#41 - All About Yoga Studio Ownership - Yoga in Morocco with Aurélie Martin Scally

Welcome to Episode #41 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Aurélie Martin Scally, who goes by Lily, is yoga teacher who founded five yoga studios in Morocco onto the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast. She first founded Om Yoga Studios in 2013, and then founded the EPIC Festival in Marrakech in 2019. Since 2019, she also runs EPIC yoga teacher trainings in Morocco. Lily studied ashtanga yoga in Thailand, and Aerial Yoga with Cirque du Soleil artists. For her, a beautiful series of yoga is like a work of art, a mix of technique and intuition. My conversation with Aurélie Martin Scally, who founded five yoga studios in Morocco, was so incredible as we took a deep dive into the world of studio ownership and how to cultivate energy and spirit in multiple studio centers. We also discussed yoga as a way to find balance. The world isn’t black or white, and yoga is a way to discover, see, and accept all the variations of color you have inside of you. What to expect in the Yoga In Morocco episode of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast Aurélie discovered a Bikram yoga studio in Morocco, and after the death of her father, she found strength and solace on the yoga mat. The owner of that Bikram yoga studio, Nabil Scally, would soon become Lily’s husband. After closing the Bikram yoga studio, Lily and Nabil founded Om Yoga Studios in Morocco, first in Casablanca and then later in Marrakech and Dakhla. They now own five yoga studios, and founded EPIC Yoga Festival and EPIC Yoga Teacher Trainings in Morocco, and available online— soon available around the world on their yoga world tour! During our conversation, Lily and I discussed what it was like to open a yoga studio in Morocco, and the advice she would offer to yoga teachers who hope to open their own yoga studios one day. Her main advice is to be careful to not get lost in the yoga studio area, keep your own personal practice strong and keep teaching. And to also be careful to not teach too much. It can be tempting to teach all-day every day, and also marketing, accounting, planning, and more— so many hats!— but to make sure not to burn yourself out. Curious? Tune into the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast to learn more about Lily, and about yoga in Morocco. For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Morocco episode? What it’s like to own multiple yoga studios How the balance of teaching and studio ownership Cultivating energy and keeping the spirit alive in a yoga studio even when you’re not physically there yourself Advice to yoga teachers who want to open their own yoga studios Yoga is balance and a way of seeing and accepting all the variations of colors inside of yourself Connect with Aurélie Martin Scally www.omyoga.ma https://www.instagram.com/omyoga_studios/?hl=fr https://www.instagram.com/epic.ytt/ https://www.instagram.com/lily_scally/ Everything you need is just one click away! Check out all the resources here: https://linktr.ee/wildyogatribe JOIN LILY ALLEN-DUENAS FOR YOGA CLASSES ONLINE!