Stephanie Spence on Teaching Yoga, Traveling & Writing a Book

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This week on the podcast I am joined by Stephanie Spence. Stephanie is a yogini, yoga teacher, travel and an author.

On this episode, we talk about Stephanie’s yoga journey and what inspired her to become a yoga teacher, we delve into her career and everything that she has learned throughout her career. We also dive into her book and talk about what it was like to take her thoughts and ideas and put them down on paper, the process of publishing and marketing a book, and much more!

Enjoy!

Discussed in this episode:

  • Celebrating 40 years of practicing yoga with an around the world yoga trip
  • Yoga as a way to connect with people and cultures when your traveling
  • How Stephanie found yoga as a way to help back pain from scoliosis
  • Why Stephanie started a blog about yoga, how that changed her practice, and why she thinks yoga teachers should have someplace to share their voice
  • How taking a “Yoga” road trip to visit different students and teachers led her to write a book (Yoga Wisdom by Stephanie Spence)
  • A to Z of creating a book, finding an agent and publisher, and publishing a book
  • The challenges of marketing a book
  • Why yoga teachers should not be afraid or ashamed of trying to grow their incomes
  • Realizing that designing a great life is a choice and it is up to you to take charge and do it
  • Realizing that what makes you unique is your greatest asset
  • The value of finding and learning from mentors (whether it’s from a distance or actively working with them)
  • The most important lesson for new yoga teachers is trusting that you have something inside you that only you can contribute to the world
  • Learn more about Stephanie at https://www.stephaniespence.com/
  • Read Stephanie’s book Yoga Wisdom
  • Here’s the episode

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