Growing a Successful Yoga Studio in Bali with Mary Bugg

Growing a Successful Yoga Studio in Bali with Mary Bugg

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This week on the podcast, I am joined by Mary Bugg. Mary is an accomplished yoga teacher, neuro-muscular therapist, and reiki master. She is mum, wife, friend, and sister.

Having spent 25 years in the film industry as a producer, Mary brings her rich experience to all her teaching. She understands that we may all come from different directions, but ultimately, we are all aiming for the same outcome: happiness with acceptance.

Mary has run multiple trainings and workshops in the Middle East and is one of the owners and the studio director at The Path Yoga Center, Bali.

In this episode, Mary shares a bit about her journey as a yoga teacher, what brought her to Bali, and how she became a co-owner of The Path. She shares what it’s like to run a business in a foreign country, as well as her top tips for marketing your business, growing a company, and more.

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Why Yoga Photos are an Important Part of Your Yoga Brand with Amanda Hughes

Why Yoga Photos are an Important Part of Your Yoga Brand with Amanda Hughes

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This week on the podcast, I am joined by Amanda Hughes. Amanda is a brand photographer based in Scotland, UK. She works with all types of small businesses, including yoga teachers.

In this episode, we discuss why it’s important to have great brand photos for your yoga business and the benefits of hiring a photographer. Amanda also shares some of her top tips for getting great photos for yoga teachers just starting out who can’t afford a professional photographer just yet. We talk about equipment, lighting, selfies, and more!

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From Yoga Teacher to Health Coach with Michelle Leotta

From Yoga Teacher to Health Coach with Michelle Leotta

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This week on the podcast, I am joined by Michelle Leotta. Michelle is a yoga teacher turned health coach! She’s spent the past 13 years as a practicing, certified coach while acting as a mentor for coaches, a presenter at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and a partner of Primal Health Coach Institute.

In this episode, we’re talking about Michelle’s journey as a yoga teacher, why she pivoted from teaching yoga to being a coach, how she’s built her business over the last decade, and why becoming a health coach can be a great addition to a yoga teaching career.

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How to Discover Your Dharma with Kaya Mindlin

How to Discover Your Dharma with Kaya Mindlin

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This week on the podcast, I am joined by Kaya Mindlin. Kaya is a trusted teacher guiding many of today’s yoga teachers and longtime practitioners. Yogic seekers from around the world resonate with her authentic and mothering approach that threads the mystical and practical. She integrates the full spectrum of the Vedic tradition in her work, including Therapeutic Yoga, Mysticism and Philosophy, Storytelling, Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology, and Vedic Counseling, to reveal the body and life as a vehicle for spiritual awakening.

In this episode, we are diving into all things dharma! We discuss what dharma is, how we know what our purpose in teaching is, what the “friends” and “enemies” of dharma are, advice for someone who is just starting out, and much more.

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Yoga Studio Ownership Through the Pandemic & Beyond with Alexandra Charles

Yoga Studio Ownership Through the Pandemic & Beyond with Alexandra Charles

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This week on the podcast, I am joined by Alexandra Charles. Born and raised in Sydney Australia, Alexandra has been a professional dancer her whole life, with her performance career bringing her to the USA in 2014. Alexandra found yoga early on to help heal some injuries, and meditation to assist in centering and finding balance.

Her approach to both is with holistic, real-world tools and practices, and most of all, to make things enjoyable and accessible for any body. She opened her studio, Soul Tribes Yoga + Meditation, in Houston, Texas, in 2019, where she strives to help people cultivate self-awareness, strength, stability, mind/body balance, a heart-centered yoga practice, compassion, tools for breathwork, and mindfulness.

In this episode of the podcast, we’re talking about what it was like to open a yoga studio just months before the pandemic, how Alexandra and her team were able to keep the studio afloat, what her experience as a studio owner has been like (especially running a studio that offers the gentler forms of yoga), her tips for running a yoga business, and much more.

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