Amanda Baker launches yoga-based wellness brand for mental health support

Baltimore therapist and 500-hour registered yoga teacher Amanda Baker has launched You Amaze Me LLC, a new integrative wellness brand built around yoga-based therapy, somatic work, creativity and community. The June 9 launch also opened enrollment for Alchemize, a weekly virtual gathering designed for people who want something more embodied than standard talk therapy.

Alchemize runs 60 to 90 minutes and blends guided meditation, breathwork, somatic movement, creative expression, peer connection and facilitated discussion. Baker’s model gives the group a distinctly therapeutic structure, including a “hot seat” format in which she does live one-on-one work while the rest of the circle witnesses the process. That setup is unusual in yoga spaces, but it speaks to a growing appetite for offerings that combine movement, nervous-system work and mental-health support in one container.

Baker has the credentials to build that bridge. Before launching her own business in January 2026, she spent more than a decade in residential treatment, school settings and private practice. She holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Maryland and completed a 300-hour yoga psychology certification with Ashley Turner. Public bios also list more than 10 years in mental health and training in trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, somatic experiencing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique and Radiant Child Yoga.

That blend of training helps explain why You Amaze Me is landing now. Baker has described the brand as a space meant to reflect the “amazement” inside people and help them connect with wholeness rather than stay trapped in labels or diagnoses. Her website frames the work as an integration of therapy, somatic healing, yoga and creativity, and positions Alchemize as a community for “the lost, burnt out, black sheeps, magicians, & wizards of the world.”

The broader context matters too. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health says some studies suggest yoga may help manage anxiety symptoms, while more high-quality research is still needed. A peer-reviewed review has also found yoga can help reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and PTSD, though the evidence quality is often limited. In Baltimore, that places Baker’s launch squarely in the middle of a familiar yoga-world shift: teachers with clinical backgrounds are building hybrid brands that promise body-based care, clear boundaries and a different kind of room for healing.