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- Retreat Planning for Yoga Teachers: Marketing & Business Insights
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Podcast where Clara and Stephanie share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor.
In today's discussion, we learned about Retreat Planning and Execution for Yoga Teachers with marketing and business insights to focus your messaging.
Here's more on what we discussed in this episode:
4:07 - Retreat Planning for Yoga Teachers
How to market your retreat around the benefits of building your community and relationships.
11:46 - Price and promise: what to offer on retreat
How to frame the timeline for your retreat and what you offer your guests
18:16 - Location, budget, & timeline for a global retreats
How to select the location, plan your budget, and manage the timeline for hosting an international retreat.
22:59 - How to plan and motivate through messaging
Plan your messaging for the year, week-to-week, to stay organized and motivate your guests.
26:08 - How to stay ahead of the curve
The benefit of partnering with a pal and how to be different in an industry that is so saturated
30:04 - The shifting demand in yoga
What's next in the industry- can you try to anticipate and create new and unique value for your community by thinking ahead.
32:40 - Benefits of staying open to feedback
Touch-points to get feedback and communicate with your guests and the benefit of providing stellar customer service.
34:59 - Learning behind-the-scenes
The perks of assisting on a retreat to learn the behind-the-scenes and navigate the conflicts that arise before you host your own.
41:33 - Impostor syndrome and how to deal
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https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/retreat-planning-for-yoga-teachers
Clara's Website: https://www.clararobertsoss.com/podcast/retreat-planning-for-yoga-teachers-marketing-business-insights/
50 min - The Subtle Body: Moving Meditation with Clara
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Morning Gatherings. Clara and Stephanie share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor. Each week is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion.
This week’s theme was ether and how to embrace a moving meditation to stimulate the subtle body through breath and visualization.
Here's more on what you'll discover in this episode:
1:40 - Boa Breath Practice
Embodying ether through a moving meditation with Boa Breath, a style of breathing from the martial arts, Chien Lung.2:58 - Move with Ether
Embrace ether with a moving meditation through Boa Breath, a style of breathing from the martial arts, Chien Lung.12:18 - Meditation on Indra's Net
A visualization practice that encourages one to feel our interconnectedness to each other and all other beings in this universe.19: 00 - Cosmology of Indra's Net
How space and ether are in everything and connect all beings and how might bring this element into our lives.Join the conversation on our Facebook group:** https://www.facebook.com/groups/practicewithclaracommunity
**You can watch the full version on the #PracticeWithClara App (TV, Mobile, Tablet) Download on your favourite App Store:** https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/embracing-the-subtle-body
Clara's Website: https://www.clararobertsoss.com/podcast/the-subtle-body-moving-meditation-with-clara/
26 min - The Five Elements: Philosophy and Our Relationship to Space
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Morning Gatherings. Clara and Stephanie share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor. Each week is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion.
This week’s theme was ether where we discussed the relationship of ether to the five elements.
Here's more about what we discussed in this episode:
1:07 - Embodying the Elements
The relationship and interaction of the five elements that make up our bodies and our world.16:45 - Bug's Eye View
The benefit of meditation and practices that widen our perspective to see the sacred within the mundane.18:41 - Expressing Gratitude
In this period of COVID taking a moment to pause and reflect on the things that have shifted and where we might express gratitude.22:28 - Unpacking Consciousness
Understanding how the gross and subtle aspects shape our realities.26:31 - Your Relationship to Space
A reflection on how we spend our time and the physical and metaphysical aspects of space.Join the conversation on our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/practicewithclaracommunity
Watch the full version on the #PracticeWithClara App: https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/the-subtle-body
Clara's Website: https://www.clararobertsoss.com/podcast/the-five-elements-philosophy-and-our-relationship-to-space/
29 min - Tips & Tools for Yoga Teachers from Clara Roberts-Oss
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Podcast. Clara and Stephanie share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor. Each week is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion. This week’s theme was beauty and the many multifaceted ways to create, experience, and dance with beauty in your world.
Today is a special AMA with Clara Roberts-Oss!
1:42 - Meditation on Lakshmi
Clara guides us through a meditation for Lakshmi, the Goddess of Beauty, Fertility, and Abundance.4:20 - Creative Process in Teaching
Clara’s creative process and how she weaves themes and poses into sequences based on each class.7:47 - Planning for New Teachers
What to do as a new/novice yoga teacher and how to plan accordingly for students.10:51 - Intelligent Sequencing & Movement
An introduction to Shiva Rea, founder of Wave Theory and Prana Flow Vinyasa Yoga.12:26 - Alternative Teaching Styles
Exploring different ways and teachers to express and open up the body.15:15 - Create Community
The importance of staying connected and inspired by your peers by attending a variety of public classes.18:07 - Filming Yoga Videos
How to create yoga videos for online classes and content.23:17 - Conversational Yoga
Learning the language of yoga as a new teacher and discovering your voice.27:24 - Honour Your Own Process
Each teacher is unique in what they bring to the table, honour what serves you!Join the conversation on our Facebook group:** https://www.facebook.com/groups/practicewithclaracommunity
Watch the full version on the #PracticeWithClara Apps: https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/tips-for-yoga-teachers
Clara's website: https://www.clararobertsoss.com/podcast/tips-tools-for-yoga-teachers-from-clara-roberts-oss/
33 min - Accept the World As Is: Bringing Beauty into Your World
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Podcast. Clara and Stephanie share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor. Each week is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion.
This week’s theme was beauty and the many multifaceted ways to create, experience, and dance with beauty in your world.
More on what we discuss in this week's episode:
4:11 - The Truth of Being Human
The fragility of human existence as we balance our inner and outer worlds.6:58 - Connecting to Pain & Pleasure
How to balance and interact equally, with pain with pleasure through the yin and yang of our experience.9:56 - How Do You Nourish Yourself?
As we shift and adapt to our various roles in life, how do we make time for all the things we need to do as well as nourish ourselves?12:37 - Discover the Teacher Within
Yoga as an experiential philosophy to discover the divine teacher within us.15:39 - Where is the Divine?
How to discover a connection with the divine, a space of groundedness, wholeness, and inner truths.17:15 - Surrender to Change
How to mourn and be able to let things go to move with what is and accept change.**Join the conversation on our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/practicewithclaracommunity
Watch the full episode: https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/accept-the-world-as-is
Clara's Website: https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/accept-the-world-as-is
27 min - How to Manage Business Relationships in Yoga
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Podcast where Clara and Stephanie share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor. Each week is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion. This week’s theme was beauty and this podcast is a Q&A on the business of yoga.
10:11 - Dancing with the Ego
Working with a partner in your business and managing expectations, deliverables, and work/life balance.12:55 - Resolving Conflict
Setting boundaries and exploring ways to diffuse strong emotions and settle conflict with your partner.16:29 - Confidence in Your Team
Create a kick-ass team by hiring people with confidence in what they do.22:57 - The Value of Mentorships
How mentorships benefit your business and the community through fueling ideas and inspiration.26:48 - Get Creative in Hiring Out
How and why you should hire help to keep the momentum building in your business.30:09 - Making Money in Yoga
How to keep the financial strain at-bay as a yoga teacher.31:40 - Space to Play & Balance
How to avoid burnout and keep multiple opportunities alive through variety, variety is the spice of life!35:15 - Adapting to Studio Ethics
How to honor your lineage and how you teach while accommodating students and studio demands.*
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Watch the full episode: https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/business-of-yoga
Watch on Clara's website: https://www.clararobertsoss.com/podcast/how-to-manage-business-relationships-in-yoga/41 min - Rediscover Your Natural Rhythm: Surrendering to the Unknown
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Podcast.
Clara and Stephanie share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor. Each week is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion.
This week’s theme was beauty and the many multifaceted ways to create, experience, and dance with beauty in your world.
2:01 - A Worship for the Heart
Reading of the Radiance Sutras, Insight Verse 147-48 translation by Lorin Roche.6:21 - Surrender to the Unknown
Finding beauty in the moment, breath by breath, as we open ourselves to the unknown.8:34 - Redefining Our Essentials
Redefining what’s most important to us in this time, as an individual and as a collective, how do we want to be in the world?10:11 - Your Natural Rhythm
A social experiment that explores and asks: how do we want to spend our time when we don’t have to be anywhere?12:07 - Clara’s Current Routine
Clara’s new routine expressed in this time: observations, needs, feels like she’s starting to figure out what is your routine.17:15 - Reading of the Sutras
Meditation on the Radiance Sutras, Insight Verse 136-38.*
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Watch the full episode: https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/rediscover-your-natural-rhythm
Visit Clara Roberts Oss Website: https://www.clararobertsoss.com/podcast/rediscover-your-natural-rhythm-surrendering-to-the-unknown/
23 min - Dance with Beauty: The Beauty Report with Clara
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Podcast. Clara and Stephanie share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor. Each week is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion. This week’s theme was beauty and the many multifaceted ways to create, experience, and dance with beauty in your world.
*Here's more on what we discussed in this week's episode:
3:30 - Embracing the Unknown
How can we dance in the ananda (bliss) and in the Tandava (destruction) as we embrace the unknown of what’s happening in our world right now.9:30 - A Practice for Beauty
Why and how we should seek beauty in our lives. What beauty provides in times of duress. “When we seek out beauty in times of distress, it is a way to give our bodies, minds, and soul, faith, and hope.” - Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti13:15 - Ways to Feed Your Soul
Clara shares her Beauty Report by exploring nature, reconnecting with family, and savoring the process of a home-cooked meal to allow beauty to reveal life’s simple pleasures.18:57 - Lakshmi as a Symbol of Hope
How to harness Goddess Lakshmi in your world to influence hope and faith.*
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Watch the full episode: https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/dance-with-beauty
Visit Clara Roberts Oss Website: https://www.clararobertsoss.com/podcast/dance-with-beauty-the-beauty-report-with-clara/28 min - The Illusion of Control: How to Manage Your Emotions
Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Podcast. Clara Roberts-Oss and Stephanie Trembath share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor. Each week is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion.
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Here's more on this week's episode:
9:14 We don't have control
The illusion of control and what emotions arise when we have no control over the events in our lives.13:12 Managing emotions as a mother
How to sit with your emotions: Clara shares her thoughts around responding to emotions in periods of duress while pregnant.19:01 Managing intense emotions
Sitting with how we feel to address what's actually going on: our emotions are signals sent from the body that we need to act! How might we act with integrity?26:26 Benefits of meditation and Imagination
Benefits of meditations and how it strengthens the neocortex; the seat of our imagination, empathy, and judgment.*
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Watch the full episode: https://practice.clararobertsoss.com/programs/illusion-we-dont-have-control
Visit Clara Roberts Oss Website: https://www.clararobertsoss.com/podcast/the-illusion-of-control-how-to-manage-your-emotions/37 min
About #PracticeWithClara Podcast
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Welcome to the #PracticeWithClara Podcast.
Clara Roberts-Oss and Stephanie Trembath share their unique perspectives on philosophy, yoga, and how to run a business as a yoga instructor.
Each week the Practice With Clara Podcast is tailored around a specific theme to center the discussion, we also answer questions from our listeners on the world of yoga, dive into the newest yoga class released weekly on the #PracticeWithClara video platform.
Enjoy :)