Noah Christensen  There is power in intention. When an intention
is set, we align ourselves with the truth we wish to create. The
more we come back to that seat of intention, the more our life
begins to re-assemble around that intention.  Noah set an
intention for himself in August 2009, which at the insistent
urging of a good friend, he found himself in one of Travis’
classes at Bhakti Yoga Shala in Santa Monica. The intention was
simple: “I want to heal. I want to be the best version of myself
that I can be so that I can give my best self to the world.”
Before he met Travis in the Summer of 2009, Noah was almost 100
lbs heavier. He was depressed and self-medicated with anything
he could find to avoid making changes to his comfortably self-
destructive habits or taking an honest ownership of his life:
alcohol, drugs, relationships, and work.  While Noah had
practiced yoga prior to that class, there was a fundamental
shift that occurred, ever so gently, as Travis sang “Sri ma jay
ma” during Savasana. The dyna