by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog, Lifestyle
Whether you teach yoga or you’ve just started, you’ll have heard of its benefits, and perhaps even felt some of them for yourself. You’ll know that yoga can help you to sleep and unwind. You’ll be aware of how it can help to reduce your stress levels and improve your posture, and you’ll know that it can work wonders for your core strength and lengthen your muscles. But, you may not be aware of its other benefits. The truth is, practicing yoga, even if it’s just a few poses before you get dressed in the morning could have a huge and sometimes surprising effect on your life. Here are some of the benefits you may not know about. (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog
The main drive behind having a yoga business is that you get to make money doing something that you love, and that fuels you on more than just a financial level. However, as being a success isn’t solely about the yoga, you also have to pay attention to the business side of things too. Something that means you have to be aware of the problems your yoga business could run into and what you can do to avoid them. Read on to find out more. (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 15, 2018 | Show Notes, Teaching Online
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Crystal Gray is a yoga teacher, yoga business coach, and the founder of Yoga Goddess Academy. Crystal has been teaching for a number of years, and has gone from owning a yoga studio to running teacher trainings, to transitioning everything online.
On this episode, Crystal and I talk about everything from how to tap into the divine feminine, the importance of collaboration over competition, how to find your niche in the yoga industry, and how to create a successful business online.
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 12, 2018 | Blog, Business
Nowadays, all businesses need to market successfully if they are going to stand out from the crowd. The same goes for yoga studios (and yoga teachers!)!
There are many different channels to use to market today, and social media is undoubtedly one of the most powerful. If you are looking for ways to make moves on Instagram, here are some great tips to follow… (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Jan 8, 2018 | Advanced Yoga Teacher, Show Notes
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Kelly Smith is a yoga teacher, a yoga teacher teacher, the founder of Yoga for You Online and the host of the Mindful in Minutes podcast!
On this episode of the podcast, Kelly shares how she grew her yoga business by owning a yoga studio in small town Missouri, how she built a following, and how she has transitioned it all online when she moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kelly believes that a great yoga class is not simply a class, but a yoga experience, and on this episode, she shares how to create a great yoga experience for your students.
With Mindful in Minutes, Kelly creates weekly meditations that are 20 minutes or less that she shares online with her students. When it comes to creating a great meditation, it comes back to creating an experience and telling a really good story. She walks us through some of the key steps to creating a really great guided meditation experience.
Finally, Kelly and I talk about the power of accepting that as a yoga teacher, you will never be perfect and it’s okay to just be human!
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