A couple years ago, Yochai Weiss was a taxi driver in NYC who smoked nearly 2 packs of cigarettes a day. Now, he is a full-time yoga teacher.

On this episode of the podcast, Yochai shares how yoga and becoming a yoga teacher has changed his life in a big way for the better. We chat about life, yoga, the practice of yoga off the mat, and the business lessons he’s learned over the last 3 years as a yoga teacher.

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Business Lessons

• It’s never too late to do your YTT!
• Imitate, integrate, and then innovate
• Watch what the bodies in the room are doing – why can one person do something that another person can’t?
• Work to the person that is in the room
• Cue for the people in the room
• Try not to focus only on the negative feedback – remind yourself of the positive feedback
• What is your mental and emotional relationship with your personal practice?
• If you’re off your routine, how many days does it take before you lost your sh*t?
• Find your center on and off the mat
• Create a website for yourself and incorporate yourself
• Find a good color scheme, a good font, and let your website breathe
• Figure out your taxes in advance
• Know what you will do if you get sick or injured – do you have products or services that will provide you with income if you can’t physically teach?
• Create an authentic brand for yourself online
• Journal everything
• And much more… Here’s the episode!

Connect with Yochai

• Zen Hard Yoga
• Yochai on Yoga