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Pathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher50. How to Build a Soulful Yoga Business (Without Losing Yourself) – with Dina CohenIn 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 ✅ Why strength, rest, an...2025-07-2052 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher49. Why slow and small might be your superpower as a yoga teacher…For any yoga teacher doubting themselves!!!Here’s an interesting quote I found one day that REALLY resonated for me….“The thing about making it big and doing it fast in business is that invariably the first steps will be small and slow.Which oddly, for too many, is reason not to take them.”Ever felt like you’re stalling in your business?Ever invested in a course you haven’t finished the...2025-05-0418 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher48. Can we as yoga teachers unlock the secrets to strength and stability in midlife?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-time yoga business teaching a niche I am absolutely passionate about helping...2025-04-281h 00Pathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher47. Holding back from investing in your yoga business? Why this could keep you STUCKIf you’ve ever hesitated to invest in your business (or yourself) this one’s for you.Let’s talk about something SO many yoga teachers shy away from: investment.Not just money—but energy, time and courage..In this week’s 12 minute podcast, I’m diving into what it really means to have skin in the game— how to tell the difference between a careful “yes” and a fear-based “no” and why the future of your having a sustaina...2025-04-2114 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher46. How to ensure full yoga classes….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 n...2025-04-1412 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher45. Is dithering hurting your yoga business? 4 key tips THE most successful yoga teachers understand…When you think about how you currently run your yoga business do you ever find yourself struggling to make a decision?Let's face it, in business the need for decisions comes thick and fast. Everything from...Should I drop leaflets or not?Should I get my website up first before I do anything else?What should I charge for this class?Should I go work for this gym/studio?Should I boost a post in Facebook?What booking software is best? Do I even need...2025-04-0712 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher44. Why most yoga businesses struggle and what you can do to ensure you’re not one of them.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...2025-02-1514 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher43. How to build a yoga business on your T.E.R.M.S.The first steps for any yoga teacher as they embark on a teaching career often involve one of two models:You try to build your own classes; looking for halls and doing all your own promotion.Or maybe you opt for working for gyms and yoga studios thinking that will mean you don’t have to do any of that dreaded marketing, and there’s minimal admin!But many teachers hit BIG problems with these models almost from the get go.The real...2025-02-1518 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher42. Are you a dabbler, stressor/achiever or master?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...2025-01-2713 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher41. Are you putting students off coming to your yoga classes? 5 ways you might be actually hurting your yoga business growth.I know this might seem a crazy question! Why on earth would you do anything to put people off coming to work with you?But the truth is, as I mentor yoga teachers keen to grow their businesses, I can see they are quite clearly, unwittingly doing just that!I call it creating “friction” in your business - and if you’re not making the income you hoped from your teaching this might be a really useful episode to listen to, as I can almost guarantee there will be friction in YOUR business you didn’t even r...2024-04-2215 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher40. How to delegate like a pro in your yoga business.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 hiring others to support you, you grow the business by mo...2024-04-1515 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher39. From hands off to hands on: Mastering the art of hiring and delegating effectively in your yoga business.In the previous two podcasts I’ve shared why it’s a REALLY good idea to invest in support in your business from a very early stage and explained why it really is a false economy to think you can do it all on your own. In this episode I share the 3 ways you CAN invest in support for your business growth: in tech tools to make admin easier; in people and in yourself, and in this episode I’d like to focus on the second of these; investing in people to support your business growth.Now th...2024-03-2519 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher38. Burnt out, cash strapped yoga teacher? Are you making the costly mistake of skimping on business support?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 skimping on setting up some b...2024-03-1818 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher35. The 3 step re-set to revitalising your yoga business dreams - part 2: Confronting external beliefs which are holding you back.In a previous podcast looking at what holds us back from thriving as yoga teachers I explained I see 3 key things which hold us back: First – your INTERNAL belief patterns.Beliefs such as- I’m not good enough/don’t know enough yet- It’s impossible to make a real living teaching yoga- I’m not good with techI looked at 7 key beliefs I’ve held, and I constantly see the teachers I work with hold, which I KNOW stop us from being successful, but over which we DO have contr...2024-03-1115 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher36. The 3 step re-set to revitalising your yoga business dreams part 3: - Navigating the path to YOUR perfect business model.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 ready...2024-03-1117 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher37. 4 reasons why you should delegate in your yoga business“I feel like chief cook and AND bottle washer!”That’s a phrase I heard quite a bit from my Mum in our household when I was young….It always came up when she was overworked, tired and struggling to juggle all the jobs, and Dad and I knew that meant we needed to chip in and help out!It’s a phrase I’ve used a lot myself over the years, and never more so than when I decided to quit paid employment and set up a business of my own.Because, i...2024-03-1112 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher34. The 3 step re-set to revitalising your yoga business dreamsAs 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 spring and beyond, how confident...2024-02-1915 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher33. Advertising alchemy for yoga teachers: how to turn £125 ad spend into over £6000 income for your businessHow do you advertise your yoga business?For many, on a shoestring budget, it's posting on Instagram or Facebook for free, and the mindset is one of spending as little as possible because money is so tight.And I'm all for getting as wise as possible about your advertising strategy and ensuring that whether the advertising you do costs you time, energy and money or all 3, you see a return on that investment.But one thing I also see is a reluctance to spend anything on paid advertising - and I'd like to s...2024-02-1215 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher32. The big myth around niching as a yoga teacherIn 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:“D...2024-01-2916 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher31. STOP trying to teach “everybody” as a yoga teacher!At the risk of sounding totally “un-yogic” (if there is such a thing!) I’d like to say up front there are some people I don’t want to teach yoga to!Not because I’m being mean.But because I KNOW there are some students I’m simply not the right fit for and I’d much rather make sure any potential student who contacts me has a great experience right from the outset!Think about it…Have you ever attended a class with a yoga teacher who you just didn’t...2024-01-2216 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher30. Breaking free! Embracing authenticity in yoga teaching without fear of dogma….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?Yet, as a new, or even sea...2024-01-1411 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher29. Money mindset part 3: Feeling severely underpaid as a yoga teacher? How to beat the money mindset gremlins!In this, the third in a series about the rather tricky and awkward subject of money and yoga teacher pay, I’d like to do 2 things:First, consider the challenges we face if we feel our students “won’t pay” for our services, or the quibble about our terms and conditions.And secondly, I’ll share some tips which I have found helpful in my own journey and which may just help you see this in a different light. Bottom line?If we feel underpaid, we also feel undervalued. That’s NOT a good pl...2024-01-0715 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher28. Is it just me or do people seem to want to severely underpay yoga teachers?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’ll imagine this comment refe...2023-12-3118 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher27. Money, the “dirty word?” Part 1 Why is this such a tricky subject for many yoga teachers?As a yoga teacher how does the whole topic of money make you feel?Anxious?Awkward?Uncomfortable?How do you feel talking about money with students? If you feel it’s time to raise your prices do you find yourself anxsting for ages about it yet find yourself feeling resentful because with costs rising, you’re almost working for nothing these days?Money is a tricky subject - in all sorts of situations, not just in business BUT if you’re trying to build a business that actually makes you a liv...2023-12-2409 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher26. 8 reasons why investing in a business mentor is a good idea for yoga teachers serious about building a sustainable businessIs there a gap between where you are now in your yoga business and where you’d like to be?If you feel driven to share what you know, if you know you’re a good teacher who can help students, but the reality of filling classes, covering costs and heaven forbid actually making a living out of teaching seems a million miles away, then have you considered investing in business mentoring?In this podcast I share how I jumped from a well paid job to start my first business and quickly floundered…..until I found a...2023-12-1715 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher25. 4 common things I see holding yoga teachers back and how to ditch them in 2024December is a notoriously quiet time for yoga teachers, with student numbers naturally dwindling as other commitments and the colder weather mean attending yoga classes slide down the priority list.For some teachers, it feels an anxious time. Income almost dries up, and it’s hard to remain enthusiastic and motivated when just one or two students turn up to your classes.But if you find yourself looking back over the year and feeling like you’ve worked your butt off yet still find the effort isn’t actually showing up in your bank account then pe...2023-12-1012 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher24. 3 ways to navigate December’s lull as a yoga teacher: 3 tactics to help you embrace the quiet time AND still flourish in your yoga businessDo you find your class attendances dwindle in December?How does this time of year make you feel as a yoga teacher?I’ve noticed so many threads in yoga teacher groups recently lamenting just how much of a struggle it is to manage the dwindling numbers of students.In some cases, the income they’re bringing in doesn’t match the outgoings for the yoga space and other costs, so they’re running at a loss or for next to nothing in terms of financial income for themselves.For some, their ene...2023-12-0317 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher23. Do you ever feel like you’re taking two steps forward and one step back trying to build a business as a yoga teacher?In a recent coach call for teachers on my business mentoring programme one teacher expressed how she felt like she was taking two steps forward and one back.She sounded apologetic.I could tell she was feeling a little deflated and at one of those moments in any journey which takes us to an uncomfortable place where we start to question why we’re doing what we’re doing.There are actually 2 elements to this teacher’s struggle:First - struggling with the work we do to help teachers find their niche...2023-11-2612 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher22. Why posting on Instagram and Facebook is action illusion if you want a thriving business as a yoga teacher.Do you post on social media hoping to get business as a yoga teacher?Do you ACTUALLY get any business from the time it takes up?There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of postings on social media from yoga teachers these days so it may feel like it’s the “done thing” and you must be doing that to succeed, but in my experience the majority of yoga teachers get little or no business from this time and energy.Teachers like one of the students on my mentorship programme who wrote:2023-11-1909 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher21. How do you show up in your yoga business?Do you ever turn up to teach a class and it’s the last thing you feel like doing?Do you ever find yourself avoiding the stuff you know you need to do to grow your business as a yoga teacher?It’s easy to go for the “easy” route isnt it? It’s more comfortable to tell yourself you’ll do that thing you know needs doing when you’re less stressed/tired/cold or whatever other story you’re telling yourself is over?And if you teach regular classes, it’s hard “showing...2023-11-1209 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher20. The most important skill you need to get good at if you want to fill your classes and make a sustainable living from teaching yogaMany yoga teachers make some serious mistakes when it comes to advertising their classes or offerings.They think they can (or even SHOULD) teach ANYONE.They believe yoga is “inclusive” and it’s “bad” yogic behaviour to exclude anyone.They don’t really understand why people come to yoga in the first place.The result?They simply try to copy what they see other teachers doing, jump on the bandwagon without REALLY understanding how to stand out in what is an in...2023-10-2913 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher19. Why growing a thriving yoga business is a bit like baking a cake!As a yoga teacher, do you find the whole marketing and business side of yoga overwhelming, confusing and just a little bit “icky?”Sometimes, those feelings literally stop you from taking action that might actually help you grow your business. Or maybe you DO take a lot of action, but you wonder why you’re not getting the results you want? You still find yourself with erratic numbers of students at your classes and have no sense of predictability in terms of income.In this podcast I discuss the most common problems...2023-10-2209 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher18. Is your yoga teaching a business OR a hobby? Why it’s REALLY important you know the answer to that question!I once learned a saying from a mentor which has become a bit of a mantra for me:Treat your yoga business like a business and it will PAY you like a business.Treat your yoga business like a hobby and it will COST you like a hobby.I see too many teachers SAY they want a business, but BEHAVE like it’s a hobby! In this podcast learn why knowing the difference between an investment and a cost in your business is a crucial skill you rea...2023-10-1510 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher17. The elephant in the room at Yoga Teacher Training courses....How do you feel about teaching yoga right now?If you had a vision of quitting your job and sharing with others the magic yoga has brought you, but the reality of filling classes and actually making any kind of consistent income, then you'll realise something's missing...something yoga teachder training courses tend to avoid talking too much about.....So what is the elephant in the room? And why might you need to take on that elephant? Another, short (7 minute) episode talking all things teaching yoga....2023-04-2906 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher16. Why NOW Is a Good TimeWhy NOW is a great time to work on your yoga teaching business………….Making a sustainable and regular income teaching yoga doesn’t come easy.If you found the last two year of the pandemic and its immediate aftermath a little difficult, you’re not alone. But if you’re at a low point; feeling stuck or thinking about ditching the dream of making a living from your teaching I want you to know there ARE yoga teachers out there making it work and at 69 I’m one of them. ...2021-11-1117 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher14. What you NEED to know about going online as a yoga teacher (before falling for the hype….)I am SO fed up of the hype around teaching yoga online and tying it to 6 figure yoga businesses!If you’re a yoga teacher struggling to make a regular income from your teaching it’s SO easy to be seduced by the online, high ticket “gurus” who promise the lap top lifestyle and thousands in the bank.But if it were that easy – everyone would be doing it – and they’re not! Honestly?If you're not already making steady income, month in month out from your teaching, then trying som...2021-11-0917 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher15. The one question you should ask the 6 figure yoga gurusHave you been thinking about investing in that high priced training from the online yoga business guru promising you they will show you how to earn 6 figure months as a yoga teacher? Maybe you’ve already paid out for such a course and a few months on it’s still sitting there on your computer and you’ve stalled/struggled/ended up feeling guilty?I totally get it! But in this podcast learn why I encourage you get a little more savvy and ask the right questions BEFORE you jump into an expensive outlay for busines...2021-11-0909 minPathway to Profit as a Part Time Yoga Teacher13. When You Lose Your Mojo as a Yoga TeacherHow are you feeling about teaching yoga right now? Over the months of the pandemic and even in recent weeks, as life has returned a little more to normal, I've seen a number of threads in Facebook groups I'm part of where teachers are talking about "losing their mojo," not enjoying teaching like they did and just feeling like pulling the plug on the whole idea of making a living as a yoga teacher. It's such a shame because all that time, energy, money and passion yoga teachers have invested into becomi...2021-11-0912 min