If you’ve ever thought about starting a yoga program for a special population with unique needs, this episode is for you. Shannon McQuaide, founder of FireFlex Yoga, shares advice and tips for creating yoga programs as she takes us down her own journey of serving firefighters.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Using a population’s pain-points to identify and address a need* Using yoga as a solution to those pain-points* Developing curriculum* Using assessments to demonstrate program effectiveness* Growing a yoga program* How Shannon shifted from a primarily physical yoga offering to addressing the mental and emotional needs of firefighters* Tips for working with special populations

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

* Show notes with ALL CLICKABLE LINKS (www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode069)* OfferingTree (www.offeringtree.com/lty) Build your website, start your email list and collect payments today!

GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS & CONNECTIONS:

* Shannon McQuaide and FireFlex Yoga (www.fireflexyoga.com)* FireFlex Yoga Teacher Training (www.fireflexyoga.com/training)

This conversation is about the soul’s journey from fear, lamentation and confusion to sacred love. Based on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, Simon Haas shows us how to overcome life’s greatest challenges AND how teachers can integrate this wisdom in their asana classes.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Honoring crisis and challenge (aka the dark night of the soul) as a right of passage

* What the Gita and other Indian texts tell us about pain and suffering

* Why pain is something you can’t control, but suffering is optional

* How to identify if you or someone you know is experiencing a dark night of the soul

* Why we should think of yoga teachings as life wisdom instead of philosophy

* Tips for integrating life wisdom into your asana classes

* How to make your work as a yoga teacher an offering

* How to re-frame your class opening and closing practices and language to be more inclusive

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

* Show notes with ALL CLICKABLE LINKS (www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode068)

* OfferingTree (www.offeringtree.com/lty) Build your website, start your email list and collect payments today!

GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS & CONNECTIONS:

* Simon Haas (www.simonhaas.com)

* Food For Live Vrindavan (www.fflv.org)

* Pedro Catena

Maybe you already have a digital presence or perhaps you don’t even know what that entails. A website? Social media? Email list? What does it all mean and how can a digital presence help you fill your classes and spread the wisdom of yoga? In this episode Destinee Berman answers these questions and shares her expert strategies for teaching yoga in the digital age.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* What a digital presence consists of and where yoga teachers should focus their efforts

* What various social media platforms have to offer and tips for using each one

* Tips for designing a website

* How yoga teachers utilize newsletters and email lists

* Creating yoga related lead magnets (aka. free email opt-in gifts)

* How your website, email list and social media channels work together

* Tips for collaborating with influencers and widely known teachers

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

* Show notes with ALL CLICKABLE LINKS (www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode066)

* OfferingTree (www.offeringtree.com/lty) Build your website, start your email list and collect payments today!

* Episode 037: Yoga Psychology w/ Ashley Turner & Building Your Career

* The Thriving Yoga Teacher: How to Create a Sustainable Career Doing What You Love (www.loveteachingyoga.com/thriving-yoga-teacher)

GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS & CONNECTIONS:

* Destinee Berman: www.destineeberman.com

* Destinee on Instagram: @desberman

* Canva

Do you have a website, but feel as if it’s not working for you? In this episode, yoga teacher and web designer, Risa Kawamoto, discusses strategies you can implement today to help your website convert visitors into students attending your classes, workshops and retreats.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Why it’s important to have a website

* How to make your site secure, relevant and trustworthy

* How to improve your search engine ranking

* Building your website with a simple design

* How to get backlinks to your website

* How to use keywords

* Tools to help you improve your website function

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

* Show notes with ALL CLICKABLE LINKS (www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode065)

* OfferingTree (www.offeringtree.com/lty) Build your website, start your email list and collect payments today!

* The Thriving Yoga Teacher: How to Create a Sustainable Career Doing What You Love (www.loveteachingyoga.com/thriving-yoga-teacher)

GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS & CONNECTIONS:

* Risa Kawamoto: Web Design Packages: https://reesawebdesign.com/

* Free Masterclass “The 5 Step Strategy to Consistently Book Your Dream Clients and build your profitable health & wellness business online”: https://reesawebdesign.com/5-step-strategy-masterclass

* Risa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reesadigital/

* Image Resizer: http://www.simpleimageresizer.com/upload#.WxqnQopKiUk

* Setting up Google Analytics:  https://www.google.com/analytics

* Yoast SEO Plugin: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/

* Google My Business:  

Yoga is for everyone, right? So why do we cringe at commercialized yoga when commercializing something means bringing it to the masses (i.e. everyone)? Or maybe you’ve experienced guilt charging $75+ for a private session? In this episode Michelle and guest Alex Haley discuss these topics and more as they explore the dynamic between money and yoga, and business models based on generosity and social good.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* The commercialization of yoga and how that relates to “yoga for everyone”

* Why yoga doesn’t have to be defined by the commercial realm

* Alternative frameworks to offering yoga as a fee for service

* Gift economics, gift exchange and generosity-based business models

* Integrating social benefit into your business

* Donation-based yoga

* How money changes the relationship between student and teacher

* How to tech less, and teach more

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

* Show notes with ALL CLICKABLE LINKS (www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode064)

* OfferingTree (www.offeringtree.com/lty) Build your website, start your email list and collect payments today!

* The Thriving Yoga Teacher: How to Create a Sustainable Career Doing What You Love (www.loveteachingyoga.com/thriving-yoga-teacher)

GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS & CONNECTIONS:

* Alex’s OfferingTree site with upcoming events (https://alexhaley.offeringtree.com/)

* Alex is a contributing author to Still, in the City

* OfferingTree referenced testimonial from Mountain Charisma Yoga Studio by Brittney

* Daring Greatly by Brené Brown (original quote by Theodore Roosevelt about daringly greatly used by Dr. Brown)

* Centers using a dana, gift-economy, donation model:

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Kids yoga is growing in popularity as the benefits of mindful practices becomes more apparent. In this episode, kids yoga teacher and author, Susan Verde, shares her best practices for teaching kids and creating programs in schools.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Why it’s important to bring yoga and mindfulness practices to children

* The best and most common setting to teach kids yoga

* How to develop a kids yoga program for a school

* How to format a kids yoga class

* Tips for getting kids to engage

* How to manage classroom behavior

* How teachers are being paid to teach kids yoga

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

* Show notes with ALL CLICKABLE LINKS: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode062

* Get $10 off beYogi liability insurance (only $169) www.beyogiins.com/loveteachingyoga (Episode 057: Liability & Protection for Yoga Teachers)

CONNECT WITH SUSAN:

* Website (https://www.susanverde.com/)

* Books (https://www.susanverde.com/susans-books/)

* Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/susanverde/)

* Little Flower Yoga (http://littlefloweryoga.com/)

* Susan’s music recommendations: Laurie Berkner, Kira Willey, Karma Kids

If you want to expand your teachings beyond group studio classes, but don’t know what direction to go in, this episode is for you. If you want to teach yoga full time, but can’t seem to make enough money teaching, this episode is for you. If you’re a new teacher, struggling with confidence, this episode is for you. Maite Issa shares how she sold out her first yoga retreat only 8 months after teacher training, how she quit her corporate job in just 4 months and how she created an income that earns more.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* How Maite grew her confidence as a new teacher

* How she created freedom to teach on her own terms and in her own voice

* What strategies she implemented to create a full time income

* How she used donation classes to promote her work and retained 80% of those students

* How you can overcome the fear of “selling yourself”

* Why having a really clear message is key to her success

* How she sold out her first retreat in just 2 weeks with a waiting list

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

* Show notes with ALL CLICKABLE LINKS: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode059

* Get $10 off beYogi liability insurance (only $169) www.beyogiins.com/loveteachingyoga (Episode 057: Liability & Protection for Yoga Teachers)

* Career Coaching for Yoga Teachers with Michelle Linane: http://www.loveteachingyoga.com/career-coaching-yoga-teachers/

GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS & CONNECTIONS

* Maite Issa Body Positive: http://bodypositive.es/?lang=en

* Maite on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodypositivebymai/

* Maite’s podcast: http://bodypositive.es/podcastbodypositive

* Donna Farhi, Bringing Yoga to Life

* Jivamukti Yoga Barcelona

Do you ever feel stressed out, burnt out and broke as a yoga teacher? Know that you’re not alone. Michelle and her guest Amy McDonald get it and have been there too. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. Today, teachers all over the globe are making shifts and earning viable incomes doing what they love…and you can too!

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* What in yoga philosophy relates to running a yoga business

* How yoga teachers can shift their mindset around earning as a teacher

* How to transition from burnt out and broke to freedom and abundance

* Tips for pricing your services and thinking about your service in the highest regard

* Example private client pricing on the high end and low end

* Tips for negotiating rates with studios

* What makes you magnetic to your ideal students and filling your classes

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode058

* Plant trees with ECOSIA: www.ecosia.co/yoga

* Amy McDonald www.amymcdonald.com.au

* Find Amy on Instagram or join her Facebook Group

* The Thriving Yoga Teacher: How to Create a Sustainable Career Doing What You Love, by Michelle Linane

* Light On Yoga, by B.K.S. Iyengar

* My Gita, by Devdutt Pattanaik

* The Forge Yoga Studio, Australia

Despite our good nature, lawsuits are popping up in all corners of the yoga world. These days, insurance for yoga teachers is a must and not only because most studios require it, but because it’s your best line of defense in the event of injury, property damage or theft. In this episode, Michelle discusses the most important benefits to look for in a policy so you can shop smartly and/or see how your current policy stacks up.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* What liability is and what’s at risk

* What the best ways are to protect yourself

* How to shop insurance for yoga teachers and what to look for in a policy

* What carrier I recommend and how you can get a discount

* What it means to be an independent contractor

* Why you might be a sole proprietor by default

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode057

* Get $10 off beYogi liability insurance (only $169) www.beyogiins.com/loveteachingyoga

* Yoga Alliance article with Gary Kissiah: Legal Essentials for Yoga Teachers & Studios

Guest teacher Amanda Hill shares her experience and tips for integrating essential oils into your yoga work and earning an income through essential oil sales and workshops.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

* How essential oils compliment yoga

* Ideas for integrating essential oils into your group classes

* How to expand your essential oil offering beyond group classes

* Advice for converting students to 1×1 essential oil clients

* Tips for communicating with students & clients

* How to earn an income with essential oils even you don’t want to sell essential oils

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode054

* Plant trees with ECOSIA: www.ecosia.co/yoga

* Amanda Hill (email: [email protected], website: www.midtownessentialoils.com)

* Rishi Yoga

* The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice