Mastering the Business of Yoga

This week on the podcast I am joined by Mary Ochsner! Mary started her online yoga business in 2018 and is passionate about teaching new yogis how to start their own yoga practice! She shares beginner-friendly yoga tutorials on Instagram and also has her own yoga app. In this episode, we're diving into Mary's yoga journey and her yoga business. Mary shares how she was able to build a following on...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco, the founders of Forrest Yoga! Ana is a yoga teacher and emotional healer, and Jose comes from a long history of shamanism, the arts, music, and healing, bringing his decades of experience as an artistic prodigy to Forrest Yoga. Together, these two are a force to be reckoned with! On this episode of the podcast, we are diving into...

I am back for Part 2 with Jessica Palmer! Since Jessica and I recorded the first episode, things have changed a lot. Jessica, like other studio owners was forced closer her physical studio and pivot her business model basically over night. On this episode we talk about what she did when the pandemic hit, how she has been keeping her studio alive through online offerings, what it has been like to r...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Jessica Palmer! Jessica is a yoga teacher and a studio owner based out of Philidelphia, PA. She is the owner of The Yogic Body, and on this episode (recorded before the pandemic), we are talking about what her first year of studio ownership has been like! Jessica shares why she decided to open a yoga studio, what the process was to actually open her yoga stu...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Nicholas Herd, more commonly known as Quazzy. Quazzy is a yoga and meditation teacher, the founder of Running River Collective and an advocate for the BIPOC community. On this episode, we talk about his journey as a yoga teacher, why he founded RRC and what they do, as well as how we can make our yoga classes more accessible to the BIPOC community. We discus...

This week on the podcast I am diving into 4 tips for running a successful at-home and online yoga business! I've been running my business and working from home for 5 years now, and over that time, I have learned a lot. In this episode, I am sharing my top 4 tips for running a yoga business from home and how to do that productivity, while maintaining ease, grace, and boundaries. Enjoy! ------- This...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Kim Sin! Kim is a San Francisco based yoga instructor and entrepreneur whose mission is to bring accessible, effective yoga and mindfulness to the workplace. In this episode, Kim and I talk about her journey as a yoga teacher, what inspired her to teach office yoga, her top tips for creating a successful office yoga business, and much more. Enjoy!   This wee...

This week on the podcast I am re-joined by Cory Sterling from The Conscious Counsel. Back when the pandemic first hit, Cory and I did an episode all about the legal side of taking your business online. Now that businesses are starting to reopen, we are talking about the legal side of re-opening a yoga studio or yoga business. The legal side of a yoga business is SO important so don't miss this epi...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Peter Sterios! Peter is the founder of Manduka, a pioneer of modern yoga movement and one of the most popular yoga teachers/trainers in the US over the last four decades, and the author of Gravity & Grace: How to Awaken Your Subtle Body and the Healing Power of Yoga. In this episode, Peter and I talk about what it was like to create Manduka, build the compan...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Julie Majale! Julie is the Academy and Learning Coordinator for The Africa Yoga Project (AYP). In this episode, Julie and I talk about her journey to yoga and AYP, what AYP does and the programs that they offer, as well as the impact that AYP has on individuals and African communities. We also discuss Black Lives Matter and how we can begin to shift our acti...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Christine Lacayo! Christine is a multi-lingual copywriter and content writer for impact entrepreneurs. In this episode, Christine and I dive into her background and why she's passionate about copywriting, as well as how to create a personal brand and how to write copy that aligns with your brand. Christine shares her top tips for writing great website copy,...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Jesse Johnson! Jesse is a success and mindset coach who works with yoga teachers and spiritual entrepreneurs. On this episode of the show, we are diving into Jesse's journey becoming a success and mindset coach, some of the biggest challenges that she sees yoga teachers facing, the 6 steps that she teaches around sales, how to shift our mindset to accept mon...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Henry Winslow. Henry is a dedicated yoga practitioner and teacher, as well as the founder of the Henry Yoga App! In this episode, Henry and I dive into his yoga story, what inspired him to become a yoga teacher, and his career as a yoga teacher. We talk about traveling and teaching, as well as why he decided to build the Henry Yoga app and what he's learned...

This week on the podcast I am re-joined by Kaya Mindlin. Kaya is a yoga therapist and educator who has been teaching the "softer side of yoga" for nearly 20 years. A year ago, Kaya and I chatted on the podcast about how to be profitable with a small business, and this year we are talking about how to take your business online. This has been a popular topic as we have all pivoted our businesses dur...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Carol Baxter. Carol is a yoga teacher and the founder of Glow Yoga based in Ontario, Canada. On this episode, Carol and I talk about how she first got into yoga, what inspired her to become a yoga teacher, what it was like creating Glow Yoga, how she's been able to grow the business, and what she's done to pivot her business since the start of the pandemic....

After 3 months of supporting two different yoga studios with taking their businesses online, I am sharing what I have learned and some of my top takeaways. In many ways, the last few months have felt like a rollercoaster in figuring out how to run a yoga studio online and adapting to all the craziness that has come with that. In this episode, I'll share what life has been like since the pandemic h...

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jen Corley from WeTravel live in the private Facebook community to talk all about the future of yoga retreat. WeTravel surveyed over 500 yoga teachers to see how they are feeling about the future of travel and the future of yoga retreats. In this conversation, we talk about cancelations, rescheduling, trends for the future, what to consider if yo...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Stephanie Mitchell from The Rolling Mat! Stephanie is a corporate yoga teacher who creates corporate wellness programs in Atlanta, GA. In this episode, Stephanie shares her story as a yoga teacher, why she decided to focus her niche on corporate yoga and wellness, business lessons she's learned about corporate yoga, and how you can get started with your own...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Joe Fagan from BeYogi. Over the last few months, the biggest question I have received from yoga teachers is regarding insurance, so Joe came on to answer all of those questions! We talk about what type of policy you need as a yoga teacher and a studio owner, what to ask for when it comes to insurance, what add on's you need to consider for online teaching an...

This week on the podcast I am super excited to have Shannon Crow back on the podcast! The last time I talked to Shannon on the podcast was in the fall of 2018! Since then, Shannon has continued to grow The Connected Yoga Teacher and she has also launched a membership called Pelvic Health Professionals. On this episode, we talk about why she created a membership, Shannon's top tips for launching yo...

This week on the show we are talking email! Why is an email essential for your business? Because it is one of very few ways left to talk directly to your students. Think about your own experience of scrolling on Instagram or Facebook. When was the last time you stopped and read a long post? When we log onto social media we are inundated with shiny distractions. When trying to share our message, we...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Victoria Lovering who is a Customer Success Specialist at Punchpass! Punchpass is one of my favorite software programs for yoga businesses and over the last few weeks, I've been chatting with the team about how things have been going for the studios that they work with. Well, things have been going great! On this episode, Victoria shares some of the success...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Renee Clair from Clair de Lune Yoga. Renee is a yoga and meditation teacher who is passionate about helping yoga teachers build their teams in order to offload tasks and accomplish their dream goals. She's a yoga teacher who works for yoga teachers by recruiting multi-talented yogis, and this is exactly what we're going to talk about on this episode of the s...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Barrie Risman. Barrie is a yoga teacher and an author and she has built up a successful business with courses, programs, and an online community. On this week's episode of the podcast, Barrie and I talk about her yoga story, why she decided to become a yoga story, and the journey that got her to where she is today. She shares how she was able to build a succ...

This week on the podcast I am sharing an episode I did for MBOm's sister podcast, Matcha Mornings, on tools for shifting your mindset with Veronica Thai. If you've listened to M.B.Om for a while, then you've heard Veronica on the podcast before! She's a yoga teacher, a life coach and the host of the Curious Monki podcast. On this episode, Veronica and I dive deep in talking about mindset, and Vero...