1. Know what you really want to do as a yoga teacher and write it down everyday. Step one is figuring out what you want. After you write down all the things you want to achieve as a yoga teacher, write down 3 things you can do each day to move closer to that goal. A Harvard study on goals revealed that those who have goals and write them down, make 10 times the amount of those who don't!
For example: I want to write a best selling yoga book that reaches millions of people and helps change those peoples lives for the better.
3 Ways I can get moving on that today:
1. Brainstorm niche ideas that I know a lot about.
2. Practice by submitting an article to ezine.
3. Begin reading a new yoga book today.
2. Learn how to advertise with no to little money. As a yoga teacher you must get yourself out there and get known to the public if you are going to become a higher paid yoga teacher. Experiment with face book, twitter, my space, Craig list, you tube, Google video, Google AdWords, super pages and other sources of free to inexpensive advertising. You should always have a note book with you to take your students email addresses down on. Even if you can't use the email addresses right away, in the future they will be your greatest asset to reaching those who know you and may be interested in your yoga retreat or teacher training or new yoga product. You should also regularly submit press releases to your local news paper announcing anything new or special that you are doing as a yoga teacher.
3. Create a yoga product and turn it into passive income. Create a meditation cd or a low budget DVD to sell to your students. You can easily do either of these if you have a camera and a Mac computer. If you don't have the know how, no worries, you have a service you can barter with someone who does have the know how to help you create your yoga product. I have done this. You give them yoga lessons; they produce a CD or DVD for you! You should then eventually barter with someone to help you sell that product online and turn it into easy passive income.
4. Get private clients and then get their referrals. At every group yoga class you teach, mention that you are available for privates and have some flyers or brochures that state all the different issues you could address in a private session, don't go on an on about how great you are, go on and on about how great you will make someone feel with your special brand of yoga. Once you get a private client, say to them after their second or third session with you, "If you are happy with the work we are doing, I would greatly appreciate it if you could refer me to your friends. I am working hard at building up my own yoga business and I could use some help. Here is my card if you think of anyone that could also benefit from private yoga lessons with me." These lines work, I promise! If you could get just a few privates a week at $50-$75 this will greatly increase your monthly income and your private clientele will only grow and grow until you no longer have to teach group classes.
Jane Foody is a professional, experienced registered yoga teacher (ERYT, recognized by Yoga Alliance). She directs a yoga teacher training in Orlando, Florida where she certifies people to teach yoga. Jane is also a professional hypnotist. Jane has written and released a hypnosis CD for yoga teachers. The CD motivates, inspires and guides yoga teachers to make more money and be the best yoga teachers they can be. Go to lucrativeyogabusiness.com lucrativeyogabusiness.com/ for yoga business help or yogajanetraining.com yogajanetraining.com/ to learn how to become a certified yoga teacher.
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