“Intention is the starting point of every dream. It is the creative power that fulfills all of our needs, whether for money, relationships, spiritual awakening, or love.”
- Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Our Values
How it all began…
Almost 13 years ago, Katie moved to Los Angeles because of a love of performing and working in entertainment. Katie and her partner Alex realized through years of filmmaking, especially freelance, the film industry often operates under unsustainable methods when in comes to not just the planet, but the talent and the crew. We often don’t talk about how this affects our mental health as well as connection, communication and creativity and teamwork, necessary in storytelling. This led them to find more sustainable ways to work, first on set with Paper Ball Pictures and later Set Intentions.
Thus, Set Intentions was born. With Katie’s experience on set, she helps teams create and schedule mindful and sustainable systems with foundations of balance and community in events, entertainment and storytelling. There are food and coffee trucks that visit set for crew morale, and Set Intentions provides a mobile wellness alternative—time for people to come connect, flow, nap, and/or do whatever they feel called to do to decompress.
This helps refill the batteries physically and mentally, giving creatives the space to relate and share self care tools, more mindfully creating art connecting to what and who they are creating with. Set Intentions specializes in peer-led processing groups for entertainment professionals to ground, connect, feel heard and move their bodies.
In practicing yoga off the mat, all services are dedicated to leave a smaller carbon footprint on the earth. Through our partnership with One Tree Planted, we plant a tree for everyone involved.
Who We Are
Katie Rotolo
Founder, Event Planner & Peer Group Facilitator
Katie Rotolo (she/they) With over 10 years of strategic management experience including non-profit, education and entertainment industries, Katie has produced numerous events and films specializing in topics such as LGBTQIA+ rights and visibility, women’s rights, and social and environmental impact, as well as physical and mental health, creative education workshops and peer support groups. Katie is very experienced and excited about ESG subject matter, including diversity, equity and inclusion, human rights and climate change. Katie is a social justice and trauma-informed yoga teacher passionate about collective liberation and healing.
200 Hour Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
Shivakali Yoga
Trauma-Informed Yoga and Social Justice in Embodied Practice: Personal, Interpersonal, and Collective Healing
Hala Khouri & RW Alves
Navigating Anxiety in Children: Mindfulness and Yoga Tools for Meeting Stress with Inner Strength
Teens, Life Challenges, and Mindfulness
Practices to Build Resilience in Children
Little Flower Yoga
Mental Health First Aid Certified
National Council For Behavioral Health
V-A-R Certified
Active Minds
De-escalating Conflict Training
Across Frontlines
HSI Adult First Aid | CPR AED Adult Child Certification
American Safety and Health Institute
Marlena Martinez
Mindfulness Guide & Enterprise Support Specialist
Marlena Martinez (she/her) began teaching yoga while working for the California Conservation Corps in spring of 2019. Marlena has been integral in the development of community outreach and facilitating in-person at events. Her focus is being a valuable resource for those who she is servicing. She takes the time to understand the needs of clients then goes on to synthesize their needs with research. By combining her experience, furthered research and daily practice she provides a new tailored experience for those she works for.
200 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher
Yoga NoHo
Yoga Nidra
Shiva Yoga Practice