Today we’d like to introduce you to Mary Reaston and Heather MacKay.
Mary and Heather, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
Our story started in 2018 when we met at Floating Yogis. Heather had been practicing yoga for 18 years and I was new to yoga. We shared a love of water and were taking a SUP (Stand Up Paddle Board) Yoga class. One of the poses in the class was crow, an intricate arm balance. I wanted to do the pose without a face plant and Heather suggested practicing on land first. She offered to guide me into crow and that is the beginning of our beautiful partnership and journey. Heather is and will always be my inspiration. She taught me to not be afraid; to always believe in myself and age is a simply state of mind. Together we have completed our Sup Yoga Teacher Training (TT),200 and 300 hour TT, and Gravity Yoga TT and are currently enrolled in our Yoga Trapeze TT.
After completing the teacher trainings, we realized we have something special, so we created Yoga Your Way to bring Yoga, Health, and Wellness to everybody. Yoga Your Way is a virtual yoga studio and so much more. We believe Yoga is for everybody, anywhere, anytime. We have created an extensive virtual library for everyone from the beginner to the seasoned practitioner, and even their families. We feel that there has never been a better time to bring health and wellness into one’s life. With the current health crisis facing this country, COVID, we felt it would be essential to be able to have access to yoga to maintain a healthy balance and wanted to make this affordable to everyone. Our monthly membership is the lowest priced available. In addition, we also offer socially distanced Beach Yoga Classes at Floating Yogis in Carlsbad.
Has it been a smooth road?
Yoga Your Way has taught us that you have to be nimble. In January of this year, we were celebrating our first true partnership with Girl Scouts of San Diego. We were granted the sole opportunity to provide yoga to all Girl Scouts in San Diego County, then COVID hit. In person classes were no longer an option. We had to think outside the box and adapt. We were approached by companies to see if we could assist with wellness and fitness because of added stressors and working from home due to COVID. We changed our entire business model to virtual and this presented us with a new set of challenges, primarily how to make it affordable for everybody. Our research showed that most online yoga platforms charged anywhere from $20-99/month. We did not feel that this price point would be accessible to everyone. We decided that $6.99 per month for a family was more than reasonable and actually less than the cost of a fast-food meal for a family. We had to learn an entirely new set of skills to create and maintain a website to host all video library, vignettes (instructional videos) and “live virtual classes.
We’d love to hear more about your business.
Yoga Your Way is a comprehensive virtual yoga studio that offers 24/7 unlimited access. Why is Yoga Your Way different…in addition to our extensive video library that hosts a wide range of classes, we also offer vignettes. These are instructional videos for every pose inducing benefits and modifications. We host “live” virtual classes that are unique because with a flip of your camera, we will offer you virtual enhancements or modifications by certified yoga instructions to give you a better foundation for your practice. For those practitioners that want a safe place to practice in –person yoga, we offer our Beach Yoga Classes at Floating Yogis three times a week. These classes are outdoors, socially distanced, and feature Gravity Yoga. We are the only certified class for Gravity Yoga in the San Diego area. Gravity Yoga is a targeted mobility practice to increase flexibility and mobility, decrease pain, and improve sleep. Membership of Yoga Your Way also includes discounted pricing for in person classes.
Is our city a good place to do what you do?
Absolutely. San Diego is a mecca for health, wellness and yoga. It is the perfect place for Yoga Your Way because when we offer our virtual classes, what better backdrop than beautiful San Diego. We are proud to be from San Diego. We hold our Beach Yoga Classes at Floating Yogis in Carlsbad, CA and in our opinion Floating Yogis is the premier Sup Yoga Studio, not only in California, but worldwide.
Pricing:
- $6.99/ month
- Unlimited 24/7 access to Video Library, Instructional Videos and Virtual Live Classes
Contact Info:
- Website: Yogayourway.fitness
- Phone: 760-415-2402
- Email: heather@yogayourway.fitness
- Instagram: @YogaYourWay20
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yogayourway20
- Twitter: @yogayourway20
Image Credit:
@Andrew_Shoots_
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