Meet Savanna Stevens of S3 YOGA in Miami Beach

Known as ‘The Queen of Good Vibes!™’ Savanna Stevens is using her influence/platforms to bring yoga and good vibes to millennials, athletes, and people of color. Savanna is the Founder/CEO of S3 YOGA, Yoga Instructor (RYT200 & Yoga For Athletes Certified), Writer, Speaker, FIBO Fitness Global Ambassador, and Model.

Savanna’s story is a lifelong journey of turning pain into purpose. Born and raised in Manhattan, New York City, Savanna was the youngest of 5 girls. When she was 16, she found her father dead due to a sudden heart attack. Shortly thereafter, she tore her ACL, had surgery, and nearly died due to complications. These two moments were very defining in Savanna’s life and career. Savanna is living life to the fullest and takes nothing in life for granted.

As a result, Savanna has been relentless in creating and living the life she’s always dreamed of. Savanna went on to one of the top universities in the US to pursue a career in sports management. At 25, she was working as a Sports & Entertainment Producer with five NBA All-Star Weekends, the NBA 2K League, Superbowl LIV, NFL on FOX, two MLB All-Star Weekends, BET Awards, Hip Hop Awards, Soul Train Awards, and Essence Festival under her belt. Additionally, she had worked in the front office of the 3x NBA Champions Miami HEAT, producing their events.

It was after an impromptu trip to Bali where Savanna first learned about yoga and all of it’s mental, physical, and spiritual health benefits. She immediately realized 2 things. 1- That there must be more to life than working a 9-5 and 2- She had to find a fun, practical way to bring these teachings to her community of professional athletes, millennials, and people of color. So, she took a leap of faith, quit her dream job with the National Basketball Association (NBA), started S3 YOGA, secured a modeling contract her other childhood dream!), and has not looked back since!

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
The entrepreneurial journey is EXTREMELY hard, but EXTREMELY worth it! I had to make some pretty tough decisions. A lot of soul-searching. Quitting what I thought was my dream job where I was making $100K a year, in exchange for working odd jobs, teaching yoga, and making no money. I did not know one thing about starting a business — creating a business plan, getting an LLC, designing a logo, putting a team together — the list goes on. But one thing I do know is that if it’s been done before, it’s possible. You just got to go for it.

For me, my biggest challenge is twofold. Every day I must hold myself accountable to do everything on my never-ending to-do list, and at the same time, have patience and surrender to the process. I am simultaneously growing as an entrepreneur and as an adult; and being a young, black, woman entrepreneur is NOT easy!  However, it is a beautiful journey that I am forever grateful for! It is SO important to love yourself through the process and be patient with yourself! Have micro speed, and macro patience!

We’d love to hear more about your work.
In 2019, I brought together my circle of professional athletes, corporate executives, and yogis where we founded S3 YOGA. S3 YOGA is an extremely unique company and community that facilitates private, group, and online yoga sessions and events. We take a fun, unparalleled approach to yoga and wellness for professional athletes, millennials, and people of color, which has not been done before! Our yoga instructors are RYT200, RYT500, Trauma Awareness, and Yoga For Athletes Certified.

Our mission is to build community, and make yoga fun, practical, and accessible for all! Our latest event series, SIP STRETCH SWEAT!™ are happy hour yoga flows to make you feel AH-MAZ-ING! SIP STRETCH SWEAT!™ is both online and in-person and is open to beginners, well-seasoned yogis, and everyone in between! We truly believe that life is all about balance!

Additionally, we have the S3 YOGA blog that showcases ‘how-to’ guides and athlete interviews that make room for inspiring, empowering, and real conversations. S3 YOGA is a rapidly growing community that is changing the world for the better, and bringing good vibes to all!