How to Grow Your Yoga Business: Practical Marketing for Yoga Teachers

You’ve been teaching for a little while, but things still feel messy, inconsistent, or unclear. You’re working hard, but not seeing the steady growth you hoped for. You might feel like you’re winging it, or constantly jumping between different ideas without a clear plan.

This 6-module course will help you understand what actually moves the needle when growing a yoga business — and how to make your marketing feel calm, structured, and manageable.

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Why Yoga Teachers Get Stuck After a Few Years

When you qualified you didn’t realise how much time you’d spend doing admin. Doing social media. Sorting booking. You thought it would be more actual teaching.

It’s very common to reach a point where:

  • Classes aren’t filling consistently

  • You’re unsure which marketing tasks matter

  • You’re busy but not progressing

  • You have a website, but it’s not bringing people in and you hate editing it

  • You feel scattered or overwhelmed

  • You’re ready to grow, but don’t know how

Often this isn’t a motivation issue. It’s a structure issue.

You need to give yourself permission to spend some time and energy learning the business side of being a teacher.

Join me on this journey

Marketing isn’t easy, but you can learn.

1. Refine Your Offerings

Growth usually starts with clarity. Ask yourself:

  • What classes or services bring you energy?

  • What is actually profitable?

  • What do students ask for most?

  • What do you want to be known for?

Refining your offering creates focus and makes marketing easier.

2. Strengthen Your Online Presence

Many teachers build a website early on, but it’s rarely optimised.

Your website should:

  • Make it incredibly easy to book

  • Clearly show your timetable

  • Explain who you teach and why

  • Include strong calls to action

  • Be optimised for local SEO

Small changes here often lead to the biggest improvements.

3. Improve Local Visibility

A strong Google Business Profile and consistent local presence make a huge difference, especially if you teach in-person classes.

Focus on:

  • Google Business Profile updates

  • Encouraging reviews

  • Local directory listings

  • backlinks from local websites

  • Local Facebook groups

  • Community networking

These channels outperform social media for most teachers.

4. Build a Simple Email Strategy

If you want sustainable growth, email marketing is essential. It allows you to:

  • Share updates

  • Fill classes reliably

  • Promote workshops

  • Keep your community connected

Even one short email every two weeks makes a difference.

5. Replace Guesswork With a Clear Plan

Growth happens when you stop trying to do everything and instead focus on the actions that work.

A simple structure might include:

  • Reviewing your bookings monthly

  • Updating your website regularly

  • One strong promotional theme per month

  • Local outreach

  • Consistent email communication

Calm, stable progress beats frantic visibility.

Build Your Essential Toolkit.

You will learn the foundations of good marketing, how to feel confident with your decisions, how to help customers find you and fill up your classes, what it takes to build an actual business, stop worrying & guessing…. stop feeling isolated and confused.

You can expect 6 modules, 14 videos, 12 pdf worksheets (also all available as google docs) and bonus materials. This is over 4 hours of recorded training.

You can go at your own pace and re-watch as many times as you like.

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  • Before you create a website, choose colours, or post on Instagram, you need clarity on who you are as a teacher.

    This is the part most new teachers skip, and it’s why their marketing later feels unclear or scattered.

    As a new teacher, ask yourself:

    • What makes you different as a teacher?

    • What matters to you?

    • What transformation do you help students experience?

    • Who do you actually want to teach?

    This clarity becomes your roots. Everything else grows from here.

  • Branding isn’t about looking perfect. It’s about being recognisable and consistent.

    As a new teacher, this could be as simple as:

    • A clear photo of you

    • A few colours you feel aligned with

    • A simple logo (or even just your name)

    • A brand voice that feels like you

    Many teachers overthink this part. You only need something simple and cohesive so students know what to expect from you.

  • When starting out, you don’t need a complicated website — but you do need a place where students can:

    • Learn who you are

    • See what you offer

    • Book a class

    • Contact you

    Your goal is clarity, not perfection.

    A new teacher site only needs:

    • A homepage

    • A timetable

    • A booking link

    • A short “About” section

    • Local SEO basics (your area, class type, audience)

    This is where many new teachers see their first steady stream of students.

  • New teachers often jump straight into social media, but local marketing usually fills classes faster.

    Start with:

    • Setting up your Google Business Profile

    • Getting your first few Google reviews

    • Posting in local groups

    • Flyers in cafes and community spaces

    • Talking to studios or community venues

    Your community is your strongest asset when you’re starting out.

  • New teachers can lose students simply because their booking process is unclear or complicated.

    Make sure your setup is:

    • Easy to use

    • Mobile-friendly

    • Quick to book

    • Clear on times, prices and location

    And even if your list is tiny, start your email list early. It becomes one of your biggest long-term marketing tools.

  • AI can help new teachers:

    • Write class descriptions

    • Draft social posts

    • Create flyers

    • Map out content ideas

    But the key is learning how to prompt it so your voice stays authentic — not generic or robotic.

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Ready to Grow With Confidence?

If you want a clear framework that covers business foundations, marketing strategy, websites, pricing, booking systems, local SEO, and more, my signature marketing course can help.

It’s designed especially for yoga and Pilates teachers who want to stop winging it and start growing with clarity.

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