In this episode, I'll dive into my favorite email platforms by comparing benefits, features, and price points for each. If you haven't yet, I encourage you to pick a platform from this list and set up your account this week. Next week, we will talk about how to grow your list so you can make the most of this new (highly engaged) audience.

- Active Campaign

- Convertkit

Welcome to the E-mail Ease Series! For the next 4 episodes, I am going to dive into the magic of email marketing for Yoga Teachers. In this first episode, we'll discuss the top 5 reasons I encourage you to get started today (or like yesterday) with email marketing.

2. Your e-mail list belongs to you 

3. Delivery is guaranteed 

4. Email helps you create content

5. It's easy!

Our guest today was one of my 1:1 mentorship clients this year and as soon as we met, we immediately clicked. Every time we met over zoom, the conversations were easy, cathartic, and reciprocal. As a client, I am sure Brandon learned plenty from me but the truth is, I learned a lot from him too. This is the beauty of being a teacher, a mentor, and a person.

In 2012, Brandon had a profound spiritual shift that led him to quit his day job and finally follow his dreams of becoming a professional musician. Shortly after, he started a consistent yoga practice to help ground and heal his body.

He completed his 200 hour teacher training in 2015 and immediately began weaving his music in with yoga classes by performing live for every class during Savasana. In 2018 he wrote, produced and recorded "Chill Vibrations" under the name "A Musical Yogi". Much of the musical ideas on this album were taken from his performances in class.

He currently teaches online zoom classes and private lessons. He also provides live music for a variety of different yoga classes in the Kansas City area.

Trigger Warning: In this conversation, Tami and I speak about trauma as a whole and there are some mentions of sexual trauma. If this is something you’d rather not hear, skip this episode and tune in next time instead.

Tami Lysher comes to the practice from a trauma informed lens so in this episode, we take some time to talk about how we can be more open, sensitive, and aware of the needs of our students. Every person comes in with a different experience and as teachers, it’s our job to honor the student’s experience over our own time and time again. So let’s talk about that today -

As a movement educator for more than 30 years, Tami has focused on yoga and pilates. The practices have influenced her professionally and personally: working from the inside to the outside of the body. As a teacher, Tami uses a holistic approach that integrates movement with breathing, the nervous system,  and the brain-body connection. She has also created a Trauma-Informed Movement program for both adults and children. She’s a 16 year survivor of breast cancer and yoga was (and still is) truly a major part of her heal.

Connect with Tami: 

Instagram: @studiotpilatesmi

Facebook: Studio T Pilates

Today I am welcoming our first male YT to the show - and it’s fitting to me that it ended up being the person you are about to hear from. Jake Waters is one of my friends from teacher training and he and I talk about the winding and unexpected path that we all take towards our purpose.

We chat a lot about how authenticity is the most powerful tool we have as teachers and how to keep in-check with yourself when things fall out of alignment as they tend to do.

On a daily basis, we are inundated with bad news and devastating tragedies. We are holding the entire world on our shoulders in new ways and it only seems to be getting harder. How can we better support our student's mental health when things becoming challenging (as they tend to do)? How can we better tend to their needs in accessible ways? How can we give them an opening to take charge and fit the practice to their needs?

Have you ever wondered how your enneagram number effects you as a YT? Tune in to hear from Enneagram experts and hosts of the Enneagram and Yoga podcast, Kat Smith and Christy Bonner. We will chat about each enneagram number as a YT and what their strengths and challenges might be. We also dive into how to become a better teacher based on your enneagram type.

Christy Bonner is Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, a Yoga Teacher and Certified Enneagram teacher. Her educational background includes a Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Emory University,    a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory and Henry College and 500 hours of yoga teacher training from Yoga Landing & Chattanooga Yoga School. She loves her work teaching yoga and counseling her clients, but her favorite job is being a mom to her two year old daughter, Isabelle.

Have you ever wondered how your enneagram number effects you as a YT? Tune in to hear from Enneagram experts and hosts of the Enneagram and Yoga podcast, Kat Smith and Christy Bonner. We will chat about each enneagram number as a YT and what their strengths and challenges might be. We also dive into how to become a better teacher based on your enneagram type.

Christy Bonner is Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, a Yoga Teacher and Certified Enneagram teacher. Her educational background includes a Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Emory University,    a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory and Henry College and 500 hours of yoga teacher training from Yoga Landing & Chattanooga Yoga School. She loves her work teaching yoga and counseling her clients, but her favorite job is being a mom to her two year old daughter, Isabelle.

Have you ever wondered if it's ok to say "namaste"? Or use the term "yogi"?

This is part 2 of my money conversation with Ellie Aaron. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, go back to the episdode list and check that out.

She believes women don't have to choose between creating fulfilling love and having a successful business. She’s helped several clients scale their companies to the multi 6 and 7 figure level.  Freebie Gift for everyone:

Top ten SALES frameworks that have helped me and my clients close over a million dollars in sales.

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