Trap Yoga Bae: Where Healing Meets the Hood

Britteny Floyd-Mayo didn’t just create a yoga class — she built a whole movement for everyone who ever walked into a wellness space and felt like they didn’t belong. Too Black. Too loud. Too real. Too much. In 2016, fresh out of a transformative journey through China, India, and Brazil where she became a certified Vinyasa instructor, Britteny came home and flipped the wellness industry on its head.

The concept was born out of a simple moment — practicing yoga at home to trap music with a friend — and grew into something no one could have predicted. Trap Yoga Bae® blends high-energy Vinyasa flows with live DJ sets from co-founder DJ TrueStarr, confidence coaching, and signature Ratchet Affirmations™ — the kind of pep talks that sound more like your favorite rap lyrics than a meditation app. The hardest part of class, Britteny always says, is just showing up. Everything else is a party.

The numbers back it up. Trap Yoga Bae has reached over 2.8 million women across seven countries, earned a Forbes feature as one of the top 8 Black wellness experts to watch, landed partnerships with Google, Lululemon, and Essence Festival, and even appeared on Issa Rae’s HBO Max show Sweet Life. The brand is also available through the Trap Yoga Bae app, making the experience accessible globally.

This is Black women’s wellness done unapologetically — and the world showed up for it.