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I bailed tonight lol but I am planning on trying to go back tomorrow and give it another go! Will drink lots of water all day, eat – but lightly and wear leggings instead of shorts as someone mentioned above – I think that will help. I bought a 1 month unlimited trial so I might as well get my money’s worth. I did like the energy of the studio and the instructor was very good about giving us modifications for poses we couldn’t do. I also liked that he encouraged us to set our intentions and to honor ourselves and pause or go into child’s pose or just lay on the mat if we were overworked – stay in the room but rest if you need to etc. We shall see π
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Katana you are in LA – where do you go/ I liked Modo.
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I would also speak with a lawyer and an accountant regarding (and look into incorporating) as having a studio in your home can open you up to a lot of liability issues.
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So true Webmaster! We worked hard on figuring out a retention plan as well as a plan to engage our current clientele at the end of our living socials (don’t you hate it when somewhere you have been loyal to for ever runs specials for the “new” people but nothing for the loyal customers). It is such a huge learning experience, but one that is worthwhile in the end – I think it’s super important to listen to the students as well as speak to as many studio owners as possible to gain insight into what we should do, can do & shouldn’t do to ensure happy students and studio growthΓ°ΕΈΛβ
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Just saw this – it’s a very personal issue and you have to follow the path that is right for you. I would say though to create a strong support system for yourself – while I have not had breast cancer I went through similar ovarian issues and having people I could talk to that truly understood my emotional and health situation was a blessingΓ°ΕΈΛβ
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Yup to the brand new newbie – when we have a new student sign in its time consuming but we call them to say hi and get their background so we can guide them into the appropriate class for them – then we let the instructors know ahead of time if there are new people in class and their skill level. Our classes are also coed which brings another dynamic to the situation which I will say at first I was not completely sold on lol but now I love it! We literally have had women, men, transgendered, grand moms and little people in classes! It is such a family environment – I’m proud of that
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Charley I want to see you dance to everything Γ°ΕΈΛβ
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Interesting topic! I would also like to add that while everything everyone brought up can most definitely contribute to a studios failure I would add that Groupon and Livingsocial and the likes do not help.
As a studio owner they are a plus for brining in new clients and “free” advertising BUT the trick after is retention. We have gained a nice core of students from the coupon experiment but it can be a very expensive, frustrating experiment. In LA there are so many studios and at any given moment you can pick up a Groupon for pole. As a consumer these sites are great – hell if I didn’t want to pay full price for a yoga class for the rest of my life I wouldn’t have to – and I can say I have been known to studio hop myself but it doesn’t help the studios any and while it’s cheaper for the students it makes it hard for them to grow at a studio.
Obviously the goal is to have the students love the studio and become regulars but it’s hard when next month there’s another coupon for 10 classes for $29.00.
Also as far as Multi level classes I think it is really possible to run them and have them be exciting for all students. The key is to make sure the environment at the studio is all inclusive – supportive and unified. classes can’t be huge and the teachers skill level is tantamount! Our Multi level classes have a nice warm up, free dance (depending on the students in class that day) pole moves/tricks & choreo work on a mini routine with the moves worked on in class. The students will work on a move progression for their skill level but everyone starts at basically the same place. So while the beginners pass might be a back hook, pole bend and floor work the more advanced student might be doing a back hook to chopper to something else. This way all the students get to dance together and it creates a strong bond for them all in class.
I think it’s also super important to offer other types of classes. Whether that’s stretching, cardo, workshops etc. Owning a studio is amazing but it is extremely hard work and not typically profitable Γ°ΕΈΛβ as someone mentioned earlier – there’s no way I could do it without a full time job as well.
I would suggest speaking to your studio owners with any questions or concerns – the good ones will actually appreciate the feedback. I can honestly say one of the suggestions we got from one of our students was a HUGE help lol – I owe her big time! Feedback from students is so important so please reach out to your studios and let us know what we are doing wrong as well as rightΓ°ΕΈΛβ
We are just about to hit our 2 year mark in a couple of days – I hope we make it to 3!
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I put up the video – we have some at my studio they are fun!
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I seriously love Pinterest…if I could only figure out how to get paid to pin all day long π
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ahhh love the new look!!!
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ohhh so glad to see this thread…totally forgot about my hair (extension) appointment tomorrow π
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Ugh double post lol
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For reference on the difference with the needs for aerial rigging the rigging in our ceiling at my studio is the following. We opened up the ceilings and found we have 12 inch redwood beams – I forget the spacing but they were closer than needed. We had steel plates built and each plate has 4 holes in them and a space for the steel bar that comprises our rigging point – each beam has a plate on both sides of the beam and they are bolted together – the steel bar then goes through them roughly the whole span of the room. Then we had panels made around them to close the ceiling back up again – they are removable so we can check the rigging/beams out easily. There is a floor above us so we had to cover the ceiling back up for fire rating and it just looks cleaner as well – the only thing you see in the ceiling is the metal pipe running down the room. This allows is to hang multiple apparatuses from the bar via span sets. We have two set ups like this in the room. Most importantly it is a very strong structure – all steel and very expensive to have made but extremely safe. We had 4 different rigging companies bid out the job. The nice thing is we are rated for roughly 400 pounds every 5 feet π if anyone is looking fir riggers in the LA area let me know π
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For reference on the difference with the needs for aerial rigging the rigging in our ceiling at my studio is the following. We opened up the ceilings and found we have 12 inch redwood beams – I forget the spacing but they were closer than needed. We had steel plates built and each plate has 4 holes in them and a space for the steel bar that comprises our rigging point – each beam has a plate on both sides of the beam and they are bolted together – the steel bar then goes through them roughly the whole span of the room. Then we had panels made around them to close the ceiling back up again – they are removable so we can check the rigging/beams out easily. There is a floor above us so we had to cover the ceiling back up for fire rating and it just looks cleaner as well – the only thing you see in the ceiling is the metal pipe running down the room. This allows is to hang multiple apparatuses from the bar via span sets. We have two set ups like this in the room. Most importantly it is a very strong structure – all steel and very expensive to have made but extremely safe. We had 4 different rigging companies bid out the job. The nice thing is we are rated for roughly 400 pounds every 5 feet π if anyone is looking fir riggers in the LA area let me know π