Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast

EP 27: Creating Freedom: Monica Bright on Running Your Own Yoga Business

Interviewed by Reika Alexi

In our conversation, Monica shares the benefits of running your own yoga business compared to working for someone else or a studio. She highlights the freedom and flexibility that come with being your own boss, allowing you to teach what you love and create a schedule that fits your life.

Monica also discusses the importance of diversifying income streams to build a resilient and sustainable career. As a mother of two daughters, she is passionate about setting an example of following your dreams and living a life you love.

Tune in to gain valuable insights and practical business advice from Monica Bright.

Conversations for Yoga Teachers

by Karen Fabian

Meet Monica Bright - Ep: 302

"On today's show, you'll meet Monica Bright, an experienced yoga teacher and teacher trainer who shares her philosophy and teaching method. Monica and I connected recently and I was so impressed with her background that l invited her on the show." 

We cover a number of teaching topics from cueing to sequencing, anatomy to mindset.

Monica talks about her monthly membership and other ways she works with yoga teachers

Here's what we discussed:

• Monica's teaching background & what inspired her to become a yoga teacher
• Navigating life as a yoga teacher after the pandemic
• Teaching students with different learning styles
• How her background as an elementary school teacher & Educational Consultant inspires her yoga teaching today

The Cope & Chill Podcast

Yoga Benefits for Mental Health

Interviewed by Ron Martin on The Cope & Chill Podcast about utilizing yoga as a tool to aid in healthy mental and nervous system regulation.

Here's what we talked about:

• After having children and nursing her daughters, she found yoga to be a way to reconnect with her own body and reclaim it for herself.
• How to foster resilience with each challenge or "lesson" in life.
• Resiliency is built & it can help you face increasingly difficult challenges in the future and ultimately succeed.
• Bonus: Monica shares some special, not-so-well-known, self-care practices that she uses to keep herself balanced and cared for.

Results Not Typical w/ Nikki Naab-Levy

Navigating Pain & Injury in Yoga

Super excited to share that I was on the Results Not Typical Podcast with Nikki Naab-Levy where we talked about navigating pain and injuries in yoga. It's a subject dear to my heart as I've navigated injuries throughout my career as a yoga teacher & enjoy working with students with injuries.

Here's what we discussed:

• Myths about the relationship between pain and injury
• Why even though yoga is thought of as therapeutic, not all yoga poses or styles are appropriate when you have pain or injury
• How to have grace for yourself if you have pain or an injury and are unable to do as much as you would like
• My recent experience with frozen shoulder and what I've learned from it about navigating these types of long term injuries
• Why modification and props are not a sign of weakness

The Mentor Sessions: Support + Strategy for Yoga Teachers

Injuries & Teaching Yoga

Recently interviewed by Francesca Cervero on The Mentor Sessions Podcast and you can listen anywhere you get your podcasts!

Here's what we talked about:

• All about the shoulder injury I'm working with, including the diagnosis, therapy, and interventions I've had and how my recovery is going
• How my current shoulder injury has impacted my teaching
• The injuries I most commonly see in students and how I work with those injuries in class
• The injuries that are more prevalent in people who’s only form of exercise is asana and the kinds of modalities I recommend they add into their movement practice
• Why it is so important to let our students have their own experience and a framework to do that consistently

The Mentor Sessions: Support + Strategy for Yoga Teachers

Where Do We Go From Here?

My friend and yoga teacher, Francesca Cervero, featured me on her latest podcast The Mentor Sessions: Support + Strategy for Yoga Teachers.

Francesca is a private yoga teacher & yoga teacher’s mentor. The conversation we had was so poignant. We discussed big changes we think we'll see in the yoga world next year, recommendations for listeners to consider as our world continues to change, and more.

What are my thoughts on how the yoga landscape is changing? What do I think our next steps should be as students and teachers? I'd love for you to listen to the conversation!

Melanated Rising w/ Kristin Iris

Yoga, Pain & Injuries

Fellow Black Latina, movement teacher & creator, Kristin Iris invited me to have this necessary discussion on her podcast.

Your body is a powerful space for both athletes and non-athletic creatives alike. Monica Bright, yoga teacher and movement specialist joins me for this episode to discuss body mechanics, body awareness, and how improving functionality in your body improves your creativity, athletic performance, and overall well-being.

We discuss yoga, building awareness of your own body mechanics, and taking control of your injuries and pain especially as People of Color who are often dismissed by medical professionals.

The Future of Yoga - Post Pandemic w/ Nicole Wetzell

NEW Talk (Ep 2) Monica Bright & Yoga Online Pivoting to A Digital Yoga Space

Welcome to NEW Talk, a video series that highlights businesses and organizations that create positive change and celebrates the people making that happen

The pandemic forced yogis, studio owners, and students to rethink the traditional yoga class at a studio.

Monica Bright, the owner of Enhanced Body, discusses how she built an entire online studio, including class packs, monthly and annual memberships, a library of classes, live classes on Zoom, and even Spotify playlists, this spring when we were just a few weeks into the pandemic. We also talk about how to stay more mindful and centered during these difficult and tumultuous times and how yoga will evolve post-pandemic.