The Catalyst
The Tools You Need to Catalyze Real & Sustainable Growth as a Yoga Business Owner
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I’m Ava Taylor, founder of YAMA Talent and creator of THE CATALYST—the most tried and tested yoga business training program available. A catalyst is an agent that speeds or provokes change, and that’s precisely what we’re going to do.
Whether you’re defining or refining your goals and brand, THE CATALYST is for you.
This program is the very best of what I have learned over the past 10 years working with household name yoga teachers, studios, and brands, as well as regional rockstars and rookies worldwide. All the goals, all the wins, all the learnings, all the corrections, all the common yogi pitfalls…
This isn’t everything there is to know about running a yoga business—this is everything that matters.
Those learnings are distilled into over 30 lectures and a 100 page eBook filled with handouts, resource pages, homework, interactive worksheets, and the actual tools and templates we use every single day to support our clients.
This premium content covers the areas of analysis, branding, customization, marketing, and execution.
Together in this course we will:
– Assess your business, showing you how to do more with what you have, starting where you are right now;
– Clarify what makes your business remarkable;
– Create a unique road map for you to take your business forward with intention;
– Develop unique content, programming, and revenue-generating opportunities for your business;
– Put your message on a mission both online and via word of mouth;
– Make sure you are organized and operating well enough to actually get this ‘ish done.
I created THE CATALYST for the very same reasons I started YAMA: to advocate for and empower yoga teachers in a market that is moving and changing fast, to make it possible to make a living teaching yoga and, in doing so, to bring the tools of wellness to communities of all kinds. I am sharing these tools with you because I want you to succeed. I am sharing these tools with you because we need you to succeed.
Yogis at all stages of their careers are looking to take their yoga businesses further, faster. Equip yourself with the tools, knowledge, and know-how you need to catalyze real and sustainable growth as a yoga teacher.
Granny always used to say, “If you knew better, you’d do better.” And, if you didn’t know before, you know now.
Welcome to THE CATALYST.
Course Curriculum
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StartLecture 1 | Video | Finding Clarity - Key Concepts for Understanding the Business of Teaching Yoga (5:14)
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StartLecture 2 | Video | State of YOUR Union (1:53)
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StartLecture 3 | Handout | Build It Up Worksheet Overview
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StartLecture 4 | Video | Understanding Your Pyramid (6:56)
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StartHomework | Build It Up Worksheet & Revenue Assessment
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StartLecture 5a | Video | Maximize Your Existing Business - Revv UP (3:50)
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StartLecture 5b | Video | Maximize Your Existing Business - Defining Success (1:50)
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StartHomework | Revv UP Your Revenue
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StartLecture 1 | Video | The Importance of WHY - The Best Branding is to be More You (5:03)
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StartHomework | Testimonial Request Exercise
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StartLecture 2 | Handout | Marketing Definitions
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StartHomework | Writing a Killer Purpose Statement
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StartLecture 3 | Video | Distilling Your Content - Clarity is KING (12:27)
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StartLecture 4 | Video | Content - Social Media (24:07)
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StartHomework | Understanding Your Content Build
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StartLecture 5 | Video | Storytelling - Lean In to Your Remarkability (6:14)
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StartHomework | Write Your Remarkable Bio
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StartLecture 6 | Video | Visual Cues - Bringing Your Why & Pillars to Life (9:01)
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StartHomework | Visual Cues Worksheet
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StartLecture 7 | Video | The Power in Points of Contact (5:19)
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StartHomework | Points of Contact Analysis
Ava Taylor, Founder and Chief Catalyst YAMA Talent and GM of Bodynova North America – An avid yogi, and a tenacious, creative entrepreneur with her finger on the pulse of the rapidly expanding yoga industry.
Ava is well-connected, in the ‘right place at the right time,’ and the go-to strategist for top professional yoga teachers, studios, and brands looking to increase their relevance in the yoga space.
Ava holds a degree in economics and intercultural communication along with a distinguished resume in high level management and growth expansion at Clear Channel & lululemon athletica. With a clear vision, mission and some good old fashioned chutzpah, Ava was primed to enter the world of entrepreneurship, when she self-funded and self-founded YAMA in 2010.
Committed to running an ethics-based business, her personal mission is to be a Catalyst for Better Living and to bring the tools of wellness to communities of all kinds. She serves her mission daily by providing guidance tools and infrastructure to a diverse roster of clients. She has pioneered the development of the booking, management & consulting services in the wellness space, and is a sought-out media contributor and brand strategist - known for having her finger on the pulse of this rapidly expanding industry.
Since 2010, YAMA has collaborated with an extremely high caliber of clientele, (see our who we work for) and co-produced the annual Yoga Garden at The White House, and both of the worlds largest yoga classes.
Lovingly known as the ‘Ari Gold of Yoga,’ Ava is known for her mega-watt smile, infectious energy, unparalleled market knowledge and the latest tools and techniques to maintain healthy businesses within the yoga space.
As seen in,
Yoga Journal Italy 2019 - Il Business Dello Yoga
Yoga Journal U.S. 2018 - Mind Your Business
Sweat Equity cover feature - The Future of Yoga
New York Times 2015 - Yoga Teachers Behaving Badly
New York Times 2012 - From the Mosh Pit to a Life in Balance
New York Times 2011 - Agent Pursues a Cut of the Yoga Boom
Bloomberg BusinessWeek - Missionaries of Position
Former Board of Advisors - Lineage Project
Former Board of Advisors - Z Living TV