Business Breakthrough Mini Series Episode 5: 3 Things We Wish We Knew Then

Over 5 days Laura Petrie and I are teaming up to bring you a week of inspiration, guidance, tips and insights to bring your dream business or your side hustle into fulfilling fullness. As coaches, counselors and passionate small business owners we’re going to support you to get clear on your vision and the next steps to launch your dream business! In this final episode we’re sharing some of the things we wish we knew when we first started out. Hint: don’t make the same ‘mistakes’ we did!

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Business Breakthrough Mini Series Episode 4: Taking the 'Leap' (And Leaving the 'Safety Net')

Over 5 days Laura Petrie and I are teaming up to bring you a week of inspiration, guidance, tips and insights to bring your dream business or your side hustle into fulfilling fullness. As coaches, counselors and passionate small business owners we’re going to support you to get clear on your vision and the next steps to launch your dream business! Today we share three things to bear in mind when planning to leave your job, and the different strategies we’ve used to get to where we are now.

Check out the Business Breakthrough Retreat happening this November here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/november

Follow Laura on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/laurapetriecounsellor/

Follow Amy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/amyyogabizcoach/

Business Breakthrough Mini Series Episode 3: Taking the First (Practical) Steps in Your Biz

Over 5 days Laura Petrie and I are teaming up to bring you a week of inspiration, guidance, tips and insights to bring your dream business or your side hustle into fulfilling fullness. As coaches, counselors and passionate small business owners we’re going to support you to get clear on your vision and the next steps to launch your dream business! In this episode you’ll get three important things you can work on right now as you plan your ‘exit strategy’.

Check out the Business Breakthrough Retreat happening this November here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/november

Follow Laura on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/laurapetriecounsellor/

Follow Amy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/amyyogabizcoach/

Business Breakthrough Mini Series Episode 2: Clear Focus to Navigate Your Biz Path

Over 5 days Laura Petrie and I are teaming up to bring you a week of inspiration, guidance, tips and insights to bring your dream business or your side hustle into fulfilling fullness. As coaches, counselors and passionate small business owners we’re going to support you to get clear on your vision and the next steps to launch your dream business! Today you’ll discover why a clear focus is not only important for success, it will support you in advocating for your business with the people who love you the most.

Check out the Business Breakthrough Retreat happening this November here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/november

Follow Laura on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/laurapetriecounsellor/

Follow Amy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/amyyogabizcoach/

Business Breakthrough Mini Series Episode 1: Dream Big to Shape Your (Biz) Future!

Over 5 days Laura Petrie and I are teaming up to bring you a week of inspiration, guidance, tips and insights to bring your dream business or your side hustle into fulfilling fullness. As coaches, counselors and passionate small business owners we’re going to support you to get clear on your vision and the next steps to launch your dream business! This episode is all about creating your vision: whether you’re brand new in business or recalibrating for new horizons!

Check out the Business Breakthrough Retreat happening this November here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/november

Follow Laura on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/laurapetriecounsellor/

Follow Amy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/amyyogabizcoach/

SEASON FINALE - The 3 Sticky Notes You Need Right Now

This week celebrates the end of Season 12 of the show! I’ve got 3 mini pep talks for you, as well as a reminder to research before deciding to take part in International Yoga Day. Enjoy!

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Feeling The Heart Pull in Creating Your Business

This week I’m speaking with Jessica Berg, the Founder of Moonrock Wellness, a business dedicated to helping women professionals connect back to themselves via online wellness classes and her signature 1:1 coaching program, Connect Back to You. Recently Jessica leapt from her 20-year corporate career to lean fully into her business.

In this interview we discuss so many good things, including the gateway to woo, consistency over duration, selfcare as obligation, creating a great lead magnet, overcoming spreadsheet avoidance, shapeshifting your business and the importance of enthusiasm. Enjoy

Follow Jessica on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/moon_rock_wellness/ and find her online here: https://moonrockwellness.com/

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3 Hot Takes from a Monk and the Importance of Reading Widely

This week I’m sharing three important takeaways from ‘The Ochre Robe: An Autobiography’ by Agehananda Bharati, published in 1970. This book is both beautifully written and opinionated and spicy. You should check it out (and also accept my challenge to read more broadly!)

References:

Bharati, Agehananda (1970) The Ochre Robe: An Autobiography, Doubleday

Read it online here https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.462431

Simpson, Daniel (2021) The Truth of Yoga, North Point Press, New York

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Choosing Your Texts and Your Teachers- the Vijñāna-bhairava-Tantra as a case study (TEASER)

This week is rest week for the main feed, but I’ve got a really good episode for you over on Patreon! Think confirmation bias, new age conflation and the difference a one-degree change in navigation can make to a lifetime journey. And all through the lens of the VBT. It’ll cost you $5 to listen, and you’l get loads of other goodies for your contribution. Unconvinced? Well, here’s the first twenty minutes to check for yourself!

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How to Keep Your Sequences Safe, Smart and Suitably Spicy!

This week i’ve got a delight for you! Sage Rountree joins me to talk all things sequencing. You’ll LOVE it! Sage is a pioneer in yoga for athletes and a yoga teacher trainer whose ten books include Everyday Yoga, Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses, and The Art of Yoga Sequencing, her most recent book which I COMPLETELY recommend. Sage speaks, teaches workshops, and leads trainings internationally and online at sagerountree.com.

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Pricing Day Retreats with Purpose and Confidence

Do you offer Day Retreats? How do you price them? An average of what other teachers around you charge? What you think people might pay? And how do you estimate your profits? How much is left over after paying everyone else? You’re in for a treat, Lovely. Here’s the best way to figure out how much to charge, and how to earn what your time and energy is worth. Enjoy!

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Yoga, Science, Health Care and Dharma

This week I’m speaking with the insightful and inspiring Heather Mason. Heather is the founder of both The Minded Institute and the Yoga in Health Care Alliance. She holds master’s degrees in Buddhist Studies, in Psychotherapy, Medical Physiology, and has extensive training in Neuroscience. Heather has been teaching yoga since 2001 and has specialized in the use of yoga therapy for mental health populations since 2007. Actively focused on the integration of yoga into healthcare, in 2018 Heather helped create an All-Party Parliamentary Group, “Yoga in Society”. Heather has also co-authored “Yoga and Mental Health” and “Yoga on Prescription”. In 2023 Heather and co-director Elaine Collins developed the first yoga therapy psychotherapy course in the world.

Learn more about Heather’s work here: https://themindedinstitute.com/ and here: https://www.yogainhealthcarealliance.com/

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Modern Postural Yoga's Most Polarising Book? Part 1 (TEASER)

There’s no new episode on the main feed this week, but I’ve got a long listen over on Patreon for you! It features an interview I did with an author back in 2017. And I need your feedback to formulate Part 2… Which camp are you in when it comes to this text? I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

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My Process for Managing Styāna, Samśaya and Pramādā

Patanjali lists 9 disturbances or Antarayas that can take us out of practice and Yoga. Today I’m addressing the 3 I think can be most problematic for Yoga Teachers when it comes to the business part of what it is that we do and suggesting my. own personal strategy for overcoming them.

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4 Business Reasons to Film Your Personal Practice

I’ve been experimenting with filming my own practice over the past few months and I’ve got some really useful insights to share. NOTE: filming your practice must not come at the expense of you being present and doing your Yoga for YOU. This is not about changing, modifying or performing for the camera. It IS about using something you’re already doing in 4 new ways. Enjoy!

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How to Handle Refund Requests (and Other Tricky Conversations)

This week I’m trying something new: I’m unpacking an email exchange from my own Yoga business and drawing 2 tips out for you on how to better handle snarky customer service requests. Let me know what you think about this, and whether case studies should be a repeat event. Also diversions into Jay Shetty, becoming a monk and me accidentally hitting Ana Forrest in the face. Enjoy!

The Abundant Yoga Teacher Retreat 2025 is now open for registrations! And this will be THE VERY LAST ONE. Learn more here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/retreats

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5 Lessons from 15 Years of Retreats Part 2 (TEASER)

After teaching my Retreat for 15 years I’ve learned A LOT. This week I’m teasing you with Part 2 of this exploration. To listen to the entire episode, sign up for a 7-day free trial over on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/AmyMcDonald

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5 Lessons from 15 Years of Retreats

After teaching my Retreat for 15 years I’ve learned A LOT. This week I’m sharing 5 of the top lessons (spoiler: I only got through 3…) along with some stories and wild tangents. I know, shocker!

The Abundant Yoga Teacher Retreat 2025 is now open for registrations! And this will be THE VERY LAST ONE. Learn more here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/retreats

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The Art & Business of Teaching Yoga

This week on the show I am speaking with special guest Amy Ippoliti. Amy is the co-author of The Art & Business of Teaching Yoga and cofounder of Vesselify (formerly 90 Monkeys), an online resource for yoga professionals. Amy teaches on YogaInternational.com and has been a presenter at the Omega Institute, Esalen, and Kripalu, as well as the Telluride Yoga Festival and Hanuman Festival.visit her online at www.amyippoliti.com and www.vesselify.com. Here’s the link to the book’s product page on Amazon: https://a.co/d/cxSQzJN 

The Abundant Yoga Teacher Retreat 2025 is now open for registrations! And this will be THE VERY LAST ONE. Learn more here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/retreats

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Spotting Saṃketa in Business

The Abundant Yoga Teacher Retreat 2025 is now open for registrations! And this will be THE VERY LAST ONE. Learn more here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/retreats

This week I’m challenging you to look for where the token has become the main thing. Where are you confusing the symbol for the real work? What is actually a token rather than an effective action? In this episode I’m asking you to spot Saṃketa in business so you can ensure you’re getting the real benefit from the work you’re doing!

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REFERENCES

Dass, Ram (2004) Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita, Three Rivers Press, New York

Wallis, Christopher, D (2023) Near Enemies of the Truth: Avoid the Pitfalls of the Spiritual Life and Become Radically Free, Wonderwell, Los Angeles