Leadership and Yoga Opening a Yoga Studio with Vivian Duelli
Join me, Shawna Krueger, and Vivian Duelli, for an episode on the process of dreaming up and creating a yoga studio space, how to open a yoga studio, advice on finding a location for a studio, running a studio, community building and also more about Vivian’s background and DRIFT Yoga Studio and Juice Bar. Vivian is the founder and owner of DRIFT and a yoga instructor with a background in the fashion industry.
This is a special interview because DRIFT is my home studio in Seattle and what I constantly refer to as the most well-run studio and nicest studio I have taught at.
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Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
02:51 Vivian’s background: med school, fashion, yoga.
09:00 Getting trained.
11:00 Dreaming up the opening of the studio.
13:30 Knowing that she was going to open DRIFT.
16:00 The art of choosing a location for a yoga studio.
19:30 How can we step back from needing to see progress and trust more?
24:00 Choosing a name: the meaning behind DRIFT
26:30 How it felt opening the doors to a new studio.
28:00 No service in the studio: attention to detail.
32:00 Yoga photo shoots & creative parts of running a studio.
35:00 Teachers are also partners & what yoga teachers go through.
37:45 What can teachers do to catch a studio owner’s eye?
42:00 Challenges of managing a yoga studio.
44:00 Creative process.
46:20 Advice for creating an in-person yoga space.
47:30 How to write a business plan for a studio.
50:30 Self-care behind the scenes.
56:00 Billboard message.