Mastering the Business of Yoga
397 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 113 ratingsMastering the Business of Yoga (M.B.Om for short) is a podcast was designed for new yoga teachers who want to create a successful career in yoga, but don't know where to start, or what to do. Each episode is hosted by yoga teacher & business graduate, Amanda Kingsmith, and features different, successful and inspiring yoga teachers who share their experiences in the yoga world, and the business lessons they have learned throughout their careers. Guests range from full-time yoga teachers, yoga studio owners, teachers who have branched off to create their own businesses, teachers who have developed their own teacher training, and much more.
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Jules Mitchell on Running Workshops & Trainings Abroad
April 15, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBThis 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 workshops and trainings that she teaches around the world, the process of writing and publishin...
Join Me in Costa Rica | Bonus Episode with Meghan Pherrill
April 12, 2019 11:00 - 48 minutes - 39 MBYou'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 yoga teacher The idea behind bringing together yoga teachers and helping them grow their b...
Making Email Marketing Work for Your Yoga Business with Peter Akkies
April 08, 2019 10:30 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBThis 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 studio. Peter shares the top ways to automate your emails, tips and tricks for getting more eng...
Making Yoga Accessible for Veterans & Non-Typical Yogis with Mike Sussman
April 01, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBThis 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-changing effects of consistent practice. We also discuss the process of creating a yoga brand and h...
How to Create a Great Yoga Website with Susanne Rieker
March 25, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBThis 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 expertise and her understanding of the yoga world to help you find your digital marketing dha...
Susi Hately on Functional Movement, Anatomy & Yoga Business
March 18, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBThis 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 where she trains yoga teachers to feel more comfortable and confident with anatomy and working ...
Changing the Yoga Industry from the Inside with Mado Hesselink
March 11, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBThis 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 episode where we're talking about how to change the yoga industry from the inside out. What does tha...
Growing a Brand & Opening a Studio with Tara Newbigging
March 04, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBThis 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, BooTy. Since then, Tara has trained BooTy leaders around the world, as well as opened a home st...
Money Mindset & The Chakras with Sandy Fernandez
February 25, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThis 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 and Money, which outlines how each chakra plays a role in your life allowing you to create an...
Starting a Yoga Non-Profit with Kristine Divall from Vinyasa Yoga for Youth
February 18, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 70.3 MBThis 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 the challenges of working with youth in schools, including getting connected with schools, gett...
Marjolaine Savoie on Building a Business that Resonates with Your Clients
February 11, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBThis 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 resonates with your clients, as well as how to frame your teaching as entrepreneurship. Marjolaine al...
Celebrating 3 Years of M.B.Om!
February 04, 2019 12:00 - 46 minutes - 55.1 MBThis 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 lowlights, as well as what's next for the show. A big shout out to you guys for listening. I...
Studio Ownership, Podcasting & Being a Successful Yoga Teacher with Michelle Linane from Love Teaching Yoga
January 28, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBThis 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 successful yoga business, and tips for new yoga teachers teaching at yoga studios and looking to ex...
SEO for Yoga Teachers with Alec Gorjestani from OfferingTree
January 21, 2019 12:00 - 57 minutes - 67.7 MBThis 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 technical and non-technical ways to improve your SEO, and Alec shares specific strategies and t...
Powerful Branding Tips with Eman Zabi from The Scribesmith
January 14, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBThis 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 your brand, how to figure out your target market and communicate with them and much more. ...
Amber Karnes on Body Positive & Accessible Yoga
January 07, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBI 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 can make your yoga classes feel more accessible through the language and sequencing that you us...
2018 Year in Review
December 17, 2018 12:00 - 28 minutes - 34.2 MBThis 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 exactly where I started it, in Mexico City. This year I've felt a lot of accomplishment. I spent...
Positive Habit Creation with Matt Kowald from The Yogis Journal
December 10, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBThis 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 new, positive habits and how to create habits that will last in the long term, not just the s...
Kara Seymour on Owning a Kundalini Yoga Studio & Following Your Gut
December 03, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBThis 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, which has inspired her to open not one, but two yoga studios. Kara shares what it's been like open...
Creating Accessible by Donation Yoga Classes with Zahra & Chrissy from Blooming Happy Yoga
November 26, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThis 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 language and sequencing to make their all levels classes in the park feel welcoming, how to ask f...
Living the Sutras with Kelly DiNardo & Amy Pearce-Hayden
November 19, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBKelly 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 yoga sutras that will help people learn the yoga sutras and take them off the mat and into real...
Amy McDonald on Becoming an Abundant Yoga Teacher
November 12, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 72 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Amy McDonald from the Abundant Yoga Teacher. Amy joined me all the way from Australia, where she runs a business helping yoga teacher create abundant and successful yoga businesses. She runs yoga retreats around the world, and also has her own podcast, The Abundant Yoga Teacher. On this episode, Amy and I dive into all things yoga business! We talk about what she learned running a (at home) yoga studio, tips for running a successful yoga retreat, wh...
Corporate Mindfulness, Meditation & Yoga with Trish Tutton
November 05, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Trish Tutton from Banff, AB! I met Trish back in 2014 when I started working for lululemon and she was the Banff store's ambassador. Since then, I've had the pleasure of seeing Trish step into her niche of corporate mindfulness and really grow her business. On this episode we talk about Trish's journey as a yoga teacher, discovering her love of meditation and mindfulness, how she has taken her business into local corporations, tips for become a corpo...
Creating a Global Yoga Brand with Vanessa Rosler from All You Can Yoga
October 29, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Vanessa, Rosler the founder of All You Can Yoga. Vanessa joined me all the way from Miami, where she is currently based, to share how she got into yoga and becoming a yoga teacher, where the idea for All You Can Yoga came from, what the brand is, how she's grown it and much more. In this episode, Vanessa shares what it's taken to build a global yoga brand, the business lessons she's learned along the way, as well as tips for new yoga teachers. En...
Choose Your Dreams Over Your Fears: A Section from She Means Business
October 22, 2018 11:00 - 51 minutes - 60.1 MBThis week on the podcast we're doing something fun! I'm reading a section from "She Means Business" by Carrie Green. This has been one of the most influential business books I've ever read, and it helped me break through a lot of my fears and challenges that were holding me back. In this section we'll talk about why YOU are the biggest thing holding you back and how to stop holding yourself back from success. We'll talk about being curious in the pursuit of following your dreams and creat...
Mindset, Business, Money & Studio Ownership with Nick Combs
October 15, 2018 11:00 - 57 minutes - 67.2 MBThis week I am joined by Nick Combs who is a yoga teacher, a yoga studio owner and the founder of M3 Yoga. Nick was formally a full-time nurse and discovered yoga after dealing with a back injury. Yoga helped heal him and he decided that he wanted to share his love of yoga with others. Nick started by teaching donation based yoga, and then slowly went through the process of recognizing his worth as a yoga teacher and decided to open his own studio, M3 Yoga. Now, M3 Yoga has a second location...
Chioma Njoku from The Mindful Bookkeeper on The Money Side of Yoga
October 01, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Chioma (Chi) Njoku from The Mindful Bookkeeper. Chi is a business woman turned yoga teacher. After 6 months of teaching yoga full-time, Chi found that she couldn't create a sustainable living just off of her studio classes. She was frustrated and disheartened by the yoga industry. Then, after hearing too much "You can't make money in the yoga industry" and "I'll just do it for free", Chi decided to start her own business - The Mindful Bookkeeper - to...
Teaching Yoga to Older Populations with Nate Guadagni
September 24, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Nate Guadagni from BoYoga. If you've been listening to the podcast for a while now, you'll remember Nate from a few months ago. We did an awesome episode on growing your business through your email list and how to get an email list of 1,000 people! In this episode, Nate and I talk about how to grow your yoga business through serving baby boomers or people in an older population. He shares how he's grown his business this way, ways that you can start ...
Destinee Berman on The Spiritual Side of Running a Business
September 17, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBThis week on the podcast I’m joined by Destinee Berman. Destinee has been called the secret visionary behind today’s most recently recognised online schools in the intuitive arts and spiritual healing spaces. She spent 15 years in Silicon Valley managing clients like Twitter, HP and Microsoft before she headed into her own spiritual path in 2014. Now she’s the launch manager behind Ashley Turner and Sianna Sherman’s wildly success Urban Priestess Mystery School as well as Debra Silverman’s A...
A Conversation on Hands on Assists with Shannon Crow
September 10, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBThis week on the podcast, I am joined by Shannon Crow from The Connected Yoga Teacher for a conversation on hands on assists. This conversation spurred from a prompt in my private Facebook community, Yoga Business Badasses, around the topic of doing adjustments or assists in class. Shannon commented and we decided to turn conversation into a podcast episode for everyone to enjoy! In this episode, we discusses our thoughts and opinions on hands on assists, how to stay within scope of practi...
Amber Sears on Creating a Successful + Sustainble Wellness Business
September 03, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Amber Sears from Epic Self! Amber is a mind, body, spirit transformation and business coach. Her mission it to empower people to dramatically upgrade their personal and professional lives with mind-body fitness, peak performance nutrition, lifestyle design, and conscious business. Amber specializes in producing deeply healing and empowering retreats and teacher training programs around the globe. She also work intimately with new and established heal...
Temitope Sonuyi on Creating & Growing FavYogis
August 27, 2018 11:00 - 59 minutes - 69.5 MBIf you've been listening to the podcast for a while now, you know that FavYogis has been sponsoring the podcast! After 6 months of using the app and working with them, I had the chance to interview the founder and CEO, Temitope Sonuyi. Temitope is a yogi, yoga teacher, and a programmer! After experiencing challenges in his own yoga business he decided to design an app to solve those problems. As he started talking to more and more yoga teachers, he realized that he wasn't alone in his nee...
Mark Walsh on Marketing, Money & Embodying Yoga
August 20, 2018 11:00 - 58 minutes - 68.8 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Mark Walsh, the founder of Embodied Yoga Principles, The Embodied Facilitator and Integration. Mark joined me all the way from Brighton, UK to talk about his journey as a yoga teacher and yoga business owner. On this episode of the podcast we talk about how to market yourself and your business, how to find your target market, niche and tribe, the importance of getting paid for your work and how to deal with challenges around money, and much more. ...
DJ Taz Rashid on Using Music to Elevate Your Yoga Business
August 13, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBThis week on the podcast we're doing something a little bit different! I am joined by DJ Taz Rashid who works in the yoga and wellness space creating music and playlists for yoga classes and yoga events. Not only does DJ Taz share how he has successfully created his business, and some of his top business lessons, he also shares how using music can elevate your yoga business. Of course, not everyone likes to play music in their yoga classes and that is fine, but if you do, you can do it in...
Building Great Relationships with Yoga Teachers + Studio Owners
August 06, 2018 11:00 - 23 minutes - 28.6 MBA couple weeks ago, I had someone email in asking about how to build great relationships with studio owners, and how to leave situations that are negative or are not serving us anymore. This person continued to tell me that they are at a studio where they don't feel that they are being treated kindly, and personally, I am tired of hearing this. It is not okay for yoga teachers to just sit back and allow ourselves to be treated badly! On this episode of the podcast, I talk about: What to...
Diane Bruni on Functional Movement & Movement as Medicine
July 30, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Diane Bruni. Diane was the first female ashtanga teacher in Canada, a studio owner, a body worker, and now a teacher of functional movement. On this episode, Diane shares how she first got into yoga, what the yoga landscape was like 20-30 years ago, owning a yoga studio, what it's been like shifting more towards functional movement, and what she's learned throughout her career. Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Yogabossbab...
Trina Altman on Deconstructing Yoga & Building an Online Business
July 23, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Trina Altman. Trina received her training through STOTT PILATES® and is an E-RYT 500. She’s the creator of Yoga Deconstructed® and Pilates Deconstructed®, which take an interdisciplinary approach to foster an embodied understanding of yoga and Pilates and their relationship to modern movement science. On this episode of the podcast, we talk about Trina's journey as a yoga and pilates teacher, her approach to movement, anatomy and yoga, how she took h...
Creating, Growing & Building Yoga Trade with Erica Hartnick
July 16, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by the co-founder of Yoga Trade, Erica Hartnick. Erica discovered yoga after spending years as an athlete, and after slowly falling in love with the practice, Erica decided to teach. Soon after she become a yoga teacher, she started pitching companies, and hotels around the world to see if she could do a trade. In return for accommodation, she would teach yoga! Erica did this for a number of years before the idea for Yoga Trade was a born! Why not creat...
Jason Crandell on Being a Successful Yoga Teacher
July 09, 2018 12:00 - 48 minutes - 57.6 MBJason Crandell is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, who teaches workshops and trainings around the world. He is a San Francisco based yoga teacher, and also writes for Yoga Journal, and teaches on Yoga Glo. In this episode of the podcast, Jason shares his yoga story with myself and listeners. Jason shares how he went from not enjoying his first yoga class to really enjoying the practice, and then becoming a teacher. He shares what it was like to be a yoga teacher 20 years ago, h...
Lauren Rudick on Running Yoga Academy International
June 25, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBThis week on the podcast I am re-joined by Lauren Rudick! Lauren and I first connected about a year ago to talk about her journey in becoming an international yoga teacher. Now, on this episode, we dive into creating and growing an international yoga teacher training program. Lauren shares tips for how she's made Yoga Academy International successful so far, some of the struggles with filling programs, including the changing Facebook and Instagram algorithms, as well as what sets her trai...
Jessica Murphy on Creating the Dirty South Yoga Fest
June 18, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Jessica Murphy, who is a yoga teacher, podcast host, and the founder of the Dirty South Yoga Fest based out of Atlanta, GA. On this episode, Jessica shares her yoga story, what inspired her to create the festival, and what it takes to create and grow a successful yoga event or festival. We talked about everything from finding a venue, getting teachers, promoting a big event, selling tickets, self-care when you're coordinating a big event, as well as ...
Kathryn Bruni-Young on Movement & Creating a Successful Online Business
June 11, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Kathryn Bruni-Young who is the founder of Mindful Strength, the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast, an international teacher and a creative thinker in the field of yoga and movement. Kathryn grew up practicing yoga, and started teaching when she was in her late teens. After years of practicing more traditional Ashtanga, Kathryn realized that she was having chronic pain in her body, and started to learn more about movement. On this episode, Kathryn ...
Nathalie Croix on Owning a Yoga Studio & Running Teacher Training Programs with Authenticity
June 04, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBThis week on the podcast, I am joined by Nathalie Croix who is the founder of the Shanti Yoga Shala, Shanti Yoga Teacher Training and the host of the Life on Earth podcast. On this episode of the podcast, Nathalie shares her journey as a yogi and yoga teacher, and how much of her learnings came from working as a studio manager for a number of years, before she decided to dive into owning her own studio. Nathalie shares what it takes to run a successful yoga studio and yoga teacher trainin...
Anastasia Shevchenko on Creating the Berlin Yoga Conference
May 28, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBThis week on the podcast I am joined by Anastasia Shevchenko who is the founder of the Berlin Yoga Conference. Anastasia was born in Ukraine, grew up in Canada, and is now living in Berlin. Anastasia has been practicing yoga since she was a teenager and after years of practicing and teaching, she wanted to expand her offerings and bring the yoga community together with the first ever Berlin Yoga Conference, which will be happening in 2019. On this episode, Anastasia shares where the idea f...
You Are a Badass: Money Mindset!
May 21, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBThis week on the podcast we're doing something a little bit different! In this solo episode of the show, I am read through chapter 24 of You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero. I read this book in April and absolutely loved it, but the chapter on money was easily the most influential chapter for me. On this episode, I read through the money chapter to you (chapter 24), while adding in my thoughts and giving some additional commentary on how we can break through our money stories, the importance ...
Creating a Prosperous Yoga Studio & Business with Chris Cannon
May 14, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBThis week on the podcast I am talking with Chris Cannon. Chris is the founder of Studio Prosperity and the host of The Studio Prosperity podcast. Chris and I had the pleasure of meeting in Mexico City and recording this in person! On this episode, we talk about all things yoga studios and yoga business, including why it's okay to make money and still be spiritual, why software and systems are important in your yoga studio, the relationship between the studio owner and the teacher, and why ...
Building an Online Business & Finding Your Tribe with Brea Johnson
May 07, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBI 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 sound quality. As well, we talk about why you don't need to a big following to be successful online...
BONUS: Online & Offline Marketing from Yoga Business Bootcamp
May 03, 2018 11:00 - 11 minutes - 14.4 MBThis 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 online and offline marketing! There are so many different aspects that make up marketing, whi...
How to Rock Your Yoga Retreat + Business with Paloma Neuman
April 30, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBPaloma 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 a successful yoga retreat. On this episode of the podcast, we talk about the importance of inv...
How to Get 1,000 Email Subscribers with Nate Guadagni
April 23, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBThis 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 for over thirteen years and has managed six successful wellness centers in three major US citi...