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