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Working in Yoga
Join yoga studio owner, yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and yoga non-profit founder Rebecca Sebastian for a water cooler discussion of what it is to work in the yoga world.
We will talk about our experiences, good & bad, connect with each other, share tips freely, and tell our stories.
Many years ago a yoga-teacher friend of mine said to me “the one things I don’t like about being a yoga teacher is there’s no water cooler”. And he was right. (thanks James).
So…
Episodes
Working in YogaHosting Sacred Experiences. A Conversation with Ransom Hare & The Himalayan Institute
There is something special when we take folks out of their own lives and to a new place. This week on the podcast I got the chance to talk with The Himalayan…
Working in YogaEvent Planning Secrets. A Conversation with Amy Zellmer
Have you ever been curious about presenting at a conference? Wanted to know what event planners are looking for, want you to know, and what to steer clear of?…
Working in YogaCan We Get A Vacation? A Chat With Heather Horrell
Admit it, you’ve probably at least thought once or twice about taking your yoga students on a retreat. Where would you go? Costa Rica? Puerto Rico? California?…
Working in YogaThat's A Perfect Wrap. What We Learned, And What's Next.
8 Guests. Tons of words of wisdom. A mini-lesson on white supremacy. That’s what I call a series. This episode takes clips from each episode and guides you…
Working in YogaCan You Be The Perfect Activist? A Learning Conversation w/ Colice Sanders
I had a question that was bothering me. From episode one of this series (w/ Dr. Shyam Ranganathan) I have been asking and chatting about how we are holding our…
Working in YogaYour Marketing Doesn’t Need To Be Perfect. A Conversation with Tristan Katz
Marketing in the yoga space makes me actively cringe sometimes. When I venture outside my very tightly curated algorithm, I find a whole world of matching…
Working in YogaProductivity vs. Perfection. How the hell do we get stuff done? A conversation with Pooja Virani
This is the conversation I didn’t know I needed. Productivity is such a huge part of who we are, and that feels like it goes double for those of us who work…
Working in YogaLet's Gather Together. A Conversation w/ Sedona Yoga Festival Founder Heather Shereé Sanders
Let’s talk festivals, yoga friends. Festivals, conferences, and workshops are where we learn, connect, and nourish our profession together. We meet new…
Working in YogaWhat Does It Mean For You To Already Be Good Enough? A Chat w/ Steff Gallante
Let’s admit it. Yoga and wellness spaces can sometimes be intimidating at best, and downright unwelcoming at worst. And a lot of our experiences within those…
Working in YogaWe Might Be Wrong. A Perfectionism Conversation with Daniel Simpson
I think a lot of people are like me, we enjoy being right more than we like being wrong. But I also think that leads a lot of us down this path of seeking the…
Working in YogaThe Perfect Yoga Teacher
What does the internet think is the perfect yoga teacher? Well, I found out. It’s a long list, friends. So get a pen, pour yourself some tea, and have a…
Working in YogaColin Hall Answers The Question “Why So Serious?”
It isn’t often you have a guest on a podcast who doesn’t mind a Joker reference in the title. In fact, I didn’t even ask Colin if it was okay that I called the…
Working in YogaYou Are Worthy, We Promise. A Perfectionism & Meditation Talk w/ Ann Swanson
As yoga professionals we have all had moments where we have felt like we should be more perfect. Do we know enough? Do we honor yoga enough? Should we even be…
Working in YogaCan We Think Our Way Out Of Perfection? A Conversation with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan
Yoga classes are great at telling us how to move our bodies, but not so much on how to think. So this week’s podcast has a guest who will do just that. Enter…
Working in YogaThe Perfect Podcast
Can we spend some time together talking about perfectionism? I think so many of us in the yoga space, and in life in general, struggle with this idea of what…
Working in YogaBeing of Service, Grief, and Our Spiritual Callings. A Conversation with Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Welcome to 2024, Yoga Pros. Our first podcast of the year is with the delightful Michelle Cassandra Johnson, and I was lucky enough to get to ask her so many…
Working in YogaBONUS: Our Year in Yoga 2023
Welcome to our year-end wrap-up episode on Working In Yoga! We are counting down the things that happened this year, why they matter, and what we are looking…
Working in YogaBonus Episode: Pooja Virani and Our Obsession with Being "Good" Yoga Folks
Another bonus episode with my friend Pooja is up this week. Pooja and I talk about yoga’s moral superiority complex, which essentially that means we often…
Working in YogaWhy Is All Our Money In Our Pants? A 'From The Archive' Conversation w/ Pooja Virani
This week is a conversation from the vault that didn’t make it to the podcast feed last year because sometimes life gets to be a lot. But the conversation is…
Working in YogaOrganizing to Support Our Community. A Conversation with Val Sklar Robinson
This week on the podcast I have the founder of the Original Hot Yoga Association, Val Sklar Robinson on the podcast. As a lot of you know, I love organizers…
Working in YogaYour Yoga Business. An Interview with Ava Taylor
Have you mapped out Your Yoga Business? This week we talk to Ava Taylor, founder of Yama Talent, creator of so many things within this industry, and author of…
Working in YogaYoga Teacher Training. An Appetizer.
This week I am covering the first of what I feel like will be many episodes about yoga teacher training programs. I have long thought this was the absolute…
Working in YogaOur Favorite Alternatives. An Interview With Nyk Danu
This week on the podcast we chat with yoga misfit, Nyk Danu. I love our conversation about alternative spaces, marketing, and mindsets when we talk about all…
Working in YogaOur Accessible Future. An Interview with Jivana Heyman
You’ve heard of Accessible Yoga, right? The movement started with the term, which was coined around 2007 by today’s guest. Jivana and I talk all about our…
Working in YogaGet Ready To Swipe Right. Yoga Green Flags
So what if that came across your feed? >> Independent Yoga Professional looking for the right match. Warm, welcoming, and inclusive are a must. Neat and tidy…
Working in YogaCan We Be Trauma-Informed? A Conversation With Joanne Spence.
Have you ever called yourself “trauma-informed”? Have you ever wondered what it means to be a trauma-informed yoga teacher? This episode is an evolving…
Working in YogaReal Talk About Online Learning w/ Zaria Rochester
Let’s really push forward this conversation about online learning, shall we? So many times we either vilify training to be a yoga teacher online or we act like…
Working in YogaAre We Dateable? Yoga Industry Red Flags.
What if you came across this Hinge profile? “Single and ready to Mingle Caucasian. Female. Ages 25-39. Looking to “find her zen”. Immediate pass on anyone not…
Working in YogaHow To Be A Yoga Researcher w/ Steffany Moonaz
This week we are talking about the profession of yoga research w/ Dr. Steffany Moonaz, the founder of Yoga For Arthritis. Steffany tells us about the unique…
Working in YogaThe Next Generation of Yoga Studio Owners w/ Nicole D’Andrea
Smart women talking about the thing that lights them up. In Nicole’s case that is business and money. Money is the conversation we all avoid like the plague in…
Working in YogaEvolving Conversations: Our New Understanding of Consent and Touch w/ Cheri Dostal Ryba
This week’s episode is part of our fall series on Working In Yoga called Evolving Conversations. We are taking some of the things that we find most difficult…
Working in YogaYoga Professional Summertime Self-Care Series 4: Reset, Recharge, Renew
This is our last episode for Summertime Self-Care for 2023. What are you doing to recharge yourself before we get busy? Have you thought through your concrete…
Working in YogaYoga Professional Summertime Self-Care Series 3: The Dip.
This week we are talking all about “the dip” (thanks Seth Godin for the inspo). The dip is the inevitable downward slide we all experience when we are on an…
Working in YogaYoga Professional Summertime Care Series 2: New Goals and Fresh Starts
This week on the podcast we talk about starting over again mid-year. What are your goals now that we are more than halfway through the year? How can we shift…
Working in YogaYoga Professional Summertime Care. What We Do With All This Quiet.
This week we are talking about summertime in the yoga industry. As we all likely know, yoga is a seasonal job—and summertime is when we slow down. What happens…
Working in YogaSteff Gallante And The One Self-Care Podcast You Needed To Hear.
This week I have Steff Gallante on the podcast, and she and I get to talk about my favorite thing, self-care. Steff and I are both self-care professionals who…
Working in YogaThe Power Of Subtle Yoga w/ Kristine Kaoverii Weber
Sometimes you get to meet people whom you admire, and they surprise you by being as cool as you hoped they were. That has always been the case with Kristine…
Working in YogaThe Birthing And Becoming Of A Yoga Professional. A Conversation with Deb Flashenberg
Have you ever wondered how people who are incredibly dialed into their niche go there? This week I have an interview with my new friend Deb Flashenburg. Deb is…
Working in YogaWhat Happens After Yoga Teacher Training? A Conversation With Root To Rise Yogis
You’ve done it. You’ve gotten the certificate, fallen even more in love with yoga than ever. Now how do you be THAT yoga teacher? You know, the one with the…
Working in YogaBuilding An Online Yoga Business with Billie Smith
This week on the podcast I have my friend Billie Smith joining me, and we talk all about all things in starting an online membership. Billie and I also chat…
Working in YogaSadie Nardini & Shannon Crow Surprise the Hell Out of Me. The Future of Online Yoga Teaching.
This podcast episode was a total surprise for me, and this week I am excited to share the conversation with you all. Sadie’s comments on teaching yoga online…
Working in YogaThe Next Generation of Yoga Professionals: Online vs. In-Person Teaching
We are the next generation of yoga professionals. So how do we shift into our more professional, more inclusive, more lucrative, more nourishing era? Let’s…
Working in YogaYoga Professionals Evolving Our Careers with Cheri Dostal Ryba
Welcome to Working In Yoga! This week on the podcast I am chatting about all things embodiment with Cheri Dostal Ryba. Cheri and I connected within the yoga…
Working in YogaYoga Instructor Shop Talk: Thoughts On Consent In Our Spaces
This week we talk about the ever-evolving topic of consent in our yoga rooms. How do we address consent to touch our students in 2023? How do we navigate…
Working in YogaUpdates From The Activism And Yoga Teach Training World. What happens how?
You might have heard the story of infamous yoga teacher Bikram Choudhury attempting to host yoga training workshops in Canada earlier this year. You might have…
Working in YogaDoing Our Part. The Responsibility of Yoga Teachers To Each Other.
In February of 2023 there was an event that was created in Vancouver, Canada advertising that convicted predator, Bikram Choudhury, was to come to Canada to…
Working in YogaWhat does yoga industry leadership look like?
You might have heard that we are facing a recession, right? It is one of those things that seems to be both highly talked about and also very hushed. ARE we in…
Working in YogaProfessionals Working Together. Collaboration as a superpower with John Cotrell, Allison Rissel, and Sheri Fisher.
I've said often that teaching yoga is a lonely job. We come into work often by ourselves, we lead people in classes where the power dynamic is inharently…
Working in YogaTeaching The Whole Family Ecosystem: w/ Camelia Felton
Unsurprisingly, in the West, we focus a lot on the individual within a yoga practice. We also think about yoga practitioners as primarily a particular age…
Working in YogaYoga Therapists Making Impact: An Interview with Osiris Booque
Yoga professionals like to talk a lot about how we can be "of service" in our communities. But often we get overwhelmed or feel lost in our daily lives and…
Working in YogaThe Journey to Break the Yoga Instructor Mold w/ Haley Niichel
Have you ever felt like a broke-ass yoga teacher? Yeah, me too. Today in the podcast is Haley Niichel, talking about how she is working in break the mold of…
Working in YogaRethinking the Yoga Industry Ecosystem. An Interview w/ Tawnia Converse
For so many years I considered two factions of the yoga industry at war with one another. There were the fitness people, the people teaching what felt like…
Working in YogaThe One About How We Didn’t Quit in 2022 w/ Shannon Crow
Sometimes podcasts really do get to talk to the coolest people. That sentence feels significant since so much of our industry is full of feelings of isolation…
Working in YogaTales of Yoga at the Border. An Interview with Casa de Paz SLV’s Gina Barrett
One of my ultimate goals for this podcast has always been to highlight the really cool work that yoga professionals are doing in their local communities to…
Working in YogaFrom Corporate Stress to Corporate Wellness. A journey with Stephanie Singleton
Have you ever said, “I’m just a yoga teacher”? I sure have. The idea that somehow yoga, as a profession either is of lesser importance or even for some folks…
Working in YogaCommunity and Therapeutics in the Yoga Space w/ John Cottrell.
There has long been a controversy within yoga spaces. What makes us qualified to do what we do? What makes us able to guide people through movement practices…
Working in YogaWe Need To Talk About Our Grief.
I have noticed this odd pattern while talking to folks in our industry over the last several months. I have had the privilege of traveling to teach for some…
Working in YogaComing to Yoga To Heal w/ Sonya Chapnick
I love asking people what their superhero origin stories are for yoga. How did you come to yoga? What made you stay and make it your career? I often hear…
Working in YogaLeading Your Yoga Business With Your Heart. A Masterclass with Sigrid Strebe
In yoga business, it often feels hard to reconcile what it is to run a business and what it is to be a true yoga practitioner. Sometimes those two worlds feel…
Working in YogaSEVA and Your Yoga Business.
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