So you want to host a yoga retreat. Behind every beautiful retreat is a human like you. A yoga teacher navigating money, nerves, imposter syndrome, leadership decisions, and pivots... so I have some yoga retreat planning tips for ya.

In this episode, I’m sharing the real story of hosting my last retreat, the shaky anxiety before it began, the moments where the experience didn’t match my expectations, the double-booked shala, the breakfast pivot, the unexpected abundance, and the leadership lessons that no one talks about.

This is more than “how to host a yoga retreat.” This is about the energetics of hosting, and some stories that will keep you company. :)

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Time stamps

00:00 intro

03:00 bold! year of the firehorse

04:30 7 steps to getting ready to host your retreat

08:30 backstory

13:50 giveaway!! 1 year free of offeringtree

15:50 number 1 nothing to hide, nothing to prove

20:55 taxi driver wisdom, don’t fixate on pain

24:30 number 2 carving from edge to edge

31:00 100 points allocation theory

33:00 number 3 leading is recognizing talent in others

36:40 number 4 abundance and budgeting

38:50 money as appreciation

43:40 number 5 see the people

45:30 notes advice

48:20 scholarship programs

50:00 number 6 how to be decisive

51:00 my first time driving in latin america

54:50 number 7 on the other side of that dream

57:00 regret & the magic gardener

In this episode, Carling Harps shares her journey through 15 years of teaching yoga and how her practice has evolved over time. She reflects on cueing, identity, accessibility, and learning to trust the different seasons of practice. Carling speaks to the importance of yoga community, joy and play in a movement practice, and why there is no self-liberation without collective liberation.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 intro

01:10 offering tree

04:02 when you think about yoga, what do you see?

06:25 consistency in yoga practice

08:00 trusting the different seasons of your practice

11:00 identity in yoga

12:25 the misconception that yoga will heal you

14:41 hyper-individualism in yoga

16:51 self-realization vs self-obsession

18:00 “there is no self-liberation without collective-liberation”

20:14 fostering yoga community

26:00 walking alongside your students

28:55 cueing, alignment, & injuries

36:38 diversifying your movement practice

40:36 weightlifting & energy

46:23 play & joy in movement as an adult

48:37 as yoga teachers, what is our responsibility to address what’s going on in the world?

52:27 do you think yoga can change the world?

56:10 both systemic change and individual change

01:00:00 yoga is political

01:02:22 expand your yoga worldview

01:08:00 billboard question

It’s here!! The 2 hour special with Victoria Hutchins, aka the daily victorian, to ask her everything about life, creating, writing, poetry, fears, breakthroughs and her new book. Victoria is a handstanding poet. She is the woman behind the iconic poetry and yoga flow that feels like a dose of big sister reassurance mixed with a level of depth that reminds us what it means to be human. She brings us a sincere reminder to have hope. Her words are raw, moving, ironic at times, and hard to feel the same after hearing. Victoria is the author of Make Believe, host of the Soul Gum podcast, a yoga instructor, and a corporate lawyer turned content creator.

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Time stamps

00:00 Intro

06:00 Victoria’s process of believing any of this was possible.

14:00 Roots of childhood creation.

15:30 Writing poetry.

20:15 Understanding her own personality.

23:49 Pressure to know who we are and how things turn out is exhausting.

28:50 Thinking about your audience first as a creator. Rick Rubin?

32:10 Starting route to Taco Bell!!

37:30 Being able to process before creating.

41:00 Victoria’s routine vs. being fully consumed by one thing.

43:00 Feeling like you’re on an island can be a good thing.

47:50 Where does confidence come from?

53:00 How Victoria finds her words. A courtship.

56:30 (Creative) Fire just needs room to breathe.

1:00:00 How to follow a massive success.

1:06:00 Abundance mindset.

1:10:00 Jealousy: the people you are most jealous of show you it’s possible for you.

1:12:00 God, spirituality, death, heaven, Trust.

1:19:00 Questions to ponder with friends that you can’t answer.

1:21:00 Make Believe and after life.

1:24:00 Being taught that parts of us are “bad”

1:29:30 After you take the purity ring off.

1:36:00 Vulnerable, holy shit moments.

1:40:39 Let me let you go.

1:42:12 The process of writing a book.

1:43:30 Publishing a book

1:49:20 Victoria’s hope for all who read.

1:55:00 Weekday morning routine and structure.

1:57:45 An exceptional leader.

2:00:00 Victoria’s Billboard Message