Story

I created Love Cafe + Yoga Shala as a space where healing, connection, and creativity converge. After years of struggling with mental health and alcoholism, I chose to embark on a journey of spiritual healing through travel.

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While living in Australia, I found inspiration in the surfers at sunrise, emerging from the ocean and propping their boards against the rocks to serve pour over coffee. These quiet, beautiful moments of the mundane left a deep imprint on me, and I knew I would one day bring that essence to Milwaukee.

 

As an artist, I am moved by the mantra "we are all the walking wounded." My work is rooted in selfless service, using documentary film, installation art, and storytelling to inspire consciousness and compassion.

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Love Cafe is an extension of this vision—an intentional space that blends yoga, coffee culture, and nourishing food to remind people they are seen and they belong here.

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Kaleigh Atkinson

Founder