Mastering The Business Of Yoga

This 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. If it weren't for you, I certainly wouldn't have made it this far and I am beyond grateful for this amazing community!  Enjoy!   

This 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 expand their yoga businesses.  Enjoy!  I am super excited to announce a brand new partnership with Schedulicity! Schedulicity is an online booking software that allows you to do everything from booking clients, to taking payments, to communicating with your clients. I personally love Schedulicity because I can do all of my booking through one easy platform. This week's Schedulicity hot tip of the week is with Shayna! If you've been wondering how an online schedule can help you with your business, email Schedulicity at support

This 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 tips for yoga teachers in an easy to understand way. Finally, Alec also share what OfferingTree is and why they've created it as an alternative for yoga teachers.  Enjoy!  I am super excited to announce a brand new partnership with Schedulicity! Schedulicity is an online booking software that allows you to do everything from booking clients, to taking payments, to communicating with your clients. I personally love Schedulicity because I can do all of my booking through one easy platform. This week's Schedulicity hot tip of t

This 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.  Enjoy! I am super excited to announce a brand new partnership with Schedulicity! Schedulicity is an online booking software that allows you to do everything from booking clients, to taking payments, to communicating with your clients. I personally love Schedulicity because I can do all of my booking through one easy platform. This week's Schedulicity hot tip of the week is with Anna! If you've been wondering how an online schedule can help you with your business, email Schedulicity at support@schedulicity.com or visit scheduli

I 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 use, what it's like to accept all different bodies and people into your yoga classes, and more. Enjoy! I am super excited to announce a brand new partnership with Schedulicity! Schedulicity is an online booking software that allows you to do everything from booking clients, to taking payments, to communicating with your clients. I personally love Schedulicity because I can do all of my booking through one easy platform. This week's Schedulicity hot tip of the week is with Anna! Schedulicity worked with yoga businesses to find

This 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 the first half of 2018 doing a lot of personal development and working on my money story to allow money to flow into my life and my business. The second half of the year, I worked my tail off to save for my 300 hour YTT that I'll be doing in early 2019. I said "yes" to every project that came my way, and because of that I am looking to find more ease in 2019. My intention moving forward is to work smarter, not harder.  My other successes for 2018 include releasing 50 new episodes of the podcast, talking to amazing guests from

This 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 short term. Matt shares how to create a successful morning and evening routine, as well as tips for breaking bad habits that aren't serving you anymore. Finally, Matt talks about the power of a daily journaling habit and how The Yogis Journal can help yoga teachers build a daily journaling habit!  Enjoy! BLISSED is an online wellness platform and community, which offers programs to help you feel fully ALIVE! Their Simply Awaken Program is a 21 Day commitment for a total mind, body and soul Reset… It’s a great program to kick

This 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 opening a kundalini yoga studio in a state where there isn't much kundalini yoga practiced, what she's learned through the process, advice for new yoga teachers and more. Enjoy! BLISSED is an online wellness platform and community, which offers programs to help you feel fully ALIVE! Their Simply Awaken Program is a 21 Day commitment for a total mind, body and soul Reset… It’s a great program to kick off the New Year and take control over your health. For 21 days, you complete an elimination diet while increasing fat and vegeta

This 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 for donations in a way that feels authentic, the business lessons they've learned through creating Blooming Happy Yoga and more!  Enjoy! BLISSED is an online wellness platform and community, which offers programs to help you feel fully ALIVE! Their Simply Awaken Program is a 21 Day commitment for a total mind, body and soul Reset… It’s a great program to kick off the New Year and take control over your health. For 21 days, you complete an elimination diet while increasing fat and vegetable intake with the beneficial practice

Kelly 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 life.  On this episode, Amy and Kelly share their yoga stories and how they met, they share lessons they've learned as yoga teachers and studio owners, the process of co-authoring a book, what "Living the Sutras" is all about, some of their favorite sutras and how to apply them off the mat and in real life, the biggest business lessons they've learned through their careers and more!  Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a

This 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, why it's okay to mix business and spirituality, why we deserve to make bank, tips for new yoga teachers and more!  Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teachers through the process in about 30 minutes. That’s right, you can have a website in 30 minutes!  OfferingTree’s website tools allow teachers to put their schedule on their own branded website an

This 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 corporate yoga and mindfulness teacher and much more. Enjoy!  This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teachers through the process in about 30 minutes. That’s right, you can have a website in 30 minutes!  OfferingTree’s website tools allow teachers to put their schedule on their own branded website and allows their students to book classes and even pay online.  Y

This 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.  Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teachers through the process in about 30 minutes. That’s right, you can have a website in 30 minutes!  OfferingTree’s website tools allow teachers to put their schedule on their own branded website and allows their students to book classes and even pay online.  Your OfferingTree website will have a whole host of oth

This 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 creating a successful career, creating a journaling practice, creating positive affirmations, and changing your posture and how all of these things can help you break through your fears to create the life of your dreams, and much more.  Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teachers through the process in about 30 minutes. That’s right, you can have a we

This 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 in Athens, GA and is running successful workshops and trainings. On this episode, we talk about how Nick went from being a full-time nurse to a full-time yoga teacher and studio owner, the mindset shifts he had to go through to become a successful yoga teacher and studio owner, the business side of running a successful yoga studio, and much more.  Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree create

This 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 help people begin to understand the power of money stories, relationships with money, and that it's okay to make money in your business!  On this episode, we talk about the money side of the yoga industry, why it's okay to make money as a yoga teacher, how to overcome your money stories, and much more.  Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teacher

This 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 diving into this market, how teaching an older population is different than a younger market, and much more. Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teachers through the process in about 30 minutes. That’s right, you can have a website in 30 minutes!  OfferingTree’s website tools allow teachers to put their schedule on their own branded website and al

This 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 Applied Astrology Online School. On this episode of the podcast we talk about the spiritual side of running a business, shifting your perspective around making money, how to grow your following online through marketing and how she incorporates systems like astrology in her business, plus more. Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teachers th

This 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 practice, if yoga teachers should be trained before they touch their students, why you should always make sure you have permission before you touch someone, and much more. Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by OfferingTree. Most wellness professionals struggle with creating a website and a digital presence, so OfferingTree created easy to use software that guides yoga teachers through the process in about 30 minutes. That's right, you can have a website in 30 minutes!  OfferingTree's website tools allow tea

This 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 health & wellness entrepreneurs to help them build their dream businesses, so they can make massive impact on those they serve. On this episode of the podcast, Amber shares her journey in dance, pilates, and yoga, as well as some of her biggest learnings through leading international retreats and trainings around the world, how we can reframe the concept of money to build sustainable businesses, how she created her business online, and so much more. Enjoy!   This episode of the podcast is also brought to by YogaBossBabe. YB