Yoga Retreat Secrets

Finding your voice is important. Amplifying the voices around you is even more important. In this episode I talk about how asking questions and listening should become a core piece of your communication strategy.

We live in trends. If you can catch a trend, it will change your life forever. I've caught 3 trends in my life and they directly led to building my retreat centers. In this podcast, I share my thoughts on how to see trends and what to do when you see it.

Be uniquely you in your retreat offer. The more authentic you get in what you do, the easier it is to sell.

Picking a venue is voting with your dollars. Don't undervalue what your travel dollars mean. Before I started building venues I never really thought my travel dollars matter. Seeing the cultural changes in West Virginia and Mexico, I see firsthand that these retreat centers have positive influence on the surrounding community. In the podcast, I share some of the small but also big ways that wh...

Here I share 5 ideas to help people reintegrate back home with the new experiences you've shared. You have to realize you are creating a very positive bubble. I think of it like an balloon and you are filling people up with healthy food, great habits, kind people and fun life experiences. There is going to be an inevitable let down when they go home. Help your clients prepare for that moment.

Excursions provide the chance to go deep on shared experiences with your group. Planning fun events is the most epic part of being a retreat leader. Here are 16 experiences that I recommend in you are in the Puerto Morelos, Cancun, Playa Del Carmen, Tulum area. I always start at Casa Om obviously but this podcast will help anyone looking to have an awesome time in the Riviera Maya. I cover Kite Su...

Here I get into the silly cliche of believing in yourself. But really you should believe more in youself.

9 year old Siana goes a little deeper into how co leading her first event changed her confidence and mindset going into the next school year. It may be hard to relate to the experience of a 9 year old but I'd argue most new retreat leaders go through these same feelings of highs and lows.

Here we talk about my daughter Siana's mindset, reflections and ideas from her first summer camp. We also talk about things we want to do better for next years camp.

I was looking at my revenue for Casa Om Mexico and found a pattern that will help you think about your retreats for 2024. In short, maybe do less but focus more.

Here I get into ways to differentiate yourself on your yoga retreats. We have to start thinking of these experiences as a chance to create a world changing offer. This is your sandbox to experiment with hour teacher.

Yoga retreats, Gym, Yoga Class, Therapy, Meditation. It's all making your product better. Ultimately you want to get to a place where you feel so good about the product your offering that marketing comes so naturally to you. And you know your product is great when the word of mouth spreads.

Winning is dangerous. Most people are manufacturing crisis in their lives to stay motivated. Whether its through drugs or affairs or irresponsibility, the chaos creates pressure. So they are, in a sense, trying to lose. Because when you win at something, whether its build your retreat or make profit in your business, it's such a mind game to stay focused and hungry and present so the good time...

You want to come into your retreats with so much confidence. It's way more fun. In this podcast I get into some of the ways, I've gone from a place of fear and anxiety to having so much fun and enjoying the work.

The secret to this whole game is find something that works and then get ridiculously consistent with it. Legendary people do tremendously boring shit over and over again.

Faith and skills have a unique relationship in business. Cultivate a strong faith and you can bridge the gap between what you want and what you can do.

Quite simply whoever can invest the most in themselves wins. This goes for love, wealth, sports, relationships and more. If you can find ways to fill your brain and body and soul with high quality experiences, you are going to live a high quality life. The problem is so many people are making investments when they arent ready for it. In the podcast I get into when the right time to make a bold mov...

As the leader, your retreat is not a vacation. People will say all the time "how was your vacation in Costa Rica." They just dont know how hard this work can be. With the right mindset you can have so much fun, make positive change and fulfill your purpose. But it will never be a vacation. It's legitimate work and if you approach it that way, it can be the most meaningful work of you...

Dealing with difficult customers can make or break your experience. Here I get into some strategies to preemptively gel your groups.

I didn't realize how much potential the retreat had when i first started out. In this episode i want to encourage you to go bigger in the thinking of what you're doing. Do that specifically by tuning into the why of the group.

It's possible you're at a level where you dont need to take risks. You can cruise on what you've already done. That's comfortable. But my argument here is if you want to continue to evolve and serve at ever greater levels, you have to take risks. In the podcast I get into my thoughts that perhaps once a day you try something new. Perhaps a new excursion, workshop, journal exercise,...

and how to keep them both engaged so you work for your creative future and execute on the task at hand.

Here I break down how 35 people showed up for Tuesday yoga in a pretty remote area. Its pretty simple. Make it worth travelling for.