Category: Podcast

From Headspace to Calm to Pacifica, meditation is E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E.

But can you create an entire studio centered around it?

Apparently, you can, today we’re talking two of our clients with one of the most cutting edge concepts in Europe: Mind fitness.

Philip and Anina’s studio Now Meditation taps into the global meditation wave that’s swept over the planet. But this isn’t your regular old meditation, this meditation with all the woo-woo, fluff, and ‘hippie-dippie-ness’ cut right out of it. (You won’t find Phillip Schmid and Anina Lony Rümbeli charging their rose quartz crystals in the moonlight’.

Philip and Anina’s approach to meditation is 100% performance based. It’s about practicality and making it accessible to a younger, modern audience who generally has a high-stress lifestyle, with the goal of making going to a meditation studio as common as going to the gym.

Together Philip and Anina offer daily classes, personal training, corporate training and more.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How Philip and Anina land corporate training gigs
• How they involve their whole community through gratitude meditations
• How meditation training can enhance your studio
• Why you might want to breathe into your feet

With grit and gratitude,
Lisé

Is it getting hot in here? I’m putting my tush in the hot seat and baring it all. Our topic this week is the big M. No, not marriage. (The other big M)

We’re talking about my relationship with money.

And let me tell y’all, it has been a journey. The truth about money is that it leads us into all these little nooks and crannies of our psyche that we didn’t even know existed, and it forces us to re-evaluate all the stories we’ve told ourselves.

Some of my biggest growth areas as an adult have come from assessing why money was the root cause of my concerns, fears, worries, and actions and realizing that underneath it all, there was a bigger picture I needed to pay attention to.

So in today’s episode, we’re getting a little personal, as I share my own story, and share the tips that helped me overcome the money mindset blocks that were holding me back.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How we are all uniquely different in the ways we see money

• The way I viewed money from a young age

• How the money stories I was telling myself affected my past business decisions

• Why there is really no scarcity in money

• Money does not cause conflict

With grit and gratitude,

Lisé

For our 300th episode, we’re shaking things up a little. Studio Grow Coach, Christina May Wolf, is taking over as host to interview not one, but two incredible studio owners: Dana Hood and Lola Manekin.

Now, both Dana and Lola are black belt Nia teachers, studio owners, and all around amazing human beings. But that’s not all they do, together they’ve been hosting successful Nia retreats everywhere from Costa Rica to Mexico to Bali and in between.

If you’ve secretly been dreaming about hosting your own retreat someday, pull up a chair, because these ladies drop some serious strategy bombs.

Tune in to the episode to find out why hosting a retreat is a fantastic idea, the signs you need to watch for to know you’re ready, working out the logistics of building an audience, picking a venue, adding complementary modalities and more.

Plus, get tried-and-tested solutions to the problems most retreat hosters face (like unexpected eventualities, scheduling issues, and partner-chaos).

We also dive into the difference between a retreat and a vacation and the key to making a group of people who arrive as strangers leave as one big, fat, happy community.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• What Nia Yoga really is

• How to know when you are ready to host a retreat and where your participants will come from
  
  
• The kind of audience to build before announcing your retreat

• Tips on choosing a location and venue, along with possible red flags

• Advantages and disadvantages of doing retreats with other facilitators versus as a solo
  
  
• The solution to all your scheduling woes

• Finding a balance in your retreat itinerary

• Preparation time and theme importance

• How to create a sense of community between participants

LINKS:

https://www.embodycentralia.com/

http://ibodydenver.com/

https://www.themvmtlab.com/

With grit and gratitude,

Lisé

Meet Studio Grow Coach Christina May Wolf. Christina dreamed of creating a boutique studio and wellness resource to serve her community, and six years ago, she made that dream a reality.

Join us as Christina spills the beans on the strategies that helped her build a successful, thriving boutique business within her studio.

Offering retail options in your studio isn’t just a way to pad out your profit margin (although it will definitely help with that), it’s also a way to deepen your relationship with your clients as a trusted resource and serve your audience in as many ways as possible.

If you’re considering bringing retail into your studio or already have retail and are looking to up your game, hunker down folks, because Christina lays out exactly what you need to do, the factors you need to consider, the products to choose, and the items you should always, always have in stock.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How Christina created a successful boutique within her studio

• The reasons and benefits for offering retail products within your studio

• Why you should make sure what you bring into your business aligns with you and your brand {and its core values}

• Strategies for facilitating the sense of community with brand-specific merchandise

• What to consider in relation to the demographics and psychographics of your members

• The importance of managing your inventory, vendor relationships, and client interests

LINKS:

https://www.embodycentralia.com

With grit and gratitude,

Lisé