Ericeira 40 Hour SUP Yoga Teacher Training All Inclusive Certification Retreat May 17-21, 2024 Oceanfront Residence, Ericeira, Portugal Welcome e bem vindo a Portugal! The Ericeira All Inclusive SUP Yoga certification retreat is our signature 40 hour certification program combined with a relaxing and rejuvenating beach retreat. You’ve been dreaming of teaching yoga on the […]
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We Moved to Portugal!
Did you hear the news? (Probably not, because we’ve been quiet for so long!) Stoked Yogi in Portugal 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, […]
How to Heal Burnout, Anxiety & Exhaustion
Burnout to Thriving: How I Healed Anxiety & Exhaustion, Naturally by Safiya Bouhouch, founder of I Am Well Community I couldn’t breathe. It was a startling feeling, sitting at my desk, with a tightness in my chest I couldn’t explain. I called the nurse hotline and described what was happening. “My pulse is racing, and […]
5 Marketing Tips for Yoga Teachers
Top 5 Marketing Tips for Yoga Teachers by Amanda Mckinney, MarketingYogaWithConfidence.com There are so many ways (and places) to market yourself as a yoga teacher. So no matter what platforms you choose, here are my 5 tips for you. Each one of them can be applied to any marketing platform you choose: your website, Instagram, […]
Finding Freedom and #TheCreationProject
A few days ago I wrote a post about how I was feeling: depleted, overwhelmed, stressed and depressed with a clear, desperate need for real self-care and down time. Yet I ended that post with a to-do list, more or less – which speaks to the cultural indoctrination I’m participating in to remedy spiritual needs […]
Life, Lately
For the past few months, I’ve been engaging less and less on social media and thinking more and more about quitting it entirely. I fantasize about a life without Facebook, Instagram… mainly because they consume so much of my time. And with that time, I consume so much unnecessary crap – reading about people’s lives, […]
5 Yoga Breathing Techniques | Pranayama
Breath is the foundation of any yoga practice. Pranayama refers to breath control techniques in yoga. The breath can be used to stimulate or calm the mind, depending on the technique. These 5 Yoga Breathing Techniques are simple and can be used by anyone for relaxation, joy, to relieve anxiety, or to build heat in the body […]
I Love Jesus and I’m Not a Jerk (Usually) | Faith
I’m writing this post about faith because it’s just been on my heart over the past few weeks. In opening up and sharing more authentically about my faith, a few times my love for God has been lost in translation, transformed somewhere between me and the receiver into something else, something I never intended, far […]
On Life
In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.” “Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What […]
How to Stay Sane After Having a Baby
Note: I originally wrote this post about four months postpartum. Here’s the funny part: It’s now a FULL YEAR later before I’m actually hitting Publish. That pretty much tells ya everything you need to know about the first year of parenting. Anyway, enjoy these tips on how to stay sane after having a baby. There’s […]