We’re almost halfway through 2025, have you done a business check-in? The midpoint of the year is a great time to reflect on your business and your teaching. To self reflect and see if you are misdirecting your energy in your business or in your life. Today I’m going to give you my top five business tips to help you on your yoga teaching journey. From embracing your unique content creation style to analyzing your numbers, and trusting there is enough for everyone - I hope this episode inspires you to do something helpful in your life or business today.

Let’s talk about:

🔹The lean start-up methodology and why you should use it

🔹Why you WANT your first launch to be ugly

🔹How getting as weird as possible can actually bring forth some of your best work

🔹Grace and integrity in a competitive world

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My “Weird” Trending Yoga Practices I Mentioned:

🔹 Somatic Yoga Workout for Weight Loss & Emotional Release | Beginner Friendly - Ease Anxiety & Stress

🔹 SOMATIC MORNING WORKOUT FOR BEGINNERS ☀️ | Yoga to Find Your Confidence 🕶️

18 Days of Abundance

Relevant Blog: 20 Awesome Ways To Make Money As A Yoga Instructor

Relevant to Today’s Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🌀 Somatic Yoga Life Coaching

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#306 – Fear of Judgment: How to Deal with Being Judged as a Yoga Teacher

#323 – Creating a Niche Brand as a Yoga Teacher with Yogi Bryan

#327 – How to Earn Your First $$$ Teaching Yoga with Matilde Wergeland

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

We’ve all heard of the 8 Limbs of Yoga, but do you really know what they are? Today I’m going to explore the eight limbs of yoga, their origins, and their significance in spiritual practice. I’ll look at each limb’s purpose, giving a detailed examination, as well as the historical context of the Yoga Sutras. Get ready to finally gain a true understanding of: Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi.

I’ll discuss:

🔹How the Yoga Sutras codify the eight limbs, drawing from earlier texts.

🔹The ultimate aim of yoga: which is to quiet the mind and remove ignorance.

🔹Etymology of the Sanskrit word for each of the 8 Limbs.

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FREE Practice: Yoga to Connect with Your Body | Soothing Movements & Music 🎶 | Yoga Connecting the Mind and Body

Relevant Blog: The 8 Limbs of Yoga Study Guide [Explained For Modern Life]

Relevant to Today’s Episode:

🐍 History of Yoga

📖 Yoga Life Book

💖 Uplifted Membership

💫 Somatic Certification

🎧 Also Listen to:

#276 – What are Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras - What Every Yogi Should Know

#279 – Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Summary – BOOK ONE Explained

#282 – Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Summary – BOOK TWO Explained

#283 – Dismantling the Kleshas: The Actual Aim of Yoga

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com

Are you a newly certified yoga teacher struggling with the confidence to put yourself out there and teach? We’ve all been there, myself included. Whether you struggle with body-image like today’s guest, imposter syndrome or money mindset, today’s episode for you. Taylor Lorenz, my friend, colleague, and lead trainer of my Somatic Yoga Life Coaching program, shares her transformative journey from a full-time travel blogger to a confident yoga teacher and somatic coach. Let’s discuss the insecurities many new yoga teachers face.

Listen and learn:

🔹Practical skills like mirror work to build confidence

🔹Why being in the “messy middle” is actually ideal for your sales

🔹How to ditch doubt and find your confidence by sharing your insecurities

🎁 Ready to start teaching somatic yoga? Download my somatic sequences for FREE => https://www.brettlarkin.com/somatic-sequences/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=somatic-sequence

GUEST EXPERT: Taylor Lorenz | @taylorstracks | https://www.taylorstracks.com/

Taylor is the creator of the yoga & travel site, Taylor’s Tracks, and a highly trained yoga teacher, mentor, and trainer. She is a former full-time travel writer who fell out of love with her dream of traveling the world and in love with teaching yoga when her first YTT sparked her self-acceptance journey.

Taylor has been an entrepreneur since 2015 with expertise in multiple fields including SEO, freelance writing, affiliate marketing, and teaching at top studios from Bali to Canada. Her writing has been sought-out for publications such as Yoga Journal, World Nomads, and The Huffington Post. Today she blends her background in vinyasa, yin, and somatic yoga to help students & teachers uncover their confidence and turn their insecurities into their purpose.

Coach with Taylor! Email info@upliftedyoga.com to find out how.

FREE Practice: SOMATIC MORNING WORKOUT FOR BEGINNERS ☀️ | Yoga to Find Your Confidence 🕶️

Relevant Blog: The Top 5 Biggest Fears of New Yoga Teachers

Relevant to Today’s Episode:

✅ 200-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🔮 300-hour Online Yoga Teacher Training

🐍 Yoga for Self Mastery

🌀 Somatic Yoga Life Coaching

🎧 Also Listen to:

#299 – Strategies to Slay Imposter Syndrome and Share Your Gifts

#331 – Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Limiting Beliefs with Monika Tschuggnall

#354 – Redefining “Niche” with Carla Cline Thomas

© 2025 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com