About this episode

Maile Wicklander discusses her journey in yoga and the importance of aligning with personal values in a commercialized market.

Maile Wicklander , founder of Tula Yoga in Chicago, talks with J about staying committed to a deeper model of yoga when the market often rewards otherwise. They discuss her unusual path from industrial organizational psychology to yoga center ownership, craving community, combining somatics, lease agreements and r egistration software , transitioning to new focus being called to teach something different, price increases, class titles and formats, networking, and finding sources of hope by putting energy into what excites us. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM . Say thank you - buy J a coffee . Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS .

People in this episode

Host: J

Guest: Maile Wicklander

Topics covered

• yoga
• community
• psychology
• somatics
• business
• teaching
• hope

Keywords

• yoga
• community
• psychology
• somatics
• teaching
• business
• hope
• Chicago
• Tula Yoga

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tula Yoga, Chicago

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