Yoga Entrepreneur Secrets

We had a good friend pass away recently. And dealing with that reality gave us insights into how to live our fullest life.The reality of life is that one day, we will all transition. Our unwillingness to deal with this reality keeps us from living life to the fullest. We misperceive the permanent for the impermanent and the impermanent for the permanent.What we mean by this is that we live our lives as if everything will remain as it is. When we go out of the house, we assume we will come back. The reality is that we don’t know. Our time is limited, and tomorrow is not guaranteed. Live life to the fullest today. If there is anything that you’ve always wanted, do it today. How do you go about life to the fullest? One is by taking care of your unfinished business because you never know when it will be too late. Two, let the people in your life how you feel about them, and three, don’t hesitate to go for the things that you love in life.Tune in to this episode and learn how to live life to the fullest by acknowl

During this event, we delved deep into financial stuff, which was awesome, but what really struck us was one bit of information that we found to be super relevant to us as Yogis. It was referred to as the Abyss Concept.What holds many people back from achieving their dreams is the Abyss. We love the comfortable and the known; the Abyss is on the other side of this. We have to get out of our comfort zones and get into the unknown to grow. Taking a journey into the unknown is difficult and may scare us, the temptation to go back will be high, but if we really want to grow, we must forge ahead into the unknown terrain.When you step into the unknown, you'll suck at the beginning. You have to be willing to be bad at something to learn new things and grow. The biggest obstacle to growth is not willing to suck at something. Not willing to step out of your comfort zone will hold you back from your dreams.Key TakeawaysThe concept of the Abyss (04:13)Taking a journey into the unknown to grow (04:58)The only way you can

In this episode of The Awakened Life Podcast, Chris and John discuss the 3 questions that help you get to the core of who you are, what you want in life, and how you can serve.One of the greatest Yoga teachers, Patanjali, said that whenever we are solely identified with our ego, we bind ourselves to the things that do not have a permanent reality. These things may be our jobs, relationships, bodies, or material possessions, which then lead us to a sea of distress, unhappiness, and illness. Remembering the real you in is not trapped in these things is the key to real joy and freedom.To find our real selves, we need to answer these three powerful questions. Who am I? What do I want? and How can I serve? When you are able to answer these three questions, you get in touch with your spirit, which is the true goal of Yoga. These three questions shift your internal reference point from ego to spirit.Click Play on this episode to learn more about how you can answer these three questions to you're your real self and s

What is the difference between religion and spirituality? Is yoga a religion? If you have often searched for answers to these questions, then look no further. In this episode, we talk about all these concepts, what they mean, and how they relate to your life.Religion is the belief and worship of a higher power. Spirituality is the focus on the spirit or the soul above materialism and the physical world. You can have a spiritual experience inside a religion. Spirituality is an individual experience while religion is a group experience.In spirituality, you can connect to a higher power through your spirit and soul by employing techniques such as yoga. In religion, you worship the higher power and only connect to it through someone else. Someone like a priest, pastor, monk, etc. Yoga is a spiritual practice. The essence behind spirituality is freedom. We are freed from misperceptions of what we think life is about. We are then aligned with what is real.Key Takeaways The importance of meditation (06:44)Yoga preda

Did you know that 85% of full-time employees in the world are unsatisfied with their job? As astonishing as it sounds, this is the reality. This translates to about one billion people. These people don’t love the jobs they go to each morning.The majority of us think we have to work on a job we hate to make money so that then we can do what we love. Why not go straight into what you love doing? You may be tempted to answer that it is the job and financial security you are looking for, but this is a mind construct. Security is an illusion. The COVID pandemic has wiped off millions of jobs that were previously considered ‘secure’ just as it happened with the depression in 2008.The time to move in the direction of what you love doing is now. The Awakened Life Formula helps us with this. We get up each morning, move our bodies then sit still and meditate. This sets our mindset in the morning and helps us know exactly what we want, where we are going, and what we need to do to get there.Listen in to this episode to

The bigger picture behind yoga is enlightenment. This seems a distant idea to many people but is it something that we should all be striving for. The ancient masters renounced the world to achieve enlightenment. They had to leave behind the worldly possessions and their families. They were in search of the meaning of life and their sense of self.For us, we do not have to renounce the world and leave our families, but we need to go after that experience of enlightenment. It is time for the householder to wake up. The normal people of this world have to seek the true meaning of life. They have to realize the real sense of self. This is what I am talking about in this episode.Its time for us to work in this world and walk towards enlightenment through meditation. I believe everyone should meditate. On the path to enlightenment, there are these moments of bliss, where we realize who we really are. This way, we don’t get lost in our relationships, our businesses, our careers.Tune in to this episode and learn how m

Having goals in life is very important. The people who do amazing things in life have clear goals put down in writing. They have a vision and know where they are going. The goals help them get there. It sounds simple but writing down your goals helps us move in the direction of achieving them because they are top of your mind on a daily basis. The goals become an affirmation.In this episode, I share with you the three key elements of achieving your goals. However, you need to clarify your goals first. You can’t achieve unclear goals. Many people don’t know what they want. That’s why it is important to be crystal clear on where you want to go, you’ll then set goals to get to that destination.Once you set clear goals, you need a process to achieve them. The S.A.M method is a powerful process that helps us achieve our goals. SAM stands for Scheduling, Accountability, and Measurable. Listen in to this episode as I dive deep and explain how to apply these three key elements to achieve your goals. Key TakeawaysThe

In this episode, Chris explains the meaning of waking up. More than physically being awake, we need to be conscious of our abilities to achieve our dreams and ditch the negative bias we are trained to believe.Chris breaks it down into four steps: unconscious unskillfulness, conscious unskillfulness, conscious skillfulness, unconscious skillfulness.  He teaches us how to break negative patterns and be aware that there is another way. Once we are conscious of the opportunity, we can track, find, and create the best versions of ourselves.Chris teaches us how past experiences can manipulate our focus and impact our behavior. He shows us how to alter our feelings related to those experiences and gives us the chance to grow from then rather than getting stuck in a pattern. Listen for more on this episode of the Awakened Life Podcast.Key TakeawaysThe meaning of waking up (2:43)Natures evolution impacting our way of thought  (4:07)Unconscious unskillfulness (6:57)Being conscious of your unskilfulness (8:59)Conscious

In this episode, Chris recaps the past four days of the five-day immersion course. He teaches us how we can achieve our dream life, our awakened life, by training, being consistent, and accountable in our lives.Chris begins with a brief summary of each lesson. He talks about our understanding of being versus becoming and how they support each other. What movement actually is and how if we can first understand our bodies, we can enhance our movement. How meditation is designed to stop our negativity bias and how we can alter our feelings by adjusting our focus.Also, Chris has a reminder about their online classes. The coronavirus took hit on their in-studio business. Rather than letting the pandemic stop their growth, they made the move to digital classes. Free users will now have access to one free online class Monday- Friday and paid users will have access to two classes Monday- Friday and a live class on Saturday and Sunday. These changes went into effect in May. This is a sustainable business for both John

This episode is part four of our five-part immersion series. This week, we complete the Awakened Life Formula with a lesson on manifestation and how we can visualize our dreams into our reality.John teaches this week and focuses on components of manifestation. We mentioned before that the awakened life is all about healing and opening up the mind, body and heart Manifestation is all about the heart and mind. It helps us fill our hearts with purpose and gives us the drive we need to take action and achieve our dream. The emotions we feel motivates our behavior.John teaches us that our minds help us visualize our dreams. If focus equals feeling, we need to be cognizant  of the feelings we hold onto. Our minds will manifest those feelings into what we experience. He tells us that if we work on picturing and believing in the life we want, we can achieve it. We need to allow our minds to see our dreams and open our physical environment to those desires.Listen and learn how we consciously open our minds to funnel o

In the episode, we are discussing meditation and how to achieve bliss for longer amounts of time without interruption from our mind. This is part three of our five-part immersion series to teach you the awakened life formula.Chris leads our discussion this week. The focus is on mediation and how you can choose to take a step forward towards total enlightenment without ever having to achieve it. The small progress you do make helps clear your mind so you can change and adapt the way evolution has taught you to think.Chris answers our questions about meditation and why it can be so hard to turn off your thoughts and focus on just the act. Our mind has a tendency to resort to the bad, shift into flight or flight mode and unfortunately prepare for the worst. This thought pattern essentially puts blinders on us and interrupts our vision to enlightenment.This week, he teaches us how to stop that interruption and allow a different pattern, a different thought process to enter our minds through meditation. Key Takeaw

In this episode, John continues the five day immersion course. He pulls us away from the belief that we must accomplish advanced poses to achieve healing. Ultimately, it’s that thought process and motion that causes more harm than healing.John focuses on movement in this week’s lesson as one of the three pillars to address body, mind and heart. He explains that the more fluid you are, the more alive you are and your youth is restored. He shares an example of an eight-hour surfing trip he credits to healthy movement.The second half of the lesson is broken down into understanding your anatomy. John teaches us that we are all the same in our basic anatomy, but our structures are unique. Once you understand your structure you can understand your limits in movement and the optimal motion for increased mobility.Key TakeawaysOverview of day one of the 5-day immersion (2:00)Yoga is more than poses (2:49)Importance of movement (3:34)The biggest miss on the power of the practice (7:31)Doing the practice to support you

This is the first episode of the rebranded Yoga Entrepreneur Secrets Podcast, now The Awakened Life Podcast. The new podcast will uncover the untold secrets of yoga and help you live your practice on and off the mat.This episode is part one of the five part immersion series Chris and John shared on Facebook. This week, they explain why modern day yoga is a lie and how we can start depending on ourselves rather than our mat for stress relief.Chris and John share their story about how they found relief through yoga and the moment they realized they didn’t need the mat to feel solitude. They learned how to focus on their source, the foundation of their being, to discover and accept their identity. They tell us that once you master that, you have mastered the practice of healing your body, mind and heart.Chris and John invite you to immerse yourself in their five-day course by participating online. Join their Facebook group Yax Yoga Lab and answer some reflective questions about your being and desired becoming.Ke

In this episode, we say goodbye to Yoga Entrepreneur Secrets and hello to our new podcast The Awakened Life Podcast. This is an exciting opportunity to grow in our teachings and guide you in your healing journey on and off the mat.Just like many other businesses, coronavirus crumbled our in-studio business. Almost overnight we lost 50% of our revenue. In a time filled with uncertainty and crippling anxiety, practicing yoga is more important than ever. We decided to continue our teaching and be an outlet for our followers during this time. We recorded online videos and brought yoga to you all virtually.The new perspective gave us an opportunity to think about the practice. Yoga is more than stress relief on the mat, it should carry over into your work life and into your personal life. That’s why we have decided to start a new podcast with an improved message. The Awakened Life Podcast will focus on achieving all of the pillars of the practice and how to live with more passion in life.Nothing changes about how

With the disruption caused by COVID-19 and closure of many businesses including yoga studios, we explore how online courses and social media can help us go through the disruption while still impacting the lives of your members and keeping them engaged. Initially, you may not feel a great connection while teaching yoga virtually as you’d do with a room full of students, but remember it’s not about you. It’s about what value you can give to your students during this difficult time.   As a yoga teacher, you need to get out of your way, identify what your students need and the next course of action to take. It’s all about serving your students during this time as they need you the most. Create those connections and help them overcome this pandemic.Key Takeaways:How to keep providing value to your members mid the disruption (8:32)Creating online connections as yoga practitioners to help people who feel isolated due to social distancing (9:01)Even if you don’t like teaching yoga virtually, it’s not about you, it’s

In this episode, we talk about how to differentiate yourself as a yoga teacher from the multitude of other teachers.  Right now, there are so many yoga teachers and studios. To stand out from this crowd, and position yourself as a yoga teacher that people need and whose services are sought out for, you need to do these three things.The first thing is that you must be clear on the type of person you want to serve, understand their specific problems, and find a solution for them. Choose your niche, it can be the elderly population, children, or parents. Once you have identified the type of person you want to serve, understood their problem, and found a solution, the second thing you must do is specialize. This means being a master in solving their problems. The third thing that you must do is to create a framework that allows you to package your solution in an easy to understand manner. The framework must produce the desired results.Once you do these three things, you’ll have stood out from the rest of the fiel

In this episode, we are in Costa Rica out on a retreat. While out here in beautiful Costa Rica, we planned to surf. We relate the effort and planning needed to go out there to catch a wave with the effort needed to succeed in business.We wanted to have a good experience surfing and thus made a big effort and sacrifice to get there early in the morning and in rugged terrain, likewise for an entrepreneur, whether you achieve your goals depends on how hard you are willing to work.Are you willing to put in the effort and sacrifices required to achieve your goals and let go of those things derailing you? The problem with many people is that we have some big goals and want to succeed, but we don’t want to sacrifice to get there, we want to remain comfortable. The sacrifice can be in terms of time, energy, or money. Key PointsEverything that we want to achieve in life, especially the bigger things require a sacrifice (00.10)How hard Are you willing to work to get what you want (7.46)Are you willing to do the work th

In this episode, we explore the reasons why Yoga was developed. There seems to be a never-ending debate about whether Yoga is just about the body. Chris takes us through how yoga transforms our reality and how we approach our lives.Yoga is a practical concept we get to experience in our lives. It is not a philosophy or theory we read about. It literally transforms our lives. We further discuss how Yoga shapes our thoughts which then shapes our intentions and our intentions create the reality we are in. This means that if the reality you are experiencing is not where you’d want to be, you have to start with your thoughts. This is what Yoga and our teachings are based on.We discuss how there has to be some deliberateness and action in our lives to get to the reality we want. You cannot just wish things to happen. You have to make them happen. We have to align our goals with our intentions. Every action should be deliberate and should always take us towards our goals.Key TakeawaysOur thoughts have a direct link

In this episode, Chris will talk about the importance of understanding where potential customers are on their customer awareness journey. Him and John learned that the hard way when they put out Facebook ads for a teacher training and a retreat, both separate events, that they were organizing and needed to fill up. They hired a hugely successful Facebook ads agency to handle the ads for them, but the results for both events were surprisingly different. And that was all because of customer awareness levels.The customer awareness journey starts with someone being unaware that they have a problem, and that there is a solution to it. They then progressively become aware of their problem and start discovering that there is a solution to it. It’s at that point that a person can then start looking for a solution, and such a person is always ready to purchase the solution wherever they can find it. Going back to the events that John and Chris had put out Facebook ads on, they were targeting people locally. And for th

In this episode, Chris will talk about the importance of the “Why” in business and how it keeps an entrepreneur moving forward. He will demonstrate the power of the why by sharing the story of how John introduced him to martial arts, and how martial arts eventually led them into yoga. Before Chris got into martial arts, John would try to convince him to join him for training (John was practicing martial arts for two years before Chris joined), but Chris wasn’t into it until one day when he was at a party and a fight broke out. Someone in the crowd sucker punched him in the jaw and dared him to fight back, but Chris just stood there with tears in his eyes, and walked away. He went home from that party feeling so demoralized and humiliated, and that was the point where he decided to go into martial arts.John and Chris eventually started teaching martial arts, but their core goal (their why) was not to create fighters, but rather to create empowered, confident human beings who could feel better in their bodies,