World-Class Dancer to Yoga Studio Owner: Laura's Story

Welcome to PT Launch Lab. Today we're joined by Laura who owns Vibe Yoga. Uh we'll just start off whereabouts you're located Laura and um when you're opening. >> Yes, so we're located on Gilligot. So, it's uh a salon called Glossy and then V Yoga is going to be upstairs. Um so, we're going to be opening 10th of March.

So, we've got some offers running for March which are going to be posted in the next few days. Um we've got all the keys and everything yesterday. So, there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Um, >> did you say to me that you were doing like a pre were it a pre sign up or would it like I'm sure you said to me on on messages before that you said you were going to do some running before just before or am I have I made that up in my head? >> No, we're going to uh we're on about I'm doing some um like how can I explain what they are? the like I've got a few. So I'm doing we're doing some events and things within Gossit, but then I'm also doing some workshops for team bonding um through Wakefield Council.

So I work for Wakefield Council and um I'm doing some Yacht Villas. So I'm doing a team bonding day. No way. >> Um so they wanting just like bit of wellness, bit of everything. So I we're booking out um Feather Sports Center um and we're going to do it down there. So there's bits like that.

But >> is it the beginner's class is what I'm thinking of. or >> or is that starting the 10th of March? >> No, everything's just going to start 10th of March. So, we're just going to go straight in. Everything's going to be mixed ability. So, it's gonna be a bit like everything can be modified. Everything depending on your ability if you've done yoga before.

If you haven't, >> it's not going to be your traditional yoga kind of like >> it's going to have elements of your traditional yoga cuz it it's got to, but it's going to have like a bit of the hit side to it like Oh, no way. >> Yeah. It's going to it's going to be a bit different because I think there's a bit of stigma around yoga that it is quite boring, >> quite zen and chill chilled. Ultra chilled. Yeah. And >> I want to bring that part to it.

There's definitely going to be an element of that. Um but yeah, I'm I'm a bit wild with her. As a whole, but yeah, it's um >> So, what made you come up with that idea? Just a bit character involved in the something that you enjoy, something that you love. >> Yeah. So, I've from being a young age, I've been a dancer.

So, Yeah. Interesting. So, do you mind you met dragging it yourself? >> Um, so yeah, from being a young age, I were a dancer. Um, competed at high levels. I've been to two different dance schools.

So, I initially I was really shy to start with. I would honestly I horrendous. Um, but yeah, I were really shy as a as a kid and dancing just kind of brought me out my shell. So, it's it's kind of stem from that because I competed at a high level. I was third in the world.

I did the championship both. Yeah, honestly were amazing. I was sponsored. So, I've always been inspired by my dance teachers. My dance teachers just have kind of made me who I am. >> Yeah.

So, so like I've just said to you before we come in. There's no there's no script for this uh podcast. So, >> where where did the dancing start? I like we'll get to the yoga. There's literally no rush for that.

So, uh yeah. How old were you when you started all your dancing and stuff? >> Uh I think I were about nine. So my mom took me and they were like, "Oh, we wanted to compete." And we're like, "There's no way you'll get her to compete." Cuz it were just you were in a floor shy. Yeah. Like there were you there were a couple on floor and then everybody were obviously watching you being judged and me first time that we went she were like she won't go on.

She won't go. I'm telling you she won't go on. And I just walked on in it. It were like >> I am I was just a different person. And then from that the point my mom were like >> we we get people like that.

I mean, I reference things for boxing all the time, so you'll probably get sick of that. But it's same some lads who are dead quiet in the gym. And I always say they've got like this alter ego once they get in the boxing ring as soon as they're in there. They're like this character. Like I know honestly some of the quietest lads once they boo to a ghost and they're walking out for the walk out and they playing sick crowd and it's crazy after they're like tensing after.

Honestly, the funniest thing it's like they're completely different people. So obviously I'm guessing that's very similar with what you're doing. >> Yeah, really similar. So along I started at a smaller school which were in Pontifat um and then I moved to a school in Leeds um got a sponsorship um and it kind of just all went off from there. It >> So when you say third world do you compete like for country it for your >> No like for say there's all different sections. So it's like beginners um starters prems uh intermediate champs prems and it were like from my so I were champ so I come and third in like my division for that but honestly it were amazing. >> So how many years did you compete for? >> Uh so I it came to a bit of a sudden stop because I had an injury in my back.

So I've got degenerative disc disease now in my back from dancing. So I want naturally flexible in my back. I've always been quite flexible naturally in my legs but I got stretched. would push ourselves and I I literally could snap it. >> Is that um is that how the yoga come about >> kind of? Yeah. Because >> cuz that's just a mad story, isn't it?

How you just said all that and you just transfer transferred it into that? >> Yeah. So the yoga's kind of come about more from the last I'd say the last year or so because with me I tried to go back dancing >> um last year start of last year and I still couldn't do it like with my back and things and when I went I got diagnosed last year with degenerative disc dis disc >> but from there they were like you need to do things like pilatees yoga so I've gone down that route absolutely fallen in love with it and just obviously wanted to do >> that's crazy what a Sorry. >> Honestly, it's I think it's the because the difference with like the gym using your big muscles, you're training your big muscles. Pilates in yoga, you're using such int intricate muscles. >> Yeah. >> And the difference that I've seen in my back. I used to have a lump on my back and that's just totally gone just because I'm using different muscles and I'm not training like heavy weight constantly. >> So, how long you've been doing yoga then? Oh, when how long did you have in between?

So, what did you do to fill the gap between? So, obviously you were dancing. >> Yes. Yes. >> And then it comes as like a sudden stop. >> Yeah. >> Did you did that obviously take rehab through >> like yoga pilateses or would it like actual sports rehabilitation thing? >> More just like physio going to the gym like I had to adapt what I could do at gym. I've always been like I've always done something fitness wise. I've always been really sporty.

Um but it kind of were like things that I would do at the gym I just won't see like a difference or I was struggling with my back or >> it's like one of them things. It's like a hit and my miss like people you have bits where you fall in love with gym then you fall out of it and I never had like a set routine whereas when I danced I always had that set routine as in you were training certain days and you're in you're in with like a nice community group of people >> and then obviously now we're going to live like yoga pilateses that's the kind of community that do do you miss the competitive factor too >> 100% >> yeah 100% >> so do you get a similar buzz obviously and now yoga is obviously a passion and then being able to put that into a business and seeing where you can get that. Does that is that sort of fill in the void? >> Yeah, I think I think that's kind of where the competitive side comes from. It's so much drive, so much ambition. And I've always been like that through my dancing.

So, I do feel like I know we're not even open yet, but I just feel like there's so much like where it could go, the things that >> I think they're the usual like characteristics of com people who compete. >> Yeah. is they're always they're never satisfied which I think is a great trait to have like um unless I'm trying to achieve something and I feel like I'm wasting my life and it can that sounds dead um extreme but that's literally how I am. >> It is that competitive. >> Yeah. And I just don't I don't like to don't like to settle. I've always got to have something if if I didn't have a boxing match I'd be setting up a marathon or something to honestly just whatever the craziest thing is um I I'll go on to next. Well, I'm guessing it sounds like you're very similar yourself and I' I love this podcast purely for like I never didn't know anything all about your dancing and your things. So, just finding out how people get to and that's what it's for.

So mainly we started this podcast to um for people who wanted to get into PTS into the fitness industry and we wanted to just show just so like how many different routes lead like some people are going to sports massage some people who might go into strength conditioning yoga pilateses personal training um and every single person I've talked to has had a completely different story which you would imagine but I just didn't re realize just how much until I started speaking to people um what we're going to go on to next. So next is what I'd probably rather talk about, right? So what are your plans? So obviously you're opening on the 10th of March, like we just said, we're not even opened yet. Is there a big scale plan?

Have you got like a year? Have you got a six month plan, a year plan, um a fiveyear plan? So we always say that if someone's like structuring a business is how how they structure it. So what's your sort of structure? >> So the structure story now the structure what we've kind of set your off saying. Yeah. >> Um, >> edit out >> the structure that we're kind of looking at.

So, I've discussed with Emily whose business it is who I'm renting off. Um, >> we're just going to kind of see how it goes like months to months to start with because I've already had people messaging me like, "Are you going to be doing morning classes, like midday classes?" >> And I'm still working full-time as it sounds at the minute. So it's like it fits around me to do like we're starting on a Tuesday night and a Thursday night but then potentially looking and putting them questions out. What would you like to see next? So kind of get >> the people to tell me what those be.

So it probably go weekends first doing like mornings and stuff. So I think it's just growing it from there see where it goes. But I think long term, this is really random, but me and my dad have spoke about my dad loves like joinery and loves me and >> he's always sort of to have like his own >> um well it's he calls it you're going to have to cut this out now. It's called >> he calls it maiden sprayed and he does like all bits in garage like his medium shutters and stuff like that and just loves it. So as his like little retirement plan, we had like a little chat and they were like, "Why don't we buy like a unit together?" I like, "I could have upstairs, you could have downstairs, and we'll do it all up." And he were like, "Oh yeah, so longterm, I'd love to do something like that to help like maybe my dad come into like some like retirement plan as well." So, >> but yeah, it's it's just as it sounds, just taking it month by month at the minute. >> I always say to everybody, just even having that in your mind, like enjoy the journey to get to that because all that's the fun bit.

Yeah, people are too busy chasing and always thinking, but once you get there again like like yourself, you won't be happy when you're there. You'll want to do something else as well. Like you want to expand. You want things to be better all the time. So I'll probably go back then then to what we were talking about just off camera then.

So where so where you based right now? But it's in your mate's salon, isn't it? >> Yeah. >> So where's your starting point from there? >> Um so the salon's called Glossy. Emily does nails, everything. Her mom's got um sports massages, she does all facials. Um, and she's just started in waxing.

So, we've actually discussed about like even booking out like spars and doing wellness retreats and bringing it all together. So, it's like if we could book like a spa and do like a wellness retreat. And it's all about creating a community where people feel safe. So, it's not just women, it's men as well. Um, but it's like we could do like packages.

We spoke about like if they could rent a room, I could do the classes with yoga. They could go have massages, have facials if she want. Emily could do nails. She does like um toes and everything as well. So, it's like I feel like it's totally different when people like, "Oh, you're in a salon." And I'm like, "Yeah, but when it comes together, there's such there's so much to go with it.

There is there's so much. >> It's like a wellness center almost. >> It actually is." So, that's what we've said. But if we can get like a nice community around us, it'd be like we'd like to do like events and things like that within the yoga. So, bring everything together and come together as kind of one. Um, like I say, yeah. So, >> it's quite a quite a close-knit sort of little family then already, isn't it? >> Oh, yeah. >> So, what's your plans there?

So, for together then, um, will it sort of be like a joint thing for advertiser? You're all going to do it as a sort of a brand obviously your own your own separate brands, aren't you? >> Uh, so are you going to get someone in to come take photos or would it be an idea to speak to all of them and get the same camera camera person and say, "This is what we do together." almost getting like a portfolio together. Obviously, this is just things in the distance like, well, we've we're not even open if we said this many times already. Um, but that would be an idea, wouldn't it? To uh get it all together uh as a package, come with a name together and then have that completely separate so you can still keep your um your own sort of brand as well. >> Yeah, we've said that.

It's I think as it sounds, we've had that many ideas bouncing around together. We're just so excited to see what it kind of can be and what we can make it. So there's been so much going on in the background like there's so many ideas thrown around and it's just I think we forgot forget that not even >> we're not the day but there's still so much what we could do with it. So it is exciting and it's exciting to see where we can go. >> That's amazing. Like same um I mean I say this on most podcasts but I'm exactly the same.

So like I was self-employed from I worked in gyms until I was 15, self-employed from 17. It's my second gym. I've had number of different businesses and like this podcast I've got literally it's kind of different for me on this podcast because I literally do it because I just enjoy it. >> Yeah, >> I listen to podcast all the time as well and we just put an idea together. So I should just do it, just get it together, see where it goes. There's literally no stress on it.

There's no time limit. The other businesses that I'm always growing like this one's just like fun. But then >> I start seeing other people like yourself and it's quite like inspiring again to try and try and boost your own. Do you know what I mean? See where it can go.

We saying we come in, it's just a bit of fun. And then before we know it, me and Callum, my other business partner, we'll we'll sit on it and we'll go, "Yeah." And then we could do this and we're like, and we start like, "You will get so and so." >> You get so excited. You do. But yeah. Yeah.

And that comes I feel like that does come from that drive, that competitiveness. >> And it's you're always wanting to be one step ahead, achieving more, and it's like you said, enjoy. I forget to enjoy the journey because I'm always, well, what could I do next? What what could happen next? Where could >> do that? Yeah.

Yeah. Absolutely. Riddles. Yeah. So I I so so I at one point I honestly got that bad that I had about five different businesses and I and it just got to the point then so what would happen is um I'd have all my businesses would be here and then I get a new one and excitement would be it' be flying and then these ones would like either they either drop down or just maintain and then a new idea when they were all just like that and then all my businesses had never progressed cuz I would all be just next to me. >> Yeah.

And I just had that many opportunities and you think every one of them's got a bit million dollar idea like to tell you the truth. Yeah. you're like, "We've made it." I would not even get like you haven't even opened yet, but I'm already I'm already a multimillionaire in my head. Uh yet to do that. Yeah. But uh we still keep trying.

Uh but yeah, it's just um just keep just got to keep keep going, don't we? And um for yourself, it's just the exciting bit at the start to just keep the keep the journey going. >> It is. It's keeping all the plates spinning at the same time. So it's like everybody's telling me I'm crazy. Like I'm still doing my yoga qualification obviously with doing all the salon. and did a project mana man management degree on the side of that through work working full-time got a puppet obviously trying to see everybody maintain like a normal life in between everything I think that's the benefit of doing it kind of with Emily as well me and Emily are so close >> we get to spend so much time >> that's really nice about this space so who you who you on the journey with >> is is the most how long have you been doing yoga >> I'd say my dancing side of it came into it that the stretching and everything that we I'd say it's very implemented with the dancing that I did like the yoga style obviously it's very >> we got stretched >> quite aware everybody who's been here so doing >> um but yeah so it's kind of I feel like when I've gone to the classes and I'm doing like um the postures and everything else and even with plates I feel like everything's so linked to being quite dancy like even teachers will say >> oh well if you've done dancing you'll know this and do your fingers like and defeat like that.

And it's like I do feel like I've done it just not really >> like how can I put it? >> I've always kind of done it without knowing that I've done it. >> And did you have you like do you partake in classes yourself or have you ever been one of them people who started like just putting YouTube on at home and doing it and just all of it? >> I love it. Yeah. So with my training side of it, it's like we're doing plateaus and you've got to do 80 hours worth of um your own individual training, 20 hours worth of teaching. So like these workshops and bits that I'm doing outside like with mindfulness, meditation, the team building, >> they'll go like towards my teaching hours like I'm going to start doing some classes and just getting like people who are knowing just to like try bits out. Um, but then with the like 80 hours because my life is like so busy at the minute, I am just like finding myself bobbing YouTube on, not always being able to get to a studio, but it's like you're finding normal people who you like.

And >> absolutely. >> I don't think kind of the yoga that I'm doing is going to be like sculpt yoga like I've said like it's dynamic. It's got that cardio side to it, but it's still got that mindfulness flexibility using all your different muscles that you wouldn't usually use. And it's not that common. So, I'm finding people like on YouTube who are doing it and it's like that's even inspiring because there's not really much around here that do like >> No, no. >> The skunk yoga. >> Is there someone that does Pilates around here? >> Yeah, the um Yeah, there is. What's is it that pilateses >> something?

Yeah, I don't know. It's quite do I think >> pilateses? We were saying that when we last went that the amount of people that have opened since it's >> it looks uh looks an it looks quite a big budget to open those. The machine >> the machine >> can't imagine that >> cheap. No. >> Do you know what I best thing about like yoga and um and pilates and stuff.

I think the women who do it just they're just so much better with style and stuff like that. Like like every time I've done a gym I've done designed it myself. I did designed it myself. Um and then after I see other gyms and I always think I wish I had done something like I put a bit more thought into it but um >> woman's touch >> 100% 100% but um yeah from um from a business point of view then I mean >> I don't want anyone who's like I don't know if they would but anyone who's like you're working with now I don't want it to have an effect on that but >> um >> so how are you going to make the transition then from obviously you're working at the minute full-time and then you're teaching classes like what's the aim to get out with that? Because I I speak about it all the time.

I've got a lad who one of my close friends. I've just started training him funny enough. He did our course. He's running pony fat running coach, Matty Bell, if you know him. >> Yeah. >> Um so like at the minute he's working full time and then what he's doing is he's doing the runs on the side. and he's got doing the online coaching and then he's using his job as like a safety net and then all of his other stuff's going to like give him like a like a budget for after like say six months worth of his bills that's what he's going to build up until he can like take the next step to move forward and and I've just had one of my other friends who did very similar but now he's full-time >> uh coaching so is that a similar sort of thing for you or no if if you don't mind to say that that's absolutely >> that would that would be the aim like I' I'd love for this to be like doing something you're passionate. At the minute I work with like social care and and the children legal side of like children's social care and I absolutely love that.

I love the job. I work from home. I'm really lucky. There's a lot of flexibility. >> Um but it's like I discussed like at the minute probably next >> 6 months a year I probably won't see it maybe be a full-time job depending how it goes. Um but potentially look at reducing my hours, condensed days.

Like I think again it's what people want. So if people are wanting classes through day >> I want to say is that is that is that an option with your work then you could you feel that you could reduce the hours and that one >> potentially. Yeah. Um I've already spoke to my manager and told her like what I'm doing and said at the minute >> I mean that's and it's honest. >> Yeah. Well I feel like I've got to I've got a really good relationship with my work and they are really flexible with your like >> um >> the supportive I think doing these team bonding days for like York fillers I think they'll be wanting me to do ours next.

Yeah. >> Um, so it's it's the the recognizing the opportunities I've got, but they know I'm quite hard working and I would never leave like my job or leave early or anything like knowing that there's stuff to do. They know I'm quite committed and everything like that. Um, but yeah, I would I would like to kind of reduce. >> I think that's probably the best way to do it while you've while you've got a safety net of work and start progressing building cuz what you'll find is you will have ups and downs as well. And what people do is they get out too quick as it's on the up. >> Yeah. >> And I always call it like impact months. So >> I try and get beyond that point first.

So I'm only I'm only saying this. I've been there myself. So when you first start the impact months for me when people hear it's new, I want to try it. I want to try. I want to try it. everyone wants to do it and then all of a sudden you've still you've got this joint of the January when everyone wants the resolutions. >> Oh yeah. >> I mean it's quite cliche but it is a thing.

Everyone does do it like always. >> Yeah. Don't we all? Yeah. So uh which is great again for gyms. It's great for uh it'll be great for your yoga yoga place um things like that but it's the other months. >> Yeah. >> Or like I don't know it might be the months between like near Christmas people just drop off.

I really believe though like yoga and stuff if you get into it I think it's something that you can stick to. And again, close-knit community like you said is the best thing. The sooner you can build a family bond between it. >> Yeah. >> And start adding different things and there might be like on summers everyone having a barbecue or like you do your Christmas dues and and you all your people who come your members and stuff like that and the I've still got people in my classes now who I trained 10 years ago >> really. >> I don't even teach those classes anymore but they just want to be in my gyms to just support me that much. And I used to I used to train them outside in winter for another company like an outdoors uh fitness company. And then I started Ultimate Shred when I in 2015.

Um they come over did my program and then started doing PTS with me and they've followed me every every year for >> since Yeah. I've been like really good. >> 11 years now. >> Yeah. That's what I want to do. It's the studio upstairs. It's not massive.

You're going to be able to fit there's obviously me and then five other people. So it's going to be really intimate yoga. So, it is going to be nice. You I want to create that safe space where if you've not done it before, you come in, you have a laugh and a joke. We get through it together.

It's not one of them things where you've you've got to be perfect. There's any standards. You come in, you be yourself. And I want you to walk out. If you come in with a weight on your shoulders, I want you just walk out and just feel that little bit lighter weight. >> Just just making it so there's no clicks. >> Yeah. 100%. >> No clicks coming.

Make sure everyone who's in there as well coming and like I'm not telling you how to do it. Like, do you know what I mean? But for for me like like boxing is probably the most intimidating. Like any gym is intimidating. Any class is intimidating.

Boxing gym's like tenfold. You got lads we're all going to punch you in the face essentially. Are you like so it's very intimidating but they're the nicest people you'll ever meet. And I wouldn't have anyone in there with an ego. Um and I think that passes over to anything that you do.

As soon as you walk through, everyone's welcoming and talkative. They feel part of the group. They don't like section off like we're at school. Like it does happen. It does happen and that's why I think with the classes being so small, >> people are going to be able to get to know each other.

It's just personal, you're making it individual, like you're going to be able to get to know what people like to do, what they like to be praised, >> like little things. It's like even doing bits like I've already spoke about like doing like client of the month and just making people feel reck even what they'll start doing as well. They'll probably have their own as well, but you have like little WhatsApp groups, tell them updates >> definitely. >> Or ask how everyone's feeling after the first session already. They're part of this thing like >> what they didn't know. feel like feel like they're part of something straight away. That's what most people want. >> Is that's that's what I want though, Eddie.

It's like the dancing. >> That is what you want. That's what I've been brought up with. I've been brought up within a community. >> Yeah. Even though Even though did So, were you dancing in a team or were you still individual or >> still individual? >> Yes. So, see, but there's still there's a team aspect is that you tabble together.

Uh that camarad I can't really say. Camaraderie. Is that what you say? Is that how you say it? >> Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Never saying that again. >> But yeah, you do. You miss that team bonding, don't you? I probably should have stay said that instead, but I used to be like with football. Um I did I did well play football when I were really young, but I like to box aspects.

I still got the the praise that I do myself. >> Yeah. >> Which sounds a bit like it is. I like it. That's how >> I like the glory myself and I had more I felt more pressure letting a team down than I did doing it myself. when it when it were all on me, as long as I put 150% into everything that didn't matter what happened after, I I sort of like what it is with that because I knew I tried. No, I couldn't run anymore. If someone beat me, they had to have been better than me.

Um, but yeah, but I think that that that's like now my team. We had two Christmas dues like within two weeks and we had 20 odd people and we went on a meal and there were 20 of us and another six couldn't get on and then we went out and then they've got their friends who know us all and they've brought friends and there were like 30 odd of us out and it's just >> it's nice. >> Yeah, >> that is that is what it's all about. It's >> you make some of your most friends. Yeah, >> you do. And it's them connections of like them mates and then their mates getting to know you and then it's driving business in as well again.

It's a vicious circle with it but yet again it all comes from that drive. Of course it does. And once you once you get them people, you know, are going to stay as well. >> Again, the good thing about women, this no offense, right? They love to talk about this. They'd love to talk about it, love to tell people that they've done it.

Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So, I always say when I used to train hairdressers and stuff, the best people to get on board because they were doing my online competitions and they'd be cutting hair and every client, what you doing? I'm doing a little bit shred and oh, what's that? All of a sudden, they're cutting 10 people's hair in day and everyone knows what it is. Um, so that's a good positive and and once they're doing they're loving it. Everyone wants to say tell everyone they're doing yoga.

Like I think it's such a cool thing. Like everyone wants to say they're doing it. Um, and I think everyone more or less everyone I've ever talked to has always thought of considered doing it at one point. Yeah. >> So maybe it's just dependent on the area. >> Yeah. >> Well, I'm open with it being quite local. Like I mean it's Pontif Town Center, so it's there's loads of parking around it.

If people were to drive to it and anything else, you can walk to it. But I think it's the fact that yoga I feel like you can make it so individual because there's so many modifications, so many adaptations that you can make for it's not just a set age group. Like it can be it can be so like widespread. You could have somebody like on the older spectrum, younger spectrum, >> but they're still all part of that class and can still all particip participate, >> but you just adapt it to that person and what like their level is. I mean, somebody at the younger end might not be as flexible as somebody at the older end cuz they've done it for, you know, 20 years.

Like, you don't know. So, I think it's just getting people in, seeing their abilities, and then adapting it from there. And >> I think it's very much same as like the gym. So, like if you're doing a adaptation for a press up, you do it on your knees. If you're doing a progression, you might do it elevated.

So, like um >> yeah, it's very similar, isn't it? Well, I was thinking that that would be one of my questions then you started speaking about it. So, um, is it do you find that a good part of the job or difficult part of the job? So, when you obviously, yeah, we don't really we really got going, but what ages does it go from? >> Um, I'd say any really as long as obviously you and you know that you're going to be able to do part of it and it's not going to cause any issues with itself. But it's like I've got all the blocks, I've got all the equipment, so you you don't have to come with anything.

Everything's like supplied for you and we've got everything that makes them adaptations. So it can be made easy, it can be made harder. Like >> whatever your ability is, we work it around you. And I think yet again with the class being so small, you're able to observe people more and see like they're not just going to be hiding in a corner. >> Well, and I want people not to be afraid to ask for help, to ask to adapt. It >> don't matter. >> Is onetoone yoga a thing? >> It is.

Yeah. I have I have explored this but I I don't >> I know literally that's just I was just thinking out loud there and I literally I' probably seen it enter me head >> wonder if that's a thing. >> Yep. It is a thing but it's it's whether it's whether it is >> demand and a fair demand for it like would people want to come oneonone I mean >> but is that obviously it's still a small group anyway but you can't always even to that point you can't spend 100% of the time on one person absolutely >> so there's got to be equal amounts spread across the group whether it's uh well done to that person like you'll find >> I used to find that within the boxing for young for young lad boxes it's the only way I can relate over to it but So if I was used to get a young group of boxers um and you have to give more attention to one that's got the least attention and I had to make that a thing then to make sure I were giving these ones the as much pat on the backs as I were trying to give these ones the extra attention to make them do it. So I guess it's very similar with the yoga someone might be struggling. You're helping them all the time and these others are like they're showing loads of improvements.

They're just not quite getting the credit they deserve. >> I think it is. I think it's just making it like fair for everybody in it. But I think as you get up and running probably just be one of them things that it comes second nature. I mean I've always wanted to teach I taught dancing like I used to do bits outside like I even with my first um dance teacher at first school I used to go and help her used to finish school early. I never know how I got away with that.

Used to she used to come pick me up from Kings and and I used to go teach with her at a school in Aqua and go do all classes with kids. So I always feel like I've had that bit of teaching nature with me. Um, so I think it'll just be one of the things that it comes second nature. Just adapt it. >> Absolutely. As long as you like your face lights up when you're talking about it.

So I know you'll be a good instructor anyway. And that's half of the battle is >> being present, being active, being passionate. Um, what's so what? So what I would say that's a Brit up there actually. So um, you see that you really good at it. >> You really I wrote it in green pen as well, right?

So I can barely see it from your budgy eyes. Yeah. So from an athletic standpoint, does this pass over to any any sport? Would it be beneficial to any any sport? Would it more? >> Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, it's like we spoke about with the gym, you training big muscles and over this last like maybe year and a half when I've done yoga, I've done pilateses, you see a difference in different areas of your body. Like it's the small muscles that you don't use that you train with yoga, you train with plates. So I do think it'd be adaptable for any sport, any athlete and I do think it has its benefits. I mean flexibility is a massive one. >> It's very much similar and we spoke about it just before but it's very much similar to mobility isn't it? >> Yeah it is very similar. So you have your mobility side of it and that's what I want to incorporate.

So your traditional yoga is very around your mobility and everything. I mean, it's all around like your flexibility, your balance, which helps all your core and everything. And >> it's all to do with your posture and your alignment just dayto-day. So, it doesn't just also help with like athletes like sporting. It's helping individuals dayto-day just like we normally posture.

I'm bad for it. I know I'm sat like slouching now and it's it's lifting it up the same >> but it's helping just like dayto-day doing like >> it it is just >> yeah just wellness all around like it's got it's got a place for everyone it >> yeah and I think yoga and pilates I think because they tell you you focus on your breath and it's how to do with your breath your breath focuses you and all your breath work and I think it has a massive impact on mental health as well like it's like I said if people >> form of meditation sorry you off then is it form of meditation is it >> I know obviously people do like some people just meditate normal I have not got that I can't do that >> that's what I'm like >> I'm yeah I'm too this is why I've said I don't think I'd be able to do 100% traditional yoga because that's not me as a person I'm too like >> I think um in a class environment So I think when you know you're going to purely do that. Yeah. >> Luckily for you again then cuz you'll be the you'll be the lead of it. So you'll be giving them the instruction and that'll probably give you that little bit extra bit to do for obviously keep your mind more focused. Um and most people aren't like us in that way.

They can actually just relax. Um so they will be able to enjoy. But I reckon if I went there for that >> I know I'd probably be able to cuz I'm like hyperfocus as well. That's my like ADHD sort of thing. It's like hyperfocus.

Once I'm involve in just the meditating stuff because I think it's usually >> uh me surroundings. >> So if I've never been told about it, I've tried doing it at home but I'm just >> no >> it's near impossible. >> I think once you're in that environment though I mean it's like we've done it on my trainer and I've when they're like oh we could meditate side of it and I think god like >> I definitely had bits when I younger cuz I'd been laughing >> but it's like you're in that environment when you're training and you don't know anybody. >> Yeah. And I did have that ability to switch off. And it kind of gave me a buzz to think maybe I could actually incorporate this like even if it's just at the end like just like a five minute meditation just bring everybody like kind of back down to earth focus >> and it is like they say when you a lady were talking us through it and she were absolutely amazing. She said that she she worked in an office environment and she used to like get everybody to sit down like if everybody were like really wound up and stuff she'd get them all to sit down just put like their hands on desk shut their eyes and she she's like spoken through she like talking like about an OT and all this and that's not what I'd be able to do I would have giggles there but it's like even when she telling us you it's your breath that you focus on so it's you basically just cut everything else out people do breath work as a family meditating don't they? Yeah. >> Um, it's just good.

I think it's just good to be able to just switch off. >> Yeah, it is. >> Like I said, if I went somewhere, I'd literally I'd have the the intention to go and and focus purely on that. So, I think that'd be the only time I'd be able to >> to switch off. And you'll probably find it yourself. So, when I'm ever when I'm doing anything, right, especially now cuz I like work and train within the same environment. So, it's very hard for me sometimes to just concentrate.

So I used to do quite a lot of other boxing gyms just because when I went there I had one hour I was thinking about work or different uh different atmosphere different place um just everything were different and I felt like I would go in there and it purely for me I didn't need to answer any questions or um and so people might not know who I am whereas when I'm in there someone will be right can I grab a bottle of water out fridge and I'm having fruit train I'm like and you can't really switch in you can't really stick into it when people come in then and I'll be sat trying to get me breath between around and they'll walk Hey, R you all right? And I'm like chatting to him and um it's just hard. So when I do come away from it, then that's when I can really get stuck in. So you'll probably have the same thing. You'll you'll be doing it yourself, but you you you'll find it hard to be in their position.

Yeah. And actually be completely relaxed and just let someone else. But that'll become refreshing to you as well. >> It will because I feel like I can't switch off because it's even when we were doing the meditating like training, it were like certain phrases that she'd use, I'd be like, I need to write that down. No, I' I'd like I'd already come out of it and it's like right let me try and refocus now. Then she'd say something else I'd be like oh I actually quite like that.

I could use that. So I feel like my brain goes like constantly like there's ideas swimming around all the time and there's so much going off at the minute. When I do have an idea it is like go it down on paper. >> Yeah. Well, that's what I got. I once got um loads of books when I first like, you know, how to uh build build a better business, how you should know exactly the same as what you just said then, which makes me laugh.

So, I'd go and I'd open book and it' say, "Right, this is what you should do. Write this down. Write this down." I'd be like, "Right, >> write it. I write it down or and then I'd be in like a days, right? I'd be daydreaming as I reading book thinking I would implement these skills into my life.

I'd be on fourth page. If someone said last two pages, I won't be able to tell you." >> No, I won't. Yeah, because I feel like that's the thing. It's like you're already one step ahead. You're already thinking, well, how can I in that? >> So, >> it is I >> disease. >> Got to help everyone. >> Yeah.

Yeah. But it's a good driving force and that's what it's going to take um to to do well. Is there anything is there anything that you want else you want to talk about like you want to get in that you think we've missed? Is there anything um obviously we'll talk we'll get your Instagrams and stuff uh at the end, but is there else you want to cover? I mean, I know what's going to happen as well.

You're probably going to say no now. And you're walk. >> I'm trying to think. >> Just have a minute. I have a minute to think. Have a minute to think. >> Let me have a look. I've got that much. >> This is what this is what this is what this is for.

So, Callum will watching. So, these will be um we'll be able to and we'll just drop straight back into it. >> I don't want you to miss anything and walk out regretting it. That's all. That's why we're saying it's quite relaxed. is >> don't worry. Did you take some notes before you come? >> Do you know what?

I didn't purely because I know that if I would have done I'd have been flapped thinking what have I missed? What have I not covered? And I feel like it would have been too structured. Like I were nervous. >> That's like I said with like literally they're just like one word things. Make sure I just covered things.

So um but it's more the free flow. We've only been doing 50 minutes now, you know. >> Sure. >> Yeah. So that's what I just thought I said good. I didn't want you to miss anything. So, I'll give you a last say on what you want if not. >> No, I think that's it.

I think just that we've got When will this be going out? >> Um, could be within the next couple of days >> cuz just could include the fact that we've got we spoke about the March opening offers, didn't we? So, the opening offers have not actually gone live as yet. >> Yeah. Talk us through your talk us through your uh timetable. Let's talk we'll go through the time table. Have you got membership?

Have we got um is the price is a pre-book price? What what's the what's the initial thing? So if I wanted to sign up, >> so if you first thing you send me, >> we're going to So it'll be all done through Instagram to start with. So I'm just going to do it myself. So because there's only five places per class, it's I'm advertising it as limited availability basically.

First come, first serve. >> We're doing I'm doing single classes. So for March, the offers for March. So it's single classes £12 and then doing block classes. Two classes are 20 pound and four classes are 38 pound. Right?

So they're your March offers. So they are going to be running for the whole of March then block classes. So if you book in two classes, it's like I'll keep a track of what you've already booked. So just drop me a message. >> So how many how so say how many classes you got a week? >> Uh so we're doing four a week. >> All right. So there's four.

So there's 20 spots available. What happens if if five women all five women um book the full lot straight away? >> Yeah, >> I know. >> So, this is what happened to me. That's what I'm saying. So, I did this and I had to put a class on like straight after when I used to run like the Olympics shred classes. I had like only 20 spaces, but I had like 250 signups.

So, I used to have to have 20 in a class. 20 in a class. >> It's just something to consider for yourself as well. So, what how many classes are you doing? So, you said four. >> Yeah. So we're initially doing four but then it's like expanding and looking on a weekend. So we could always my schedule is quite flexible.

So if there is more demand for classes Emily's already said to me like it's fine we'll just set it as like you're doing four a week. If you don't need anymore that's yours. >> And have you have you looked into uh so obviously you just said you're going to be doing the booking and as much as you feel like >> that's not the lot to deal with. It gets a lot. Yeah. So um I just have a look at some plans for the membership option maybe when you fully expand membership but then you'd need a booking system that correlates to it.

Otherwise >> luck with one uh with mind and body had a meeting with um somebody in Ireland about it and that's something that I'd consider because it's like they give you basically your own app. Yeah. Um, so they book, they have everything. So your waiverss, everything goes through them and the document of it's literally you've got your own little mini website through a link and >> Yeah. So again, again on top of that, I've done every single one of these that you're speaking about. >> Um, I was speaking to massage therapist next door as well.

So I give him the idea of giving massage on Thursday looking at AI AI setups >> and I think he's paying10 a month. I've just done this and I were paying £500 a month. >> Oh my god. >> For a for a thing that did me an app, did me a >> Yeah. >> And they were constantly updating it all the time. I've also paid like 15 20 grand for a bespoke app. >> I've done all I mean, you know? So, I'm just trying to trying to weigh the options out first. Uh the AI one, so it took him 10 minutes and he's got it all set out.

It's like literally he could put enter whatever he needed to and it generated in this app and it's like £10 a month. >> That's really good. So lastly, what we'll do is we'll just if you wanted to tell your timetable, Laura. >> Yeah. So it's going to be Tuesdays and Thursdays to start off with. So it's going to be six um first class, seven first class uh second class. Um they're going to be 45 minutes.

So it's going to be like quick turnar around. Um in and out cuz I know not everybody loves to spend hours training. But yeah, hopefully we're going to be expanding to doing like weekends and it's just seeing what people want and where people want to go. Um, so we have got some March offers. So for one class it's £12 uh just for a single class.

And then for two classes £20 and then four classes £38. So they will just be for set for March. So after March it might be that we do like some alternative offers or we just kind of see how things go, see what people want to do. And if people want to find you, what's your uh social media for your business? >> Um, so it's vibe yoga or you can just contact me. It's Laura Joe on Instagram.

So, but on Vibe Yoga, I am tagged. So, even if you just want to message me. >> Yes, it names it bio. >> Yeah, it's bio. Yeah. Um, but yeah, honestly, any questions, anything? No, no questions are stupid. >> Well, thank you.

Yeah. Well, I wish it I wish it best of luck. >> Thank you. >> And we'll leave it at that. Thank you everybody. Remember to go over and follow and like every page that Laura's got. H make sure you keep uh following the journey.

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