The Blissful Biz Podcast
Welcome to the Blissful Biz podcast! I'm Susanne Rieker, and this show is for yoga teachers who are ready to turn their wisdom into an online business they actually love. Each week I share practical strategies, honest behind-the-scenes stories, and real talk about what it takes to grow sustainably online — without burning out or selling out. If you're tired of trading time for money and want to build something that creates true freedom, you're in the right place. Find me at www.susannerieker.com or connect with me on Instagram @susannerieker.
Episodes
308 episodes
"Yoga Shouldn't Be a Business" and Other Myths with George Kao
Almost every time I launch something, at least one person tells me that yoga shouldn't be a business. If you've ever felt that quiet discomfort around selling your work, this conversation with George Kao is going to feel like a relief.Ge...
How Yoga Teachers Can Use AI in Their Business (Beyond ChatGPT)
You’ve probably used ChatGPT to help with captions, emails, or class ideas, but have you ever thought about using AI to actually build something for your yoga business?I’ve been experimenting with Claude lately, and I’ve created interact...
Behind the Scenes of My $1K Honey Flow Challenge: What Worked, What Didn't & What I Learned
What really happens when you spend thousands on ads, bring hundreds of people into a free challenge... and the results aren't quite what you hoped for?A few weeks ago, I hosted the $1K Honey Flow Challenge, a four-day live event designed...
Building an Authentic Online Yoga Business with Arundhati Baitmangalkar
Arundhati Baitmangalkar, host of the popular Let's Talk Yoga podcast, never planned to build any of this. She didn't set out to have a studio, a podcast, or an online yoga school. She just wanted to teach. And yet here she is, more than a decad...
Why I Bet My Business on Community: Behind the Scenes of My Membership for Yoga Teachers
A membership isn't the easiest way to make money. I'll be the first to tell you that. So why have I bet my whole business on one? In this episode I take you fully behind the scenes of the Blissful Biz Hive to answer exactly that.The year...
Is Substack Worth It for Yoga Teachers with Jo Hutton from Yoga for Tired People
Is it still possible to grow an audience organically and build a real online business as a yoga teacher? Jo Hutton is living proof that it is.Jo spent over 16 years teaching yoga in Newcastle, ran her own studio, and trained more than 50...
"Help, Nobody's Buying Anymore." Here's Whats Really Going On
Have you caught yourself thinking "nobody's buying anymore"? Maybe a launch landed with a quiet thud. Or maybe that fear is the exact reason you keep putting off creating a digital offer in the first place. Before you decide the moment for digi...
Here's What I'd Do to Add $1,000 to My Monthly Income As A Yoga Teacher
What would you actually do if your goal was to add $1,000 a month to your income, online, without teaching a single extra studio class or private?That's the exact question I'm answering in this episode. Because an extra thousand dollars ...
Is the Fear of Selling Keeping Your Yoga Business Small?
Do you have something you could sell right now? A course you created a while ago, a workshop recording, a small offer sitting quietly on your website. And every time you think about actually promoting it, something stops you.In this epis...
Why I stopped selling what business coaches told me to (and what I'm doing instead)
A few years ago I was living what most business coaches would call the dream. A six figure year, six months in a campervan, barely working, all of it carried by one premium program I sold for $5,000.I don't sell that program anymore. And...
Why your freebie isn't bringing you students (and how I set up my new freebie funnel, step-by-step)
I just got back from nearly three weeks in the Dolomites, travelling with my dog Luna in a campervan, and my freebie funnel kept running the entire time without me touching it. No big team, no weeks of preparation, just a handful of emails sche...
The advice that built yoga businesses in 2021 is breaking them in 2026
If you've been doing everything right — the freebie, the online course, the social media content — and it still feels like nothing is adding up, this episode is for you. Not because you're doing it wrong, but because the landscape has genuinely...
5 Ways Yoga Teachers Can Make Money on Skool
If you've been hearing about Skool everywhere lately, you're not imagining it — it's one of the fastest-growing platforms in the online business world right now. But what I find most interesting about it isn't the hype. It's the flexibility. Be...
The Legal Essentials Every Yoga Teacher Needs to Know w/ Conscious Counsel
If you're building an online yoga business, legal protection is probably not the first thing on your mind. But as Chad Sonkin from Conscious Counsel explains, the question isn't whether you'll ever need it, it's whether you'll be prepared when ...
Why I Changed My Mind About Memberships (And Built the Honey Flow Method)
I said I was done with selling my memberships. And then I launched it again anyway.In this episode I share what actually changed, what I got completely wrong about my Skool setup that was quietly killing conversions, and how a rain...
30 Years in an Ashram Then Starting Over Starting w/ Kamala Rose
Kamala Rose spent over 30 years living in an ashram before stepping out into the world as an independent yoga teacher and philosophy educator in her mid-50s. This conversation is about what happens when someone with that depth of knowledge has ...
What Actually Makes People Stop Scrolling and Say "This Is For Me"
If you've been posting consistently, showing up on Instagram, maybe even updating your website, and still not attracting the right students, this video is for you.Today we're unpacking two things that most yoga teachers conflate, and why...
Stop Creating More Free Stuff — Do This Instead
In this episode I talk about why so many yoga teachers are stuck in a loop of freebie creation that isn't moving their business forward, the difference between being generous and mistaking generosity for a business strategy, and what a low-tick...
Why Yoga Teachers Aren't Making Sales on Instagram (And What to Actually Post Instead)
Are you a yoga teacher who is posting on Instagram but not making sales? There is a good chance the problem is not your following size, your content, or the algorithm. It is that nobody has shown you what to actually post to sell your offer.
Student Spotlight: How Jessica Klimach created her own movement method and took it online
Jessica Klimach had no background in sports or athletics. For 20 years she worked as a fashion stylist, spent most of that time managing chronic pain from scoliosis, and came to yoga the way many people do: looking for something that would help...
Stop Preparing to Prepare – How to identify the work that actually moves your business forward
Are you a yoga teacher who is busy but somehow not growing their business? There is a good chance you are spending most of your time on passive action, things that feel like work but do not directly generate income or move anyone closer to buyi...
What I'd Do Differently If I Were Building a Yoga Business in 2026
One of the questions I get asked most often by yoga teachers, in different forms, is: what would you do if you were me? Where would you start, what would you focus on, what would you skip?In this episode I share what I would do if I wer...
Scaling to $10K Months (Part 3 of 3): The Leadership Shift
This is the final episode in my three-part series on scaling your online yoga business to $10K months. In part 1, we covered brand positioning and your offer suite for yoga teachers. In part 2, we talked about messaging and sales process. In th...
Scaling to $10K Months (Part 2/3): Making Your Business Actually Sell
You've gotten clear on your positioning. You've built a solid offer. You know what you're selling and who it's for. And then... nothing happens. Or at least, not consistently.In part 1 of this little series on how to scale to $10k month...
Scaling to €10K Months (Part 1/3): Why You're Stuck at €3K
If you're a yoga teacher running an online business and making €2,000 to €4,000 a month, you've probably been told that the solution is more content, more followers, better marketing tactics. But the gap between where you are now and consistent...