As I said last week confidence is not something you have or do not have, it comes from practice, time and having the right support. As a yoga teacher have you ever considered yourself a business owner? I see my job as a yoga teacher as having two hats, both of which are interconnected, one does not exist without the other. I am a yoga teacher and a yoga boss. Here is how we step into our role as a yoga boss: Talk to people, tell people who you are, what you do and how you can help them. Sell to ...
Oct 05, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Confidence is not something you have or do not have, it comes from practice, time and having the right support. At whatever stage of your yoga career you are at we all have times when we lack confidence in our abilities as a yoga teacher. Here are 6 steps that you can take to help you feel more confident as a yoga teacher: Practice – get out and teach! Allow yourself to fail and be human, and perhaps stop being so hard on yourself! Cultivate the mindset of a reflective practitioner, review what ...
Sep 30, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 68
How to Thrive in a Saturated Yoga Market, a nd so so so so so much more! This wonderful interview episode with the lovely Flo from Flo Yoga Brighton, that is bursting with gold-dust advice for all yoga teachers, but especially those in the first couple years post-graduating. There is so much in this episode, that it is hard to summarise, but we cover: Getting started after graduating from a foundation YTT The importance of finding a mentor Collaborative working Reciprocity What professionalism m...
Sep 23, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Hot tips for using Instagram I can’t believe I am sharing hot tips for using Instagram in your yoga business, if you could have seen me 5 years ago, I was nowhere near this App! And even when I did eventually join the Insta party it was reluctant, to say the least. But with practice and some incredible training with the legend that is Lucy Sheridan I have got my relationship with Insta nailed. Yes, I do mean my relationship, I know how I want to show up, where I want to show up and how often I a...
Sep 15, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 66
There is not one singular action that you can take that will make a big difference when it comes to marketing your yoga business. Marketing, aka talking to people, is a result of persistent, consistent action in the direction of your dreams – this is one of my all-time favourite mantras! This means showing up and talking to people even when it feels like no one is listening. It often feels like that by the way! But over time all your endeavours begin to add up, begin to have momentum and the rip...
Sep 09, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Make time for magic ! Today’s episode is on a topic that as a yoga teacher you know very well, the balance of Yin and Yang energies. Are you always 'doing'? What leads the actions you take in your yoga business? Energy is everything and when action, masculine yang energy, happens from a place of energetic alignment with your intuition, yin feminine energy, this is where whatever you are being called to create is possible. But do you make time for magic in your yoga business? Do you have an energ...
Sep 01, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Ep.63 A good yoga teacher…. Today’s episode is the fourth in a 4-part series of mini-teaching clinics, where I’ll explore an aspect of yoga teaching. A good yoga teacher gives options. A good yoga teacher teaches in an inclusive way, which allows all students to meet themselves where they are at that given moment. Side note here, your yoga classes aren’t for everyone, so make sure you are clear about who your class is for. And everyone should have access to yoga if they want it, if you want to h...
Aug 25, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Inviting free-form movement – Shimmy! Today’s episode is the third in a 4-part series of mini-teaching clinics, where I’ll explore an aspect of yoga teaching. Do you offer moments of free-form movement in your classes? What if you asked your students to breathe, listen to their bodies and do whatever movement felt good? This may be just what your students are here for, but perhaps many would politely leave asap! If we are to trust the body’s wisdom and guide our students to tap into their self-r...
Aug 21, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Today’s episode is the second in a 4-part series of mini-teaching clinics, where I’ll explore an aspect of yoga teaching. I was asked why Trikonasana is considered dangerous by someone in my mentoring programme! Is it dangerous? Well, it’s not life threatening, and the human body has an infinite possibility in terms of movement, I’d love to see us all come to a place where we stop making judgements about whether or not someone should be doing something or not. Who are we to limit our students an...
Aug 11, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Today’s episode is the first in a 4-part series of mini-teaching clinics, where I’ll explore an aspect of yoga teaching. Today is posture, why there is no such thing as good or bad posture, or ‘correct’ alignment. How using such terms can actually feed into our students’ stories about their bodies, and their beliefs, and remember our beliefs inform our actions! What do we mean by posture? What is the alignment we are guiding our students to? It is their own unique posture, their own unique expre...
Aug 05, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 60
A minisode today and one simple question – are you ready for the Autumn term? Do you know your class teaching schedule, is booking open? Do you have planned workshops booked and advertised? Do you have new courses and planned launches? Do you have a plan to bring consistent income to your yoga business? Today’s episode is all about planning, and working in a proactive way, not reactive, this will create consistent income and help you avoid the ‘eek I’ve got a workshop next week and I’ve not told...
Jul 29, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Very short one from me this week, because I want you to head over to my interview with Ruth Gilbey on The Inspiring Women in Business Podcast. LISTEN HERE - https://www.ruthgilbey.com/blog/podcast-ep44 Ruth has been my online business coach since June 2022, and working with Ruth has revolutionised not just my business but my life. Thanks to Ruth, that online business, where I have time, freedom, and help loads of people is now truly becoming a reality. It’s also a great example of the power of i...
Jul 22, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Today’s title is slightly misleading, this isn’t about whether yoga has a place in gyms, of course, it does! Movement is movement and yoga should happen EVERYWHERE, and the more people that have access to movement, whether we want to label it as yoga or not the better. Today’s podcast is all about how our beliefs and assumptions create our reality and lead to our actions, or often inactions. For example, do you believe yoga in gyms is taught by an unqualified yoga teacher, and won’t be a real yo...
Jul 16, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 57
What success is for you and how you achieve it is ultimately completely unique to you, but if you asked me what my 3 top tips are for having a successful yoga business these are them: Sell more and remember my mantra “make offers, make money, make offers often” - from a place of non-attachment to the outcome. Turn the spotlight from you to those you will help by teaching yoga to them. We can’t fight against being human, our beautiful brain will always kick in to keep us safe and prevent us from ...
Jul 13, 2023•34 min
Do you teach 1:2:1 yoga classes? Why might you choose to teach 1:2:1 yoga classes? What are the pros and cons of teaching private yoga classes? A great request episode today where I answer those questions above. What I find is most yoga teachers that offer 1:2:1 classes are under-charging and have no cancellation policy. As a result, income from 1:2:1 is inconsistent, and long-term not sustainable. A 1:2:1 yoga class demands your personal time and energy, and the price should reflect that. Not t...
Jun 30, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Scarcity vs. Abundance In today’s episode, I explore two topics I have discussed before: scarcity and abundance. A scarcity mindset is one based in fear, where we believe there is simply not enough for us all, and from a yoga teacher's perspective this will look like a belief that there are too many yoga teachers and too many teacher training courses, there simply cannot be room for you. An abundance mindset is the opposite, one where we know there is room for us all to thrive, that there is mor...
Jun 25, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 54
52 episodes and a billion hours talking to myself in my cupboard later, and here I am episode 53 and I’m having a party! Or more accurately I am hosting a free Q&A call, and best of all I am not alone, some listeners have joined me from the cupboard. Along with Pancake my golden doodle who is under my chair as I record! In today’s episode, I answer your questions, from how my advice about your yoga business doesn’t just end at your yoga business, it’s universal to the impact of covid, pricin...
Jun 16, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 53
A great request episode this week where I share some sage advice on heading outside to teach yoga and some really funny stories from my experiences of teaching outside away from the safety of the yoga studio! If you plan to teach yoga outside, embrace all the things that happen beyond your control. And it is a very good idea to think seasonally in terms of your yoga offers. This is what I’m currently working on with those in my mentoring programme. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/icVpHL7zgeM W...
Jun 09, 2023•28 min•Season 52Ep. 1
In today’s minisode I simply ask 'what if'? What if I try this and fail? What if there is not one path, but many and they are all available to me? What if I lean into what I love? What if I follow the feeling? What if a sea of possibilities lies ahead? Work with me Work with me Join my transformational Prosperous Yogini Mentorship programme here - https://amy-yoga.com/prosperous-yogini-programme/ And check out all my mentoring and yoga teacher training offers at www.amy-yoga.com What if I invest...
Jun 04, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 51
With the doors to my Prosperous Yogini Mentoring Programme for yoga teachers re-opening Friday 26th May until 9pm on Monday 5th June, today’s episode is all about this amazing offer and how I turned anger into love and passion to create this magical programme. I’ve been training and mentoring yoga teachers since 2017, the vast majority have been female. Time and time again I was experiencing the same story, amazing yoga teachers, with so much to offer the world, full of self-doubt and struggling...
May 28, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 50
In today’s episode, I am joined by Annette who joined my mentoring programme this February, and in the 3 and half months we’ve been working together so far Annette’s yoga business has gone through a massive transformation! But it’s not just my mentoring programme we chat about, Annette is like so many yoga teachers, working part-time employed and part-time as a yoga teacher. She also trained during the covid years and totally unplanned has started an online yoga business! Working with me Annette...
May 20, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 49
In today’s episode, I am joined by Clare from Switzerland! Clare is currently in my mentoring programme, and we have a good chat about studio ownership, juggling motherhood, and the impact of being in my mentored by me! Working together Clare and I have refined her already wonderful offers, created new offers maximising her beautiful studio space and are now really homing in on expanding income – working smarter, not harder! I call it my pathway to profit, and I create a unique one for everyone ...
May 12, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 48
What you focus on expands! In today's episode, I encourage you to focus on what is going well and celebrate your journey to where you want to be, to that full class. I am massively celebrating wins this week, those in my mentorship programme have made drastic improvements to their yoga business since working with me and I share a snapshot of these. And I am sharing my win of making my dream of a mentoring programme that helps yoga teachers, who happened to be mostly women, build, grow and scale ...
May 05, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 47
A very different episode today, I am teaching a Yin-yoga class just for you! Why? Because you and your practice matter, and for your yoga business to truly thrive, it all starts with you! *Please note the sound every now and again is a bit crackly, I was using my new ear pods, so all should have been good, but Mercury is in retrograde, and technology mishaps are happening to me all over the place! I decided not to re-record, I am literally a one-hit wonder, and I’ve learned that my first version...
Apr 28, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 46
In today’s episode, I share how my body, my teaching and my yoga business has changed over the last 14 years of teaching, alongside persuading you to train with me to teach yoga with me! Yoga teaches us nothing is constant; everything is subject to change and that includes us! Not only do our body's needs shift as we experience life, but we’re human and it’s natural to have new interests and be led down pathways of curiosity. I found Yin yoga because my body needed it, and it had such a profound...
Apr 21, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 45
When yoga teachers join my mentoring programme a common problem for them is a feeling that they don’t have time for their yoga practice and in some cases have lost their love for it! At the root of what we do as yoga teachers is simply sharing our passion and experience of the practice. To sustainably do this for as many years as you wish your practice matters, you matter! There are many reasons why our practice falls to the bottom of our list of priorities, but the main is not putting ourselves...
Apr 15, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 44
An Easter holiday minisode today! In today’s short episode, I talk about how progress is not and cannot physically be an upward trajectory. That progress in your yoga business will have growth and rest phases. And it’s the rest phases so often where the magic happens, where we receive ideas and inspiration as to where to go next. I am someone who receives a lot of ideas, and I have learned over the years to rest, receive and then give myself some time to consider what I have received. Is it real...
Apr 07, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Today I am joined by my dear friend and experienced teacher-trainer Nathalie Bennett from Live Love Yoga . We share the story of our relationship, which is supportive and collaborative, based on the shared ethos that there truly is room for us all, and supporting each other to thrive is something we all should strive to do in the yoga industry. Together we discuss how our educational experiences led to our roles as yoga teacher-trainers, why we became trainers and the evolution of that journey. ...
Mar 30, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Starting yoga yoga business - part 3 You’ve started teaching, have an established class, and a core group of people who come each week. Before looking forward to what is next, you must celebrate this! Before you think about growing your yoga business, you’ve actually got to start it. You’ve got to go out cut your craft as a teacher, find your vibe and attract your tribe! But what happens when you’re ready to move on from your initial step? How to grow your yoga business? There are a whole multit...
Mar 23, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Starting Your Yoga Business - Part 2 You’ve just graduated from your foundation YTT (well done!) and you're ready to get teaching, but you have zero followers on social media, no website, and no mailing list. Where do you start? Especially when it feels like an overwhelming list of things to have in place before you go and share the light that is yoga and teach a class! On the topic of the spinning wheel of doom that is overwhelm now may be a good time to go back and listen to episode 12 “How to...
Mar 17, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 40
