Yoga Teacher CEO

For the next couple of weeks, I am going to show you my 6 foundational tenets of creating a blissful yoga business in 2023. In Pt. 2 of your Blissful Business Plan, we'll cover the last 3 tenets:

1. Organizing Your Offers

For the next couple of weeks, I am going to show you my 6 foundational tenets of creating a blissful yoga business in 2023. In Pt. 1 of your Blissful Business Plan, we'll cover the first 3 tenets: 

1. Tending to Your Time

Welcome back to the unofficial second season of the podcast! In this episode, I share...

• The New Years letter that gave everyone all the feels on social media
• and the story of how Yoga Teacher CEO came to be 

Here are some of the people and resources I talked about in this episode:

Welcome to the E-mail Ease Series! For the next 4 episodes, I am going to dive into the magic of email marketing for Yoga Teachers. In this first episode, we'll discuss the top 5 reasons I encourage you to get started today (or like yesterday) with email marketing.

1. Social media is unpredictable

2. Your e-mail list belongs to you 

3. Delivery is guaranteed 

4. Email helps you create content

Our guest today was one of my 1:1 mentorship clients this year and as soon as we met, we immediately clicked. Every time we met over zoom, the conversations were easy, cathartic, and reciprocal. As a client, I am sure Brandon learned plenty from me but the truth is, I learned a lot from him too. This is the beauty of being a teacher, a mentor, and a person.

Today Brandon and I are going to talk about the gifts of slowing down, feeling your feelings, and finding ease in life and work. Before we start, let me tell you a little bit about our guest.

In 2012, Brandon had a profound spiritual shift that led him to quit his day job and finally follow his dreams of becoming a professional musician. Shortly after, he started a consistent yoga practice to help ground and heal his body.

He completed his 200 hour teacher training in 2015 and immediately began weaving his music in with yoga classes by performing live for every class during Savasana. In 2018 he wrote, produced and recorded "Chill Vibrations" under the name "A Musical Yogi". Much of the musical ideas on this album were taken from his performances in class.

Trigger Warning: In this conversation, Tami and I speak about trauma as a whole and there are some mentions of sexual trauma. If this is something you’d rather not hear, skip this episode and tune in next time instead.

Tami Lysher comes to the practice from a trauma informed lens so in this episode, we take some time to talk about how we can be more open, sensitive, and aware of the needs of our students. Every person comes in with a different experience and as teachers, it’s our job to honor the student’s experience over our own time and time again. So let’s talk about that today -

As a movement educator for more than 30 years, Tami has focused on yoga and pilates. The practices have influenced her professionally and personally: working from the inside to the outside of the body. As a teacher, Tami uses a holistic approach that integrates movement with breathing, the nervous system,  and the brain-body connection. She has also created a Trauma-Informed Movement program for both adults and children. She’s a 16 year survivor of breast cancer and yoga was (and still is) truly a major part of her heal.

Connect with Tami: 

Today I am welcoming our first male YT to the show - and it’s fitting to me that it ended up being the person you are about to hear from. Jake Waters is one of my friends from teacher training and he and I talk about the winding and unexpected path that we all take towards our purpose.

Have you ever wondered how your enneagram number effects you as a YT? Tune in to hear from Enneagram experts and hosts of the Enneagram and Yoga podcast, Kat Smith and Christy Bonner. We will chat about each enneagram number as a YT and what their strengths and challenges might be. We also dive into how to become a better teacher based on your enneagram type.

Kat is the co-host of Enneagram + Yoga. As a yoga instructor (E-RYT 500), Kat Smith, has a deep passion for practicing and instruction. Yoga empowers her to find inner strength both on and off my mat. It helps her live her life with mindfulness and joy, as well as cultivating a balance of a healthy body and peaceful mind. She is honored and overjoyed to share her love of yoga with each and every one of her students.

Connect with Kat here: https://www.theyogasmith.com

Have you ever wondered how your enneagram number effects you as a YT? Tune in to hear from Enneagram experts and hosts of the Enneagram and Yoga podcast, Kat Smith and Christy Bonner. We will chat about each enneagram number as a YT and what their strengths and challenges might be. We also dive into how to become a better teacher based on your enneagram type.

Kat is the co-host of Enneagram + Yoga. As a yoga instructor (E-RYT 500), Kat Smith, has a deep passion for practicing and instruction. Yoga empowers her to find inner strength both on and off my mat. It helps her live her life with mindfulness and joy, as well as cultivating a balance of a healthy body and peaceful mind. She is honored and overjoyed to share her love of yoga with each and every one of her students.

Connect with Kat here: https://www.theyogasmith.com

This is part 2 of my money conversation with Ellie Aaron. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, go back to the episdode list and check that out.

Let's talk about money this week. As I am at the front end of my own money journey, I have brought in an expert to guide us through this conversation. Ellie Aaron works with service based business owners + coaches to magnetize sales and wealth while creating a healthy, loving, and thriving relationship.

She believes women don't have to choose between creating fulfilling love and having a successful business. She’s helped several clients scale their companies to the multi 6 and 7 figure level.  Freebie Gift for everyone:

Let's talk about money this week. As I am at the front end of my own money journey, I have brought in an expert to guide us through this conversation. Ellie Aaron works with service based business owners + coaches to magnetize sales and wealth while creating a healthy, loving, and thriving relationship.

She believes women don't have to choose between creating fulfilling love and having a successful business. She’s helped several clients scale their companies to the multi 6 and 7 figure level.

Freebie Gift for everyone:

Join Andrea and I as we chat about the adversity and anxiety that comes along as we navigate life as a person and a yoga teacher. Andrea's story is incredible and I felt so seen throughout this interview... I think you will too!

Themes Andrea and I discuss in this episode: 

• The weight of people pleasing 
• How Andrea dealt with incredible life challenges and came out on the other side 
• Anxiety and Depression 
• How anxiety presents itself as a YT and ways we deal with it 

Andrea Lantz is a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher and Holistic Life Coach with advanced training in Yoga Psychology.

Her online yoga platform, live yoga classes, and 1:1 coaching sessions empower women to discover their own superpowers. She guides clients from a state of anxious overthinking to trusting their inner wisdom by teaching self-care tools such as breathwork, meditation, and introspection.

She leads individuals on a path of deeper Self connection to create peace within the body.

Connect with Andrea here:

Instagram/Facebook: @andrealantzyoga

I came to this episode with an important and hard question... How do we keep up a consistent practice when what was once a healing practice is now our profession? I brought on one of my dear friends, Geena Huggins, to answer this question.

Geena was introduced to Yoga when a longtime friend described her experience in a Yoga class and thought Geena would enjoy it as well. She found her mat at the perfect time, struggling to find deeper meaning and connection, and realized early on that Yoga would have an important role in her life. A decade later, and Geena keeps showing up to her mat. Whether through meditation, asana, breath, or pause, she has found tools that help her stay grounded through all of life’s ebbs and flows. Combined, Geena has over 600 hours of training and study. She has been teaching group Yoga classes and private sessions since 2017, inclusive to Vinyasa, Mindful, Gentle, and Restorative Yoga. And endless hours of personal practice on her Yoga mat/meditation cushion. Her personal practice has been a constant reminder that the student is also the teacher, and teacher also the student.

Themes Geena and I discuss in this episode: 

• How your yoga practice changes once you become a teacher 
• How to prioritize your practice 
• The benefits of keeping a consistent personal practice 
• And tips to enjoy your practice as a teacher 

Welcome to Part 2 with Natalie Perez. If you haven't heard Part 1 yet, go back and give it a listen before you tune into this episode.

Themes Natalie and I discuss this time:

• The importance of being prepared
• How to connect with your students in the classroom 
• Keep showing up!

This week I am talking to Natalie Perez, Yoga Teacher and Yoga Teacher Mentor. Tune in to learn about how to create a class experience that keeps students coming back.

Themes Natalie and I discuss in this episode:

• Creating a class experience for your students 
• Simple ways to weave a theme into your classes
• How to sequence around your theme 
• And getting clear and confident with your cueing 

Tune in as I interview one of my favorite teachers, Maria Fowler.

After 15+ years of practice yoga continues to bring clarity, peace and joy into Maria’s life. A firm believer in the mentality that yoga is for every body, Maria enjoys teaching several different yoga modalities from challenging vinyasa to gentle chair yoga and meditation. Maria is a 500 hour Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher (RYT 500) with over 2000 hours of teaching experience. She currently teaches group, and private classes as well as 200 HR training courses at Yoga Landing in Chattanooga, TN.

Themes Maria and I explore in this episode:

• Getting over the anxiety and nervousness of being a new teacher
• Practices to calm down and gain confidence as a teacher
• Clear and concise cueing 
• Showing up when life gets hard

In this episode, I talk to you about why rest is such an integral part to the Yoga Teacher CEO philosophy. You'll hear about: 

• My journey with burnout
• Why rest is important to reaching your goals 
• And how to integrate more rest into your life and business 

In March, our theme will be growing your group classes.

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