How We Work

We help you to be a better yoga studio business owner

Since 1991, I have been serving thousands of people, helping them reach their personal and professional life goals. Centered Business has a philosophy that guides the work we do:

• Yoga Studio Business Education - The main goal of Centered Business is to educate yoga studio owners on how to effectively and successfully run their yoga studio business. To that end, we have provided free information, a Studio Workbook, a Super Studios Manual, the Studio Owner's Path to Success Program Teleclass Series, and the Fast Track Program . To put it another way, we have just about anything to help you with your yoga studio business which will fit into your budget.

• Yoga Studio Business Results - When you use the ideas and information we provide, you can expect to:

  • Run your studio with less struggle. Increase your monthly income, learn how to more effectively select staff, avoid potential problems and learn to deal with those that do arise more easily.

  • Create a plan that brings your yoga studio business closer to your vision of what you know it could become. You will be one to five years out in front of your business, taking it to the next level of growth with reasonable, concrete steps.

  • Consistently generate streams of clients that flow to you. By figuring out your studio's vision and purpose, you can easily create marketing strategies to support your business and fill your classes.

  • Create a balanced system that works well. "Having it all' means starting with a balanced business system. This kind of "system" is simply a structure that allows you to operate your yoga business in a smoother-running way. It will mean more personalized support for your clients and customers, and probably happier yoga staff too. As a result, your energy will be restored.

  • Enjoy inner peace. You'll learn how to hear and trust your own best answers as a regular part of your professional yoga life. You'll connect with your inner self and stay calm even in the midst of business chaos through your own level of confidence. After all, didn't you start all this out of a love for that place of peace and balance?

But you need to do more than just read about it. You have to do it!

When you begin to really work with the information provided on this site, you'll experience changes based on your greatest vision for your yoga studio.

You'll get very clear on what your ideal yoga business life looks like and receive the support you need to take conscious, consistent, and clear actions to create it. You'll experience a true sense of satisfaction as you accomplish each goal.

You'll start to focus on the areas of the yoga business that are most profitable, overcome non-productive time wasters, organize your yoga studio, clarify the focus of your yoga studio (what it is not is just as important as what it is), and help you to make good decisions.. to name just a few areas.

There are several ways to get the help you need.

• Free Expert Series Guides. These provide tips you can use today to improve your yoga studio or start planning a new studio. They are free guides you can download immediately, and come bundled with our monthly Balanced Business Newsletter, which is our primary communication vehicle.

• The Studio Workbook will help you figure out how to tackle the business issues in your yoga studio. This is a collection of the "greatest hits" articles written by me (Al Lipper), each expanded to include a worksheet section so you can immediately apply the principles to your studio in a reasonable and effective way.

• The Super Studios Manual is a series of interviews with successful yoga studios from around the country. These provide yoga studio owners the "insider secrets" about both starting up as well as operating a successful yoga studio from people who have done it.

• The Studio Owner's Path to Success Program Teleclass Series connects the yoga studio owner community with business solutions that really work... through a multi-week group coaching program done via telephone. These calls cover key principles essential to running a successful business in a live and interactive forum with Coach Al. Each week covered a different topic and includes unlimited resources and support, weekly action steps, live question and answers, and breakout mastermind groups.

• The one-on-one Fast Track Program is the absolute fastest way to see results in your business because we work with you individually. This highly effective process is not a pre-packaged step-by-step method for achieving success. Rather, it incorporates a proven model custom tailored for you and your unique situation.

Centered Business is located on the Central Coast in California. I generate almost all my business either online or by providing services to clients all over the country by telephone through Studio Owner's Path to Success Program Teleclasses and the Fast Track Program. I live in a house on a mountain surrounded by pines, and I love what I do. It is my pleasure to serve yoga studio owners and share what I know to help in their success.