Yoga Business School with Ava Taylor of YAMA Talent

The intelligent edge yoga podcast was produced by Kathryn Anne Flynn; author of Teach Kind, Clear Yoga: A Guide for Practitioners and Teachers. To learn more about Kathryn, practice online, or find retreats and training opportunities, visit kathrynanneflynn.com Show Notes: It can be an uncomfortable topic, unless you’re speaking with someone as ebullient as Ava Taylor. The founder and chief catalyst of YAMA Talent, Ava is optimistic and pragmatic about the business of yoga, and she shares her story, what it’s like working with yogis, and the qualities that make a successful yogi.We discuss…Ava’s background, including the impact of inherited trauma from her great-grandparents’ slavery, and how she got into yoga to re-directThe yoga scene in the 90s in California, and how Ava saw that yogis needed help figuring out the business sceneNo, it turns out, some people will not sign contracts during Mercury RetrogradeWhat’s the next big thing in yoga? We talk about the increasing and needed role of niche-yoga, but what’s the potential for yoga teachers in the future-       Ava’s best advice for yoga teachers who want to refine their promotion skills and the qualities successful teachers share