On the first solo episode of this season, we’re talking about yoga + self esteem. The inspiration for this episode of the show came from an episode that my boyfriend, Ryan, and I did for our travel podcast on how travel improves self esteem. The entire time we were recording, I kept thinking to myself “there are so many parallels with yoga! So, I decided to do an episode on yoga + self esteem.
Nearly 5 weeks ago, I left Canada to come travel + work in SE Asia. There are so many benefits to living + traveling abroad, but practicing yoga is NOT one of them.
I will admit that I have struggled with my own self practice the entire time I’ve been teaching. I love group classes because they are scheduled, I am accountable to someone other than myself, and I gain a huge amount of inspiration from other teachers. I knew that leaving my hometown studio in Canmore, Alberta (which I love) would mean that I wasn’t going to have the comfort of choosing a daily class to attend. I knew that I would have to practice on my own.
Sytera Field found yoga after an accident, and after having a profound healing experience, she decided that she wanted to teach. On this episode, Sytera shares her journey as a yoga teacher – briefly running a yoga studio out of her home, teaching as many classes a week as she could, and how she ultimately become a teacher of private yoga.
Sytera shares her advice to becoming a private yoga teacher, how she has been successful + tips and tricks for new yoga teachers. She also shares about her other endeavors, including running retreats, teacher trainings + creating videos online.
Enjoy!
Kaeleigh Doherty is a kick ass yoga teacher + the founder of the Banff Yoga Festival. On this episode of the podcast, Kaeleigh shares her inspiration for creating the Banff Yoga Festival, what it was like to create a festival from scratch, the challenges of creating the festival + what she learned along the way.
Kaeleigh hoped for 50 people to show up to the Banff Yoga Festival, and approximately 550 came! The festival was targeted at the Banff community, but people came from all over to join in on the festivities. It is amazing to see + hear how successful the festival was, and to hear what is to come for Kaeleigh + the Banff Yoga Festival this year + the years to come.
On this episode, Kaeleigh shares the process for launching the BYF, the research that went into it, how she found the teachers, the marketing process, what it was actually like the day of, plus what she learned last year that she’s doing different / the same this year.
If you are interested in learning the back end process to putting on a yoga festival, make sure that you don’t miss this episode!
Enjoy!
Levi Morehouse is not a yoga teacher, a yoga studio owner, or a yoga entrepreneur. He is a small business owner though, and his small business is an accounting + book keeping company called Ceterus. Ceterus’ slogan is “let us do the rest” + they provide services for small business owners doing their accounting or book keeping.
You may be curious why I wanted to talk to Levi. The reason is that I think that book keeping + accounting is something that many people in the yoga industry lack, and that’s fair enough. We, as yoga teachers, are great at educating and sharing our knowledge of yoga. We are not accountants, we are not book keepers, and we are not (usually) super knowledgeable in the area of accounting + book keeping. And we shouldn’t be. We should be focusing on the things that we are great at, and let someone else do the things that we aren’t. This is exactly what Levi and I chat about on this episode of the podcast.
Levi shares his passion for accounting + book keeping, his recommendations for yoga studio owners, and the services that Ceterus provides, as well as industry tips + tricks.