213: How to stay profitable in the AI era as a yoga teacher

The yoga industry is evolving...fast! And in this new AI era, the teachers who adapt now will be the ones still standing (and thriving) in the years ahead. In this episode, Kelly McHugh, Founder of Digital Yoga Academy and creator of YogiPro AI, shares how yoga teachers can stay profitable and relevant in a rapidly changing digital landscape. You’ll learn: → Why the information era is over and the implementation era has begun. → The 3 key levers of profitability every yoga business needs in 2025: Clarity, Consistency, and Conversion. → How to use AI (the right way) to accelerate content creation, clarify your message, and build momentum fast without losing authenticity or alignment. →The #1 reason most yoga teachers struggle to grow online (and how to fix it instantly). If you’ve been feeling behind, overwhelmed, or unsure how to keep up with the online space, this conversation will shift your mindset and show you exactly how to stay profitable, visible, and empowered in the AI era. Tune in, take notes, and get ready to accelerate your impact. 🎧 Brought to you by YogiPro AI - the world’s first AI-powered platform built exclusively for yoga entrepreneurs. 🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalyogaacademy 🌟 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy More resources to help you on your yoga teaching Journey: 🌟 Blog: https://digitalyogaacademy.com/blog/ 🌟 Online courses (sign-up to receive free resources!): https://digitalyogaacademy.com/online-course-creator/ 🌟 The Yogipreneur Podcast: https://digitalyogaacademy.com/podcast/

ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY   Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!   You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy

ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY   Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!   You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy

ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY   Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!   You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy

You need to speak to the problem your audience is trying to solve at the exact moment they’re searching for a solution and in a way that makes them say... “How are they inside my head?”😳 That’s the difference between content that gets ignored… and messaging that converts. If you’re ready to fix this, I’ve created something powerful for you: ‼️Fix Your Messaging — my free micro-masterclass for yoga business owners who are ready to make three essential shifts that will immediately change the way you talk about your online offering AND create sales! → Instant access. → No fluff. Just clarity that converts. ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY   Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!   You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy

What you’re calling a “marketing strategy”… No funnel. No repurposing system. No clear buyer journey. Just… “vibes” and Canva. And that’s not on you. That’s what the online space taught you to do. 👀 But if you’re here to actually make consistent sales from your online offerings, grow your yoga community, and stop relying on just one platform to run your entire business, then your marketing needs to become an “ecosystem”. 🫶🏼 One that works with you, even when you’re offline and enjoying life. Your dream students don’t need more yoga teachers in their feed. They need to see you everywhere. In their inbox. In their podcast app. In their DMs. On their feed. Again and again until trust becomes action. This is the strategy I teach 💁🏻‍♀️ If you’ve been stuck in one-dimensional marketing… Let’s change that. ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY   Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!   You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy

“Live launches are dead.” “People aren’t showing up anymore.” “Sales aren’t what they used to be.” 🙄 The reality is that some online course creators and coaches are feeling frustrated. Their show-up rates are dropping, engagement feels like a battle, and they’re struggling to generate excitement around their offers. And so they start spreading the rumour that live launching no longer works 🙃 What’s really happening? The online space is evolving. The strategies that worked a few years ago (or even a few months ago) are losing their edge. Your audience is savvier, more selective, and engaging in new ways. If you’re using outdated methods, it’s no surprise that results are slipping. This is exactly why I stay ahead of the curve. 💁🏻‍♀️ 💥 Eight years. Countless launches. Relentless testing and refining. I’ve built a system that works, even in a changing market. Whilst others are stuck saying, “It’s not working,” I’m here to show you exactly how it does work when you have the right strategy. In fact, last year, I too had to evolve our live launch strategy and we made $120k in a week converting 40% of students from a low-ticket offer into a high-ticket group coaching program. We’ve done it again inside our most recent live launch with a 38% conversion rate. Live launches certainly are not dead. They’ve just evolved. So what if I told you there’s a strategy that could turn nearly half of your leads into paying students? Would you also be ready to evolve? 🤔 ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY   Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!   You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy

You can create the most amazing yoga business but if no one knows about it there is really no point.  One of the keys to a profitable yoga business is to have a plan for being visible and be found by those that need the solution that you provide. The reality is, if you’re not visible online, you essentially have no business.  But there is one problem when it comes to visibility. And it’s called fear. ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY    Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!    You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy

I know that if you're considering creating an online course you may be doubting your ability to actually make money from it. You hear the successes of others but wonder if it's actually possible for you. Or perhaps you know someone who has created and launched an online course and they didn't get the results they wanted and so you start to believe that the space is now saturated or that people aren't buying online course. Not hitting your goals in the beginning is very common and today I'm sharing the reasons why it happens, so that you don't make these mistakes. ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY    Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!    You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy

What if I told you that everything you’ve been taught about making money as a yoga teacher might be holding you back? This isn’t about working harder or following outdated advice. It’s about transforming how you approach your business, shifting your mindset around money, and taking actionable steps that work in today’s online world. Here’s why you can’t afford to miss this: You’ll discover why some of the most common strategies are keeping you stuck—and the alternative that simplifies everything. We’ll unpack the mindset blocks that stop so many yoga teachers from embracing their full earning potential—and how to overcome them. I’ll show you how to reprogram your mind to attract wealth, believe in your ability to succeed, and embrace abundance without fear or self-doubt. This training isn’t just theory; it’s a wake-up call. If you’ve ever felt like you’re working so hard but still not seeing the income you deserve, you need to hear this. By the end of this podcast, you’ll have the tools and confidence to approach 2025 with a completely new strategy—one that finally gives you the results you’ve been searching for! ABOUT DIGITAL YOGA ACADEMY    Digital Yoga Academy is an Online Yoga Business School, teaching yoga teachers essential business and marketing skills. Powerful business skills that you're not taught in yoga teacher training!    You’ll get all the support you need to turn your passion and expertise as a yoga teacher into a successful yoga business. Join over 20k yoga teachers worldwide on the same journey as you!    🌟 Get started by discovering what type of Yogipreneur you are! Take the Yogipreneur Quiz to find out: https://digitalyogaacademy.lpages.co/yogipreneur-quiz/ CONNECT WITH US 🌟 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalyogaacademy/ 🌟 Private Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalyogaacademy