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I am so excited to be joined by the founder of YogaBossBabe, Liz Nguyen. On this episode, Liz shares her journey as a yoga teacher, doing her YTT at Core Power Yoga and then completing a 2 year yoga therapy program from LMU. We talk about how she successfully started a corporate yoga business, and then became inspired to create YogaBossBabe, a monthly subscription service for yoga entrepreneurs.

We talk about everything from getting yourself out there as a new yoga teacher, to finding your teaching voice, to how to get corporate yoga gigs, advice for new yoga teachers, as well as what Liz has learned from creating YogaBossBabe.

Enjoy!

Business Lessons from this Episode:

• Go to an IAYT accredited school if you’re going to do yoga therapy
• Yoga teachers don’t necessarily want to learn the business side of the industry, and it’s important to find ways to make that fun
• Connect with your students and then they will continue to return
• You need to get yourself out there and market yourself to find your tribe
• It takes time to build up your following online and offline
• You’re never going to make everyone happy – always come back to the perspective of being a student
• Don’t take it personally when someone doesn’t like your classes, you will find people who will love your classes. Always be authentic when you’re teaching!
• Be collaborative, not competitive – you always have something unique to offer
•  There is a huge necessity for yoga in the corporate world – they need to get up and stretch!
• Building breaks into your day can be really beneficial to your productivity
• Approach teaching corporate yoga differently than you do a regular studio class
  • Correct postures
  • Speak slowly
  • Teach basics
• Learning marketing and social media can be really stressful – sometimes it’s easier to hire someone!
• Don’t lose site of your self-care throughout the business process
• Being online can be scary!
• The more you teach, the more you find who you like to teach and find out who your tribe is
• Merge your passion with yoga and discover your niche from there
• Be authentic in your teaching – don’t try to be someone else, just be yourself!
• And much more… Here’s the episode!

Connect with Liz:

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Are you interested in teaching corporate yoga? Get your FREE guide with 8 steps for creating a successful corporate yoga business here.

This episode of the podcast is brought to your by Ceterus. As a yoga entrepreneur, dealing with your finances, accounting, and tax preparation can be a headache. Ceterus specializes in accounting for yoga studios and takes care of all of that work for you, while giving you full access to your financial data and benchmarked reporting through their platform, Ceterus Edge, which is built on top of QuickBooks Online and integrates with MINDBODY Online. While they offer tax accounting, many of their customers also retain their current CPA and use Ceterus for month-to-month accounting and benchmarked reporting, which their CPAs love.  To learn more about Ceterus’ yoga accounting and benchmarked reporting solution, please visit www.ceterus.com/mbom. If you sign up through this podcast, you will get 50% off your first two months!

This episode of the podcast is also brought to by YogaBossBabe. YBB is a monthly lifestyle subscription box for passionate and motivated female yoga entrepreneurs who want to build and grow their business. Each month you receive a box of goodies to keep you on track and feeling inspired with your business. For more information, please visit www.yogabossbabe.com and use promo code MBOM15 to get 15% off your first box.

This episode of the podcast is also brought to you by FavYogs! FavYogis is the newest yoga app designed specifically with Yogis in mind. It was built out of Santa Monica, CA by a practicing yogi and software engineer from MIT. FavYogis connects yoga students with their favorite teachers through a simple to use app that is free to download. Teachers can post one time events like workshops and retreats as well as regular weekly classes, and students can easily find teachers offerings from anywhere in the world. Use the code “MBOM” when you sign up and make sure they know I sent you! Sign up here!

I’ve also launched a private community on Facebook for yoga teachers who want to learn more about business. Join me here!