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Marketing 101: The Starter Guide To Private Clients

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This is a HUGE mistake that almost every yoga teacher I know is guilty of making. Now! Let’s talk about your value… I was going to save this worksheet for 1YT Students… …but, since so many teachers told me their biggest problem was not making enough money, I’m giving this to you too. So as […]

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How To Be Smart In A World Of Dumb Yoga Teachers

By Brian Aganad 79 Comments

So, you’ve decided to be a yoga teacher. You’ve done all your homework in preparation for the big event. You’ve prepared your sequences that’ll leave you’re students in awe. You’ve put together the perfect playlist that’ll lull your students into a moving daydream. You can’t wait to to teach a room full of beaming students […]

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TAA 031: 4 Mistakes New Yoga Teachers Make (And How To Fix Them)

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Subscribe and Download the Show HERE! In This Session You’ll Learn: 4 mistakes new yoga teachers make Why it’s important to prepare scripts for your class The 5 key scripts all new yoga teachers should build Why it’s important to be ready with modifications How community can help build and sustain your yoga class The […]

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TAA 027: How to Profit from People that Say “No”

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  In this session you’ll learn: One of the failures of most new yoga teachers (and why they never succeed) “The fortune’s in the follow up” Why you need to ask for something more than once What “No” actually means Why “making” jobs is way more important than “finding” jobs How to properly follow up […]

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TAA 017: How to Get Private Clients (and how to keep them)

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Listen to the show here! In this Session You’ll Learn: The most important thing you should do after you graduate from a teacher training How teaching clients is different from teaching classes How to get your first private clients How to determine your rate Why not all clients are worth it How to protect yourself […]

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An athlete and Bay Area native with an Electrical Engineering degree from USC, Brian discovered his passion for yoga in Santa Monica during college. Having discovered his true calling, he created the Asana Academy as a resource to inspire, educate, and at times entertain, others with his passion and knowledge.

Latest Posts

Marketing 101: The Starter Guide To Private Clients

The 3 Phases Of Press Handstand – Which One Do You Get Stuck On?

How to do the Perfect Jump Back

A Simple 6-Step Process (And 2 Weeks) To Get Your Handstand Away From The Wall

How To Be Smart In A World Of Dumb Yoga Teachers

The Minimalist Guide To Opening Your Hamstrings (and how to double your core strength in 30 days or less)

The Psychology of Excellence: How to Build a Bulletproof Press Handstand Practice

The Definitive Guide to Vaginas

An Open Letter to a Dead Shooter

9 Highly Unusual, yet Supremely Potent Core Exercises (+ Pizza)

Press Handstand Core Exercise #2

Press Handstand Core Exercise #1

The Press Handstand Strategy That Works

How to do Yoga at Work: 23 Essential Office Yoga Poses That’ll Preserve Your Body and Save Your Life

12 Secrets to Handstand Like Lamonte Tales Goode: A Skeptics Guide to True Flight, The Cyber Yoga Revolution (And How to do an Airbaby)

Hangout 1: How To Do Handstand, What Fear Does To Your Balance And Why It Alters Your Mechanics, How To Engage Your Core Properly To Keep Yourself Up, How To Fall, And What To Do If You Have Wrist Pains 

How To Do A Handstand: Why Not Stacking The Hips Properly Can Derail Your Progress

How to Engage your Transverse Abdominis – A Short Guide to Floating Effortlessly and Landing Lightly

The Ultimate Guide to Handstand

Pose Trees, Providing Value to Your Students, and How to Safely Integrate “Advanced Asanas” Into Your Yoga Class

Latest Podcast Episodes

Does the Yoga Industry Exploit Teachers?

TAA 071: The Relationship Between The Hamstrings And The Hip Flexors (And Why This Is Important For Press Handstand)

TAA 070: The Ultimate Guide To Press Handstand

TAA 069: Should You Learn To Jump Or Press To Handstand First?

TAA 068: Speed + Simplicity = Results

TAA 067: Lessons I’ve Learned About Online Business Working With Over 1000 Clients Online

TAA 066: Compression, Hip Flexors & Press Handstand

TAA 065: How Your Movement Patterns Contribute to Back Pain (Understanding The Pain Cycle)

TAA 064: Anatomy Lesson – Understanding the QL (And It’s Role With Press Handstand)

TAA 063: What I’ve Learned About Press Handstand Working With Over 1000 Clients Online (Part 2)

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