In this final trip down memory Retreat lane, you’ll experience me coaching a Yoga teacher about her financial goals. It’s a little feisty, but we were 6 days into Retreat at this point and ready for our breakthroughs! 

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This week I’m sharing three important takeaways from ‘The Ochre Robe: An Autobiography’ by Agehananda Bharati, published in 1970. This book is both beautifully written and opinionated and spicy. You should check it out (and also accept my challenge to read more broadly!)

References:

Bharati, Agehananda (1970) The Ochre Robe: An Autobiography, Doubleday

Read it online here https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.462431

Simpson, Daniel (2021) The Truth of Yoga, North Point Press, New York

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3 Hot Takes from a Monk and the Importance of Reading Widely

This week is rest week for the main feed, but I’ve got a really good episode for you over on Patreon! Think confirmation bias, new age conflation and the difference a one-degree change in navigation can make to a lifetime journey. And all through the lens of the VBT. It’ll cost you $5 to listen, and you’l get loads of other goodies for your contribution. Unconvinced? Well, here’s the first twenty minutes to check for yourself!

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Choosing Your Texts and Your Teachers- the Vijñāna-bhairava-Tantra as a case study (TEASER)

This week i’ve got a delight for you! Sage Rountree joins me to talk all things sequencing. You’ll LOVE it! Sage  is a pioneer in yoga for athletes and a yoga teacher trainer whose ten books include Everyday Yoga, Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses, and The Art of Yoga Sequencing, her most recent book which I COMPLETELY recommend. Sage speaks, teaches workshops, and leads trainings internationally and online at sagerountree.com. 

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How to Keep Your Sequences Safe, Smart and Suitably Spicy!

Do you offer Day Retreats? How do you price them? An average of what other teachers around you charge? What you think people might pay? And how do you estimate your profits? How much is left over after paying everyone else? You’re in for a treat, Lovely. Here’s the best way to figure out how much to charge, and how to earn what your time and energy is worth. Enjoy!

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Pricing Day Retreats with Purpose and Confidence

This week I’m speaking with the insightful and inspiring Heather Mason. Heather is the founder of both The Minded Institute and the Yoga in Health Care Alliance. She holds master’s degrees in Buddhist Studies, in Psychotherapy, Medical Physiology, and has extensive training in Neuroscience. Heather has been teaching yoga since 2001 and has specialized in the use of yoga therapy for mental health populations since 2007. Actively focused on the integration of yoga into healthcare, in 2018 Heather helped create an All-Party Parliamentary Group, “Yoga in Society”. Heather has also co-authored “Yoga and Mental Health” and “Yoga on Prescription”. In 2023 Heather and co-director Elaine Collins developed the first yoga therapy psychotherapy course in the world. 

Learn more about Heather’s work here: https://themindedinstitute.com/ and here: https://www.yogainhealthcarealliance.com/

If you’re interested in joining the Keep Growing Mastemrind and getting 2 extra months at no charge, DM me on Insta. Learn more about the Mastermind here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/keepgrowing

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