Mastering the Business of Yoga

This week on the podcast I am joined by Kristen Williams. Kristen is the founder of K10 Yoga Coop, the Winston Salem Yoga Festival and Yoga Evolving Now. She has traveled the world and is passionate about bringing community together through yoga!   On this episode, we talk about how Kristen has combined her love of yoga with her love of travel, the process of starting a yoga coop, what it's been l...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Kremena Yordanova from YorYoga. Kremena is originally from Bulgaria, but joined me from the Netherlands. Kremena took her first yoga class when she moved to the Netherlands in 2006, and she soon realized that with a regular practice, yoga could be life changing. She began teaching yoga in 2008 and has been teaching ever since. Now, she teaches weekly yoga cl...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Jenny Shih.  Jenny  is a business coach who has taught more than 25,000 women how to earn a full-time income working 30 hours per week or less as online, service-based entrepreneurs. For most of her time in business, Jenny was debilitatingly sick and at some points was only able to work a few hours each week. As the household breadwinner, Jenny found strateg...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Katie Brauer. Katie is a yoga teacher, a former professional snowboarder, a former executive of the fastest growing boutique yoga studio in the US and the creator of The Yoga Professional Incubator. On this episode, Katie and I talk about yoga, the business of yoga, why it's important to be an "entrepreneur" in the yoga industry, as well as the money side of...

This week on the podcast, I am very excited to be catching up with Jules Mitchell. Jules was a guest on season one of the show and we talked about her background in biomechanics, how she incorporated biomechanics into her yoga teaching, and how to find your specialty as a yoga teacher.    In this episode, Jules shares how her yoga business has evolved over the past three years to focus more on wor...

You've heard on previous episodes about the retreat I'm co-leading this fall in Costa Rica with Meghan Pherrill. We wanted to take listeners behind the scenes and let you hear everything that went and is going into putting it together. Notes from this episode: How yoga helped Meghan overcome depression and why she decided to become a yoga teacher My story of finding yoga and deciding to become a y...

This week on the podcast, I am joined by Peter Akkies from No More Newsletters. Peter helps yoga studios sell more memberships and delight their students by automating their email marketing.    On this episode, we talk about why yoga studios should get rid of the email newsletter and start automating their email marketing in a more targeted way that will actually get clients coming back to the stu...

This week on the podcast, I am joined by the co-founder of American Yogi, Mike Sussman. Mike started American yogi with his brother last year after seeing the need to make yoga more accessible for veterans, first responders, non-typical yogis and men. In this episode, Mike shares the story of his brother recovering from a broken back with yoga, finding yoga himself, and experiencing the life-chang...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Susanne Rieker. Susanne Rieker is a yoga teacher, traveler and entrepreneur on a mission to teach yoga teachers & spiritual entrepreneurs how to build a successful online presence. She's been working in digital marketing for 20 years and is now living mostly in Bali. Susanne is passionate about supporting yoga teachers on their online journey, using both her...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Susi Hately. Susi has a B.Sc. in Kinesiology with a focus on Exercise Physiology, is a yoga teacher, a yoga therapist, and a lover of anatomy and functional movement. After working in occupational therapy and at a pain center, Susi combined her passion for helping people feel good in their bodies with yoga. Now, Susi runs a business called Functional Synergy...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Mado Hesselink. Mado is a yoga teacher, a mother, a yoga business coach, and the host and founder of the Yoga Teacher Resource podcast. I had the pleasure of being a guest on Mado's podcast a couple of months ago, and she is a delight to talk to. Her and I very much have similar beliefs when it comes to the yoga industry, and I'm excited to share this episod...

This week on the podcast I am joined on the podcast by Tara Newbigging from Canmore, Alberta. She is the founder of BooTy and Studio B and you may remember Tara from all the way back in season 1. I had the pleasure of chatting with Tara as one of my very first episodes that I did for M.B.Om , and on that episode we talked all about how she stepped outside of the box to create her own fitness brand...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Sandy Fernandez. Sandy is a yogi, a yoga teacher, and the founder of Karmic Currency. Sandy gives clients a holistic and spiritual approach to dealing with finance and money, and helps them to understand how to unlock chakra energy to manifest success and abundance in their personal and professional lives. Sandy is also the author of Karmic Currency, Chakras...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Kristine Divall who is a yoga teacher, a mother, and the co-founder of Vinyasa Yoga for Youth. On this episode, Kristine shares what it was like to start Vinyasa Yoga for Youth, a yoga non-profit that brings yoga to schools with troubled yoga in cities across Canada. She shares the challenges of starting a yoga business in the non-profit sector, as well as t...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Marjolaine Savoie. Marjolaine is originally French Canadian, but joined me all the way from Berlin, Germany. She is the founder of Morning Marjolaine and the Living Mindfully Podcast. She is also a mindfulness coach and yoga teacher, and on this episode we talk about being a successful yoga teacher, being a podcast host, how to build a business that resonate...

This week on the podcast I am celebrating 3 years of M.B.Om! On February 1, 2016, I launched the very first episode of M.B.Om, and now, I have 134 episodes live. The last 3 years of M.B.Om has been a wild ride on this episode, I share what my intentions were when I started, how the podcast has grown and what that's been like, some of my biggest learnings from running M.B.Om, the highlights and the...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Michelle Linane. Michelle is a yoga teacher, yoga business coach, former studio owner, and the host of the popular podcast, Love Teaching Yoga.  On this episode of the podcast Michelle and talk about what it was like to own a yoga studio, including business lessons she learned through studio ownership. We also talk about being a podcast host, running a succe...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Alec Gorjestani, a software engineer, and the co-founder of OfferingTree. On this episode of the podcast we are talking about the importance of websites and SEO for yoga teachers.  Alec shares the benefits of having a website as a yoga teacher, as well as breaks down what SEO is and how you can start improving your SEO as a yoga teacher. We talk about both t...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Eman Zabi from The Scribesmith. Eman is a brand strategist based out of Vancouver, BC and she's here to share some of her top branding tips for yoga teachers and studio owners.  On this episode we talk about how to create a brand story, the key questions to ask yourself when it comes to creating a powerful brand, how to create a cohesive message and copy for...

I am so excited to kickoff 2019 with an interview with Amber Karnes! She is the founder of Body Positive Yoga and the co-creator of Yoga for All online teacher training. Amber is a yoga teacher, ruckus maker, social justice advocate and business owner, who specializes in an adaptive, accessible yoga practice. On this episode, Amber and I talk about what it means to offer accessible yoga, how you c...

This week's episode is the last episode of 2018! As usual, I'm reflecting on the last 12 months and everything that I've accomplished throughout the year.  I start this episode by sharing where I spent this year. My year was split between 5 months in Mexico, 5 months at home, and 2 months in the United States. By the time this episode airs, I'll be on a plane to Mexico to finish off the year exact...

This week on the podcast I am joined by the co-founder of The Yogis Journal, Matt Kowald. Matt joined me all the way from Ontario, Canada, although you'll hear right away in the podcast that Matt is originally from Australia.  On this episode of the podcast we talk about where the idea for The Yogis Journal came from and what the process for creating a journal was like. We also talk about creating...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Kara Seymour from Liv Kundalini, who is joining me all the way from Portland, Maine. She is a yoga teacher, a studio owner and a mother. Kara started practicing yoga as a single mom, and after falling in love with the practice she decided to become a yoga teacher. Throughout Kara's journey, she's followed the "winks" from the universe that she's received, wh...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Zahra and Chrissy from Blooming Happy Yoga. At Blooming Happy Yoga Zahra and Chrissy offer by-donation yoga classes in the park. So far, they are offering classes in Berlin, Germany and Melbourne, Australia.  On this episode of the podcast, Zahra and Chrissy share their yoga stories, what inspired them to create Blooming Happy Yoga, how they change their lan...

Kelly DiNardo & Amy Pearce-Hayden are mothers, yoga teachers, yoga studio owners, and the co-authors of "Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom Beyond the Mat". They met in Madison, Wisconsin and connected over both being yoga studio owners and yoga teachers. One thing led to another, and after discovering their mutual love of the yoga sutras, they decided to write an easy to digest book on the...