Working in Yoga
By Rebecca Sebastian
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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 let’s use this podcast as our water cooler. This past year, especially, has been so hard for us. Let’s talk about it. Share our stories, our unique jobs, and a sense of community that we all need.
Want in? Take a listen.
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Capital, Trauma-Informed Practice & a Cautionary Tale — With Nana Amoako-Anin (Part 1)
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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The Math Nobody Does: The Studio Job Math
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Yoga Philosophy, Virtue Ethics & Why Dissatisfaction Is the Beginning — A Revisited Conversation With Dr. Shyam Ranganathan
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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The Math Nobody Does: The Continuing Education Math
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Perfectionism, Activism & White Supremacy Culture in Yoga — A Revisited Conversation With Colice Sanders
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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The Math Nobody Does: The Yoga Therapy Credential Math
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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How We Built the Yoga Organizations We Have — A Revisited Conversation With Amara Miller
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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The Math Nobody Does: The Going Independent Math
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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A Conversation Worth Revisiting — Yoga Teacher Training Best Practices With Leslie Pearlman
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The Math Nobody Does: The Studio Owner Math
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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What We Got Right — And What's Coming Next: The 2026 Yoga Industry Forecast
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May 28, 2026 |
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The Math Nobody Does: The 200-Hour Training Math
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May 25, 2026 |
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Building Something That Has Never Been Built Before: Introducing Inside Yoga Magazine, Issue 1
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May 21, 2026 |
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Nobody Told You Working Until You Die Isn't Devotion, It's A Missing Retirement Account
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May 18, 2026 |
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Mapping the Real Landscape of Yoga Teaching Today — With Alexia Walker
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May 14, 2026 |
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Nobody Told You It's Okay To Feel Taken Advantage Of
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May 11, 2026 |
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The Economics of Yoga — Curiosity, Community Spaces & Staying in the Work With Reika Shucart
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May 07, 2026 |
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Nobody Told You Almost Everyone Came Here To Regulate Trauma
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May 04, 2026 |
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Data, Transparency & Building the Yoga Industry We Actually Deserve — With Dr. Stevie Inghram (Part 2)
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Nobody Told You The Organizations Believe In Yoga, Not In You
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Debt, Standards, and Who's Really Looking Out for You — With Dr. Stevie Inghram (Part 1)
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Nobody Told You Yoga Therapy Jobs Don't Exist
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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How to Build the Doors Yourself — Yoga Therapy in Clinical Settings With Jenna Csont & Whitney Pasch (Part 2)
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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What Nobody Told You: Nobody Told You The Sequence.
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Yoga Therapy Jobs in Clinical Settings — With Jenna Csont & Whitney Pasch (Part 1)
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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What Nobody Told You: The Organizations Don't Actually Represent You.
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Do Higher Standards Actually Help Us? A Conversation with Steffany Moonaz
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Nobody Told You There's No Safety Net — And That's Both The Problem And The Freedom
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The Quiet Transactional Culture of Yoga and Wellness
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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BONUS EPISODE: The Financial Cost of a Broken System
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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When Yoga Studios Sell Belonging: Community, Power, and MLM Culture in the Yoga World
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Money, Creativity, & AI Updates: What Yoga Teachers Need to Know in 2026
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Taking Yoga Beyond the Studio: Building Community Care in Schools with Shelly Auld
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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When Yoga Leaves the Room. Intuition, Somatic Education, and Working with Animals with Gloria Hester
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Burnout, Belonging, and the Future of Yoga Work with Suzie Carmack
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Why Yoga Has No Career Ladder (and Why That’s Not Your Fault)
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Community, Standards, and the Future of Yoga with Rebel Tucker
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Let’s Get Weird: Neuroqueering Yoga, Teaching, and the Art of Doing Things Differently
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Designing for Everyone: Neurodivergence, Experience, and How We Build Yoga Spaces (Part Two)
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Making Room for Everyone: Neurodivergence, Grace, and Inclusion in Yoga
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Some Conversations Don’t Belong in the Same Room.
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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The Shape of Yoga Work Right Now
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Structure, Skill, and Soul: Rethinking Creativity in Yoga Teaching with Arundhati Baitmangalkar
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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The Creative Work of Yoga Therapy: Skills, Boundaries & Burnout Care with Mandy Henderly
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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The Creative Metrics of a Yoga Pro: Planning, People & Paying Attention. A Chat with Carol Rossi
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Yoga Marketing Tips: Ethical, Creative Strategies for Yoga Professionals with Kiki Burke
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Creativity as a Practice: How Yoga Teachers Can Cultivate Innovation, Curiosity, and the Art of ‘Yes, And’ w/ Per Erez
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The Art of Responsive Teaching: Creativity, Storytelling, and the Future of Yoga in the Age of AI. A Chat w/ Ransom Noble
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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“What Makes Us Creative Royalty? A Learning Conversation with Cheri Dostal Ryba”
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Creative CEO: Coaching, AI, and Letting Go of Shame with Bridget Regan
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Taking Inspiration from All These Things I’ve Done: Creativity, Tension, and Teaching Yoga Authentically w/ Julia Andreini
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Yoga, Creativity, and Employee Wellbeing: Improvisation and Imagination for Modern Yoga Professionals
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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We’re Gonna Party Like It’s Issue 0-99 ♀️ — Announcing Inside Yoga Magazine
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Yoga Business Trends 2026: Data, Service, and Building Confidence with Michael Jay
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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I'm Every Woman. A Feminist Resistance and Yoga Deep Dive with Anjali Rao
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Starman or Salesman? The Truth About Online Yoga Teacher Trainings. A Training Conversation with Katlyn Greiner.
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Isn’t It Ironic? The Real Numbers Behind Yoga Studio Profitability. A Conversation With Gina Ward.
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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We're Going The Distance? A Conversation with Kris Maul on Licensure.
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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What I Learned About Our Labor. AI, Tech, And Working In Yoga.
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Code Away With Me. A Conversation on AI & Tech with Ram Bhakt
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Do We Need To Calm Down About AI? An Intellectual Property and YTT Convo w/ Melissa Adylia Calasanz.
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Is This Our Real Life? A Tech Rhapsody and Conversation with Kimberly Searl
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Sending Out An AI S.O.S. How We Can Use Tech and Still Be Human. A Chat with Justin Deangelo.
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Is AI Like The Karma Police? A Yoga Philosophy Convo with Mandi King
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May 15, 2025 |
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AI Kills The Studio Star? A discussion of yoga, tech, and AI starring J Brown.
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May 01, 2025 |
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Daydreaming About A Disposable Workforce? Here come AI & Tech in Yoga.
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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It's Like All The Tension, But Never Actually Getting Laid. Why We Can't Seem to Quit Yoga Organizations
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Your Yoga Orgs Should Work For YOU. A Conversation with Jivana Heyman.
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Let’s Stick Together, Like Birds Of A Feather. An Organizing Conversation w/ Davy Jones
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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How Does My Business Keep Me Satisfied? Conversations on Spirituality and Business with Lisa Pearson
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Celebrations, Realizations, and Strange Overtones. 100 Episodes of Working In Yoga
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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The Org That I Used To Know. What Is Next For Yoga Therapy? A Conversation with Michele Lawrence
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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New Profession, Same Old Mistakes? A Researcher's Thoughts with Dr. Steffany Moonaz
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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The Full License. A Deep Dive with Stevie Ingram
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Orgs! What Are They Good For? A Conversation with Leslie Kaminoff
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Are Our Organizations Even Listening To Us? A New Series
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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The One About Friends Having Hard Conversations with Shannon Crow
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Best Practices For Yoga Teacher Training. A Conversation with Leslie Pearlman
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Are Our Standards Up To Snuff? A Chat with Stephanie Adams
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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How Did Our YTT System Happen? A Conversation with Amara Miller
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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How We Train Matters. A Deep Dive with Anjali Rao
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Our Greatest Magic Trick
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Building A Box So We Can Get Creative. A Training Conversation w/ Hannah Teutscher
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Preferences and Anatomy. A Discussion with Erin Ehlers.
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Yoga Teacher Trainings. A Conversation w/ Theo & Harriet of The Yoga Teacher's Survival Guide
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Protecting Your Relationships. A Legal Chat with Cory Sterling
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Hosting Sacred Experiences. A Conversation with Ransom Hare & The Himalayan Institute
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May 20, 2024 |
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Event Planning Secrets. A Conversation with Amy Zellmer
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May 08, 2024 |
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Can We Get A Vacation? A Chat With Heather Horrell
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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That's A Perfect Wrap. What We Learned, And What's Next.
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Can You Be The Perfect Activist? A Learning Conversation w/ Colice Sanders
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Your Marketing Doesn’t Need To Be Perfect. A Conversation with Tristan Katz
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Productivity vs. Perfection. How the hell do we get stuff done? A conversation with Pooja Virani
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Let's Gather Together. A Conversation w/ Sedona Yoga Festival Founder Heather Shereé Sanders
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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What Does It Mean For You To Already Be Good Enough? A Chat w/ Steff Gallante
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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We Might Be Wrong. A Perfectionism Conversation with Daniel Simpson
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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The Perfect Yoga Teacher
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Colin Hall Answers The Question “Why So Serious?”
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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You Are Worthy, We Promise. A Perfectionism & Meditation Talk w/ Ann Swanson
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Can We Think Our Way Out Of Perfection? A Conversation with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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The Perfect Podcast
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Being of Service, Grief, and Our Spiritual Callings. A Conversation with Michelle Cassandra Johnson
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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BONUS: Our Year in Yoga 2023
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Pooja Virani and Our Obsession with Being "Good" Yoga Folks
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Why Is All Our Money In Our Pants? A 'From The Archive' Conversation w/ Pooja Virani
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Organizing to Support Our Community. A Conversation with Val Sklar Robinson
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Your Yoga Business. An Interview with Ava Taylor
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Yoga Teacher Training. An Appetizer.
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Our Favorite Alternatives. An Interview With Nyk Danu
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Our Accessible Future. An Interview with Jivana Heyman
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Get Ready To Swipe Right. Yoga Green Flags
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Can We Be Trauma-Informed? A Conversation With Joanne Spence.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Real Talk About Online Learning w/ Zaria Rochester
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Are We Dateable? Yoga Industry Red Flags.
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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How To Be A Yoga Researcher w/ Steffany Moonaz
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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The Next Generation of Yoga Studio Owners w/ Nicole D’Andrea
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Evolving Conversations: Our New Understanding of Consent and Touch w/ Cheri Dostal Ryba
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Yoga Professional Summertime Self-Care Series 4: Reset, Recharge, Renew
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Yoga Professional Summertime Self-Care Series 3: The Dip.
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Yoga Professional Summertime Care Series 2: New Goals and Fresh Starts
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Yoga Professional Summertime Care. What We Do With All This Quiet.
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Steff Gallante And The One Self-Care Podcast You Needed To Hear.
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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The Power Of Subtle Yoga w/ Kristine Kaoverii Weber
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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The Birthing And Becoming Of A Yoga Professional. A Conversation with Deb Flashenberg
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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What Happens After Yoga Teacher Training? A Conversation With Root To Rise Yogis
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Building An Online Yoga Business with Billie Smith
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May 25, 2023 |
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Sadie Nardini & Shannon Crow Surprise the Hell Out of Me. The Future of Online Yoga Teaching.
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May 19, 2023 |
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The Next Generation of Yoga Professionals: Online vs. In-Person Teaching
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May 10, 2023 |
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Yoga Professionals Evolving Our Careers with Cheri Dostal Ryba
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Yoga Instructor Shop Talk: Thoughts On Consent In Our Spaces
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Updates From The Activism And Yoga Teach Training World. What happens how?
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Doing Our Part. The Responsibility of Yoga Teachers To Each Other.
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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What does yoga industry leadership look like?
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Professionals Working Together. Collaboration as a superpower with John Cotrell, Allison Rissel, and Sheri Fisher.
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Teaching The Whole Family Ecosystem: w/ Camelia Felton
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Yoga Therapists Making Impact: An Interview with Osiris Booque
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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The Journey to Break the Yoga Instructor Mold w/ Haley Niichel
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Rethinking the Yoga Industry Ecosystem. An Interview w/ Tawnia Converse
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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The One About How We Didn’t Quit in 2022 w/ Shannon Crow
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Tales of Yoga at the Border. An Interview with Casa de Paz SLV’s Gina Barrett
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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From Corporate Stress to Corporate Wellness. A journey with Stephanie Singleton
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Community and Therapeutics in the Yoga Space w/ John Cottrell.
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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We Need To Talk About Our Grief.
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Coming to Yoga To Heal w/ Sonya Chapnick
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Leading Your Yoga Business With Your Heart. A Masterclass with Sigrid Strebe
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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SEVA and Your Yoga Business.
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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THE POOJA CHRONICLES Part 2. The Yoga Alliance. Screwed With, Screwed Without.
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Alexandra Salas and Digital Learning Best Practices
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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THE POOJA CHRONICLES Part 1. Yoga, MLM Strategy, and Anna Delvey if she were a business coach.
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May 30, 2022 |
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Having our feet in two worlds. Specialities, Niches, and The General Love of Yoga.
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May 02, 2022 |
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Laree Schouweiler, social change, and the hard convos yoga folks need to have
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Ericka Thomas and Trauma-Informed Movement
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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The one with real talk about what is interesting in the yoga industry right now...and what isn't.
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Connecting the dots. A discussion on sharing all of us in our work with Colleen Jorgensen
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Deconstruction with Dr. Katie Blake
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Let's Get Paid, Yoga Professionals.
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Quitting Yoga
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Sigrid Strebe and Creative Yoga Studio Brainstorming.
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Amy Wheeler & Money Mindset for Yoga Professionals
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Pamela Brown and The GYMs Act
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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What Was It Like?
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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The Value of Online with Aly Paws
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Business and Yoga with Dr. Lisa Holland
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Nicole D'Andrea and Smart Studio Ownership
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Working In Yoga Episode #6: Allison Rissel and some real talk about the challenges and joys we found in COVID.
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Working In Yoga Episode 5: Selling Yoga
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Working In Yoga Episode #4: Jo Bregard and Mastering Self-Care
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Working In Yoga Episode #3: Stephanie Tencer and Creative Studio Ownership
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Working In Yoga Episode #2: Carri Uranga talks travelling teacher trainings.
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Working In Yoga Episode #1: Rebecca's Origin Story
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May 22, 2021 |