Dakota Mays
Dakota Mays is the yoga instructor and movement creator behind Mays Yoga, a handstand coach and the founder of Bioculture Retreats.
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Dakota’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus his backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
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YouTubeOverview
- Known as
- Mays Yoga
- From
- Nelsonville, Ohio
- Practice began
- Late 2016
- Teacher training
- Joga Yoga Training, Bali, 2018
- Focus
- Vinyasa yoga, handstands and movement
- Founder
- Bioculture Retreats
Mini bio
How it started.
Dakota came to yoga through wrestling. In a Backdrop interview, the Nelsonville, Ohio instructor described using yoga for wrestling-related back pain before becoming interested in its mindfulness and spiritual side. His former teaching studio dates the start of his personal practice to late 2016.
Learning to teach.
In 2018, he completed yoga teacher training at Joga Yoga Training in Bali. His early classes at Bodhi Tree Studio included power flow and inversion clinics. On his own course site, he describes power yoga and handstands as the practices that first caught his attention.
Taking the teaching online.
Under Mays Yoga, Dakota developed courses including Handstand Academy and Functional Flexibility for Wrestlers. His teaching also appears on DailyOM in a seven-lesson psoas course and on Strong And Fit in The Art of Balancing With Your Hands. His work grew into a public creator career: Bioculture’s own talent roster lists his community at 2.3 million.
Building Bioculture.
Dakota is Bioculture’s founder and creative director. The project brings creators and guests together for retreats built around movement, nature and community. His YouTube work includes the Bioculture Podcast and a behind-the-scenes pilot about the retreat crew.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025Jawline Hacks! Face Yoga and Gua Sha RoutineCreator and presenter
- 2024Bioculture - PILOTCreator, Mays Yoga
- 2024Bioculture Podcast: episode oneCreator, Mays Yoga
- 2024Yoga For Psoas: Hip Flexor Strengthening RoutineInstructor and presenter
Quotes
My calling is yoga and handstands and I can't wait to share it with you.Dakota Mays, Mays Yoga Courses
From the introduction to his online yoga and handstand courses.
Trivia
- He wrestled before becoming a yoga teacher.
- His Mantra retreat biography lists jiu-jitsu, beach time and shooting pool among his off-duty interests.
- His DailyOM biography mentions spending time with his dog by the beach.
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