Explore every episode of the podcast The Business Of Teaching Yoga
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| The Magic Of Teaching A Series (vs. drop in classes) with Lauren Enright | 17 Oct 2022 | 01:19:30 | |
Teaching drop in classes can be fun. You never know who you’re going to see in class, you start fresh every time & students can come and go as they please. However, teaching drop in classes also has it’s limitations; it’s hard to progress or build from week to week, or build a strong container as the students change from week to week. One alternative to teaching drop in classes is THE SERIES. A predetermined number of classes, held together by a strong theme in which students register in advance to attend the whole shebang. In today’s episode I speak with Lauren Enright - yoga teacher, doula, and coach who has successfully mastered the series model of teaching classes, and agreed to come on the show today to share how she did it. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
👉 Get Laurens resource guide to develop & teach your own 6 week series www.breathewithlauren.com/yogateachers FIND LAUREN FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/episode105 | |||
| Ritual As Remedy with Mara Branscombe | 03 Oct 2022 | 01:11:36 | |
Episode Description: I’m always doing rituals. Before my morning practice. Before I see clients, teach a class or record an interview. Bigger events get bigger rituals. And to be honest, I’ve never given it much thought, except for the fact that it’s something I like to do, and so I do it. However, when today's guest, Mara Branscombe, reached out to me to talk about her new book, Ritual As Remedy, I was intrigued. ABOUT MARA Mara Branscombe is a mother, writer, yogi, artist, teacher, mindfulness leader, ceremonialist and spiritual coach. She is the author of “Ritual As Remedy: Embodied Practices For Soul Care.” Mara is passionate about weaving the art of mindfulness, self-care, creativity, mind–body practices, and earth-based rituals into her life and work, and she has been leading community ceremony since 2000. An adventurous spirit, Mara has sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, trekked across the Himalayas, studied yoga in India, planted trees in Canada’s north, lived off the grid in a remote cabin in the woods, worked as a Waldorf (Steiner School) teacher, and then found her passion for dance and choreography. All the while yoga, meditation, mysticism and ritual have been at the heart of Mara’s journey. Her trainings in the Incan Shaman lineage and the Pagan tradition have greatly inspired her life’s work of earth-based, ceremonial, intentional, and heart-centered living and loving. Mara currently lives in Vancouver, Canada with her husband and two daughters. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND MARA BRANSCOMBE FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/episode103 | |||
| Here's Proof Every Yoga Teacher Needs An Email List | 07 Feb 2022 | 00:22:53 | |
“I have 69 subscribers, have been able to offer online yoga to a growing group of students, and have since received $2962 in payments. Not bad considering I have just jumped in without a business plan or any real direction.” - Natalie Haider, Psychologist, Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist in Sydney, Australia. See that? Natalie made nearly $3000 with a list of under 100 people. Nat wrote that after taking a free, 5 day challenge with me on growing your email list. I’ll link to it at the bottom of the page if you wanna check it out. But the cool thing is, Nat’s results aren’t a fluke…for every $1 you spend on email marketing, on average you generate $37 in revenue. That’s one heck of an ROI, which isn’t replicated anywhere else in digital marketing. 💁🏻♀️ Want exclusive early access to all my videos, blogs & podcasts? Join my newsletter and get all content a week before it goes live to the public! 👉 LINKS:
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| “What Did You Fail At Today?” with Ty Powers Ep. 28 | 15 Jun 2020 | 01:10:11 | |
In today’s show, I speak with Ty Powers. Ty co-founded the Insight Yoga Institute and has been leading Buddhist mindfulness meditation retreats throughout the world for 20+ years. He completed the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader training program in 2003 and has led daylong retreats on issues concerning cultural diversity. He is also a Certified Integral Coach and mentor to many people internationally. Ty has also completed Level III of the Internal Family Systems therapy program created by Dr. Richard Schwartz. Having graduated from Phillip Moffitt’s Change and Transitions Program, Ty is now leading weekend workshops and offering sessions based on these themes. I was lucky enough to study briefly in person with Ty several years ago at a silent retreat, he led with his wife Sarah Powers. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND TY FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode28 | |||
| Understanding Vedic Astrology + 2020 Predictions with Mark Ashmore Ep. 27 | 08 Jun 2020 | 01:33:29 | |
On today’s show, I speak with my good friend, yoga teacher and astrologer - Mark Ashmore. Some of you might remember Mark from episode 0, where he interviewed me, and helped to introduce the show way back in November of last year. Mark and I have known each other for years, and have even led yoga & astrology workshops together. I was really excited to speak with Mark today about one of his passions - vedic astrology. Jyotish, or vedic astrology traces its origins back to the rig veda and therefore, as Mark points out, speaks the same language as yoga and ayurveda. And while I know a lot of yoga teachers, myself included, are interested in Astrology, we are probably more familiar with western astrology. So, I’m pumped to have Mark on the show to speak about a system that aligns so closely with what we already practice and teach. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND MARK FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode27 | |||
| What is Yoga Alliance Doing To Support Its International Members? with Dr. Christa Kuberry and Catherine Marquette Ep.26 | 25 May 2020 | 01:16:15 | |
Today on the show, I speak with Dr. Krista Kuberry and Catherine Marquette of Yoga Alliance. My intention with this interview is to ask the questions that you, Yoga Alliance’s international members, especially here in Australia, wanted me to ask. I reached out to my own community in the teachers club, and created polls and posts on my Instagram and social media. The responses that I got back reflected a feeling of frustration and confusion with Yoga Alliance in general, and specifically with their international support. However, in preparing for this interview, I became aware that YA is aware of their “reputation concerns” and desire for more support from the community - and are taking multiple steps to address both. In this interview, we get into questions, within the scope of international support, that hopefully help you make a more informed decision about your membership with YA (if you have one) - and how to reach out for more support if you need it. We didn’t have time to cover some other really important, and relevant topics like how Yoga Alliance is / will handle accounts of sexual assault with the community (hopefully that conversation can happen soon too) - or questions around larger problems within the yoga industry like exploitation of teachers. However, in this interview we do cover: PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND YOGA ALLIANCE FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode26 | |||
| Making Yoga Philosophy Accessible with Jivana Heyman Ep. 25 | 18 May 2020 | 01:23:38 | |
I know I always say this, but I am so excited to bring you this week's episode. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jivana Heyman, author of Accessible Yoga; Poses & Practices For Every Body, Founder and Director of The Accessible Yoga Organization - an international not-for-profit dedicated to bringing the teachings of yoga to communities that are under-represented in traditional yoga spaces. Jivana also runs the Accessible Yoga Conference, and holds multiple accessible yoga teacher trainings around the world each year. A lot of Jivana’s work has focused around making asana accessible, but as he’s mentioned before, one of his deepest passions is actually making the essence of yoga, or yoga philosophy accessible. I was so excited to speak with Jivana about this. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
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FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode25 | |||
| Teaching Meditation with Manoj Dias Ep. 24 | 11 May 2020 | 01:07:40 | |
In today’s episode, I speak with Manoj Dias, the founder of A-Space, Australia’s first drop in meditation studio. Manoj is also a global ambassador for lululemon, and was featured on the 20 Teachers Of Colour To Watch in 2020 list. I had the pleasure of meeting Manoj in person late last year when he came to Sydney to teach about anxiety and burn out, two things I’m incredibly familiar with. I was really excited to speak with Manoj about his experience as a meditation teacher because he is so open about the balancing act between being a normal human being, and also someone that people look to for guidance, especially during challenging times. Manoj drops some great wisdom about not throwing the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to navigating the difficult terrain of tradition, abuse and lineage. We also discuss: PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND MANOJ FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode24 | |||
| Running A Social Conscious Yoga Studio with Robin Lacambra of Good Body Feel Ep. 23 | 04 May 2020 | 01:09:23 | |
Last week my guest Eliana Chinea spoke about some of the issues that arise in the typical yoga studio model - and inside of The Teachers Club we questioned weather the studio model, as we know it, will go extinct.
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| Teaching Yoga Outside Of The Studio Model with Constanza Eliana Chinea Ep.22 | 27 Apr 2020 | 01:16:48 | |
In today’s show I speak with Constanza Eliana Chinea - a Latinx Yoga teacher living in LA. Eliana began teaching and consulting after noticing a need for diversity and representation in the industry. She now teaches Yogis and entrepreneurs how to decolonize their practice, create equity for teachers of color, and build inclusive spaces in the community. The conversation that Eliana and I have centers on a topic that I think is super important right now - how yoga teachers can teach, outside of the typical studio model. As I mention in the interview, even before I was a yoga teacher, I was volunteering and working at studios. I’ve done everything from clean mats, mop floors, to managing a studio inside of a large chain, to teaching at a million different studios, and eventually to owning one. However, the majority of the time I was hovering right around the poverty line, getting burnt out, and feeling pressure to make my classes conform to the studio standards. Eliana left the traditional studio model several years ago, and in this episode, she shares how she shifted her mindset, and began teaching in a more fulfilling and sustainable way. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND ELIANA FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode22 | |||
| Unpacking Cultural Appropriation In Yoga with Susanna Barkataki Ep. 21 | 20 Apr 2020 | 01:10:54 | |
On today's show, I speak with Susanna Barkataki. Susanna is someone that I’ve been wanting to speak with for a long time - and I am so excited to share our conversation with you. Susanna is the founder of Ignite Yoga and Wellness Institute in which she currently runs multiple yoga teacher training programs. With an Honors degree in Philosophy from UC Berkeley and a Masters in Education from Cambridge College, Susanna is a diversity, accessibility, inclusivity, and equity (DAIE) yoga unity educator who created the ground-breaking Honor {Don’t Appropriate} Yoga Summit. She is honored to teach in the Sri Adi Shankaracharya lineage and is ordained into the mindfulness tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. In this conversation, Susanna offers a really deep and nuanced, yet practical approach to addressing how we may be participating in the second wave of colonising of the yoga practice - and what we can do instead. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS In this episode we discuss: A definition of:
FIND SUSANNA FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode21 | |||
| Teaching Yoga Online with Rane Bowen & Jo Stewart Ep. 20 | 13 Apr 2020 | 01:14:45 | |
On today's show I speak with Rane Bowen & Jo Stewart of The Flow Artists Podcast. Jo & Rane also operate Garden Of Yoga, and I was really excited to speak with them because I think they have responded to the changes in our industry super quickly and intelligently while retaining their values. If you haven’t listened to the flow artists podcast before I highly recommend it - Rane & Jo have on really incredible guests, and cover many similar topics like inclusivity, accessibility and diversity. Jo has been teaching for the last 15 years - and has a strong focus on making her classes accessible, trauma informed and available to those in the community. Rane has been teaching yoga and meditation since 2015, and has a strong interest in where meditation and technology overlap. Before teaching yoga, Rane worked as a web developer - and together, Jo and Rane share some really powerful information about teaching yoga online. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
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| Teaching Yoga As An Introvert with Ely Bakouche Ep. 19 | 06 Apr 2020 | 01:07:06 | |
Ely Bakouche is a fellow introvert, writer, editor and co-founder of Shut Up & Yoga. I reached out to Ely to talk alternative ways to be involved in yoga as a profession - without teaching a million classes per week - something that I think is especially relevant right now. We speak about running a digital yoga magazine - creating a team, responding to criticism by doing better, introversion, working remotely, and how the finances of it all work. Ely currently lives in Shanghai - and we recorded this interview in February before COVID-19 intensified in the rest of the world - however, during this interview Ely was in lockdown - something many of us are experiencing now - she’s written a great piece about self compassion and survigin covid-19 - I’ll link to that in the show notes. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND ELY BAKOUCHE FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode20 | |||
| 5 Books That Will Grow Your Yoga Business | 31 Jan 2022 | 00:27:40 | |
How to up level your business for almost no money 📚 Readers are leaders, and the best way to tap into the genius of experts is to read, or listen to their books. Why? Because when an author writes a book, it’s the A+, concise, well thought through, edited, digestible version of the best they have to offer - and you can usually get it for under $20, or even for FREE if you have access to a library. In today’s episode I share the top 5 (+ 2 special bonus books) I constantly recommend to my B101 students and private coaching clients. These books are simply too powerful to keep a secret. 💁🏻♀️ Want exclusive early access to all my videos, blogs & podcasts? Join my newsletter and get all content a week before it goes live to the public! 👉 LINKS:
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| Trauma Informed Yoga Is People Informed Yoga with Jo Buick Ep. 18 | 25 Mar 2020 | 00:56:17 | |
I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to have Jo Buick as my guest at the our ever LIVE podcast recording. The show was tapped at AKA Yoga Studio on February 29th in Melbourne. The interview that you are about to listen to was recorded LIVE in front of an audience of yogis Melbourne - so the audio is a little bit different than what you’re used to.
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| Ageing Well with Myra Lewin Ep. 17 | 18 Mar 2020 | 01:04:40 | |
Myra and I spoke before the COVID-19 Pandemic became a serious social and public health emergency. However, it’s been several weeks since I last put out the podcast, and I know I’ve found respite in the podcasts I love in the last few days. Taking dog walking breaks and listening to shows that have nothing to do with the pandemic have been healing for me - so in case The Teaching Yoga Podcast can be that for you right now - here is an episode with an incredible woman and teacher, Myra Lewin. Myra is the founder and director of Hale Pule - a Yoga & Ayurveda training centre and space for healing. I’ve been following Myra’s work for quite some time through her podcast Everyday Ayurveda and Yoga. As I think you can tell in the interview Myra is someone that I really admire, because as far as I can tell, she runs an incredibly successful business, yet truly LIVES the principles of Ayurveda and yoga. Myra has been practicing and teaching Yoga and Ayurveda for over 30 years, is the author of two books - Freedom In Your Relationship To Food and Simple Ayurvedic Recipes. Hale Pule is also a teaching space, and each year Myra and her team lead numerous professional training in Yoga & Ayurvedic studies. I was most excited to speak with Myra about how yoga & ayurveda can help us age with grace. *Please note - in the actual audio podcast I mention that Hale Pule also has an organic farm. While that was true when their center was located in Hawaii, their new home in New Zealand will have an abundant garden instead.
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| Closing The Wellness Gap with Nicole Cardoza Ep.16 | 17 Feb 2020 | 01:05:11 | |
Nicole is one of those people that I definitely felt was way too cool to talk to me, especially since we scheduled the interview, Nicole is now the face of Nike's Spring 2020 Yoga campaign. Not to mention her plentiful accolades, multiple not-for-profit businesses and the fact that she is an all around changemaker in wellness - I felt truly lucky to have the opportunity to speak with her. I first learned of Nicoles work, sadly, due to the mess that Yoga Journal made after her cover shoot last June. Since that time, I’ve been watching Nicole spread her message of reclaiming wellness, closing the wellness gap and making wellness accessible to all. She’s taken what could have been a career defining controversy, and parleid it into a launch pad for equity and justice. #impressed ABOUT NICOLE Nicole is a serial entrepreneur passionate about the reclamation of wellness. As the founder and Executive Director of Yoga Foster, a national nonprofit that empowers educators with yoga and mindfulness resources for the classroom, she’s re-invested over $2.5M in resources from the wellness community to increase the health equity of schools across the country. After controversy with Yoga Journal over her cover feature for their August / September 2019 issue, Nicole’s work and mission went viral. From that experience, she launched Reclamation Ventures, a fund that invests in high-potential, underestimated entrepreneurs making wellness more accessible in their communities. In today's show, Nicole and I discuss:
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| Reclaiming Ayurveda with Navi Gill Ep. 15 | 09 Feb 2020 | 01:18:49 | |
Much like yoga, I have a deeply personal relationship to Ayurveda, however I’m very aware that like yoga, Ayurveda comes from a culture that is not my own. As I continue to explore my own lineage, and the healing practices that come from within it, I am also committed to sharing my gratitude for a system that has bestowed so much benefit upon my own life by bringing you interviews like this weeks show with Navdeep Gill. ABOUT NAVDEEP GILL Navdeep (Navi) Gill is an Ayurvedic practitioner, yoga teacher and holistic wellness educator specializing in lifestyle consulting, Marma Chikitsa therapy and foundational Panchakarma bodywork. She has been learning and practicing Ayurveda and yoga since 2012, her work focuses on reviving and connecting womxn to ancestral wisdom and ritual as a form of self care. Her practice Navi Gill Wellness is located in Surrey BC and she travels globally to educate and work with clients to help them understand the principles of Ayurveda, how it applies to their daily life and how to create a lifestyle that encompasses the authentic teachings of ancient Ayurveda in order to achieve mind, body, spirit health & harmony. A primary focus of her practice is to decolonize wellness by creating community and accessibility to ancestral wisdom specifically for womxn and people of colour. Navi and I discuss:
FIND NAVI FIND CORA For full show notes & links to resources mentioned in this show head to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode15 | |||
| A Month In Review: Yoga News January 2020 Ep. 14 | 03 Feb 2020 | 00:14:34 | |
This week the podcast takes on a different form - solo episode of a monthly round up of what happened in Yoga during January. Aside from locking myself out of “my” ( I use quotes because I house sit full time ) apartment and missing an interview, a yoga news show has been bubbling around in my mind for a while. Members of The Teachers Club will receive a Yoga Weekly newsletter detailing the news of the week, so I thought I would venture out and try this new format on the podcast. NOTE: I have no formal education in journalism, writing or media law. My education is in yoga and psychology. If anything I have mentioned on the podcast is incorrect, or causes harm please email me at cora@corageroux.com and I will make every effort to correct my mistakes. I am open, and willing to learn.
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| So You Want To Start A Yoga Union with Markella Los Ep.13 | 27 Jan 2020 | 01:25:36 | |
In November 2019, Yoga Teachers at YogaWorks in New York city came together to create the world’s first ( that we know of ) Union For Yoga Teachers. From The Yoga Works Union: “We are Yoga and Mindful Fitness Educators. We’ve come together to have a voice in our industry, raise industry standards, and create a more equitable and sustainable profession for all. Our goal is for employees, students and businesses to thrive” I was lucky enough to interview Markella Los, one of the union organizers for today’s podcast. Markella is a yoga teacher, movement educator and one of the organisers of the worlds first union for yoga teachers teachers. I’ve been following Markella on instagram for a few years, because we share a similar philosophy about movement. We’ve had similar experiences with a long period of “yoga only” movement, and suffered pain and injuries as a result. After which learning from humans outside the yoga system, and upgrading our knowledge of how to keep the body healthy and resilient through movement. But then… last year, I noticed that Markella was part of a group of teachers at YogaWorks studios in new york who were organising a union. Markella was one of the first people I reached out to, to be on the new show - and due to the fact that the union was literally forming when I asked her to come on - we had to postpone recording until a few weeks ago.
FIND MARKELLA FIND CORA For full show notes & links to resources mentioned in this show head to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode13 | |||
| Waking Up To Whiteness with Michelle Cassandra Johnson Ep.12 | 22 Jan 2020 | 01:19:14 | |
What role do white yoga teachers play in shifting the cultural landscape inside of yoga spaces to one of equity, and liberation for all?
We also cover:
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| Making Bold Ass Moves with Dana Falsetti Ep. 11 | 13 Jan 2020 | 01:07:50 | |
Today on the show I speak with Dana Falsetti. Dana is a yoga teacher, fat liberation activist & serial entrepreneur. Dana’s newest yoga related venture, “practice with dana” is an online, pay what you can, accessible yoga platform. In 2013 Dana started an instagram account under the username @noaltrees and brought the conversation of yoga and body image to over 300K followers. Throughout Dana’s career, they have made many bold ass moves to put their values before profit and fame. When it no longer felt healthy, or in alignment, Dana closed that instagram account with all those followers. When a company they were involved in wasn’t in alignment with their message, they spoke out. Dana has been faced with loss and lawsuits, and yet, has remained resilient, and true to what they believe in. As you hear me say in the interview, Dana has been someone who has been a constant source of inspiration for me. From day one, I have watched them show up with a level of honesty, vulnerability and integrity that is surprisingly rare, even in the yoga world. When I reached out to Dana, I honestly didn’t think I would ever hear back from them ( they’re kind of a big deal ) and I was super nervous to interview Dana - you can totally hear it in my voice in the first few questions. Although I’m almost a decade older than Dana, I look up to Dana - as a shining example of how I want to show up in the world.
FIND CORA Find links to the resources we mention in this show at www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode11 | |||
| LGBTQ Inclusivity For Yoga Teachers with Tristan Katz Ep. 10 | 07 Jan 2020 | 01:21:47 | |
I found Tristan through her instagram page, Tristan Katz Creative, when she started putting out LGBTQ Inclusivity content for yoga teachers. Over the last several months Tristan has put out a series of posts that help educate yoga teachers around language, pronouns, what to do when you fuck up, and finding ongoing support. Alongside this work, Tristan is also a business consultant for yoga teachers and healing arts professionals, and a graphic + web designer. You’ll hear a little about Tristan’s story in the episode, but I highly recommend that you check out Tristans website and instagram. She’s on instagram at t m katz creative and her website is tristankatz.com The conversation that Tristan and I have is really an extension of the work she’s been putting out for LGBTQ inclusivity in the yoga world.
FIND TRISTAN FIND CORA For full show notes & links to everything we discuss in this article head to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode10 | |||
| Can Chair Yoga Help Us All Practice Together? with Claire Cunneen Ep. 09 | 30 Dec 2019 | 01:13:42 | |
Claire Cunneen has a vision of a yoga class where we can all practice together - regardless of age, ability or circumstance - and from what I’ve witnessed, she’s making that dream a reality. Claire is a yoga teacher, yoga therapist and LV Chair Yoga Teacher Trainer. She also has a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise & Sport Science and has been a group fitness instructor for over 20 years. Claire got serious about making her yoga classes inclusive and accessible to people of all ability levels, ages and fitness levels and traveled to New York to train with Lakshmi Voelker-Binder, founder of LV Chair Yoga.
FIND CLAIRE FIND CORA For full show notes & links to everything we discuss in this article head to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode9 | |||
| How She Did It with Dr. Lauren Tober | 26 Jan 2022 | 01:07:13 | |
Dr. Lauren Tober is a clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, life coach and the founder of the Centre for Mind Body Wellness in Mullumbimby (near Byron Bay, Australia). She is also the founder of The Mental Health Aware Yoga Teacher Training, as well as several other acclaimed online courses. In today’s episode, Lauren takes us behind the scenes of her business to share “How She Did It” when it comes to running a successful business that supports her family, both online, and in person at her physical space. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
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| The New Hands On Adjustments In Yoga with Ashley Brodeur of Feelosophy Ep.08 | 19 Dec 2019 | 01:21:48 | |
Yoga and touch are heavily associated with each other - as yoga teachers, we are often given some training in how to use our hands, feet, and bodies to align, adjust and even comfort our students. As a student, chances are you’ve been touched by a yoga teacher in class. Many students have told me that the main reason they go to yoga is to be touched, and still countless others have told me they’ve been injured, or even abused by their yoga teachers using touch. As awareness finally grows in the yoga community about consent to touch being a non-negotiable necessity ( hello & thank you #metoo + the netflix Bikram doco + writings about somatic dominance + Karen Rain going public to name just a few! ) some teachers have become ( understandably ) hesitant and confused about touching their students. I get it. And I think we should be concerned, I think we should educate ourselves around consent, I think we should reevaluate the need to adjust anyone with the intention of taking him / her / them deeper into a pose. Touch can heal. And touch can harm. Can we as a yoga community relearn how we use touch to make it helpful rather than harmful? Ashley Brodeur thinks so. Ashley offers us a way to touch that is informed & supportive. It’s not designed to fix, or correct anything. Instead of taking a student deeper into his / her / their pose, Feelosophy uses informed touch to take the student deeper into their connection with themselves.
FIND CORA For full show notes and links to resources mentioned in this episode head to www.corageroux.com/podcast/episode8 | |||
| Teaching Yoga Online with Rachel Scott Ep. 07 | 16 Dec 2019 | 01:17:47 | |
On today’s show I talk with Rachel Scott. I’ve known Rachel since 2010, when we met at YYOGA. I was a new teacher, and Rachel mentored me over over 12 weeks, and helped me through all the inevitable ups and downs that any new teacher goes through. Since then Rachel has helped me refine and uplevel how I lead my teacher trainings. If I were to sum it up in one statement, I would say that Rachel is an expert in creating exceptionally high quality yoga education, and helping other teachers do the same. Rachel was the director of YYOGA’s teachers college for over 7 years & has auditioned, hired & coached over 300 hundred teachers. She is also a prolific writer and has written for the Huffington Post & Yoga International, as well as two books, “Head Over Heels, A Yogi’s Guide To Dating” & “Wit & Wisdom From The Yoga Mat” Rachel has her masters in Instructional design, and consults with clients around the world in all things related to business, yoga education, and the topic of our conversation today - teaching yoga online. We talk about:
I hope you enjoy the show FIND CORA: For full show notes & links to resources discussed in this episode head to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode7 | |||
| How Yoga Helps Us Become Integrated Human Beings with Richard Miller Ep. 06 | 11 Dec 2019 | 01:12:10 | |
On today’s show I talk with Richard Miller. Richard is a world-renowned spiritual teacher, author, yogic scholar, researcher and clinical psychologist. He is best known for developing iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation, which combines traditional yogic practice with Western psychology and neuroscience. He is committed to bringing the healing benefits of iRest to all segments of our population including wounded warriors, people with cancer, MS, and the homeless among many other populations. In addition to founding the iRest Institute Richard was also the co-founder of The International Association of Yoga Therapy and founding editor of the professional Journal of IAYT. I met Richard way back in 2014, when I was lucky enough to attend a workshop with him in Sydney. Each time that I interact with Richard, both in person, and even after this interview, I was left with a profound and overwhelming gratitude for how kind, compassionate and good he is. I actually cried tears of relief both times. Which, if you know me, is a pretty big deal. Richard is such an incredible role model for me personally, and I think he sheds some interesting light on a career in yoga that spans over 5 decades.
I hope you enjoy the show FIND CORA You can find full show notes, and links to resources mentioned in this episode at www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode6 | |||
| Why Representation Matters In Yoga with Dianne Bondy Ep. 05 | 09 Dec 2019 | 01:16:26 | |
On today’s show I talk with Dianne Bondy. Dianne Bondy is a social justice activist, author, accessible yoga teacher, and the leader of the Yoga For All movement. Her inclusive approach to yoga empowers anyone to practice—regardless of their shape, size, ethnicity, or level of ability. Dianne is revolutionizing yoga by educating yoga instructors around the world on how to make their classes welcoming and safe for all kinds of practitioners. Dianne is the author of Yoga for Everyone (DK Publishing, Penguin Random House) and a frequent contributor to Yoga International, DoYouYoga, Yoga Girl, and Omstars. She has been featured in publications such as The Guardian, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, and People. Dianne’s commitment to increasing diversity in yoga has been recognized in her work with Pennington’s, Gaiam, and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition, as well as in speaking engagements at Princeton and UC Berkeley on Yoga, Race, and Diversity. Her writing is published in Yoga and Body Image Volume 1, Yoga Renegades, and Yes Yoga Has Curves. On today’s show, Dianne and I discuss:
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| Getting Real On Social Media with Erin Gilmore - Ep. 04 | 05 Dec 2019 | 01:14:58 | |
Erin is a San Francisco based yoga teacher who shares her life - guts and all on her instagram page. On today’s show, Erin and I discuss:
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| Launching A Yoga Clothing Line with Myrah Penaloza - Ep. 03 | 02 Dec 2019 | 01:17:15 | |
Have you ever wondered how to start a product based yoga business? It can seem so much scarier than putting up a “services” page on your website for privates, or corporates, but in today’s episode Myrah breaks down just how do-able it can actually be. Myrah is a mother of 2, kundalini yoga teacher & founder of the fashion line, “Kundalini Gown”. Myrah and her husband, Robinda are 100% digital nomad parents, and run their multiple businesses from Canada, Bali and Los Angeles. Her mission is to empower women through yoga, community, education, and the art of adornment. I’ve been obsessed with Myrah’s Instagram for the last few years, and did a little happy dance the day she agreed to be on the show. I’m super curious about ways that yoga teachers can diversify and scale their businesses, and Myrah gives us so much incredible intel on this episode, I can’t wait for you to listen in. So if you’ve ever wanted to launch a yoga product into the world, this episode is for you my friend. FIND MYRAH FIND CORA PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
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| "University" For Yoga Teachers with Cecily Milne from Yoga Detour - Ep. 02 | 27 Nov 2019 | 01:25:40 | |
“UNIVERSITY“ FOR YOGA TEACHERS - CECILY MILNE I’ve been following Cecily’s work through Yoga Detour for years and she’s a true innovator in the yoga world. She has helped me redefine the very foundation of how I approach asana, both in my personal practice, but also in my teaching. She brings critical thinking to what we’ve been taught as yoga teachers, and draws on years of study in other movement disciplines to create a much deeper understanding of how the body moves. You can find numerous interviews with Cecily about her approach, and definitely check out her instagram below for some visual learning but in today’s episode, I really wanted to get behind the curtain of Cecily’s incredibly successful business, Yoga Detour.
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| The Underbelly Of The Yoga Industry with Tejal Patel & Jesal Parikh from the Yoga Is Dead Podcast - Ep. 01 | 26 Nov 2019 | 01:32:45 | |
YOGA IS DEAD - TEJAL PATEL & JESAL PARIKH If you teach yoga and you haven’t listened to the Yoga Is Dead Podcast, immediately, or well, after you listen to this episode, on your next commute to class give it a go. Tejal & Jesal are two Indian American yoga teachers living in NYC, who have used their less than desirable experiences in the yoga industry to fuel them to speak out about what I’m calling the underbelly of the yoga world. They bring some really important topics to light, like fair pay, our working conditions as yoga teachers, guru culture, abuse and more. And the thing I love most is that they do it with a relatable millennial sense of humor. FIND TEJAL & JESAL FIND CORA PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
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| Introducing Your Host & Starting A Podcast with Cora Geroux & Mark Ashmore - Ep. 00 | 25 Nov 2019 | 01:04:05 | |
In this special bonus episode, the tables are turned, and Astrologer & Yoga Teacher, Mark Ashmore interviews your host, Cora Geroux ( that’s me! ). I asked Mark to come on the show so that I could give the show a proper introduction, and fill you guys in on what it takes to create a podcast. Side note: Mark is an epic Astrologer, and we’ll have him back on the show ASAP to discuss how to integrate astrology into your classes.
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| Introducing the Teaching Yoga Podcast | 19 Nov 2019 | 00:01:23 | |
The yoga industry is changing - teachers are unionizing, abusive "gurus" are being called out, and yoga media outlets are being held accountable for their lack of diversity and integrity. | |||
| The 10 Commandments Of Social Media For Yoga Teachers | 24 Jan 2022 | 00:53:12 | |
Sick of investing time and energy into social media without getting results? Learn how to reach more people, turn followers into students and stay sane while navigating social media for your yoga business. This video is packed full of actionable tips, so you might want to grab a pen and paper to jot down ideas & take notes. Class is in session 🤓 💁🏻♀️ Want exclusive early access to all my videos, blogs & podcasts? Join my newsletter and get all content a week before it goes live to the public! 👉 LINKS:
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| The Ultimate Guide To Making Money As A Yoga Teacher | 17 Jan 2022 | 00:58:49 | |
9 Revenue streams you can start implementing today! Creating a sustainable career as a yoga teacher starts with understanding how to make money. In this video, I break down 9 ways you can make money as a yoga teacher, how much each revenue stream can generate, as what a typical yoga teacher salary looks like. I also give my controversial answer the question "Should I open a yoga studio?"
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| Bonus: How A Youtube Channel Can Create Opportunities and Serve Your Students with Julia Chiabundini | 22 Dec 2021 | 00:33:52 | |
In the last episode of our #studentspolight series (for now) I speak with Julia Alessandra about launching her youtube channel. Julia Alessandra Chiabudini [pronounced "Kyabudeeny"] is a yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator and explorer of both the internal and external world. After years of traveling and living outside of her home country, Germany, she's currently based in southern Mexico where she teaches Hatha yoga, pranayama, and meditation, and facilitates conscious connected breathwork, a transformative healing practice. She teaches mainly in Spanish, but also in English, German, and, if necessary, French. In our conversation, Julia shares: PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND JULIA FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/julia | |||
| Bonus: Launching A Brand New Podcast For Parents with Rachel Lackey | 15 Dec 2021 | 00:47:17 | |
Rachel Lackey @passion_purpose_parenting is a psychotherapist living and working in the UK. Rachel works with parents who have lost their own sense of self, in how they can reconnect with themselves and find their creativity and joy again. Now I know what you might be thinking - what does this have to do with teaching yoga Cora, well...hear me out. Rachel has an inspiring story of how she’s started a podcast to support her business, which I think is 100% relatable to what we do as yoga teachers. In this week’s #studentspotlight Rachel shares the process of setting up her podcast, batching her first 4 episodes, and how the show has already helped her grow and refine her niche. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND RACHEL FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/rachel | |||
| Bonus: Launching A Youtube Channel (& getting covered in the media) with Shuntao Li | 13 Dec 2021 | 00:36:17 | |
“If you’re nervous about filming, film. If you’re nervous about writing, write.” Very wise words, from today’s podcast guest, Shuntao Li. Shuntao is a Chinese yoga teacher living in London, whose work has been published in Yoga Magazine and Om Yoga Magazine. Shuntao runs a youtube channel, an online course, as well as regularly publishing meditations on Insight Timer. In this conversation Shuntao shares her strategy for moving through fear, getting published in leading yoga magazines and taking on big projects like starting a youtube channel. If you’ve ever had a pull to put your work out there in a bigger way, but need a push to actually do it, tune in to this another edition of our #studentspotlight series with Shuntao Li. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
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FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/shuntao | |||
| Bonus: How To Stay Inspired When Creating Content with Elana Nelson | 08 Dec 2021 | 00:40:06 | |
👉 Sign Up For The Steal My Content Strategy Class Elana Nelson is a yoga & meditation teacher, avid traveller and founder of the Living Yoga Membership. Earlier this year, as part of her business Elana launched a blog that she updates regularly, and invites her community members to go deeper into the philosophy of yoga. Elana is also one of our B101 students, and in today’s show she shares how she stays inspired to create regular content for her community. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND ELANA FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/elana | |||
| Bonus: Using Your Blog to Work Smarter, Not Harder with Kelly Ryan | 06 Dec 2021 | 00:38:46 | |
You know there is a demand for your work when your inbox and phone are flooded with messages for people asking you how you did what you do - and that is exactly what propelled today’s guest, Kelly Ryan to start a new branch of her business. Kelly lives in Alice Springs in remote Central Australia, is a Peer Support Coach, Accessible Yoga teacher, Mum of 2 gruesome teens. Kelly uses her blog to help answer the most common questions she receives from support workers who are looking for help and insights into the industry - and as a result, can help way more people in way less time! #winwin PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND KELLY RYAN FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/kelly | |||
| Cosmic Order, Divine Timing & The Myth Of Work Life Balance with Kaya Mindlin | 19 Sep 2022 | 01:21:16 | |
If you’ve ever asked yourself “what the heck am I doing with my life?” or have been feeling confused, stuck, unmoored or like the path ahead of you feels murky and unclear - this episode is for you. My guest today, Kaya Mindlin is a true guide on the yogic journey, steeped in embodied wisdom, genuine tradition and good will. ABOUT KAYA Sought-after Yoga Educator, Kaya Mindlin has been teaching yoga for 21 years, teaching teachers for 12 years. Dedicated students, seekers and teachers from around the world resonate with her technical acumen, mothering bhava and ability to thread transformational teaching and gentle practice together in a meaningful and personal way. With thousands of hours of tutelage with masters in the Yoga tradition and the explicit blessing of her teachers to teach others, Kaya integrates the full-spectrum of the Vedic tradition in her work. This includes Supreme Release Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra, Storytelling, Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology, Vastu {Vedic Design} and Sanskrit. She offers teachings and practices that reveal the body and life itself as a vehicle for spiritual awakening. Kaya’s committed to upholding yoga from its own viewpoint, thanks to the benefit of her studies with brilliant teachers. Her primary two lineages extend from Gurus Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati & Krishan Mantri both of whom she was lucky to study and receive blessings from directly. Additional teachers Dr. Sarita Shrestha, Dr. Vasant Lad, Hart deFouw, Rama Berch, Gitte Bechsgaard, and Swami Tattvavidananda. She lives in the Pacific Northwest of the US with her husband, Vedic Astrologer Michael Manzella and their children. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND KAYA MINDLIN FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/episode102 | |||
| Bonus: Done Is Better Than Perfect; Starting a Podcast with Alana Tukuniu #studentspotlight | 01 Dec 2021 | 00:42:19 | |
Lana and I first met, many, many moons ago when she attended a 50 HR Yin YTT that I was leading, fast forward another year and Lana and I got to hang out for a month straight in 2019, when she attended the very last 200 HR YTT I ever led. But long before Lana became a yoga teacher, she was serving her community in Niue with a brick & mortar massage business. I was so excited to have Lana join me on the podcast, because in the last year, she has started her own podcast, Love Letters From Lana. One of my favorite episodes is called “If you had permission to put yourself first, what would you do?” If you’re a recovering people pleaser like me, I highly recommend you go check it out - it’s a short, 5 minute example of what it looks like when a business owner puts themselves first. Lana’s voice is super enjoyable to listen to, and she offers bite sized episodes that will invite you deeper into your inner life. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND ALANA FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to https://www.corageroux.com/alana | |||
| Bonus: Becoming An Author While Becoming Yourself with Elisa Jouannet #studentspotlight | 29 Nov 2021 | 00:47:39 | |
Today’s episode with Elisa Jouannet is the first episode in a new series of student spotlights that will be coming out over the next few weeks. A few months ago, I invited some of our students to come on the podcast, and share the exciting projects that they have been creating in the world. I’m forever in awe, and inspired by the passion, determination and generosity our students possess, so I wanted to share their brilliance with all of you. In today's episode, Elisa and I speak about her book, The Wind’s Daughter, released in early 2021. Elisa is a constant source of inspiration, and tenacity. Harnessing the power of her experiences travelling alone in Australia, Elisa penned a series of poems that over the next several years were woven into her first self-published book. Elisa has a “just do it” no-nonsense approach to moving forward with ones creative dreams that I think you will find at once, both incredibly relatable and deeply motivating. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND ELISA JOUANNET FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to https://www.corageroux.com/elisa | |||
| The Last Episode Of The Teaching Yoga Podcast?! | 01 Nov 2021 | 00:27:23 | |
When I first started this podcast in 2019, I was fresh out of 10 years of teaching yoga, leading yoga teacher training and running two yoga studios. And wow, how things have changed since then. I've started a new business, changed careers and my life looks nothing like it did in only two years ago - so I thought it was about time that the podcast start to reflect those shifts - and serve YOU even better in the future.
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| Are Yoga Teachers Employees or Independent Contractors? with Cory Sterling | 25 Oct 2021 | 01:13:29 | |
👉 Join Now: Zero-50 Email Challenge At one point or another, almost every yoga teacher I know has thought “Am I really a contractor, or… am I an employee?” The answer to that question has big implications - things like your working rights, superannuation (RRSP/401k), holiday pay…it can even affect your ability to work for multiple studios, or run your own business. And if you're a studio owner, getting this question wrong can lead to some pretty big consequences. However, it’s a grey area, and one that the yoga industry has largely swept under the rug, at least as far as I can tell. That’s why, in my mind, it’s a very important question to ask, and also one that needs a clear answer. And in today's interview, Cory Sterling (a practicing lawyer, and owner of the law firm Conscious Counsel) gives us a clear path forward to address this issue as an industry. So if you’re a teacher, or studio owner, this is one episode you don’t want to miss! PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND CORY STERLING FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to https://www.corageroux.com/episode88 | |||
| The Secrets Of A Truly Sustainable Studio with Deb Flashenberg | 18 Oct 2021 | 01:05:18 | |
In today’s episode, Deb Flashenberg, founder of the Prenatal Yoga Center in NYC shares the secrets behind how she built, and maintained a sustainable business over almost 20 years - even while many other yoga centers have come and gone in that time. I was thrilled to speak with Deb, and shout out to Mado Hesselink (our guest on episode 72) who introduced us. Deb is not only a true expert in her field, but she is also a kick ass business woman. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
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| Aligning Your Business With Your Cycle with Alice Browning | 14 Oct 2021 | 01:12:02 | |
Alice Browning runs an online yoga studio that is a “landing pad for women to feel less isolated and more supported in their own experiences of being a woman.” Early in 2020, like every other yoga teacher, Alice went online - however, she went beyond teaching zoom classes, and stepped into running a full blown online studio, which now hosts several other amazing teachers as well. Throughout the process Alice became more and more clear on her vision, and began “niching down” offering classes, articles and resources specifically for women's health. In this conversation, Alice not only shares her process of growing her online studio, but also how she runs a business in harmony with the cyclical nature of having a menstrual cycle. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND ALICE BROWNING FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/episode86 | |||
| Being A Multi-passionate Yoga & Beyond Business Owner with Ariana Rabinovitch | 04 Oct 2021 | 01:05:44 | |
I first discovered Ariana Rabinovitch’s work in 2015 while I was developing my first 200 HR Yoga Teacher Training. Her podcast, Yoga & Beyond inspired and informed me on so many areas in relation to what we know about yoga from science. Since that time Ariana has continued to contribute to the yoga community through her work at Yoga Research & Beyond, and numerous other projects. On today's show Ariana and I speak about the behind the scenes of her business, and how it’s evolved over the last several years. We get into the power of collaboration in business, balancing many different projects at the same time and embracing marketing as a practice. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
FIND ARIANA RABINOVITCH FIND CORA For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/episode85 | |||