Finlay Wilson is a 30-year-old yoga instructor, based in Scotland, who became a social media sensation when the BBC posted a video of him doing yoga topless in a kilt. He tells the Autumn issue of Winq how yoga helped heal his mental health. For more, click HERE.

Finlay Wilson is a 30-year-old yoga instructor, based in Scotland, who became a social media sensation when the BBC posted a video of him doing yoga topless in a kilt. He tells the Autumn issue of Winq how yoga helped heal his mental health. For more, click HERE.

Ava’s workshop aims to inspire all those working within the yoga sphere to do more with their already existing ideas. Building confidence to take your business to the next level is key. During the intensive you will assess and address your current business’s strengths and areas of opportunity. Alongside other yoga business owners, you’ll share strategies and resources on how to make simple shifts to get you more of what’s working, and less of what’s not. As a group you will finally discuss different business strategies in the yoga space, and how to determine if these strategies are right for you to pursue. A Q&A session will follow. For more, click HERE

Ava’s workshop aims to inspire all those working within the yoga sphere to do more with their already existing ideas. Building confidence to take your business to the next level is key. During the intensive you will assess and address your current business’s strengths and areas of opportunity. Alongside other yoga business owners, you’ll share strategies and resources on how to make simple shifts to get you more of what’s working, and less of what’s not. As a group you will finally discuss different business strategies in the yoga space, and how to determine if these strategies are right for you to pursue. A Q&A session will follow. For more, click HERE

Most yoga teachers love their jobs (and the excellent karma), but are they making a living? According to Ava Taylor of YAMA Talent, the first ever yoga talent agency, the answer is no—if teaching is their only form of income. “We do a lot of business consulting at YAMA and it’s because folks are accidental entrepreneurs,” she says. “You don’t graduate from yoga teacher training, get your certificate from the Yoga Alliance, apply for a job, and guaranteed a salary of $40,000. You have to piece it together.” Read more

"In our latest episode of Founder Journey, a series of interviews highlighting the journeys of today’s most inspiring and forward thinking female entrepreneurs, we chat with Ava Taylor, founder of YAMA Talents, the first management and consulting firm nurturing the careers of some of today’s most sought after yoga teachers." Read more

Sadie Nardini and Leslie Kaminoff share their trials and successes in the newest, New York Magazine article, "The Brutal Economics of Being a Yoga Teacher". Ava Taylor is also giving her input on the growing yoga business and what tools every aspiring yoga teacher should be utilizing. Check out the article today!