Our Story

 
 

a little bit about us...

In 2014, we became members of SLO Yoga Center after taking our first class at the studio. We loved the community vibe and the spacious studios with beautiful views, and just knew that we’d found our new home studio. We’d recently moved from Washington state back to SLO, where we graduated from Cal Poly awhile ago… ;) About three months later, as fate would have it, we had the opportunity to buy the studio. We left behind our corporate careers to choose living with passion and purpose. It was the BEST. DECISION. EVER. It has truly been an honor and joy to be welcomed into this beautiful community, to have witnessed lifelong friendships form, watched families grow, and to have created new traditions.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

As we reflect on where we've been and where we're headed, we think about the positive impact yoga has had on us personally. Discovering yoga created a new beginning on so many levels, it created a path for healing from past traumas and addictions and set us on a journey that we could not have imagined after our first yoga class. We are grateful for our teachers and the community that has so lovingly supported us. Our work now, is to bring yoga to those places, people, and situations where it might make a difference like it did for us.

SLO Yoga Center exists to make a positive contribution to our community through movement, connection, and mind-body wellness. Our vision is to continually celebrate diversity, strengthen community and empower people to live their best lives every day. We are excited for what's ahead and all that we're building together at SLO Yoga Center.

In gratitude, ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

the stackhouse family

 
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Stephanie Stackhouse
Stephanie Stackhouse

Stephanie Stackhouse co-owns SLO Yoga Center with her husband, Andrew. Both are graduates of Cal Poly and moved back to the Central Coast in 2014. Steph graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Finance and joined the tech start-up world in the San Francisco Bay Area. During her corporate career, she held various leadership positions at companies including LinkedIn and Microsoft. The stress and demands of corporate life led her to yoga and in 2013, she received her 200-hour certification. She also completed Level 1 Teacher Training with Baron Baptiste, in addition to advanced trainings through the Baptiste Institute. This past November of 2019 marks the fifth year anniversary of her family owning SLO Yoga Center. In July, 2018 they opened their second location in the Marigold Shopping Center. Stephanie also sits on the Board of Directors for Downtown SLO and teaches yoga weekly at the County Jail as a volunteer for Restorative Partners and at CMC with Prison Yoga Project. When not teaching, practicing, or managing the studios, you’ll find her with her two daughters or hiking in the hills with her husband and their dog, Roxy.

Andrew Stackhouse
Andrew Stackhouse

Andrew (aka ‘Stack’) co-owns SLO Yoga Center with his wife Steph. Yoga has provided him with a path for healing and growing, and is thankful everyday to live his dream. He loves to share with his students the practice of yoga as a moving meditation that provides challenge, growth, and multiple other physical, mental, and spiritual benefits. He completed his 200-hour teacher training at the Ashram Yoga Studio in Kirkland, Washington, completed Level 1 Teacher Training with Baron Baptiste, in addition to advanced trainings through the Baptiste Institute, and will complete his 500-hour certification with Jason Crandell in July of 2020. Andrew has provided mentorship to several teachers and has assisted two 200-hour yoga teacher training programs here at SLO Yoga Center. He’s excited to collaborate with amazing teachers to deliver another 200-hour Yoga Teacher training to our community this Fall. When he’s not teaching or managing the studios, he’s hiking in the hills, cooking meals for his family, or reading.

 

about our studios...

 

SLO Yoga Center is a local family-owned wellness studio offering mind-body health and community empowerment to ALL people.

SLO Yoga Center is a space where ALL people are welcome to gather, move, laugh, and do the work to elevate and inspire our community. We aim to create opportunities for something new and extraordinary; provide healing within ourselves and others, and experiences for exploration and growth. 

We are community builders and take the responsibility, afforded by our privilege, very seriously.  We are committed to supporting the environment with sustainable business practices, serving under-represented people in our community, and the belief that we ALL rise by lifting others.  We invite you to Return to Your Center. #ReturntoYourCenter

OUR MISSION

SLO Yoga Center exists to make a positive contribution to our community through movement, connection, and mind-body wellness. 

OUR VISION

The vision of SLO Yoga Center is to continually celebrate diversity, strengthen community and empower people to live their best lives every day.

OUR VALUES

Connection as an access point to our essential self and our fellow humans. #BetterTogether

Fun by embracing the freedom and playfulness to express joy through movement and breath.

Authenticity we live in the growth zone, choosing to learn, create and share our best selves. This requires all of us to show up with an openness to what is possible.

Accountability in what we offer you – mind, body and soul. We are committed to delivering high-quality instruction and a beautiful space to support your practice.

 

...and we can’t wait

to meet you!