Podcast Intro:

Coach of the month, Marcella Fulco, is an MD from Italy who went down the research path to study biochemistry and molecular biology.  Her life path has led her to America to work for the National Institute of Health, marriage, and motherhood, teaching yoga, back to Europe, and now to Yoga Health Coaching!

Join in on this informative conversation where Anna gets the inside scoop on Marcella’s unique journey- transitioning from teaching part-time, leading her course in another language, successes her group members are experiences, her future goals for her business model, and so much more.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why it can be nice to have a small community.
• How to modify the course to another language.
• Where to incorporate your unique wisdom into the course.

Links/CTA:

• Design the Journey You’re Meant to Lead – Lead the Journey for Wellness Pros
• Check out the latest episodes
  • Group Membership Coaching: Difficult Members, Difficult Situations
  • DM’ing to Boost Your Sales for Wellness Pros
• Marcella Fulco links:
  • https://www.instagram.com/marcellafulco_yoga_lifestyle/
  • https://www.marcellafulcoyoga.com
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcella-fulco-616579a/

Highlights: 

• Marcella talks about how saying “yes” to new things led her to now.
• Marcella talks about her MD background and bringing science into her course. 
• Marcello tells us about her training in Yoga for Stress and Anxiety.

Timestamps:

• [4:18 min]- Journey into the YHC business model.
• [8:02 min]- Leading a unique journey from the YHC model. 
• [11:05 min]- Adapting the course to another language.  
• [13:30 min]- Course members’ experience.
• [17:09min]- Growth goals.
• [22:05 min]- Biggest shifts and breakthroughs

Quotes:

• “I started to feel the pressure that now I needed to transfer this knowledge into the world.”
•  “I did the three-month body thrive and it was incredible.  I shot through so many of the limiting beliefs that I had.”
•  “Just experiment for a few days and you’ll see the results.”
•  “Being small, it has benefits because people really know each other and they are sort of becoming friends and really supporting each other in the journey so they don’t feel alone.”
• “I notice that as the confidence grows, the ability to charge more [grows].”

Guest Bio: Marcella Fulco

I graduated with an MD in Palermo, Italy, and right after, during my residency program, I moved to Rome to do research in a laboratory molecular biology. I decided then that my career would be in science and I did a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, which I completed in the States at the NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda Md. I remained at the NIH for 10 years, first as a postdoc and then as a Staff scientist. My family then relocated to San Diego, where I took a pause from working and discovered Yoga, I became a Yoga teacher and a Yoga Therapist.

In 2006 we moved back to Europe, and I live now in Munich, Germany, with my husband and 2 children (12 and 17). I tried to make a living as a Yoga teacher, but it was not so easy, and eventually, I decided to give a spin to my career and I made the leap of faith of joining YHC.

In this episode, Anna speaks with Suzanne about what methods have worked for her on her road to success as a Yoga Health Coach.

Suzanne shares what has worked for her and what has not worked for her along the way.  You may also get inspiration on how to play around with the model to find what best suits you in creating the most epic ride for your members.

What you’ll get out of tuning in

• How to recognize when you begin to embody the practices
• Understanding that following the business model works
• Inspiration and ideas to customize your program

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Centered Living with Suzanne
• Instagram: @centeredlivingwithsuzanne

Highlights:

• The benefits of free talks – getting enrollments and people on the emailing list 13:37
•  It wasn’t until LA and Body Thrive that you put the theory into practice… even the yama and niyamas became real 3:03
• The business model really is a simple structure 13:05

Timestamps:

• “The Living Ayurveda course blew my mind” 2:20
• “If I can get them into a 1:1 talk we’re pretty good to go” 14:00
• “If you’re thinking about it and there’s a deep calling follow it…you don’t know how capable you are until you step into” 16:32
• “Income is so related to impact, two sides of one coin” 21:52
• “Self care is non-negotiable” 24:07

Guest Bio:

Suzanne McCahill Perrine is the founder/director of The Center, Harrisonburg’s first dedicated yoga and Pilates studio. Suzanne, E-RYT 500, YACEP, Certified Health Coach, and teacher trainer began teaching Yoga in 2005. Inspired to connect to others in her community and spread the joy and healing potential of yoga, she opened The Center Yoga studio. After years of study in the Anusara tradition with teachers, Desiree Rumbaugh, Christina Sell, Elena Browner, Amy Ippoliti, Moses Brown, Bita Jenkins, Suzie Hurley, John Friend, and Douglas Brooks, she eventually started teaching others to teach, starting the Center School of Yoga.

Suzanne encourages her students to have fun, relax, and enjoy the splendid journey that yoga offers them both on their mats and in their lives. More recently, Suzanne has studied under Cate Stillman offering yoga & Ayurveda health coaching as a way to collaborate with clients who wish to feel more connected to life, honor their true nature, and reclaim their health. She continues to find more joy in her life since discovering Yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda and sharing it with others

Being At Ease in Multiple Roles 

I am a student, a teacher, a client and a coach. Accepting help AND providing it are both roles that feel good to me. I have coaching office hours at the studio after my weekly yoga class, and when I attend class at the studio I am often still on the mat when I am asked for help. Sometimes before I can help I need a minute to re-group and transition from student or yoga teacher to health coach.  It is my responsibility to see that my needs are met before I try to help others.

Sometimes making the transition between client and coach can be challenging. I have learned that if I create space for myself it is easier to experience the joy of being both student and coach. Independent of the type of client I am working with I have learned that I need to set boundaries to best support ease and success for both of us.

I have also learned that yoga is a core part of both my mental and physical fitness.  I go in part to stop thinking, to let go, and to be present with my body and breath. My personal practice is high on my self-care priority list- it is another technique I use to create space for myself so that I can shift with ease between roles.

The Joy Of Being a Student

I choose to be a lifelong learner. Studies in Ayurveda and Yoga provide a lifetime of learning. My personal practice is an essential part of my morning ritual, but when I practice at home I am still a “teacher” in charge of planning the sequence of poses.  Sometimes I want to let go of decision making and step fully into the experience of being a student. Stepping back into a yoga class lets me do just that.

Attending yoga in a studio or classroom is a great way to get out of your head and into your body. There is a simplicity in showing up, following directions, and moving and breathing in the moment. An hour or two or classroom practice each week is a treat!

One of the challenges I have faced in the past was my resistance to practicing alongside my students. Ego made me self-conscious- I was worried about being less than “perfect” in my poses and often pushed myself into performance mode.  This wrecked my experience and hurt my body.

Now my practice is more focused and precious.  I’m better able to accept the true nature of my body. I don’t take moving with ease for granted anymore.  Instead, I cultivate gratitude for the ability to move. I enjoy moving.

“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.”

–The Bhagavad Gita

If Yoga is not your thing, find a way to engage as a student or client.  I know my experiences on the other side make me a better listener and more empathetic coach.

Give With A Glad Heart

I have learned that I need my coaching relationships to be clear rather than muddy. I want enough information to be able to really help my clients, and enough time and space to coach and follow up effectively.  This means that a quick conversation after class- either one to one or in a small group- does a disservice to my role as a coach and to Ayurveda as health science.

One boundary I have set is that I generally don’t book appointments in person after class. Instead I ask clients to go through my online booking software.  This prevents us from entering into conversations that are not timely. I intentionally don’t carry my paper calendar or phone into class.  When I leave them locked in the car, I can stay mellow at the end of class knowing that I will not need to start “work” while I am still in student mode.

This is a process that works for me. Yoga class is not a place I want to multitask in.  You may be different.  You might prefer to have quick access to your booking software so you can book appointments after class. But I invite you to consider what you might be giving up.  If you are cool with handing out advice after yoga, go for it.  Turn on a dime, give with a glad heart, in ways that feel good and create balance.  Me? I need a little more space and time to feel comfortable and to make sure that my glad heart is ready to help.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Encourage students and people around you to step into the fire to enjoy the transformation they have been dreaming of.
• “Birth” your own program — it’s your “child,” and it’s an intense process.
• Nurture your career, much like you’re its mother.
• Find out if your clients are ready to commit — and get them to do it — by digging into their “pain islands” and “pleasure islands”
• See how running your own business is like having a toddler
• Understand the importance of talking with new clients one on one to tailor your course offerings and understand their pain islands
• Learn why you can’t be a victim in your business

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Be a coach
• Have a conversation
• Discover more about Body Thrive 
• Yogahealer Live Experience

Show Highlights:

• 5:22 — Through action, transformation occurs and agni burns off to create lightness. Guidance, assistance, and community arise from these shifts, too.
• 6:52 — The YHC experience is similar to motherhood. It requires constant attention and nurturing to grow into something that impacts students and communities.
• 8:48 — It can take a long time, but it’s essential to shift out of victim mode and into creator mode.
• 11:13 — If you don’t dig deeply into clients’ pain points, they won’t understand the extent of the transformation that is possible. Clients need to be directed towards their potential. Check in with their willingness to be guided to potential.
• 13:08 — Focus on results, not the services that you provide.
• 17:57 — Yoga teachers and Ayurvedic Practitioners have a tendency to want to be seen as perfect. And they are often perfectionists in how they show up as practitioners. Ironically Yoga teachers need less perfection and more transparency and authenticity to make attract clients and make a difference.

Favorite Quotes:

• “I finally got to this point where ‘I know all this stuff now even about business, but I’m not doingit because I don’t have the support community…’ That’s when I decided to actually step into YHC.”
• “You’re deciphering between the people who…are just wanting to stay at that cognitive level of knowing what they should be doing versus actually making the transformations.”
• “Now I feel like I have this toddler at home, and I just have to attend to this toddler.”
• “There’s no room for victim mentality here.”
• “Willingness has a high vibration.”

Guest BIO:

Alexandra Epple is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, yoga instructor, Yoga Health Coach, bodyworker and badass leader. Her approach to health is super practical and down to earth. She supports mature women to transition through menopause gracefully and come out the other end feeling better than they ever have – vibrant, hot, juicy and lusciously healthy.

Her goal is to guide you through the nutrition and lifestyle jungle and, maybe even more importantly, overcome inner gremlins so you can finally stop procrastinating and boldly pursue what is right for you. She is the founder of Women Gone Vibrant, a podcast to revolutionize the way you think about your body and unapologetically create the next you. Connect with Alexandra through her websiteand facebook.

Kelly Gardner is “certifiable.” She’s a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Yoga Therapist, a yoga teacher trainer, and a Yoga Health Coach. Kelly excels in building, analyzing, and refining systems, and she wants to learn how to build and offer signature courses. She’s currently coaching the third round of her 12-week yoga health coaching course and is getting ready to launch her annual pass.

For a Yoga Health Coach, the annual pass is the ticket to a good lifestyle. Offering multiple courses means more work for the coach. More is not better. In fact, more is worse. The key is to roll what you already know into your annual pass that so you only need to market and enroll for one course – your signature annual pass. To simplify things even more, you only need to design first next quarter. Let your course members help you design your next quarter and you can be sure you’re providing them with the experience they want.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why one annual pass is better than multiple shorter courses.
• How to design your annual pass based on your particular knowledge and skills.
• Why you only need to design the first quarter of your annual pass.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Kelly’s website
• Kelly’s Facebook page
• Discover more about Body Thrive 
• Watch the Masterclass NOW

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – Kelly is “certifiable.” She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Yoga Therapist, a yoga teacher trainer, and a Yoga Health Coach. She’s currently coaching the third round of her 12-week yoga health coaching course and is getting ready to launch her annual pass. Kelly excels in building, analyzing, and refining systems, and she wants to learn how to build and offer signature courses.
• 6:12 – For a Yoga Health Coach, the annual pass is the ticket to a good lifestyle. Offering more courses means more work for the coach. More is not better. More is worse. For Kelly, the answer is rolling everything she already has into her annual pass.
• 13:00 – By figuring out your market differentiator, you can figure out your marketing strategy. If you’re still struggling to figure out what your annual pass should look like, go back and listen to “What Should Be In My Annual Pass?” in the YHC course hub. Each quarter of the annual pass goes deeper into your differentiator.
• 22:00 – After mapping out the annual pass, the next logical step is to organize retreats or live events. For Kelly, the idea of organizing a retreat is overwhelming. She offers her course online and her course members are scattered around the Eastern US. Cate suggests that Kelly have her course members come to her, build the retreat into the annual pass, and invite members to bring a friend who might enroll in the next round.
• 25:50 – When things get hard, get excited for your future members, for their transformation. Kelly’s next step is to detail her A to B transformation and refine her messaging around that. It’s important to speak in the language of the “A”s.
• 31:10 – You only have to design your next quarter. If you let your members help you design it, then they really are getting what they need from it, and you’re not overbuilding it. We’re selling connection, not information. We’re building a container for transformation.

Favorite Quotes:

• “Having more to offer means having more to market. . . . More is not better.” — Cate Stillman
• “It’s really important when things get hard to be excited for your future members.” — Cate Stillman
• “A lot of what people actually want is access. They don’t want more information.” — Cate Stillman
• “I just figured out that the habit course I’m teaching isn’t about the habits. . . . It’s about building the container for them to go be who they want to be.” — Kelly Gardner

Guest BIO:

Hi, I’m Kelly Gardner.  I’m a Memphis girl. I was born and raised in Memphis and my family has a strong history of working to make this city great.  So, I am doing my part as a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Tennessee and North Mississippi. I also serve as a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT and 500 E-RYT) in clinical mental health settings.  When I am on the road, I am leading yoga teacher trainings as a Senior Master Trainer for YogaFit Training Systems or I am leading personal development workshops. I am currently in the thick of my Yoga Health Coaching certification which builds on my previous Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist training.  And if you need a personal trainer, I’ve got that covered too.
I believe that yoga is great for EVERYONE and I love introducing people to how yoga can change their lives.  (Yes, it can work for you too.)
I am a guide for others to learn how to make strides toward the kind of life they really want to live.  I do not believe that anyone was born to be unhappy and it’s my dharma to help others help themselves. Connect with Kelly on her website and facebook page.

Carly has led three very close friends through her 10-week program, The Habit. She has found that resistance that she could easily coach a stranger through results in defensiveness from her loved ones. Carly acknowledges that part of the problem might lie with her reaction to the defensiveness of her loved ones: she retreats rather than rallying as she would with other course members.

Cate reminds us of the adage: “When the student is ready, the teacher appears” and suggests that perhaps Carly’s loved ones are students who just aren’t ready. Cate’s advice, based on her own experience, is to run your course for the people who want to be there, and occasionally you’ll be pleasantly surprised when old friends and loved ones show up ready and fully engaged. Cate explains that she would actually make enrollment harder for friends and family, taking into account emotional triggers and the possibility of them messing up the group dynamic.

Focus your energy on getting the right people invested and let friends and family fall where they may.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How to stop wasting energy on the people who aren’t showing up.
• How friends and family can skew the dynamics of a coaching group.
• How to determine the best structure for your coaching calls or meetings.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Discover more about Body Thrive 
• Body Thrive Book

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – Carly has led three very close friends through her 10-week program, The Habit. She has found that resistance that she could easily coach a stranger through results in defensiveness from her loved ones. Cate reminds us of the adage: “When the student is ready, the teacher appears” and suggests that perhaps Carly’s loved ones are students who just aren’t ready.
• 5:00 – Carly acknowledges that part of the problem might lie with her reaction to the defensiveness of her loved ones: she retreats rather than rallying as she would with other course members.
• 5:45 – Cate asks Carly to take a look at who she invites into her course. It should only be people who want the outcomes of the habits: ease, depth, focus, and more control over their bodies and their moods. Cate’s advice, based on her own experience, is to run your course for the people who want to be there, and occasionally you’ll be pleasantly surprised when old friends and loved ones show up ready and fully engaged.
• 10:58 – Cate explains that she would actually make enrollment harder for friends and family, taking into account emotional triggers and the possibility of them messing up the group dynamic. They also could divert your attention away from your fully invested course members.
• 14:00 – Resistance can lead to disconnection. When resistance arises in a course member, remind her of her “Big 3” desires and then look at which habits are most “out of whack.”
• 17:00 – Cate suggests revisiting the YHC lesson on how to structure a coaching call. Asking specific questions to the group can help direct the focus of the call to where it might be most beneficial to most of the members. With a small group, knowing the individual struggles of each member can be very beneficial in directing the focus of a meeting or a quarter.

Favorite Quotes:

• “Wow. I have wasted a lot of energy worrying about the people who aren’t showing up.” — Carly Banks
• “I’m really excited for you to focus on the people that are invested. And to focus your energy on getting the right people invested and letting friends and family fall where they may. . . . ‘Cause the group is sacred.” — Cate Stillman

Guest BIO:

As a working mom of two, Carly Banks knows how easy it can be to put yourself last. For years she showered herself in “shoulds,” feeling guilty for not taking care of herself, and wishing she had more time.

Sometimes, there just isn’t more time. But there is always a different perspective.

Instead of focusing on how far away she was from big goals and big habit changes, Carly switched her focus to the little goals, and little habits she could create with ease. With this change in perspective, step by step, Carly has changed her entire life. Connect with Carly on her website, Facebook and Instagram.

Top 10 Yoga Health Coaching Posts This Year

Intermittent fasting has been a trendy subject lately.. What is it? Why would you want to do it? And what should you be fasting on are the central questions.

8. Healing Vata Back Pain Through Ayurveda and Yoga, By Paige Pearman

Back pain is a common problem. Blogger Paige Pearman offers solutions that helped her heal her own debilitating back pain.

9. Bulletproof Coffee, Rocket Fuel Lattes, Ayurveda and Me, By Krista Strayer

There’s a new coffee craze sweeping the globe, especially among those who call themselves healthy.

10. Yummy Seasonal Soup For Healthy Fall Nourishment, By Alec Hurley

I don’t know about you, but I am always looking for a good soup recipe. Alec Hurley delivers value with straightforward tips on Ayurveda, spices, as well as a savory soup recipe that is well worth spending some time in the kitchen preparing.

Overweight Vata was #1

Hey wait a minute, wasn’t that blog on last year’s list? Yes, Overweight Vata by Cate Stillman was the #2 blog last year. And by the way, most of this year’s top posts were repeats from last year. What can we learn from this? When you write, pick a good topic. A blog that has staying power will tap into something deeper. Top blogs typically solve a common problem or explain an innovative solution.

In the case of Overweight Vata, Cate Stillman created a video response to a question on the Living Ayurveda Forum. Capitalizing on a growing interest in Ayurveda, Cate’s blog also illustrates the power of paradox, Vatas are usually rail thin. If you are a blogger, listen to the questions people ask you, your answers could very well become a number one blog in 2019.

Classic Blogs Remain in the Top Ten

Alexandra Epple’s popular posts continued to hold places in the top ten. Besides being a Yoga Health Coach, she’s a community health educator and instructor at the California College of Ayurveda. A down to earth pro, her revered knowledge is often shared in the Yoga Health Coaching community and beyond. Her posts, such as How to Treat a Problem with Peristalsis are always chock full of valuable information.

Trendy Topics Create A Buzz

CCF TEA-New Age Fad or THE Ultimate Ayurveda Digestive Aid? by Alexandra Epple shows up on the first page of a google search for “CCF tea.” Another way to produce a blog to be remembered-tap into trends. Type the words “Bulletproof coffee Aurveda” into google and you will find Krista Strayer’s 2017 Blog, Bulletproof Coffee, Rocket Fuel Lattes, Ayurveda and Me at the top of the page.

A Winning Blog is a Collaboration

As an editor, I enjoy watching bloggers hone their skills. I remember reading the first draft of The Ayurvedic Clock – Are You at War with Time? by Yolanda de Cuevas. I didn’t know what it was about. Often as writers, we assume everyone understands what we are writing about. Working with an editor or with writing buddy, feedback can be critical to a polished final piece. Bloggers who work in community to can craft powerful messages. Yolanda de Cuevas came up with a brilliant workshop idea in her blog that is destined to be a classic.

Looking Back

It’s always fun to look back and see what progress you made in your career and your life in a year. The YHC blogging team has grown from two editors to four. We have more bloggers than ever before creating inovative content at the intersection of Ayurveda and health coaching.

New Bloggers Paige Pearman and Alec Hurley both made it into the top blog list. And if history repeats itself their blogs will climb the charts in 2019. Paige Pearman’s blog on how to treat Vata back pain offered relief to many who suffer from debilitating physical pain. Alec Hurley, a professional chef, demonstrates how to turn a delicious recipe and Ayurveda tips into a classic blog that was shared 61 times on social media.

Pass the Popcorn

As editors, we get a front row seat in the creative process. We get to watch Yoga Health Coaches gain confidence and skill in expressing their opinions and ideas. And we grow and learn along the way. Here are some quotes from our team.

• “I love editing blog posts that are both practical and educational!” Marcia Wilson
• “When writers get out of the way, amazing content comes through with ease. The paradox is that it’s a challenge to get out of your own way when you blog.” Elise Collins
• “I learn more about Ayurveda and health habits AND I’m part of a process of sharing out wisdom in a simple way. Posts like Alec’s blog on seasonal soups give us quick ways to nourish ourselves and our families.” Marcia Wilson
• “What I learned as an editor was the importance of reading out loud for editing. Any sentence or paragraph that I have to read out loud several times indicates a lack of flow. Simplicity of words is almost always best!.” Kari Zabel

How Far Have You Come?

Take a moment as you reflect back on the year and look over the top ten posts.

What can you learn from these blogs as a Yoga Health Coach? As someone on an evolutionary journey? Do you have similar lessons and insights in your life? As a coach are some of your messages may be like the repeat blogs. You keep teaching the same thing, YEAR AFTER YEAR. As someone on a spiritual journey, we often circle back to the same lessons again and again. It may be tragically boring, or terribly exciting. A lot of life is rinse and repeat. Keep on Keeping on Yoga Health Coaches.

What new lessons did you learn this year?

What are ideas and insights that you use over and over again. Comment below.

As a yoga health coach in training, the last year has been very intense for Tracey. She started Body Thrive in 2017 feeling pretty depleted. She went to the Yogahealer retreat in March 2018 during a time of introspection, knowing that the changes she was experiencing in Body Thrive and YHC meant that she needed to let go of some things in her life that no longer aligned with her identity. What happened during and after the retreat amounted to a deep dive into long-held beliefs, doubts, and shadow issues.

Tracey’s transformation culminated when she was ready to fill her pilot program. She filled 10 spots in one week! She attributes her success to living the habits of Body Thrive.

What Tracey and many other yoga health coaches have found is that Yoga Health Coaching is so much more than a business course. Because we go through the program we are learning to teach, our own personal growth is exponential. If you think YHC might be for you, your first step is talking to Grace.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How personal growth leads to professional success.
• How Yoga Health Coaching evolves our identities.
• How the service provided by yoga health coaches is far more valuable than any “quick fix.”

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Yogahealer Shop
• Catch Yogahealer Black Friday Sweet Deal
• Why it’s Better to Gift Experiences to Evolve
• Yoga Health Coaching

Show Highlights:

• 2:48 – As a yoga health coach in training, the last year has been very intense for Tracey. She started Body Thrive in 2017 feeling pretty depleted. She went to the Yogahealer retreat in March 2018 during a time of introspection, knowing that the changes she was experiencing in Body Thrive and YHC meant that she needed to let go of some things in her life that no longer aligned with her identity. What happened during and after the retreat amounted to a deep dive into long-held beliefs, doubts, and shadow issues.
• 9:30 – Tracey’s transformation culminated when she was ready to fill her pilot program. She filled 10 spots in one week! She attributes her success to living the habits of Body Thrive.
• 14:35 – Yoga health coaching is service. You’re not selling a product. You’re guiding others through a process that facilitates self discovery. Sometimes that can be a hard sell. Not everyone is willing to step outside their comfort zone and put in the work.
• 18:00 – When it comes to the Yoga Health Coaching course, taking the long view is extremely important. Knowing we don’t have to do everything at once or know exactly how things will work out is calming and liberating and allows for our own personal growth. If you think YHC might be for you, your first step is talking to Grace.

Your Favorite Quotes:

• “This process of doing the work . . . you have to do the work; you have to look inside; you have to peel back your layers. And it hurts, and it’s hard . . . but the depth is so beautiful! And what you can uncover, and how you can grow from being in that depth is something that I never could have expected.” — Carly Banks
• “It [yoga health coaching] is service. And it’s service in the most clean way. You’re not buying anything. . . . There’s no quick fix. It’s not easy. You’re creating practices and it’s a process.” — Tracey Thiele
• “I signed up for a program that would help me build a business. What I got was a program that changed my personal life.” — Carly Banks

Following the birth of her second child in 2016, Carly found herself in the depths of postpartum depression. A visit from her long-time friend, Grace Edison, put her on the path to yoga health coaching and transformed her body, mind, and life. Embracing the 10 habits of Body Thrive triggered a chain reaction in Carly’s health and wellbeing.

The key to Carly’s success has been her willingness to show up in a real and authentic way that values connection. She loves that the Yoga Health Coaching model allows her to show up and be vulnerable not only with her YHC colleagues, but also with the people she coaches.

Carly’s transition into coaching started with mentoring first for Grace’s members and then for Cate’s. She loves that she was able to start coaching without having to face her fear of selling right off the bat. By the time she ran her pilot, she had been through Body Thrive six times and felt comfortable stepping into her authority.

Carly’s best advice to new yoga health coaches is to lean back and lead with your heart as opposed to your head. Adopt a beginner’s mindset, always. And don’t forget how far you’ve come already.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why you don’t need to be an expert to be a coach.
• How authenticity and vulnerability can make you a better coach.
• Carly’s best advice for new or prospective yoga health coaches.

Links:

• Check out Carly’s free checklist of simple habits to support your thrive  
• Body Thrive Book
• YHC Have a conversation
• Watch the Masterclass NOW

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Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – Following the birth of her second child in 2016, Carly found herself in the depths of postpartum depression. A visit from her long-time friend, Grace Edison, put her on the path to yoga health coaching and transformed her body, mind, and life. The key to Carly’s success has been her willingness to show up in a real and authentic way that values connection. 
• 6:00 – Embracing the 10 habits of Body Thrive triggered a chain reaction in Carly’s health and wellbeing. She admits she’s still in process and sometimes falls back into old patterns, but she’s developed a mindfulness and curiosity that she didn’t have before. She loves that the Yoga Health Coaching model allows her to show up and be vulnerable not only with her YHC colleagues, but also with the people she coaches. 
• 12:30 – Carly’s transition into coaching started with mentoring first for Grace’s members and then for Cate’s. She loves that she was able to start coaching without having to face her fear of selling right off the bat. By the time she ran her pilot, she had been through Body Thrive six times and felt comfortable stepping into her authority. 
• 15:25 – Carly’s growing edge now is structure and automation. Her hope is that she’ll free up time and money that she can give back to her community. Growth and creating a container for others people growth lights her up. 
• 22:22 – Carly’s best advice to new yoga health coaches is to lean back and lead with your heart as opposed to your head. Adopt a beginner’s mindset, always. And don’t forget how far you’ve come already.

Favorite Quotes:

• “It was just the biggest relief I’ve ever experienced to stop looking outward for the answer, to stop looking for the pill, to stop looking for that supplement . . . that’s supposed to fix you. There is no Band-Aid. At first that was frustrating, and now it’s liberating.” — Carly Banks 
• “I have faced some demons by doing this, and so I can speak to it because I know that it works.” — Carly Banks 
• “You don’t ever stop learning from these little changes. There’s always another evolution around the corner. There’s always another layer of ourselves to be discovered. And there’s always a new horizon to be approached.” — Megan Pintus 
• “It’s been an honor to do a job where I am fascinated by the work. “ — Carly Banks 
• “I feel like you’re helping people see the things they already know about themselves but maybe just don’t believe yet.” — Megan Pintus

Guest BIO:

As a working mom of two, Carly Banks knows how easy it can be to put yourself last. For years she showered herself in “shoulds”, feeling guilty for not taking care of herself, and wishing she had more time.

Sometimes, there just isn’t more time. But there is always a different perspective.

Instead of focusing on how far away she was from big goals and big habit changes, Carly switched her focus to the little goals, and little habits she could create with ease. With this change in perspective, step by step, Carly’s changed her entire life. Connect with Carly on her website, Facebook and Instagram. 

Prior to YHC, Dana was making $18K teaching 6-8 yoga classes per week. To try to make more money, she would lead a ton of workshops, but that left her exhausted. Dana now works 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Her evenings and weekends are free to spend with her family, and she loves the freedom of creating her own schedule. Yoga Health Coaching also provides Dana with the freedom to travel because she can work from anywhere.

Dana’s success is due in great part to her ability to understand the value of investing and reinvesting in her self and her business skills. Simultaneously, she’s investing in the growth of the people she can serve. Her goal for next year is to double her income.

With an income that exceeds her basic needs, Dana is able to reinvest in her business skills, design the life she wants to give herself and her family, all while leading others to permanent positive change.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why investing in your business skills is the best investment for you, your family, and the people you serve as a wellness professional.
• How Yoga Health Coaching allows you to design the type of life you want to live.
• How income and impact go hand in hand.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Dana’s Website
• Body Thrive
• Yoga Health Coaching

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – Carly and Dana live in the same city. Rather than being competitive, they meet up on a bi-weekly basis, share ideas and resources, and collaborate.
• 2:20 – Dana has broken the $100K annual income mark as a yoga health coach! Prior to YHC, Dana was making $18K teaching 6-8 yoga classes per week. To try to make more money, she would lead a ton of workshops, but that left her exhausted. Dana now works 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Her evenings and weekends are free to spend with her family, and she loves the freedom of creating her own schedule.
• 6:50 – Yoga Health Coaching also provides Dana with the freedom to travel because she can work from anywhere. One of the reasons she set her sights on making more money was so she could travel more, and she has been able to do so this past year. Her goal for next year is to double her income.
• 9:00 – Dana’s success is due in great part to her ability to understand the value of investing and reinvesting in herself and her business skills.
• 11:00 – Inspired by Dana’s success, Carly is setting her sights for her own success higher. She knows that investing in her personal and professional growth is the best investment

Favorite Quotes:

• “It’s a great combination of having the freedom to be in your home and doing your work at your computer on your own time and then also be out in the community and connect.” — Dana Skoglund
• “I’ve continuously realized I need to invest more in being able to share my work with more people. You can’t just be a good teacher to do that. It takes way more than that.” — Dana Skoglund
• “I could continue to just play comfortable, but growth feels way more interesting.” — Carly Banks
• “When we play small, we’re actually stealing from other people because we’re not helping as many people as we could be helping.” — Dana Skoglund

Guest BIO:

Dana Skoglund is a Certified Yoga Health Coach, Yoga teacher, and mother of two rambunctious young boys. She’s been studying Yoga since 2000 and teaching since 2004, and she has over 1,000 hours of training in the styles of Jivamukti, Anusara, and Sridaiva. Her desires to take her health and well-being into her own hands and to learn how to keep her family healthy led her to Ayurveda in 2011.

After implementing daily routines from Ayurveda and noticing the profound impacts they had on her energy and happiness, she began coaching clients into these better body habits in 2013. She aims to inspire others about the importance of health habits in crafting the lives of their dreams. Dana is also deeply passionate about travel, adventure, learning, movement of any kind, and the arts.