Your Yoga Business: Tools and Techniques for Success

About Ava Taylor

Ava Taylor is an avid yogi and a tenacious creative entrepreneur. As the founder of YAMA Talent Ava optimizes yoga businesses through her ability to strategically discern the strengths and opportunities of her clients and through her understanding of each business owner's unique position in the market. She is the go-to strategist for yoga business owners looking to get their businesses to the next level. She is known for clarifying both purpose and direction for her clients and for instilling the confidence needed to get there. Her personal mission is to bring the tools of yoga and wellness to communities of all kinds. Throughout her career Taylor has collaborated with over 1000 yoga teachers studio owners and brands around the globe. She has transformed what was previously a mom-and-pop industry with a professional infrastructure she pioneered for booking artist management and consultation. This earned her a remarkable reputation for helping yoga business owners expand and succeed. Taylor is a sought-out contributor in the media known for having unparalleled market knowledge access to key players and the inside track on the latest in data and trends. She holds a degree in intercultural communication from Pepperdine University. She has held senior roles in marketing operations and sales as well as running her own business for well over a decade. She has been featured in the New York Times and has sat on the board of advisors for the Z Living television network and the Lineage Project. As a Yoga Alliance CEU provider Ava conducted crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic and was the lead contributor for the EKA Business Support Services initiative with the Yoga Alliance Foundation. Taylor coproduced the annual yoga garden at the White House during the Obama administration and both of the yoga classes in Central Park with over 10000 attendees. Based in New York City she travels the world doing yoga with her clients and community as often as she can.