I wanted to talk to Amanda Kingsmith, host of the popular podcast Mastering the Business of Yoga (M.B.Om), because she has a structured, fascinating, and very hopeful approach to the yoga industry and community. Her mission is for everyone in the world to be able to experience the benefits of a long, slow, steady breath, and she wakes up every day thinking about how to help yoga professionals be their best selves in teaching students how to do this very thing. Trained in business first and then in yoga, Amanda started her yoga career with an idea of helping her contemporaries put their best foot forward in auditioning for jobs, setting up their sites and marketing plans, and—vitally—managing their own self care while caring for others. She offers educational and other support for yoga teachers and studio owners, and I learned so much about how she has responded to the cottage-industry demands of her own yoga and wellness consultancy market. 

We talk a lot about where the industry has been, where it’s going, and why the online/hybrid yoga sphere has liberated yoga teachers to offer their services in ways they could never have imagined. I so enjoyed this conversation! Check it out and always let me know your thoughts! 

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