In this episode Michelle reveals her most important tip for managing your income taxes.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode053

* FREE Online Workshop: Tax Training For Yoga Teachers (www.loveteachingyoga.com/taxes)

* The Yoga Teachers’ Guidebook to Income Taxes (www.loveteachingyoga.com/the-yoga-teachers-guidebook-to-income-taxes/)

* Get 15% Off Aeromats Yoga Mats with Code: LOVETEACHINGYOGA https://www.aeromats.com/all-yoga-pilates/

Yoga teacher and massage therapist, Lauri Glenn, shares her experience using workshops as a tool to empower students and to grow her yoga business.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

* How workshops can grow your community, boost your income and build your yoga business

* How workshops can help establish your expertise in a specialty and enhance your reputation

* Tips for creating workshops, setting a format and choosing a topic

* How workshops support Lauri’s massage business and vise versa

* Tips for setting expectations, minimum number of students and cancelling workshops

* How to use personal stories to connect with students in workshops

* Tips for generating interest and filling your workshops with students

* Creating more effective workshops using feedback

* How to address the fear of failure or getting started

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode052

* Get 15% Off Aeromats Yoga Mats with Code: LOVETEACHINGYOGA https://www.aeromats.com/all-yoga-pilates/

* Lauri Glenn (Get $150 off her Spring Renewal Retreat by emailing: [email protected]) (website)

* Meg McCraken

* Wanderlust Studio Squaw Valley

* Gaia Streaming Yoga Online

* Adobe Spark

* Namaste Yoga Truckee

* Arielle Shipe

* Waking, by Matthew Sanford

Yoga teacher and professional editor/writer, Lori Snyder, shares insightful tips about finding your writing voice as a yogi and sharing your message through written word.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

* Differences and similarities between your spoken voice and written voice

* Why voice matters and how to find your authentic writing voice

* Choosing what to write and brainstorming

* How to start a blog for your website and community

* How to write email opt-ins for subscribers

* Tips for writing a book or eBook

* Tips for crafting titles and copy

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode051

* Aeromat Tala Yoga Mats (15% off = use code LOVETEACHINGYOGA at checkout) https://www.aeromats.com/all-yoga-pilates/

* Lori Snyder (Yoga Edit website) (Lori Snyder Yoga website) (contact: [email protected] or [email protected])

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

* Fivvr (freelance services)

* Alexandra Frazen (writing resource)

* Mumford & Sons with Baaba Maal

* Teaching Yoga: Exploring The Teacher-Student Relationship by Donna Farhi

* Awesome yoga teachers: Daniel Stewart, Lori Bonazzoli, Sara Falugo

In this episode Michelle shares her intentions for inviting sponsors onto the show.

Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments at the show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode050

Adell Bridges shares her stories and advice about how she makes her way around the globe teaching yoga.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

* How to become a traveling yoga teacher

* How to make money and find work

* How to trust in the journey and overcome fear

* What it’s like teaching workshops abroad

* How to be adaptable and manage expectations

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode048

* Adell Bridges (website) (free webinar: Become The World Traveler You Know You Want To Be) (Instagram)

* Tim Ferriss & The 4-Hour Work Week

* Dylan Werner

* Yoga Trade

* Yoga Career Summit

* 3 Skills to Grow Your Career w/ Charles Du 

* Aria Crescendo

Brian Aganad from The Asana Academy shines new light on the common approaches to stretching the hamstrings.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

* How subtle changes help protect the body from injury

* How tight and weak glutes create tight quadriceps

* Why “move the flesh away from the sit bones” is a risky cue

* How to rethink your sequencing to stretch the hamstrings more effectively

* How to identify the difference between pain and stretching

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode0467

* The Asana Academy with Brian Aganad (website) (podcast)

* Muscle Pro III (app)

* William J. Broad (How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body) (The Science of Yoga: The Risks & The Rewards)

Refresh your memory of basic hamstring anatomy, function and relation to movement in yoga. Plus, Michelle discusses 2 common myths about stretching the hamstrings.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

* What really causes “tight” hamstrings

* How sedentary habits weaken the hamstrings

* How to properly release the hamstrings in yoga

* How the stretch reflex impacts the way we stretch the hamstrings and sequence classes

* Why Sun Salutations aren’t balanced

* Poses to strengthen the hamstrings

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode046

* Jason Crandell

Guest teacher Kellee Rich shares her experience and advice teaching at yoga festivals like Wanderlust.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

* How Kellee got on the Wanderlust schedule by volunteering

* Tips for finding opportunities to assist teachers at festivals

* How to travel and budget to maximize your earnings

* Maintaining balance between your home life and travel

* Advice for getting on the schedule at a new studio

* Aligning with your intention and how to manifest what it is you truly desire in your career

* Addressing your fears and honoring the practice as you build your career

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode045

* Kelle Rich (website) (Instagram @theyogipoet) (Facebook)

* Wanderlust Studio Squaw Valley

* Become a Wanderlust Wayfarer

* The Alchemist and The Warrior of Light by Paulo Coelho

* Bhakti Fest and Shakti Fest

* Sol Rising and Mc Yogi

* Evernote

Michelle speaks with Yoga Career Summit founder, Charles Du, about developing business skills to grow your career teaching yoga.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

* How to grow a career out of teaching yoga

* How to find your authentic voice

* How to build a community of passionate students

* How to create multiple streams of income

* How to know when you’re ready to create an online course

* How re-purposing content saves time and addresses different learning styles

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode043

* Yoga Career Summit

* Andrea Marcum Yoga

* Zoe Bjornson

* Journey Junkie

* The Idiots Guide to Ayurveda by Sahara Rose Ketabi

* Africa Yoga Project

Michelle shares her personal experience and tips for teaching while pregnant.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

* How surrendering to change can enhance your teaching

* My intention behind the podcast and why I use selective sharing

* What it’s like teaching yoga while pregnant

* Tips for practicing yoga while pregnant

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

* Show notes: www.loveteachingyoga.com/episode042

* Episode 01: From Student to Studio Owner

* Episode 032: Things I’m Afraid to Tell You

* Surrender to Change: A Pregnant Yoga Teacher’s Story by Caterina Allegra

* Carlos Villanueva: www.carlosvyoga.com