Running a Yoga Business

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286: Yoga Around the World with Lily Allen-Duenas

286: Yoga Around the World with Lily Allen-Duenas

Ever wanted to travel the world and teach yoga, but weren’t sure how to get started? Lily Allen-Duenas (she/her) shares her biggest tips to find and secure yoga jobs abroad, scams to watch out for, and how yoga is different around the world.

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257: Meet OfferingTree with Alex & Eddie

257: Meet OfferingTree with Alex & Eddie

OfferingTree is a company that is dedicated to helping yoga teachers build their yoga business and supporting them as they grow. Co-founders Eddie Arpin (he/him) and Alex Haley (he/him) share more about OfferingTree’s services and goals for the future.

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253: Reflect & Plan [Part 4] with Shannon Crow

253: Reflect & Plan [Part 4] with Shannon Crow

Happy 2022! It’s time to set some goals! Shannon Crow (she/her) shares her framework for effective goal setting, as well as her tips and tricks to stay motivated and achieve her goals. This episode provides an excellent framework for planning ahead.

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252: Reflect & Plan [Part 3] with Shannon Crow

252: Reflect & Plan [Part 3] with Shannon Crow

What would you like to be doing with your time? Where will you be in five years? Shannon Crow (she/her) shares her framework that acts as a compass in four important areas of her life. This episode provides an excellent framework for planning ahead.

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250: Reflect & Plan [Part 1] with Shannon Crow

250: Reflect & Plan [Part 1] with Shannon Crow

In this guided practice, Shannon Crow (she/her) invites us to contemplate some questions to assess our year and reflect on our level of contentment. This episode is an excellent guide to take stock and review how things are going in your yoga business.

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213: Work Life Balance with Dawn Vason

213: Work Life Balance with Dawn Vason

Is work-life balance a myth? Dawn Vason (she/her) has some practical tips around planning time for both life and work. She also shares insights on running a business while raising a family, dealing with parenting guilt, and finding balance in life.

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172: Checking In with the Team During COVID-19

172: Checking In with the Team During COVID-19

Shannon talks to her team members around the world about how they are coping during the COVID-19 global pandemic. This series of interviews was recorded back at the end of April 2020, and we get a glimpse into the lives of the people who make The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast and community possible.

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125: How to Get Unstuck with Shira Gura

125: How to Get Unstuck with Shira Gura

This is such an informative episode with valuable tips and actions you can take immediately to get unstuck in your business or relationships, and to help others in your life get unstuck with things they’re struggling with.

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118: Planning a Yoga Conference with Allison Rissel

118: Planning a Yoga Conference with Allison Rissel

On this episode, Allison reveals all the things that go on behind-the-scenes in planning and executing a yoga conference. From the schedule of events at the conference, to marketing strategies to promote and advertise the conference, to hard lessons learned along the way – Allison shares all her insight and experience.

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106: Defining My Yoga Business Niche with Shannon Crow

106: Defining My Yoga Business Niche with Shannon Crow

What’s your yoga business niche? Do you share your yoga with everyone, or are you focusing in on your zone of genius? On this episode, Shannon shares her own process that helped her figure out her yoga business niche and has the insights you need to get started on yours.

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105: Insurance for Yoga Teachers with Beth McVeigh

105: Insurance for Yoga Teachers with Beth McVeigh

As a yoga teacher or yoga studio owner, do you have insurance that protects you if a lawsuit arises? How much coverage is enough? Beth McVeigh, a specialist in liability insurance for yoga instructors and yoga studio owners, joins Shannon, to shed light on the topic of insurance.

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Yoga Student Waiver

Yoga Student Waiver

A yoga student waiver is a very important document for all yoga teachers. We have a free for use waiver form availble as a pdf or editable document. Enjoy!

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103: Hiring and Nurturing Your Team with Shelli Warren

103: Hiring and Nurturing Your Team with Shelli Warren

Shelli Warren, Team and Leadership Coach, joins Shannon in the third episode of the 5-part mini-series, Yoga Studio Business 101. They share what it takes to build a successful team. Shelli draws on her years of corporate experience to help business owners grow, hire and nurture their teams alongside their businesses.

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Where to Teach Yoga

Where to Teach Yoga

If you are looking for ideas of where to teach yoga, here is a compiled list. Thanks to everyone in our Connected Yoga Teacher Facebook group who submitted their unique class locations. A printable PDF of this list is available.

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065: Create Your Ideal Yoga Schedule with Shannon Crow

065: Create Your Ideal Yoga Schedule with Shannon Crow

Shannon is the first to say she has a packed schedule and that fitting everything in can certainly be a challenge. Over the years, working as an entrepreneur, Shannon has learned many tips and tricks and they’re always evolving to help her create and implement her ideal schedule.

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Insurance for Yoga Teachers

Insurance for Yoga Teachers

A thread in The Connected Yoga Teacher Facebook group brought a lot of great insight into the pros and cons of various insurance companies along with other considerations when purchasing yoga teacher insurance.

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