Mastering the Business of Yoga

I am joined on the podcast once again by Brea Johnson from Heart & Bones Yoga! Brea and I chatted about yoga + yoga business way back in  Episode 8  of the podcast, and this time around, we are focusing our conversation how to take your yoga business online. Brea shares the process for building her tribe online, including the importance of determining what you're going to offer and having good sou...

This special BONUS episode M.B.Om features one of the episodes of my newest podcast: Yoga Business Bootcamp.    The Yoga Business Bootcamp podcast will take you through how to create your dream job, build an amazing resume, get a teaching job at a yoga studio, and how to expand your offerings to make more money and become more sustainable as a yoga teacher. On this episode, we're talking about onl...

Paloma has been practicing yoga for a number of years, and after working for lululemon and managing a yoga studio, she decided that she wanted to create her own business. Paloma decided to blend her love of yoga and travel to create her first business, which was a retreat creation business. Since then, her business has changed into Rock Your Yoga Retreat, which teaches yoga teachers how to create...

This week on the podcast, I am joined by Nate Guadagni. Nate is the founder of Bo Yoga®, an accessible blend of gentle yoga, qi gong (Chee Gong) and meditation. He is the inventor of the new Balance Bar prop; a flexible, padded lightweight staff which helps with balance, alignment and mobility making yoga safer and more approachable. Nate Guadagni has taught yoga, qi gong and meditation full time...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Sytera Field from Episode 34! When Sytera and I first chatted back in the fall of 2016 she was teaching private yoga full-time and was not interested in studio ownership. Since then, she shifted into the role of studio owner, and opened up SyteraYoga at the beginning of January 2018. On this episode, we talk about what shifted for Sytera over the last 1.5 ye...

This week on the podcast we're talking about procrastination. Procrastination is something that many of us deal with, and arguably, something that is just part of the human experience.  I talk about tips for dealing with a specific task that you are procrastinating, as well as tips for preventing procrastination in your life in general, and the tips that I personally use to beat procrastination an...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Eileen McGurty from Great Online Teaching. Taking your yoga business online is a great additional source of revenue, and a great way for people to discover you from anywhere in the world, but it can also feel really, really complicated. On this episode, Eileen shares how to plan out great content for your target market, how to make sure the content your film...

Justin Harwood is the founder of Edgepoint Social and a social media expert. On this episode of the podcast, we talk all things social media. We cover how to choose the right platform(s) to be on, how to stay up to date with the new algorithm changes, batching content, getting more views on your content, and more. Justin shares some of his tips for building engagement on platforms like Facebook, I...

Jack Boken is a Canadian yoga teacher and the founder of Happy Jack Yoga. Jack came to yoga from the corporate world, and spent months traveling the world teaching yoga and playing his guitar. When we got back to Canada, he dove into building his business and figuring out what he wanted to do. Since then, Happy Jack Yoga has grown into a global brand offering trainings and retreats around the worl...

Josh & Jenna's yoga journey started with practicing Bikram Yoga, and their passion for the practice led them to own a studio in Red Deer, AB. After owning the studio for a number of years, they decided to take their life, their kids and their business on the road. They sold their yoga studio and began building an online business where they teach yoga teachers and yoga studio owners how to run succ...

Justin Cooper is a personal trainer, yoga teacher, the host of the Kula Wellness podcast, and the co-founder of Kula Wellness. Justin came to yoga while working in the restaurant industry and his passion for health and wellness took him in the direction of doing a masters of holistic counselling and psychology. He dove into the program, and started doing personal training. His personal training bu...

Andrew Gordon is a yoga teacher, former studio and the host of the Yoga Moves You Podcast, joining me from Charlotte, North Carolina. Andrew came to yoga after a family tragedy, and found that it changed his life for the better to the point that he wanted to share yoga with the world as a teacher.  After getting his teacher training and beginning to teach, Andrew dove into studio ownership. On thi...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Colynn Vosburgh from Frik-Shuhn Yoga. Colynn came to yoga from a nursing background, and after discovering her love of teaching, she quit nursing and med school to dive into teaching full-time. From there, she transitioned into teaching yoga teachers and working as a business coach. On this episode, we dive into the power of investing in yourself and how it...

On this episode of the podcast, I'm joined by Kristen Sweeney from Edge of the Mat. Kristen came to yoga from an acting and performing background, and since then has grown her business to teaching yoga and supporting yoga teachers to help them grow their businesses. On this episode, Kristen and I dive into the yoga of money. The biggest complaint we hear from yoga teachers is that they are overwor...

On this episode of the podcast, I'm joined by Brytta Byers from Xanadu Yoga. Brytta is a traveling yoga teacher, who is currently based in Chicago. Brytta came to yoga from an acting background, and fell in love with teaching in Greece. Since then, she has combined her love of yoga and travel and formed her company Xanadu Yoga, where she helps yoga teachers get jobs teaching around the world. She...

Awilda Rivera is a yoga teacher based in Atlanta who specializes in kids yoga and running retreats! On this episode of the podcast, Awilda shares her journey as a kids yoga teacher. She shares tips for getting certified as a kids yoga teacher, the challenges of starting a kids yoga program, and tips for being successful as a kids yoga teacher. Awilda and I also chat about being a yoga instructor v...

Patricia Lohan is a yoga teacher, female entrepreneur, and a feng shui expert! On this episode of the podcast, Patricia talks about how feng shui for yoga teachers and yoga studio owners. We talk about how to align your workspace with your career goals, how to create a yoga studio that aligns with your goals, and how to reframe the way you think about abundance and making money.  Patricia also sha...

Crystal Gray is a yoga teacher, yoga business coach, and the founder of Yoga Goddess Academy. Crystal has been teaching for a number of years, and has gone from owning a yoga studio to running teacher trainings, to transitioning everything online. On this episode, Crystal and I talk about everything from how to tap into the divine feminine, the importance of collaboration over competition, how to...

Kelly Smith is a yoga teacher, a yoga teacher teacher, the founder of  Yoga for You Online  and the host of the  Mindful in Minutes  podcast! On this episode of the podcast, Kelly shares how she grew her yoga business by owning a yoga studio in small town Missouri, how she built a following, and how she has transitioned it all online when she moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kelly believes that a...

On this episode of the podcast, I'm reflecting on 2017! A practice I've gotten into in all aspects on my life is to reflect on the previous year before I head into the new year. This is a great way to look at where you've been, how far you've come, and to help set goals for the upcoming year. During the episode, I talk about where I've been, highlights and lowlights of the year, how M.B.Om and my...

Gregory Ormson is a yoga teacher, writer, and a motorcycle enthusiast! On this unique episode of the podcast, Gregory and I chat about his story becoming a yoga teacher and what inspired him to create his signature program: Yoga & Leather. Yoga & Leather is a unique offering based out of a Harley Davidson store in Arizona where Gregory teaches yoga to motorcycle riders. Gregory shares the links be...

Dr. Ariele Foster is the founder of Yoga Anatomy Academy, and has been practicing yoga since a young age, as she has a grandmother who is a yoga teacher and practitioner. After living at the Kriapulu Institute as a seva, Ariele was inspired to become a yoga teacher and begin teaching. After suffering an injury, she decided to get her doctorate in physical therapy, and is now a practicing yoga teac...

On this episode of the podcast, I am joined by the CEO of Ardor SEO, Kris Reid. Kris is from Australia originally, but is joining me from Cambodia, where he currently calls home. Kris has been working in digital marketing and SEO for a number of years, and shares how he got into SEO and started Ardor. On this episode, we talk about some basic SEO concepts, like backlinks, SEO vs. SEM, keywords, an...

I am so excited to be joined by the founder of YogaBossBabe, Liz Nguyen. On this episode, Liz shares her journey as a yoga teacher, doing her YTT at Core Power Yoga and then completing a 2 year yoga therapy program from LMU. We talk about how she successfully started a corporate yoga business, and then became inspired to create YogaBossBabe, a monthly subscription service for yoga entrepreneurs. ...

On this episode of the podcast, I am joined by Arianne Traverso from Bizzy Yogi and the Yoga Expo in Miami. Arianne came to yoga from the graphic design and marketing world, and has been teaching yoga for over 15 years. On this episode, Arianne and I chat about her experience as a yoga teacher, a yoga studio owner, a mentor for yoga teachers, and the founder of Bizzy Yogi. Arianne and I chat about...