Let’s say you hear that a yoga studio is closing. You might be all, “Fail!” Hey, that’s how we’ve been culturally trained to see things. Closing = failing. What we think a successful yoga operation looks like goes something like this: a beautiful zen space, a perfect-setting location, a huge schedule of 4+ classes a day 7 days a week, a large diverse line-up of teachers, and classes that anyone can walk in to – and anyone can be challenged in. This is the current reigning premise that most studios have been set up under. It’s a near impossible goal. And that shit costs money. But guess what? I did it. I could keep doing it if I want to “look” successful. But I’m…
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