houses this year. ⁣
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3 - 10: Basic information about Tarot and how to guide yourself through an intuitive storytelling practice. ⁣
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I’ve been playing with tarot since I was 8, thanks to who thought the cards were an interesting way to observe subconscious meaning making, and over the years have found so much comfort and insight in the stories the cards offer. ⁣
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When you pull the cards and lay the spread, before checking your reference book, take a moment to talk aloud and tell yourself the stories you see in the cards. The more you practice this intuitive exploration, the more natural it will feel.⁣
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Wishing you bright new moon blessings and if you explore either of these spreads, I always love to hear your takeaways in the DMs! 🌚✨

04/30/2020

“Our thoughts might be the most powerful environment that we can find ourselves in.” Dr. Kulvi Kaur drops this truth bomb on the show, then gives a powerful explanation for the science behind how our inner landscape not only responds to but also determines our genetic expression. What if the str...

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In 2011, when I did my first yoga teacher training, Stoked Yogi was nothing more than a scribble in the margin of my notebook - it started as an idea for a yoga class for surfers, one with good vibes, deep breathing, and the occasional sandy toes. I had no idea that Stoked Yogi would evolve into what it is now: a global collective of the most passionate water loving yoga teachers in the world, and a spirit-led lifestyle brand based on my deep love of yoga and the ocean.

Stoked Yogi is the world’s leading provider of certifications for stand up paddle board yoga. Founder Amelia Travis (that’s me!) is also a writer, business coach, surfer, and social media influencer. I’ve been honored to teach at Yoga Journal conferences, and my writing has been published in Samata, Yoga Journal, the Huffington Post, and the Inertia.

Between the blog, local classes, retreats, trainings, and coaching, my intention is the same: Empower and inspire people to pursue the life they dream of, right now. After watching my father die shortly after his retirement, and breaking my back in a surfing accident, I realized that life is too short to put off doing what we love. Stoked Yogi operates by my life mantra:

Set your intention, breathe it to life.