Hey friends, this week I am joined by Mado Hesselink and Lily Dwyer and we talk about retreat planning for success.
About Mado:
After teaching yoga for over a decade, Mado met her “fairy godmother” business coach. At that time, she had the typical yoga teacher’s schedule—scattered and demanding, constantly bending over backwards to please studio owners, students, and private clients. Mado refers to this coach as her fairy godmother because she appeared just long enough to plant the seeds of an idea: that good business and good yoga can coexist. Then, like magic, the coach disappeared, never to be heard from again.
Mado, however, nurtured the seeds that were planted by immersing herself in the study of business, marketing, and productivity. To her surprise, she discovered a new passion: finding the places where business principles and yoga principles overlap. After applying what she learned to her own teaching business with consistent success, Mado embarked on a project to speak with 100 yoga teachers to understand how to help them achieve the same results.
The first thing she discovered was a deep passion for meaningful conversations with yoga teachers who are committed to changing the world through yoga. This passion led to the creation of her podcast, which allows other yoga teachers to listen in on these insightful discussions.
Today, Mado balances parenting, working in her home garden, producing her podcast, and helping talented and passionate yoga teachers spread the benefits of yoga.
About Lily:
Lily has practiced yoga for over two decades and has been teaching full-time since 2006. Her teaching experience spans internationally, including work with an NBA basketball team, an NCAA diving team, professional dance companies, and therapeutic sessions with private clients across the globe.
Lily has studied with renowned teachers such as Shiva Rea, Ana Forrest, Christina Sell, Don and Amba Stapleton, and David Moreno. She has also specialized in yoga for scoliosis under Elise Browning Miller, Ayurveda with Kameko Shibata, Prenatal yoga with Marisa Toriggino, and Hypnobirthing with Yael Tober Quittner. In addition, Lily is a former massage therapist who specialized in Sports Massage and Deep Tissue work, and she has studied anatomy with experts Art Riggs and Thomas Myers.
Currently, Lily resides in Baltimore with her husband and two young sons.
Links for this episode
Mado & Lily’s contacts and free workshop:
- Yoga resource podcast
- Mado’s website
- Lily’s website
- Mado’s Instagram
- Lily’s Instagram
- Thriving as a Retreat Leader Workshop (free for you!)
Other links for this episode:
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If you’re a yoga or wellness entrepreneur ready to elevate your life and business and learn with me on a deeper and more transformative level, consider joining us in Koh Samui, Thailand.
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Thank you for listening!
Manu.