Mastering the Business of Yoga

This week on the podcast I am joined by Emily Sussell. Emily is the founder of Private Yoga Brooklyn and The Abundant Yogi[link]. Emily created a successful private yoga business in Brooklyn, and she now helps other yoga teachers create private yoga businesses! In this episode, we talk about what Emily did to create a successful private yoga business, how she took her business online, tips for a s...

This week on the podcast I am re-joined by Amanda McKinney from Marketing Yoga with Confidence. On this episode, Amanda and I are going through the 4 steps plus the pre-step to marketing and launching your online offerings! Once you've created courses, programs or memberships, it's important to make sure that you get them out into the world so that people can purchase them, and Amanda will walk yo...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Cory Sterling. Cory is the founder of Conscious Counsel and the author of "The Yoga Law Book: Legal Essentials for Yoga Professionals". On this episode, Cory and I dive into what yoga teachers need to know to run a legally sound business, and particularly what yoga teachers need to know to run a legally sound online business. We dive into liability, waivers,...

This week on the podcast I am joined by PJ Taei who is the founder of Uscreen--a simple video platform home to YOGA with Adrienne, SarahBeth Yoga, Wanderlust, and more. This episode could not have come at a better time! As yoga teachers and studios around the world work towards taking their businesses online, this episode will support you in understanding how to start creating videos for an audien...

This week on the podcast we are talking about teaching demos! The first time I did a teaching demo, I was terrified. Years later, I've done tons of teaching demos and I am here to share my top 4 tips so that you can crush yours without fear or worry. In this episode, I'll share the story of my first teaching demo and how it went, what I learned from that experience, as well as my top 4 tips for ho...

M.B.Om has a new intro, is a part of a new network, and has a new sister podcast hosted by Amanda Kingsmith called Matcha Mornings!  On this bonus episode of M.B.Om, you'll get to hear the 2nd episode of Matcha Mornings on Ayurveda with Kim Fenton from Get Your Life Together Yoga.  Kim and I break down Ayurveda, including talking about what Ayurveda is, why it's important, and how you can start im...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Tyler McCune. Tyler is an email copywriter, and he works a lot in the yoga, wellness and meditation space. Over 5 years ago, Tyler discovered meditation on a 1-month meditation retreat in Taiwan and now he's an email copywriter who has consulted with both brick & mortar and online clients, including yoga teachers and corporate mindfulness trainers. He is als...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Meghan Pherrill from Balance by Meghan. Meghan and I had the pleasure of co-leading a retreat together in Costa Rica this past fall and we had a BLAST! While we were on retreat, Meghan led an amazing session on social media, and on this episode, she dives into some of the content that she taught. In this episode, we cover Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinter...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Ariel Garten! Ariel is probably one of the most interesting people you'll ever meet! She is a psychotherapist, a neuroscientist, a mom, a former fashion designer, and the co-founder of Muse. Muse tracks your brain during meditation to give you realtime feedback on your meditation to guide you into the zone! Muse lets you know when your brain waves have gotte...

This week on the podcast I am sharing how to set up a powerful workflow in your business by walking you through my workflow and giving you tips for how you can set up a workflow that will allow you to be a successful yoga teacher, partner, parent, friend, and business owner! In this episode, we talk about how to set up a workflow that works, the importance of a calendar system, how to choose a gre...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Nikki Naab-Levy! Nikki has a fitness background and a passion for online marketing, business, and courses. In this episode, Nikki shares how she began working with yoga teachers and helping them with their launch strategies. We talk about how to decide what to sell online, how to test market your products or services, tips for creating a successful online co...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Tess Ball. Tess is a yoga teacher, a former yoga studio owner, and the founder of the Heart Driven Business Academy. On this episode of the podcast, Tess and I dive into her yoga story, why she decided to become a yoga teacher, what it was like to own a yoga studio from her home, and what it was like to have to close that studio down to move to a new place....

This week on the podcast I am joined by Noelle Cordeaux. Noelle is a life coach and the co-founder of JRNI. On this episode, we talk about Noelle's journey becoming a life coach, why she decided to create a life coaching business to train other people, why life coaching is an important part of the wellness industry and how it can help yoga teachers (both personally and professionally), as well as...

This week on the podcast, I am re-joined by Chioma Njoku from The Mindful Bookkeeper! On this episode, Chioma and I dive deep into the money side of yoga once again. We talk about what Chioma has been up to since we last chatted in October 2018 and dive into why your relationship with money is important, how we can start to understand the emotional side of money and start bringing an abudance mind...

This week on the podcast I am re-joined by Anastasia Shevchenko. The last time Anastasia and I chatted was May of 2018 before she hosted the first ever Berlin Yoga Conference. Now, over a year and a half later she has successfully hosted the first conference and is planning the second one! On this episode we talk about how the first conference went, what she learned, what she plans to change for t...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Christine Jaureguiberry! Christine is a yoga teacher with a specialization in yoga for scoliosis, based in the UK. In this episode we talk about her own yoga journey, what inspired her to become a yoga teacher and how she found her niche in yoga for scoliosis. Christine also shares tips for making our classes more inclusive to students with back pain and/or...

This week on the podcast I am reflecting on 2019! This is one of my favorite episodes of the year because I get to look back on where I traveled to, some of my biggest achievements of 2019, all the podcast episodes I recorded, how my business grew and changed, what I learned and so much more. Enjoy!  This episode is brought to you in part by OfferingTree. When you're a yoga teacher and you're tryi...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Stephanie Spence. Stephanie is a yogini, yoga teacher, travel and an author. On this episode, we talk about Stephanie's yoga journey and what inspired her to become a yoga teacher, we delve into her career and everything that she has learned throughout her career. We also dive into her book and talk about what it was like to take her thoughts and ideas and p...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Nubia Teixeira. Nubia is a Brazilian-born yogini, dancer and author of "Yoga and the Art of Mudras". On this episode, Nubia shares her story of building a yoga and dance business, moving to the United States and beginning to teach there, as well as why she is passionate about the Yoga Mudras. We dive into how to begin learning about the Yoga Mudras, how to i...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Amanda McKinney. Amanda is a yoga business coach and the host of the Marketing Yoga with Confidence podcast. She is an expert in marketing, and after working for many years in the corporate world, she transitioned to working with yoga teachers to help them market their products and services, and get more students in classes. On this episode, we talk about ho...

This week on the podcast, I am joined by Tiffany Cruikshank. Tiffany is a world-renowned yogi and the founder of Yoga Medicine. Yoga Medicine is a teaching platform to educate yoga teachers in a blend of both eastern and western models of medicine to ultimately help clients/students treat and manage things like chronic pain and depression through yoga and meditation practices. Tiffany has a pre-me...

This week on the podcast I am joined by John & Chris Yax from Yax Yoga Concepts. John & Chris are brothers, business partners, and yoga teachers from Virginia Beach, VA. They came to yoga from a mixed martial arts background, but quickly fell in love with the practice and decided to become teachers. They soon opened up a yoga studio in their house, and have watched their studio grow and flourish i...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Theresa Berenato. Theresa is a corporate yoga teacher and the founder of Workspace Yogi, an online membership site. On this episode, Theresa and I talk about how her path as a yoga teacher has been unconventional in that she hasn't taught in yoga studios. Instead, she jumped right into teaching corporate yoga classes. She built her clientele up to a point wh...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Nicole Lovald. Nicole is a yoga teacher, yoga studio owner, and author who joined me from Minnesota! Nicole started practicing yoga to help relieve her stress from her busy corporate job and fell in love with the practice to the point that she decided to teach. Soon after becoming a yoga teacher, she stepped into the role of studio owner and has since grown...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Hope Zvara. Hope is a yoga teacher, a motivational speaker, a best selling author, a yoga studio owner, the CEO of Mother Trucker Yoga, and so much more. Hope joined me on the podcast last week to talk about her yoga journey, running a yoga studio, and teaching online, and you can listen to that episode here. This week, we dive into all things yoga teacher t...