Pathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher

In this deeply honest and inspiring conversation, I speak with experienced yoga teacher Dina Cohen about her 25-year journey from the early rave scene and hedonistic living… to a deeply rooted, sustainable yoga business that truly fits her life. Together, we explore: ✅ How to let your business evolve without drifting ✅ Why clarity and vision are essential — even if they shift ✅ The trap of the “wrong ladder” (and how to avoid it) ✅ What yoga really looks like in a messy, real-world life ✅ ...

How Yoga, Pilates, and a fusion of the 2 might support strength and stability for our students in midlife and beyond. Join me for an enlightening conversation with Beth Morgan, London’s leading specialist in Solomon Yogalates, where we delve into practical strategies and insights to enhance physical resilience for our students in midlife and beyond.​ And subscribe to the channel if you’re finding this interesting! As there will be more on the whole topic of building a SUSTAINABLE part-t...

Let me ask you - How many new enquiries or trial sessions did you bring for YOUR classes last week? or last month? Do you get regular enquiries and new students coming in to your world or do you feel it’s more “up and down” than you’d like? The most successful yoga teachers have a focus and a system which - with not a great deal of effort, will bring them in a constant flow of new enquiries and leads, so they’re not left suddenly with dropping numbers and panicking to try to fill those em...

Did you know over 98% of entrants for the London Marathon cross the finish line? That’s remarkable - given the challenge the marathon represents. But did you know that 94% of yoga teachers don’t cross that metaphorical line of creating a yoga business that actually sustains them? So why do most yoga teachers end up in the 80% who are "getting by" or "broke" In this podcast, I’ll share what I learned from one of my mentors about why there are parallels between the challenge of running a ...

How would you describe your approach to growing your yoga business? If you've been following me for a while, you'll know my interest and fascination with psychology and mindset goes back a LONG way! And if there is one thing GUARANTEED to test our mindsets...it's growing a business! Especially if this is a whole brave new world for you; you've never really learned about marketing or building a business before and you're starting from scratch. So what's the difference between the yoga teachers...

Over the last 3 episodes of this podcast I’ve been diving a little deeper into the whole topic of investing in support for your business so that you can focus on what you do best: teach. In this, the fourth episode looking at the whole concept of delegating in your yoga business, I’ll share some tips and suggestions for outsourcing work to other people effectively. Because, the truth is, done effectively, hiring others should also be an investment - not a cost. The whole idea is, by hir...

The second in this series on why delegating and investing in support in your business - IF done wisely, is important if you seriously want to earn a sustainable income from your teaching. Wondering if you need a website and considering doing it on your own even though it’s not your forte? Considering just using your own email system to write to potential students, or just take cash rather than invest in a booking and payment system? In this podcast I’d like to share why I believe ...

In this, the final podcast in this series looking at how to revitalise your yoga business, I’d like to talk about something which might sound a little boring - but which is crucial on two counts: your profitability and your happiness and satisfaction with the business you end up with. Are you CLEAR what your business model is and is it right for you? Are you clear how it will generate the revenue you hope to achieve? And are you in danger of trying to achieve a model you’re not actually...

As I record this podcast we're almost at the end of February - the first two months of the year are almost always one of THE best times of the year for anyone working in the fitness/wellness space, so hopefully you've begun the year with a good injection of cash into your business and full classes. The hope, for all of us as yoga teachers, is that interest and motivation continues otherwise we face that sometimes demoralising roller coaster of "feast and famine" So, as you look forward, to sp...

In the last episode of this podcast I talked about why nailing your niche is probably one of the best things you can do to build a sustainable business as a yoga teacher. But nailing a niche is not always an easy process and there’s one thing I hear said often that I really do believe can get in the way of getting the niche right as quickly as possible so you can start standing out from the crowd, increasing your visibility and attracting students to you far more easily - and it’s this: “Do w...

Over the last decade or so I’ve been teaching, I’ve seen a concerning increase in the rise of partisan mentality, dogma and increasing vitriol about what yoga is and how it “should” be taught. Social media putting so many yoga teachers in touch with one another through a device ever present in their hands, means there are constant streams and threads claiming a particular perspective… But the truth is, these ARE simply PERSPECTIVES. Where is the truth in all that? IS there any to find? ...

In this, the second in a series about the rather tricky and awkward subject of money and yoga teacher pay, I unpick a little of what’s behind this real question which appeared in a yoga teacher Facebook group recently. Because this teacher’s comments oozes a LOT of the frustration I often see amongst yoga teachers. Frustration which isn’t just about the apparent unfairness of “low pay” but also the very real feelings of being undervalued for the skills we bring to the table. In this podcast I...