by Amanda Kingsmith | Nov 24, 2018 | Blog
In many ways, business and yoga are opposites.The business world is all about growing profits. Yoga focuses on spiritual growth and stepping away from the stresses of daily life. That includes money. When you embark on a yoga business, then, it can be difficult to marry these concepts together. You may have started with the best of intentions, but you’ll struggle to stay zen when you’re spending three days a week dealing with admin management. When each class becomes a matter of making money, it can feel like you’re losing the sentiments which set you on this path. And, when that happens, you may wonder whether this is the right thing for you after all. (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Nov 22, 2018 | Blog
Nowadays, there is plenty of technology available to get you to reach the next step in your yoga business venture without losing your focus on your passion. Indeed, if you’re dreaming big as a yoga business owner, now’s the time to embrace your aspirations and go global.
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Nov 19, 2018 | Personal Development, Show Notes
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Kelly DiNardo & Amy Pearce-Hayden are mothers, yoga teachers, yoga studio owners, and the co-authors of “Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom Beyond the Mat”. They met in Madison, Wisconsin and connected over both being yoga studio owners and yoga teachers. One thing led to another, and after discovering their mutual love of the yoga sutras, they decided to write an easy to digest book on the yoga sutras that will help people learn the yoga sutras and take them off the mat and into real life.
On this episode, Amy and Kelly share their yoga stories and how they met, they share lessons they’ve learned as yoga teachers and studio owners, the process of co-authoring a book, what “Living the Sutras” is all about, some of their favorite sutras and how to apply them off the mat and in real life, the biggest business lessons they’ve learned through their careers and more!
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog
While going into business as a yoga teacher is a fantastic choice for both your life and career, such a venture is not without its drawbacks. While you will indeed spend much of your day in a studio, guiding your clients and helping people to improve their lives, you will need to spend a considerable amount of time managing the administrative tasks of your business, too.
It’s fair to say that administration is not a popular task and is something that many business owners find stressful and overwhelming to manage. Thankfully, there are a few ways you can improve your overall admin management, all of which can help minimize the disruption of paperwork and leave you free to focus on the aspects of your business that mean the most to you. Here are a few admin management suggestions you may want to consider implementing. (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog
How often have you rushed through the day, jumping from one thing to the next? Trying to do two things at once (it’ll allow us to get more things done right?), bouncing around left to right, promising ourselves a moment of calm when we get to our yoga practice, but then sometimes we get too busy for even that….
But what if the key to getting more done, reducing stress, and having more energy was to slow down? It’s an interesting thought, getting more done but by slowing down.
What I mean by slowing down is taking time to notice what we are doing, and being fully present in the moment, noticing our surroundings, the small things that are so beautiful, sensations that we are often too busy to notice. This can be described as mindfulness. (more…)
