...You have become a Yoga teacher. You have developed a following of Yoga students, and now you are prepared to spend your life savings on your dream Yoga studio. Before you sign a lease on your Yoga studio, take the time to read the following tips.

Did you ever wonder why small businesses fail within months of opening? Here is some valuable information for any Yoga teacher, who is thinking about signing a Yoga studio lease. It may save you a few thousand dollars and plenty of potential heartache.

The days of hanging a shingle outside your Yoga studio, without bureaucracy, are over. Consider the latest fire, building, electrical, and handicapped codes; unless you are a general contactor, you are not familiar with them.

Remember that most landlords do not want to pay for bringing your Yoga studio up to code. The landlord does want you to sign on the dotted line, quickly, so you will have a contractual obligation for a lease payment each month.

However, if your space is not up to code, or zoned properly, you could be closed by your town or city before you can say, Grand Opening. Here is a small sampling of what standards new Yoga businesses are expected to meet before opening day.

Fire Code will require you to have alarms, extinguishers, exit signs, exi...more

Practice Jnana Yoga for Optimum Mental Health

...Anyone who cares about their health often focuses on keeping his or her body in peak condition. Who considers the health of the mind? A psychiatrist or a psychologist is concerned with behavior, and mental health, but how can Yoga help you?

We have all heard Yoga is a good mind and body exercise, but how does a Yoga student exercise his or her mind through Yoga practice. How can Yoga help you develop mental strength? Lets look at one of the many styles of Yoga, to find answers, and acquire optimum mental health.

Jnana Yoga is the union of mind, body, and spirit, through acquired knowledge. It is true that reading will make your mind sharp, but what do Jnana Yogis read? Traditionally, Jnana Yogis read Hindu scriptures to expand their knowledge.more

Yoga Studio Customer Service

...Traditionally, the telephone was first contact with potential Yoga students, but Email has recently become another method of first contact for Yoga studios and Yoga teaching services.

No matter how much time and money you spend on advertising, marketing, and public relations, for your Yoga teaching services, you still have to develop a smooth system for answering phone calls and fielding Emails. Lets take a close look at answering the phone.

Every Yoga teaching practice should have a frequently asked questions, (FAQs), resource. Your staff will constantly have to answer questions such as...more

Balance Your Energy With Yoga

...e, is fluid and vital, not rigid and dull. All yoga postures are expressions of your true self. When the postures are practiced with mindfulness and meaning they naturally shift you out of a habitual negative rut or help you celebrate the joy that you brought to the mat. Yoga brings self awareness to our habitual patterns that either support the expression of ones true heart or not. From this place of clarity we can then make life-affirming choices.

People can find energy in many things - protein shakes, energy powders, even energy pills - but yoga remains one of the most natural and effective ways to balance the energy in your body, giving you the ability to make the most of each and every day.

About us: TWISTED is a medical yoga studio at the Center for Osteopathic Medicine in Boulder, Colorado. Twisted integrates osteopathic medicine, Hatha yoga and mindfulness practices to teach optimal balance between physical, mental, and emotional health. It aims to educate and help people to live a healthy life from the inside out. Rehabilitation programs offer a comprehensive treatment regime for the whole being, empowering each person one breath at a time to stimulate the bodys natural healing potential.

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