This week on the podcast we sit down with local entrepreneur Chris Armstrong to learn more about her business Chris Armstrong Yoga. This Iowa native got introduced to yoga while studying for the Bar Exam. After gifting herself yoga teacher training for her fiftieth birthday, Chris started to gradually build up her yoga therapy business and test the local market. Last fall, she fully moved from a long career in law into being a full time yoga therapist, where she specializes in designing custom sequences and working 1:1 with her clients. Don’t miss out on today’s conversation with this incredible Rochester-based entrepreneur!

Links from today’s show:

Chris Armstrong Yoga

Website: https://www.chrisarmstrongyoga.com

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Episode Breakdown:

0:00 Start

6:24 Introduction to Chris

9:00 Getting to Rochester

10:57 Getting into law and then yoga

14:37 Basics of yoga therapy

18:17 Transitioning from a long career in law into her yoga therapy business

21:08 About Chris Armstrong Yoga

24:02 Starting up

28:56 Changes throughout the lifespan of the business

31:34 2021

33:34 Perspective for others thinking about a large career change

36:55 How Chris gradually built up her business

38:11 What drives Chris

41:29 Final thoughts and how to connect with the business

43:14 Conclusion

44:01 End