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Balancing Business and Wellness: Dr. Kennedi Pierce's Journey of Building a Yoga Studio

• Jackie Murphy • Episode 4

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Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to blend passions into a successful business with Dr. Kennedi Pierce, the mastermind behind Journey Mindfully, an innovative infrared yoga studio.

In this episode Dr. Pierce shares her entrepreneurial journey from developing a love of chiropractic care through her aunt, to discovering yoga in high school, and ultimately opening her own practice and studio.

You'll hear how she was able to overcome challenges as she recounts a particularly stressful year filled with personal and professional milestones—opening her studio, completing chiropractic school, and planning a wedding—and how she learned the importance of giving oneself permission to rest and reflect.

We discuss the impact of cultivating effective leadership and the results of stepping back to trust and empower her team. Dr. Pierce's story shows us the importance of changing your mindset and stepping into the role of CEO in order to build a thriving business amidst life's unpredictable challenges.

Dr. Pierce shares how she has utilized actionable advice from the Grow Mastermind to maintain team engagement and plan for the future, how the community has been a source of support and inspiration, and how staying connected with like-minded individuals has been crucial for sustained success.

This episode offers valuable lessons on building an inspired and motivated team and creating a business that serves both you and your clients.

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Speaker 1:

Luck is just being prepared when opportunity presents itself. My client Kennedy was prepared to say yes to the business of her dreams, while she's also created the life of her dreams. If you are a business owner who wants to have massive success that is sustainable even in those years where life gets incredibly busy, then this episode is for you. Welcome to the Studio CEO, the only podcast that empowers yoga and Pilates teachers and studio owners to step confidently into their role as CEO. If you are ready to show up with passion, take your business seriously and scale to new heights without burning out, you are in the right place. I'm your host, jackie Murphy, an award-winning certified business coach with over 12 years of experience inside the yoga industry. I have seen firsthand what it takes to build a profitable and scalable business. Join me as we dive into strategies, insights and real-world advice that will help you grow your revenue, build a thriving team and create a business that serves you as much as you serve your students. It's time to embrace your inner CEO and make more money without working more. This is just the beginning. All right, my friends, welcome back to the Studio CEO Podcast. I have another client interview for you today.

Speaker 1:

My client Kennedy is here for the first time, and Dr Kennedy Pierce is a chiropractor and owner of Journey Mindfully, an infrared yoga studio. She opened the studio in March of 2023 and began practicing as a chiropractor in September of 2023. Dr Pierce teaches foundational yoga to many beginner level and experienced yogis, reminding students of the importance of movement to create a life of wellness. She now has a team of four teachers, which we'll talk about. They offer restorative yoga, vinyasa, sound meditations, yoga and facial workshops, strength training and Pilates classes. Your studio's slogan is a gentle movement and breath-based approach to whole body and mind wellness. It reflects the welcoming community and sense of belonging that sets Journey Mindfully apart. That is so beautiful.

Speaker 2:

Welcome, dr Kimmy Pierre. Thank you so much. Thank you, I'm so excited to be here. Yeah, this is my first podcast ever, so I'm excited.

Speaker 1:

We're happy to have you and I think it's so cool like reading your bio. When we first started working together, you were still in chiropractic school. You were doing both, right.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I was like hustling coming to meetings in between seeing patients at the clinic, and then I'd have to jump off a little early or block off my schedule. So, yeah, I'm still doing that, I'm still having to block off my schedule, but now it's like on my terms versus doing it on the terms of the state of Illinois.

Speaker 1:

So, yeah, yeah. So tell us a little bit about like, where did you start? Did you start with yoga? Did you start with chiropractic?

Speaker 2:

care.

Speaker 1:

How do you start? I'm like, how do you say that? Who is a chiropractor? So where I currently work?

Speaker 2:

is my aunt's practice, so literally like less than 10 minutes down the road. I grew up from her, so I've been exposed from a really young age to chiropractic care and then in high school I was able to take a yoga gym class. So for the entire year of my PE class in high school I got to take yoga and that's really where they offered that.

Speaker 2:

I know that's like where I set my foundation of yoga and I would say like in high school I had. I definitely was like going through a little bit of a down point in my at that middle point of high school and so when I found yoga it was like I was. I made a commitment to myself that I will never stop doing yoga like it was like right there, I just like knew yeah, now.

Speaker 2:

I have this story um, I knew like I would never stop doing yoga because I felt I remember there was a point in time that I had this conversation with my dad. Conversation it was an argument and we were both like yelling at each other back and forth and for the first time ever, like we butt heads, we have like the same personality. So for the first time ever it's like dad, give me a minute. And I stepped back to my room and I took three yoga breaths and like it's a 17 year old.

Speaker 2:

I was like, right, I stepped back out and, yeah, I was like all right, I'm ready to like start over, have a new conversation. You're right, dad. And so that's when I was like, wow, this is amazing. I will forever be connected to yoga like, wow, this is amazing.

Speaker 1:

I will forever be connected to yoga. Wait, that's so cool and that's such a good story I hope you share that with your students of like how yoga we most people start on their mat and that's how we find the practice, but then how it really can change your life and the fact that you implemented it when you were 17.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, You're like that just a second. I know that's what I like. That was like the turning point for me.

Speaker 1:

So yeah, that's what I know.

Speaker 2:

It was like more than just movement.

Speaker 1:

So did you have the goal of becoming a chiropractor in high school, or was that later? Yeah, it was like. Yeah, I like this. This is what I want to do. That's really cool.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I kind of veered away from that a little bit, probably probably like midpoint through college. When I was in college, I went for a health science degree, knowing I'd go to chiropractic school after. But like junior senior year, I was like you know what, I don't want to go to school for another four more years. I want to travel the world. So I did. My mom works for United Airlines, so I got to travel for free. I went to Africa and Italy. I was an au pair in Italy for several months and I got to travel the world, Australia. I went everywhere and then I was like, after I did all my traveling, I turned 26 and I could not fly for free anymore. So I was like, after I did all my traveling, I turned 26 and I could not fly for free anymore. So I was like, all right, I'll go to school.

Speaker 2:

The free flights are canceled it's time.

Speaker 1:

Okay so when I met you, you were, I feel, like the studio was opening, or you had the opportunity to open the studio. When was that?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so January of last year so January of 2023, um the space that I'm actually currently sitting in. This is our like reception area um within the chiropractic office, and it used this very space. We used to rent it out to a golf pro expert and he, like randomly in january of 2023, was like I'm leaving so we said okay what do we? Do with the space, because it's still under our lease so do we try to like, give it up?

Speaker 2:

do we try to rent it out to someone else, or do we make it a part of our practice? So that's what we did.

Speaker 1:

We said let's make a studio. Yeah. So what was it like turning the golf space into a studio? Did it require a lot of build out, or was it? Was it? Hopefully it was empty.

Speaker 2:

It was a golf. Yeah, it was pretty much empty. Um, we had an esthetician in our space who was actually going to move into this room, so she ended up like painting the walls and redoing the floor and ended up not working out. So she did all the renovation.

Speaker 1:

Wow, this is like the best case scenario, isn't?

Speaker 2:

it. I know Now the actual studio, like where we practice yoga. I had both of my brothers, my dad my husband.

Speaker 2:

We had that like we had to rent the machine from um, from Menards, of like pulling up turf flooring where it's like glued to the cement. So we were like working um for weeks trying to like pick the floor up. We got someone to come lay it down. One of the other buildings down the street had all of these mirrors. It was a vacant property. So we're like, yeah, we'll go in and we'll take those mirrors. So we just paid someone to take the mirrors off and put them on.

Speaker 2:

So we really got super lucky with a lot of setting up and build out.

Speaker 1:

That's very aligned. That's really cool to hear. Okay, so you got setting up and build out. That's very aligned, that is, I know that's really cool to hear. Okay, so you got the setup and build out and then you opened. How long did it take you from like space is open to like studio is open?

Speaker 2:

I still feel like I'm opening. No, I don't think it'll ever feel like I'm not. No, um, so January is when we were like, okay, we're doing this. I purchased, I purchased the mind body, like software to go in and start building out, starting in January. And I think in January or maybe December is when I started working with you, because even before this I had my own. I was like doing private clients and so I wanted to really learn how to like build my own out for private clients and then it just so happened to turn into the studio. So in January we started with MindBody. It took me so much time to like really build that out and like, yeah, we didn't plan to open a yoga studio. So I feel like at the same time I was building out mind body.

Speaker 2:

I was also like, oh my gosh, what are we gonna offer? Yeah, what am I gonna price it at? Like, yeah, it made me like have to think about a lot of stuff. So it took about two months our official um class I think it was March 16th or 17th or something like that. It was like mid-March was that first class that officially ran.

Speaker 1:

So that's so cool, and then the whole time you're in school, like you were busy. You were so busy. I still have nightmares, yeah Well, would you tell the person who's maybe in that position now, like either they're working a full-time job or they're in school, but they're also opening or running their business? What would you tell them?

Speaker 2:

I put so much pressure on myself to like get it all done as quick as I can and never stop working, and I think that's truly what what made me feel so unrested, or I don't know the right word I'm looking for, but like burnout, like I had to keep going Like nothing was ever getting done because I was kind of just like doing tasks.

Speaker 2:

You know, I wasn't actually like building out a plan of business. I wasn't actually like doing stuff that would, um, get the business moving forward, Even if I gave myself like a three to five year timeline. I was just like hurry up and do this. Okay, I was so reactionary, Um, and I think it gave me such unrest during that time Like I put all my my thought and concentration into the studio and so little time like into either the full-time job or the practice you know. So for that person, I think I would really tell them to like sit back and take your time and do don't be shy of the reflection and plan. Like the reflection and plan I am now learning means so much more than like just creating an offer me like I'm gonna offer dropping classes for $25, like the price doesn't matter, Like really like finding the plan meant so much more to me than tasks.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, so what I'm really hearing too, is something that can kind of perpetuate even after you're open, like it's so easy in a business to get caught up in the day to day. And then you at the end of the day you're like what did I get done? It seems like I got nothing done, but I did. I did stuff all day. And what I'm hearing you say is have a strategic plan that you're working at a rate that serves you with a little bit less force and hurry or rush. So I'm curious now where you are. It's like a year and a half after opening when we're recording ish Right, is that right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So a year and a half after I think so.

Speaker 2:

Well, I don't know the math off the top of my head, but I'm about that.

Speaker 1:

It's like a baby. We talked about it in months. It's like 18 months old, um, but anyway. So where you are now, do you have a strategic plan that you're using to move forward? I mean, I know, tomorrow I'm recording all these podcasts, we have this three-year plan workshop tomorrow, but do you have one already that you're working off of?

Speaker 2:

So I'm super excited to go to your workshop because I have a plan that I've created myself. But I always feel more clear in my plan after going through it with you, or like when you give us more of like intention things. Yeah, so I do. I definitely I have a plan. But I think the thing that I always like come back to and have to like check back in on is I don't I make this plan and then I follow along for like two weeks and then I kind of like get caught up in the chaos of like the everyday stuff and then I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm just, I'm just going back to the task. So then I always have to like remind myself go back, go back, go back. Like you don't have to complete it all right now.

Speaker 1:

Oh, okay, this is such a huge point and it's actually funny, based on what we talked about in Boxer this week. So someone messaged me and they're like, if I'm going to be the studio CEO, does that mean I have to have a team? I was like, not, not at all. You do have a team, but when it comes to being the leader and the visionary, that's enthusiastically like chasing this plan every single day. You do actually need help and support, and one of the easiest ways for you to get help and support these days is a project management software which we're going to talk about and start help you start implementing, because that software can be the thing that's like it's two days later. You did this task two days ago. It's time for this task and keeping you on track.

Speaker 1:

But it's just interesting to think like every leader with a vision, with a plan, needs a strategic way to follow that plan week after week after week after week, which I think is part of like why the mastermind is so beautiful, because every single week it's a what's happening, what's going on. Where are you this week? So talk to us about. You joined the mastermind in. I want to say you were February, the February.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, of this year, of this year, yeah, yeah, I think I think you're right. I think it was like February of this year. So the last year and a half like since opening this studio. I don't think I'll ever have another year and a half like this in my entire life, which is why I'm so grateful that I've been working with you since this started, because January is when we're like okay, we're opening this yoga business. I'm still in chiropractic school. August of 2023. I graduated from chiropractic school. I'm planning a wedding. During all this time, um, this year in May, it was when the wedding was two months before the wedding, ted, my husband, switched jobs and went into private practice. So, like, literally, income, my income was everything in private practice.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, it's like maybe, maybe not Right, and he had steady income. So then, he switched to private practice, took a huge pay cut and we're like, okay, and let's go get married. Then went on vacation and I had to step back and then, literally, jackie, two weeks ago we just moved into a home, like. So I feel like this year, like what else can you throw at me and you better knock on wood?

Speaker 1:

There's going to be something else, holy moly.

Speaker 2:

I feel like having a touch point, someone to like keep coming back to because, like last week, after moving into the house and then, like I've given myself a lot of grace of being like, you know what, this is my week, this is my personal week.

Speaker 2:

My business will still be there when I get back and then, yeah, and there might be a little bit of some catch up that I have to do. But that was, that's totally okay. It's. I've like come to terms with being like there's always going to be something if I need to step back. This is kind of I've been doing your um your weekly closing note.

Speaker 2:

and the weekly closing note I gave myself for last week is like leadership development. Okay, well, I actually was completely checked out last week. So what was my leadership development? Well, and I thought on it, I reflected and I was like, actually my leadership development was leaning, like stepping back and learning to trust my team.

Speaker 1:

Like I've done a good job. That's so good yeah.

Speaker 2:

I was like, oh, you know what I like, I do a lot, have a lot of touch points with my team, and so like stepping back and be like they've got this, like that's my leadership development.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah, so that was cool. That's like the best leadership skill you can have, because if you, if you can't step back, if you're micromanaging or controlling not that you were but if someone is in that situation where they feel like they always have to be in their business, that's a sign that the leadership skill isn't there right, like they don't trust the team or they don't know how to train the team to do what they need to do. So that's so good, that's a huge win. And I want you to talk about the weekly closing notes, like for people who are listening, kind of describe what that is and how you use it for your business.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so I love the weekly closing note. I have it where it's set up. I have a folder in my Google drive where it's weekly closing note. You click in the folder and then it goes by month. So I have an Excel sheet for each month and then within each month I have it gone by tabs of the week. So like you go, into. July and organize Google drive folder let's talk.

Speaker 2:

So you go in, like, for example, july, and you look at week one, two, three, four, and I love that I can go in and like tab through and see like the progress of each week, like just watching like Instagram followers grow and seeing like week after week like, oh, this week I really didn't post very much and it shows. And then other weeks like, oh, look, I posted a lot and I grew a lot and it works, yeah, so I use it a lot by that. Oh yeah, yeah, that's how I use it.

Speaker 1:

I really like to share it with your team watching growth, or do you just use it for yourself?

Speaker 2:

So for the most part, I use that for myself. However, I use that as a template and I write my team a weekly email Nice. So the stats of that I will take, like, for example, number of new students that we have each week or number of attendance per class things such as that I use that in the email and give them that I don't really do so much like with sharing sales with the team yet, not because, like I don't want them to know, they can all go in and see it themselves, but more so I focus on like number of members, that we have, number of students in classes, cause I think to them, I feel like that means more to them.

Speaker 1:

How many?

Speaker 2:

people can they serve versus how much is the studio bringing them?

Speaker 1:

Yeah, and that is totally something where, like we've talked about this within the mastermind of like, you want your team to be so invested in your vision and your mission and every team and really every team member is going to be unique in what gets them invested. But for most people, especially yoga teachers, we care about the people, we care about the students, we care about the people, we care about the students, we care about reaching people, and so that's how we get them invested with the membership numbers. So the weekly closing notes are something I created. The questions I'm looking at mine right now and I don't know if I've changed them from what I share with you guys, but it's like what's driving your business? Are there any updates? Where are your new clients coming from? What marketing initiatives are working?

Speaker 1:

And you're really just looking at each week evaluating what's working and what's not working. Because if you don't do it, kind of like you're saying and you're in the position where you're like, well, I don't know what's different, there's not as many new students coming in. You don't know that it's oh, I didn't post as much. Or like, oh, oh, I can, like, do this thing. It makes you feel so much more clear on working the plan, having a clear idea of like okay, how am I gonna get there? Um, have you seen a shift talking to your team about members and new students and attendance? Have you seen a shift in their engagement?

Speaker 2:

I have, I've definitely so my team is so phenomenal about like giving community to the community that's there in front of them. Yeah, where I've had to do a little bit more of like guiding the way is more so of like bring your friends and family in.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

If you're at the grocery store, tell people you're a yoga instructor and where you teach. So there's definitely I'm still on the way with that. There's still is a lot of leading and guiding to do with that and from my perspective, I'm probably not showing up as much in that role as even I need to be, or talking about that as much. I do notice a difference when I talk more about it to the team. It literally happens right away.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, and then when I like, I'm like oh cool, it's going good. And then I like step back a little bit, Don't talk about it, it's like. I start back from ground, from like the starting point, every single time. Yeah, I need to be more consistent with that. Yeah, but yeah, I definitely do notice the difference of like there. You can also tell too. I'm learning how to talk to each team member.

Speaker 1:

Yep.

Speaker 2:

Specifically there are some team members who I just can tell that they're a little bit more driven and motivated to want to share with their friends and family where they're teaching. And then there's other instructors who are kind of just like I am here to teach, I love teaching, so I'm really having to learn like how do I motivate them a little bit?

Speaker 1:

more to bring students in. So that's where I'm at. It's so interesting One of the conversations that came up this week for me with a studio owner who's running a higher level ticket program and she was telling me like I think my people have already bought, they're in, they're my loyalists, they're my inner circle, and she still has time to sell and spots to sell, and so I was trying to show her that the thought these are my students, these are my people is stopping her from finding the student that will be a loyalist, that will be a part of the inner circle of the students that follow her. And I think that's what you're describing when you're saying my teachers are really good at seeing the students in front of them and it's really easy as teachers to be like these are my students, but you forget that your students are also out there and don't know you yet and we have to take care of them, just like we would take care of the people who are in front of us. So I think it's really common as yoga teachers.

Speaker 1:

I'm looking at the time and we're over, so I need to ask you the questions that I meant to ask you. So you joined the mastermind in February. What would you say is like the biggest takeaway or thing that you've gotten from the mastermind so far.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I think the biggest thing that I walk away with is just being able to feel okay and at ease in my body, like I'm very much so I want to be there already, yeah. But the thing that we talk about a lot is like but once you're there, how will you feel? Yeah, and so I'm really trying to embody, like how will I feel once I'm there, making the money that I want to make and seeing the class size, the size that it is like, like how will I look, act and feel?

Speaker 2:

and I'm really learning to embody that right now even though, like I'm not hitting that goal this very moment yeah so that's been the biggest takeaway, because it's allowed me to be nicer to my friends and family outside, the student actually enjoy life while you grow your business crazy, crazy. Come on, that's what we talked about. Like, how can we like take what we learned on the yoga mat and implement it in our life? Yeah, Hi do it for yourself.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, and we were kind of talking about this before we hit record. But the place where you're at, where you have a goal and you're not there yet and you're working to detach the way you feel internally from your goal, is literally all of business, like there will never be a point. Well, I'm like I don't know. Maybe for some people there is a point, but for most people, if you're in business and you're an entrepreneur, there's always another goal, there's always another growth metric, there's always somewhere else you could go.

Speaker 1:

So if you don't figure out how to live in that push and pull of I'm happy where I'm at, I love my life All these amazing things have happened this year. My business is growing and I want to be here. It will be. It will lead to burnout. That's like what creates the most tension and pressure and like I can't keep doing this. But you can keep going after a goal if you know how to take care of yourself. So that's a huge, huge win. What would you say to the? Well, you had the experience too. Let me ask you this you had the experience of the yoga boss group, which now feels like a really long time ago, but it really wasn't like a year ago, right?

Speaker 1:

You had the experience of yoga boss group and now you're in the grow mastermind. What would you say is the difference between the two?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, um, let's see here, I feel like maybe it's my growth, maybe it's your growth, maybe it's like a combination of both, but I feel like there's a lot more talk of like being more of a leader, yeah, and like going that route, versus just being a business owner, and I think that's kind of the difference, which I guess, like your word, like the name of each group, is exactly what it is. But I would say that's probably the difference because, like, I'm brand new to business, so I needed the business stuff too. But what I'm learning is it's like the business stuff will come. Learning to lead is really going to be the thing that's going to make it feel like the business stuff will come. Learning to lead is really going to be the thing that's going to make it feel more easeful along the way.

Speaker 1:

Yes, oh, that's so good, it's so true, Cause I, I think I had a moment where I was like, like, when I started my business, I asked myself, like what is the bare minimum of what you need to start making money as a teacher? And that's marketing and selling, like you have to go out there market and sell an offer. And then I got to this place where I'm like wait, I have this entire skill set. That was extremely important to my success, played a big role in how successful we were that I haven't taught yet, I haven't taught leadership yet, and so I realized I needed to add that in.

Speaker 1:

And then, as I've been doing, that it's so interesting for a studio owner, specifically because you need marketing and selling right away and leadership right away, because most likely you have teachers right away, whereas it's not solopreneur to then a few team members, to then a bigger team. It's like you need everything at once. So I think you're right. Like everyone has evolved. It's just this, like next variation yeah, okay, what would you tell the person that is thinking about the mastermind? But they're not sure.

Speaker 1:

Or I have a more specific question for you actually because when we talked about the mastermind, you were like I'd love to join, but I can't make the first retreat. And I was like, don't miss it. Yeah, what made you feel confident joining even though you couldn't be there for the first retreat?

Speaker 2:

Because I've worked with you in the past, I knew how much I gained just from like weekly check-ins with you and I think when I was like I didn't want to stop working with you, it was a lot bigger financial commitment than I was like really able to take at the time, but I also was like take at the time, but I also was like I know this is going to propel me and make me feel like I'm at where. I want to be in business.

Speaker 2:

And so even if I can't make that first retreat, you told me there was another one.

Speaker 1:

You're coming to that one right.

Speaker 2:

I am coming to that one. But honestly, I was so like, I was so sad.

Speaker 1:

that was one of the biggest reasons I was like yeah, I don't want to miss out yeah, fomo, isn't that funny, because you're not the only person that said that to me like, oh, those dates don't work, so I can't do it. And I'm like, because you're missing out on this one weekend, you're gonna count yourself out for the whole year. Yeah, isn't that funny how our brains do that, and I'm so glad you were like wait.

Speaker 2:

I have gained so much Like honestly, even if we don't even have another retreat, even if something happens where I can't make it, I 100% made the right move of joining the group because we get so much contact point with you throughout the week Even contact point with the other members of the group and I have to say I'm probably the worst one in the group of like they go on and on all day long and I think I check it like five days later and I'm like I can't read all those messages so like I, I chime in occasionally um, but that's how I operate in masterminds too.

Speaker 2:

I'm like I'll pop in, but then I'm gone yeah, but it's so good to like have them there when you need it because, like it really does feel alone a lot of the times in business and when I find myself really feeling alone, especially like today, I'm literally here from 8 am until 8 ppm tonight like for chiropractic and yoga.

Speaker 1:

And I'm by myself all day.

Speaker 2:

I don't have anyone else here working with?

Speaker 1:

me yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I just see patients and then the students when they come in. So, like from the business perspective, it feels alone. Who's there to motivate me? What am I supposed to do today? Maybe I'll just go eat because I don't know what to do.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, Whenever I feel that way, I just go to the portal or go to Voxer or find something that like along, like within your group, that will keep me on pace. So that's really like that's been super super helpful.

Speaker 1:

Oh, I love hearing that. I'm imagining, like if we all had a co-working space in an office in one building, what it would be like to walk into that building where you know people are there working on the same, similar things, that you're working on doing the same thing. It'd be so you'd be so productive and that's kind of what we offer virtually Like you know this is all happening, Even if you're not reading the messages. Seeing the messages come in, it's like, oh, they're moving, something Like they're working on something that's cool to see them working.

Speaker 1:

So, okay, we'll wrap this up because I want to respect your time. I know that you have a busy schedule, so tell people where well, any final it doesn't have to be at the mastermind, but any final like last nugget person growing their business, opening their business what would you say to them now that you're where you are after the busy year that?

Speaker 2:

you've had. Oh my gosh, it's only going to get easier from here.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it's truly for you. I guess it's true for everybody too.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I think one of the things that I have learned the most in this last year, and I think you and I have like touched on this a couple of times, um, and when you're a business owner, right, you feel like you have to always be there, like coddling holding doing everything in your business and then that takes away from you, yeah, and so I think the biggest thing, like as a business owner, don't, don't be shy.

Speaker 2:

If you need the week or the weekend couple of days, take time for yourself, because every time I've done that, I have come back to the business and like done more in that week, coming back, than I have in three months, right, right. So, yeah, that's been the biggest thing, I think. Definitely, like if you're new to business, if you've been doing it for 10 years, like if you haven't practiced giving yourself that permission for you, yeah you.

Speaker 2:

I know you tell your students to take permission to like take time for themselves. You have to listen to it yourself. I'm trying to see if I have a hair band.

Speaker 1:

Hold on. I want to show you this demonstration. If I can find the hair tie, I got one.

Speaker 1:

Okay, so someone like the concept that you're describing someone. Show this to me once. And when you are like stressed and you're at your wit's end and you're pulled to either side I know it's a podcast, so some people can't see this I'm pulling the hair tie and then you just keep it like this and one day you drop everything and just falls. Everything just falls. But let's say that you're stressed and you pull back and you let go. I'm not going to be able to shoot it. It goes really far. But that's the slingshot, right. Like if you realize you're stress, you pull back more, you take your rest. You're going to go so much further in the future than if you just keep it like tight. I love that.

Speaker 2:

Isn't that cool. I've never seen that before. But oh my gosh, I'm going to send slingshots all over today.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah yeah, Take it to your yoga students. Be like you need a rest so you can. Every time I'm starting to feel burnt out and tired, I'm like this is good, Like this taking this week is good, because next week, who knows what I'll come back with.

Speaker 2:

Okay.

Speaker 1:

So tell people where they can find you, where they can come take class.

Speaker 2:

Ooh okay. I only ever hear this from other people on podcasts, so this is the first is first time saying this. You got it. So our studio's journey mindfully. Our website is journeymindfullyyogacom. Um. On instagram you can find me at journey mindfully yoga. I'm also on there as drkennedy pierce underscore yoga?

Speaker 1:

I don't know, I think so have like.

Speaker 2:

I have my personal one and that's kind of more like personal slash Cairo. I do a lot of cross posting between the yoga studio and that, because right now the yoga studio like it's more or less me as the brand for the like, the face of the brand, but I have a long-term vision of like, not letting it just be me, but you know the other instructors coming in. So I do have my own personal one, which is instagram chiro yoga and the personal and then the yoga studios journey, mindful yoga. Amazing, that's about it.

Speaker 1:

Yeah we'll link those in the show notes too, so those of you who are listening, you can look in the show notes for those links. Thank you so much, kennedy.

Speaker 2:

This was amazing to talk to you and everyone else I'll see you in the next episode.

Speaker 1:

Bye y'all.