She also founded the Exalted Warrior Foundation (EWF) in 2006, a yoga program designed for the nation’s wounded war veterans, their families, and staff therapists intimately involved with their care and rehabilitation in major military medical and veterans’ hospital facilities. The EWF program, which she also directs, supports wounded veterans with amputations, orthopedic poly-trauma, burn injuries, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. The owner and president of Yogani Studio in Tampa, Florida, Annie Okerlin began practicing yoga in 1996. She opened Yogani Studios in 1999 in a small, one-room studio. Since then, Yogani Studio has expanded into a thriving community.