On this episode of the podcast, Canmore based yogini, Kristen Stuart, shares her journey as a yoga teacher. Kristen shares what it was like to open a yoga studio, and what she learned from that experience. Kristen talks about how she started developing and leading both yoga retreats and trainings, and what she has learned along the way. We delve into what life as a yoga teacher is like, and Kristen provides some of the key business lessons that she has learned through her experience teaching.

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Business Lessons

• Be a student while you’re teaching
• It takes a lot of energy to run and manage a yoga studio
• Get outside coaching to help guide you with where you want your studio to go
• Focus on your strengths and outsource the things that you don’t enjoy doing and that you don’t thrive off of
• Follow your intuition when it comes to picking a yoga teacher training program
• Consider why you want to own a yoga studio
• Think about what you want your life to look like, and what you want out of your career
• What does your day to day routine look like?
• You have to be okay with taking risk if you want to run retreats
• It’s a lot of energy to hold space for people
• Prices of retreats will impact the people who show up, so price to your target market
• Write things down – keep a journal of ideas and things that inspire you that you could include in trainings or classes
• Seek out mentorship
• Ask questions & don’t be shy
• Look at people who are doing things that inspire you and go and talk to them
• Don’t be afraid to be yourself
• Teach what resonates for you
• And much more… Here’s the episode!

Connect with Kristen

• Banff Yoga Festival