Randelle Lusk is a Calgary-based yoga teacher, a yoga studio owner, and a lululemon ambassador. After getting her yoga teacher training, Randelle knew that she wanted to bring yoga to her hometown of Fort St. John, BC. She was turned down for a loan to start her yoga studio, so she looked to her community, her friends, and other like-minded entrepreneurs to find a way to start her yoga studio.
Years later, Randelle still owns the yoga studio in Fort St. John although she’s based out of Calgary. Since starting a yoga studio, Randelle has taught at various studios in Calgary, and worked her way towards becoming a lululemon ambassador for the 4th Street lululemon store in downtown Calgary. Randelle also runs workshops, retreats, teacher trainings, and is beginning to teach at festivals.
On this episode, Randelle shares the business lessons she’s learned through owning a yoga studio, being a career yoga teacher, and running workshops, retreats and trainings. Randelle doesn’t describe herself as an expert on the business side of yoga, yet she has been immensely successful in her career. At the root of it all, Randelle has followed her gut and found her purpose, which has helped her to achieve her goals as a yoga teacher.
Enjoy!
Business Lessons:
- Create your own opportunities
- Turn towards your community and your friends for support
- Find a group of like-minded entrepreneurs who know what you’re going through when trying to start your own business
- Do what you’re called to do, and not what people think that you should do
- Scale back so that things can be manageable for you
- You will make mistakes – learn from them, let them go, and start fresh the next day
- Trust that if you are aligned with your purpose, abundance will come
- Run your business along the lines of your philosophy is important – always keep your intentions in check
- Be honest about what you want for your business
- Teach in unconventional spaces whenever you can
- Connect with your community, and the people who are interested in yoga in your community
- Be adaptable within reason during your retreats + trainings
- Stick to the objectives that you’ve put out in your advertising
- When running a teacher training, the aim is to have teachers feel ready to teach
- When you are constantly practicing and aligning with yoga, you are aligning with yourself
- Hustle, but take care of yourself
- And much more… Here’s the episode!
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A photoshoot with Lululemon 4th Street yoga ambassador Randelle Lusk at Christine Klassen Gallery in Calgary, Alberta on September 10, 2015.
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