by Amanda Kingsmith | Jun 11, 2018 | Show Notes, Teaching Online
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This week on the podcast I am joined by Kathryn Bruni-Young who is the founder of Mindful Strength, the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast, an international teacher and a creative thinker in the field of yoga and movement. Kathryn grew up practicing yoga, and started teaching when she was in her late teens. After years of practicing more traditional Ashtanga, Kathryn realized that she was having chronic pain in her body, and started to learn more about movement.
On this episode, Kathryn dives into her passion for movement and how her teaching style has changed significantly since learning more about movement and how it can be integrated with yoga. We also discuss taking your yoga business online and what it takes to a successful entrepreneur, how to build a successful online course and tips for teaching workshops around the world.
by Amanda Kingsmith | Jun 10, 2018 | Business
You might be eager to run your business by yourself with as few employees or contractors as possible. We’ll admit that a yoga company is a business model where this can work. At the same time though, it’s important to understand that working with experts can be beneficial. It can stop you needing to overstretch yourself and fulfill a lot of different roles in your company. (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Jun 8, 2018 | Business
Yoga is an intensely holistic practice with a huge number of benefits for mind, body and spirit, and for that reason, it can be extremely difficult for any yoga professional to understand why members of the general public wouldn’t dive headfirst at the chance to take up this amazing practice. (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Jun 5, 2018 | Business
Starting a small (yoga) business can be a tricky thing to do. There are plenty of different options to be thinking about, as well as the day to day running of things. And you may or may not be surprised to hear that there are plenty of small businesses that don’t survive the first year. It could be due to bad planning, incorrect financing, or a whole host of other reasons. So making sure that you’re not one of those statistics of failed businesses is going to always be a good thing. But to that end, how can you best make your small business work? (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Jun 4, 2018 | Show Notes, Studio Owners
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This week on the podcast, I am joined by Nathalie Croix who is the founder of the Shanti Yoga Shala, Shanti Yoga Teacher Training and the host of the Life on Earth podcast. On this episode of the podcast, Nathalie shares her journey as a yogi and yoga teacher, and how much of her learnings came from working as a studio manager for a number of years, before she decided to dive into owning her own studio.
Nathalie shares what it takes to run a successful yoga studio and yoga teacher training program, and how to fill workshops, trainings, and retreats while still maintaining your values, mission, and authenticity. Nathalie also shares some of the biggest business lessons that she’s learned through her yoga career, and the important of always learning, always taking care of yourself, and always coming from a place of love.
