Master Your Yoga Teaching with MaKenzie Fly
YTT Graduation day buzz fading? Feeling overwhelmed by the competition? Don't worry, fellow yogi! "Master Your Yoga Teaching" podcast is your one-stop shop for honing your skills, finding your voice, and igniting your teaching career. Join host MaKenzie Fly. A fellow yoga teacher in the trenches, as I tackle big questions like:How to Stand out from the crowd: Discover powerful strategies to attract and retain students, build your yoga business, and command attention in a crowded market.How to Go beyond the poses: Learn how to connect with your students on a deeper level, transcend basic instruction, and weave...
Gut Health, Hormone Balancing, & Cycle Syncing w/ Nelly Kalla
Do you feel out of sorts in your body and want to understand what is happening? Today’s guest, Nelly Kalla, had that same feeling; until she took the time to understand her hormones and gut health. She gives amazing insight on what she learned and how to use it in your yoga classes.
We talk about:
💯 Nelly’s backstory, her mysterious ailments, and the underwhelming “solutions” suggested by doctors that made things worse.
💊 How to be your own advocate and fight the western medical complacency.
⛑️ Key tips...
How to Book Out Your Calendar with Recurring Private Yoga Students w/ Amanda Paz
Do you want to stop teaching groups and start teaching one-on-one? Today’s guest, Amanda Paz, spills the tea on how she managed to maintain a full schedule of the same private yoga students for EIGHT years. Clearly, she was doing something right.
In this episode, we chat about:
⛹️ How Amanda converted the pro athletes she was personal training into private yoga students
📥 How to not only deliver, but exceed expectations so that your private clientele keep coming back
💸 Ways to stop trading time for money & how to build make figures working online
⚖️ Mompreneurship and b...
Timeline of a 13 Year Yoga Teaching Career
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Tell me what it's reeeeaally like, you ask? This week, MaKenzie takes us on a walk down memory lane in an honest, raw, and vulnerable solo episode. In this episode, we chat about:
👋 How yoga found her
🗽 What it was like doing YTT at 20 years old in New York City
🌹 Juicy details into her love life & how she met her husband
🏫 How she got a full ride scholarship to become a teacher’s teacher
🤬 How pandemic royally f*%cked her over, or so she thought…
🖥️ Building an...
The Heart, Humanity, and Health Behind Power Yoga w/ Bryan Kest
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Ever wonder what is the key to a long and successful yoga career? Today Bryan Kest, the creator of Power Yoga and the father of donation-based yoga, joins us to shine some light on the answers. In this episode, we chat about:
🔎 Insights into a 40 year teaching career and the perspective that comes from watching the evolution of the yoga industry.
💥 Clarifying the main objective of a yoga practice and how to use that knowledge to inform
your teaching.
❓ What is “vipassana in asana” and why is it impor...
How Pregnancy Changes Your Practice, Teaching, & Personal Identity w/ Ashley Griffin
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***TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses the heartbreak of child loss and miscarriage. If you are not in the space to hear this, please skip this episode. Sending you love, from one who knows the pain.***
Are you currently pregnant or plan to be very soon? Maybe your partner is carrying your child? Either way, this episode is refreshingly honest about the joys and challenges of growing a human. In this episode, we chat about:
😲 Why yoga is the perfect preparation for pregnancy, chil...
Comparing Manifestation vs Yoga & Raising Your Success Energetics w/ Tanya Jane
In this episode, we chat about:
🧊 Manifestation 101 and the can’t miss building blocks to success energetics
🔋 Hitting your stride and finding your energetic capacity
🔍 Why finding the bigger vision is the mission
🤯 Mind blowing similarities between manifestation and the Buddha's 4 Noble Truths
🎭 Understanding the difference of “fake it till you make” and “Act as if”
💞 How identity is EVERYTHING and the danger of confusing what you do with who you are
☠️ What what ego death REALLY means and why you can't be who you've always been to get what you've never had
⛔ “No” is a comple...
Reverberations: Vortex Sedona Retreat Recap
Have you ever wondered what makes the moments memorable on a retreat? Come along with me today as we do a recap of our weekend retreat in Sedona.
💥 Must do activities your participants will love!.
🥺 Be a fly on the wall when my psychic calls me out in my first ever intuitive reading.
⏯️ Get a playback of one of the workshops during the weekend.
🆚 The importance of conversation vs. lectures and why socratic teaching works better
🚨 The story of the sirens at the house on MaKenz...
Aaron Petty on Practicing + Posting Everyday, In-Person vs Online, and Working w/ Your Lover
Do you have the guts to not only hit the mat everyday, but also hit record and share too? Everytime I open my Instagram app, Aaron’s daily yoga reel is the first to pop up. I have learned so much from him and know you will too!
In this episode, we chat about:
🎥 What’s it been like recording his practice and sharing it on socials everyday this year
🎤 Why voiceovers are so powerful
🧭 The struggle of coming into your voice and the fear of expressing yourself
🧰 How recording yourself practice is a tool for pratyahar...
Fake Spirituality, Satire, & Viral Yoga Reels on IG w/ Diaz (@thedancingwarrior)
Do you struggle to be authentic? Today’s guest, Diaz Chairullah, shows us how it’s done, even if that means poking fun at the thing we love most…yoga! You’ve probably reshared some of his hilarious reels on IG to your story.
We talk about:
🔎 BTS look at his creative process for making his hilarious yoga reels for IG that you’ve probably reshared to your story
🌏 What it takes to be a yoga teacher in the modern world
🧲 Why it doesn’t work to repress your personality just to be accepted in the yoga community, what...
Retreat Ready; a Facilitator’s GRWM Guide & BTS Prep
Do you want to host an unforgettable yoga retreat? You have mapped out an awesome itinerary and sold out your retreat, but the work isn’t over yet! Here’s some often forgotten advice for what to do before, during, and after your retreat to make it one to remember.
We chat about:
🤪 How to prime yourself to be a great retreat leader.
💖 Getting your participants psyched and getting your vibe right
🕰️ Why arriving early is a game changer for the retreat.
📸 The importance of a strong team and who that team is at the retreat.
🧘 How t...
