Yoga Health Coaching |

Coach of the Month: Monica Biasiolo

Cate Stillman — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:04:07 +0000

For Monica Biasiolo Yoga Health Coaching changed everything. Suffering from a chronic illness, Monica refused to fall into victim mode and decided to invest in her health by joining the Yogahealer community. She experienced firsthand what changing your habits can do for your health, and brilliantly transitioned from student to mentor, leading her own health coaching business.

Monica believes difficult journeys can be done with ease and believes that anyone can start healing themselves and find their dharma while they are at it.

Listen to the episode to learn more about Monica’s inspiring journey from self healer to professional health coach.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to get out of victim mode
How to motivate people to change
How to be patient with yourself

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

Healing yourself from a chronic illness
Experiencing the habits in your body
From self healer to professional healer

Timestamps:

1:26 Finding your dharma from a place of discomfort
7:59 Transforming the difficult into easy
15:07 The journey from student to mentor
25:34 Being successful and experiencing ease

Guest Bio:

Monica is a certified Yoga Health Coach who loves to give back to the Yogahealer community. Being a Body Thrive Assistant first and a YHC peer mentor, an opportunity to give back to the community that changed her life.

Monica is also a Forrest Yoga and Mindfulness teacher. She recently moved back to Rome, her hometown, after living as an expat for 20 years in four continents. Traveling with her family, visiting new places, and learning from different cultures is what her kids and herself love. In her free time, she likes to read books, paint, use her hands to create handcrafts or recycle materials to make a piece of art, dance with the music of the 70 and 80 and walk in nature.

Monica has two grown children (a son 23 years old and a daughter 21 years old) and a son 9 years old. Her identity evolution is centered on nurturing herself so she can be present for her kids, lead with integrity and enjoy good connections in her relationships. She is responsible, always ready to listen and help others, and loves to honor her commitments.

Her growing edge is time management and project management so she can work more productively and have free time to do things she loves with her family and learn new tools for my identity evolution. The role of leadership of YHC empowered Monica and taught her how to connect with people at a deeper level to help them manifest their dharma.

Coach of the Month Marie Weitbrecht

Cate Stillman — Wed, 05 May 2021 21:57:08 +0000

The only child of two therapists, Marie grew up hearing that it is ok to have bad days, but what she wanted to know was how to make those bad days better. Having just finished her PhD, and on a quest for a better way of living, she decided to try Yogahealer’s Living Ayurveda Course. It was the beginning of a journey that changed everything.

After Living Ayurveda, Marie committed to being a coach herself and enrolled in Yoga Health Coaching. Struggling to find her voice, she had to evolve into someone who uses hers to make a living. She has since been unstoppable.

Listen to the podcast to learn more about (and from) Coach of the Month Marie Weitbrecht!

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to keep feeling better in life
How to master the process of ease
How to coach with confidence

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

The importance of your keystone habit
Evolving the relationship with yourself
Coaching as a giving practice

Timestamps:

2:02 The power to turn bad days into good ones
19:47 Finding out what your keystone habit is
37:17 Reasons why you should always choose to give
45:39 Embracing collaborative leadership

Guest Bio:

Marie wrote her PhD about mainstream culture’s “stories“ about women and their power. She has been working as a coach since 2013. In her online program EVOLUTION, she teaches high-achieving women the system to grow into the next version of themselves.

Steps for Building New Habits for the Future

Cate Stillman — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:01:29 +0000

In order to become your future self, you will need to develop new habits. But navigating your past, present and future self is not always easy. So much of who we think we are is based on the belief system that was passed on to us. In order to become the next version of yourself, you will need to let go of limiting beliefs and embrace the plasticity in yourself.

There is a rhythm to creating new habits, and it needs receptiveness. Fear will paralyze you and keep you from achieving your goals and becoming the person you need to be to do so.

In this episode, Cate talks about overcoming fear of change, getting rid of outdated versions of yourself, and creating space for your future potential.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to orient yourself in time and space
How your belief system influences you
How to overcome the fear of evolving

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

The fluidity of personality and the role of pulsation
The importance of plasticity in yourself
Self-massage and matching the pulsation of the cosmos

Timestamps:

1:20 Getting specific about your vision of the future
14:33 Falling into rhythm and becoming receptive to being
33:10 Creating space and an embodied experience

From Yoga Teacher to Coach with Paige Bradley-Pecoul

stef — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:19:10 +0000

Paige was set on joining Yoga Health Coaching, but when she thought about the investment, she felt anxious. Nonetheless, having set her mind, she took out a loan, borrowed some money, and went for it!

Now, a year later, she could not be happier with her decision. She has successfully completed her pilot program and is looking forward to increasing her prices.

Listen to learn more about transitioning from yoga teacher to coach, developing the skills you need to evolve, and enrolling with ease.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How habits sustain you through difficulties
How to get your first members
How to transition from your job to coaching

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

Overcoming the fear of investing in yourself
Becoming your best selling point
Increasing the price of your program

Timestamps:

2:14 The audacity to want more
5:24 Attracting and engaging clients
11:39 Adjusting to online communication
15:22 Identify the skills you want to have

Guest Bio:

Paige took her first yoga class from Alvina Haverkamp in 1998. She studied closely with her for many years and went on to pursue a teaching certification in 2004. Paige is a graduate of the Temple of Kriya Yoga Home Study program, the Swan River Yoga Advanced Teacher Training program, the Ananda Seva Mission Yoga Therapy program, and Judith Lasater’s Experiential Anatomy Program and Back Care Course. And has over 500 hours of yoga training and taught over 2000 classes.

Lately, Paige has been drawn to work with individuals, and focus on stress relief and the kind of deep nervous system reset that is required when living in such a chaotic world.

In addition to being a yoga educator, leading weekly ongoing classes, annual workshops, and trainings. Paige is a mother to 3 and knows what it means to be a caretaker and the importance of filling the well with self-care practices.

Coach of the Month: Jessica Drago

Cate Stillman — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:42:54 +0000

Intermittent fasting is becoming increasingly popular, but for all the yogis and yoginis out there intermittent fasting is not a new trend. In Ayurveda, we call it space eating and it is one of the pillars for a healthy life. Recently science caught up with the 4 millennia wisdom behind space-eating, and several studies have supported the health benefits of this practice.

For the past month, Cate has been joined by several members on the Yogahealer Challenge, a fast track program, specially designed to help people overcome mediocrity to become an exceptional person and lead an exceptional life. How? By reviving the habits that make us smarter and more vital humans, such as Intermittent Fasting.

Listen to the podcast to learn more about the Yogahealer Challenge, the benefits of intermittent fasting, and what foods you should be eating when breaking your fast.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to communicate clearly online
How to develop a relationship with clients
How to make the most of your skillset

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

The loneliness of leadership
Overcoming money trauma
Evolution and easeful living

Timestamps:

1:15 Communicating directly with your ideal client
5:16 Sales and developing relationships with clients
10:40 Understanding different communication styles
16:18 Utilizing your unique skillset

Guest Bio:

Jessica’s journey started in 2009 with an attempt to nurture a rock-climbing injury. While taking yoga classes, she experienced an endless adventure towards self-awareness aligned with nature’s rhythms. Having suffered and recovered from various sports injuries, Jessica has an understanding of how to offer what the body needs to recuperate.

In the last decade, she has completed workshops certifying for Physical Therapy Aide, Massage Therapy Aide, Certified Nursing Assistant, Yoga Heath Coaching, and over 200 hours of yoga teacher training. Coupling her love of habit evolution and body mechanics, she is passionate about coaching others through Ayurvedic principles towards their unique pursuit of an active and balanced lifestyle.

Outside of coaching, Jessica either spends family time in nature with her loving partner and son, creates wildcrafted art, tends to her plants, or dances.

Sales and Dealing with Objections with Yvette Desai

Cate Stillman — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:28:35 +0000

Are you struggling with sales? Sales can be hard to master. Afterall, when dealing with sales, you are also dealing with rejection. But there are some steps you can take to successfully fill your program and make sales with ease.

The key to sales is learning to overcome your prospective client’s objections. And the most common objection is money. But is it that someone doesn’t have the money to invest in your program? Or that your program doesn’t feel like a priority to them?

Listen to the Yoga Health Coaching episode to learn how to overcome objections and how to ask the right questions.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to deal with sales objections
How to ask the right questions
What is the cost of not making a change?

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

Nurturing before making a sale
Explaining the value of your program
Speaking directly with the financial decision maker

Timestamps:

3:06 Understanding the objections behind the money objection
8:48 Taking someone deep into their desire
15:20 The cost of not investing in yourself
22:01 The Know, Like and Trust factor

Guest Bio:

Ivette grew up in a house where food was used to celebrate everything — birthdays, holidays, the first day of school. Her mother loved to cook, and Ivette loved to help, and also loved to eat. This is where her passion for food and cooking began.

As a teen with very little outlet for her own emotions, Ivette became an emotional eater. Chocolate was her go-to, she ate when anxious, and even when she was bored.

As life evolved, Ivette found herself at the center of her own family, very little focus went to prioritizing her needs. She managed the household, worked while still waking up for the 5am boot camp, volunteering for the school, and giving back to the community.

She woke up one morning and could not get out of bed – her body ached in extreme pain and she felt physically and mentally exhausted. All the stress, running around, eating sugar for energy, drinking caffeine to stay awake, and drinking wine to soothe had taken its toll on Ivette’s body.

I realized all the negative thoughts and food addictions contributed to low energy, gut issues, hormonal imbalances. She became a health coach and began helping women like herself prioritize themselves, slow down, nourish their bodies, and really, truly heal.

Developing an yearly program with Lisa Myers

Cate Stillman — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:22:57 +0000

After completing Body Thrive, Lisa, a Yoga teacher and Ayurveda practitioner, new Yoga Health Coaching was the perfect program for her. Now in her fourth quarter of YHC, she has successfully led her first program.

Leading both a basic and premium 3 month program, Lisa is now focused on developing a yearly program. To do so, she is developing the necessary skills to offer a high ticket program and maintain her enrollment success.

Listen to the podcast to learn more about the Yoga Health Coaching marketing and enrollment training, what metrics you should be using and what skills you need to develop to make your yearly program a success.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to develop your program
How to get specific about metrics
How to get more members for your program

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

Developing a yearly program
Prioritizing lifestyle design and freedom
Understanding human design

Timestamps:

1;41 Individual evolution in a group program
6:13 Developing a basic and premium program
14:42 Having a high ticket program and the necessary skills
22:36 YHC’s Marketing and enrollment training

Guest Bio:

Throughout her life, Lisa has always felt drawn to health and wellness. However, it wasn’t until college — when she was introduced to yoga and yoga philosophies — that she found a health practice that really stuck and worked for her.

When she graduated from college, her interest in yoga grew. At that time she was building solar farms and would work well over 50 hours a week. One day, on her way home from work, she discovered a yoga studio just off the highway and figured, rather than sitting in traffic, she could go to a yoga class for an hour.

This practice aligned her mind, body and emotions. Lisa’s well-being flourished and her career goals shifted. She realized that she needed to share the shifts she was experiencing and expanding into. It was in this very yoga studio that Lisa discovered Ayurveda for the first time.

After going through her yoga teacher training in 2016, Lisa made the commitment to pursue her certificate as an Ayurveda Health Counselor.

She is now on a journey to help other women feel better than they ever thought possible.

Romy Toussaint YHC Q3: “I am enough”

Cate Stillman — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:21:12 +0000

Romy Toussaint is a force to be reckoned with. Known to some as “The Energy Queen”, Romy has been a Yoga teacher for over 20 years and has dedicated her life to helping others to live their lives consciously.

Now in her third quarter of the Yoga Health Coaching, Romy is finishing her pilot, and can’t wait to enroll more people. She was able to pay off the course tuition and then some, but admits setting a price was the hardest part of the process.

Listen to the podcast to learn more about how Romy was able to fill her first group and make more money, while automating her processes for future growth.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to get comfortable with setting a price for you program
How to use mantras when you feel overwhelmed
How to overcome the fear of investing in yourself

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

Leading a dynamic group and keeping members engaged
Automating your business to grow faster
Identifying the drama triangle

Timestamps:

2:35 Setting a price you feel uncomfortable with
8:38 Growing as a program leader
21:34 The power of having skin in the game

Guest Bio:

Romy Toussaint also known as “The Energy Queen” is dedicated to empower those around her to create a complete practice of consciously leading their lives; to manage their energy and become physically strong through all stages of their lives; to connect to their minds; strengthen their spirit so they can do their work in the world.

Romy is a transformational trainer and coach, motivational speaker, and yoga teacher .She is also a professional speaker and presenter on the benefits of mindfulness yoga and wellness. An expert at customizing and facilitating physical activity breaks, and mindfulness sessions at conferences and workshops for all types of groups and organizations.

In love with yoga for over 20 years, Romy has been married to her college sweetheart for 30 years and is the mother of four amazing sons and the oldest of 5 children.

Following Your Bliss with Michelle Gross

Cate Stillman — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:10:42 +0000

As the full-time director of an international development non-profit, Michelle Gross felt she couldn’t fit the Yoga Health Coaching program into her busy traveling schedule. But that all changed when she watched a Masterclass by Cate, and experienced the urgency of stepping into her zone of genius.

Armed with a strong “why” and supported by the YHC community, Michelle has been able to fill and run her pilot successfully in a few months, despite the fact she didn’t have an established wellness business.

Michelle is focused on getting her members to overcome social conditioning and achieving beauty from the inside out. Listen to the podcast to learn more about how Michelle is leading a culturally diverse group, her ambition to have a spanish speaking course and overcoming self-doubt.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to step out of your comfort zone
How to keep your motivation
How to coach different cultures

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

Dealing with course members who are stressed
The benefits of having an accountability partner
The importance of the culture that surrounds you

Timestamps:

1:48 Having the courage to step into your zone of genius
8:28 The stagnant feeling of unworthiness
14:29 Overcoming social conditioning
23:33 Adjusting your course to different cultures

Guest Bio:

Michelle Gross is a Yoga Health Coach and Trauma Informed Yoga teacher based in Orlando, Florida.

Michelle guides dynamic groups of people through transformative change using the habits of Ayurveda. She specializes in guiding groups and getting things done in a fun and positive way. She also manages an international development program, Sharing Smiles.

Finding Ease and Flow with YHC Natalie Jackson

Cate Stillman — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 19:38:14 +0000

Natalie’s Yoga Health Coaching experience has been one of intensive growth and expansion. As a wilderness instructor and tiny house enthusiast, she entered YHC with a lot of limiting beliefs about money.

Now in her fourth quarter of YHC, Natalie is successfully enrolling people into her program and working on scaling her business. She has been leading her members to align to the habits, by using nature and her outdoors knowledge.

Even though her coaching plans had to be adjusted because of the pandemic, Natalie was able to create deep connections with her group, and the results have been incredible.

Listen to the episode to learn more about reconnecting to your why, creating a safe place for your members, and outsourcing tasks outside your zone of genius.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to reconnect to your why
How to overcome limiting beliefs about money
How to create connection online

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

The experience of growing out of your own skin
Creating a safe place for people to be themselves
Adjusting your course due to the pandemic

Timestamps:

3:25 Engaging in quality growth and expansion
8:12 Coaching Groups vs. Individual Coaching
15:54 Measuring impact and keeping to metrics
21:30 Outsourcing what you are not passionate about

Guest Bio:

Natalie is your go-to girl for vibrant health & simple living – as a certified Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and YogaHealer and a Wilderness Instructor – she believes it is her mission to help willing individuals to get unstuck, regain their health, reset negative thinking and reduce anxiety so they can experience their own self-empowerment and intuition.

Today, Natalie helps people discover their ability to self heal through Yoga and Ayurveda, behavioral science, mind-body connection within a high-vibe community of others seeking the same balance.

Natalie is also a tiny house designer and builder who believes we are in collaboration with the Universe to create the lives of our dreams.