Moving Through Perfectionism For Healers & Yoga Teachers

Let's talk about your perfectionism and how it could be impacting the growth of your healing biz.

I know with a lot of the clients that I work with who are growing their yoga or their healing businesses,

The mindset piece is something that needs to be addressed more and more.

And yeah,

Of course there's strategy,

But if you're not dealing with the stuff that's coming up in your mind and holding you back,

Then you can use all the strategy in the world and it's not going to work for you.

And today we're talking all about perfectionism.

Remember that I'm going to be here every week chatting with you,

So let me know if this does resonate with you today.

I'm going to share three signs that your perfectionism is stopping the growth of your yoga or healing biz and also what you can do about it so that you can start to shift the self-talk,

The narrative,

The energy,

And all of that stuff.

The reason why I'm talking about perfectionism firstly today is that I have totally been there,

Okay?

And these mindset talks are based on things that I've made it through to the other side and really what a lot of my clients are moving through as well.

That's why I want to share this topic with you today.

Let's get into the three signs that your perfectionism might be stopping the growth of your yoga or your healing business.

Now the first sign that I've seen a lot,

And I've definitely done this in the past years ago,

You are over planning and over preparing.

So if you find yourself constantly,

If you're a yoga teacher and you're always revising your class plans or if we're looking at your business,

We're looking at maybe your website design or your social media content and you keep tweaking things before you're ready to put it out there and you're waiting for them to be perfect before you can share them,

This is completely halting your momentum,

It's lowering your vibe,

You're gonna be stuck just second guessing yourself and you're gonna lose the flow of really putting yourself out there to connect with your ideal students and clients.

So this is really important,

We gotta stop,

You've gotta just trust yourself,

Right?

Often perfectionism can stem from just not believing in yourself and we'll talk a little bit more about that as we go as well.

The second reason why your perfectionism might be slowing down your biz growth is that you are kind of stuck in prioritizing your comfort zone of being the student,

Right?

How many of us out there have taken all of these trainings for all of these different modalities,

Different styles of practices,

Because deep down inside it's just a more comfortable place to be the student and not to be the one who is the authority and when you have a yoga or a healing business,

You need to step in as the leader so that people understand that they can trust you to teach them and chances are you've done plenty of trainings and I have too and I love teacher trainings,

But if you're stuck in that comfort zone and it's a little bit too familiar for you,

I'm encouraging you to step outside of that comfort zone and start to look at where can you spend a little more time in discomfort when it comes to your business growth.

If you want the freedom to be able to travel or to sell out retreats without burning out from teaching a bunch of low-paid classes only,

Then you need to really start to look at what is stopping you and get outside of that comfort zone.

So what if you invested the skills and the support that you need to confidently grow a sustainable business rather than taking another modality training because chances are I know many of my clients that I work with have all the trainings already and they just don't have the confidence yet to step up and start creating their own offerings or really being confident in their self-promotion.

Okay the third reason why perfectionism might be slowing you down is if you're stuck in that constant comparison mode and self-criticism.

I know that I've been there as well and this really did slow me down from when I started.

If you are stuck in this place,

This comparison mode,

You're jumping onto social media,

You are looking at the other yoga teachers or healers that are further there where you want to be.

They're selling out their retreats or you know they're traveling.

They have the freedom and the abundance to live a lifestyle that they really really are connected to.

If you are regularly comparing yourself with these people and then feeling that anything that you offer is not good enough,

This is not a good place to be and I don't need to tell you that,

But sometimes it's nice to have that gentle reminder.

This can lead directly to burnout.

This can lead to procrastination and even just abandoning projects or events or offerings that you want to create because you just don't believe that they're good enough and that is just not true.

So you need to do a little bit of mindset work on that and let go of the comparison mode.

Set boundaries,

Especially around social media.

That's going to help you.

I have strict boundaries around social media and you know just going inward and noticing when those thoughts come up,

Addressing them and then releasing them is a really important practice that you should be doing every day,

Okay?

So let's now shift gears here and I want to talk about how you can ditch this perfectionism,

Especially when it comes to the growth of your yoga or your healing biz.

The first tip that I have is I want you to focus on progress,

Not perfection.

And we've all heard this before,

But are you doing this?

So shifting your mindset,

We need to celebrate the small wins,

Right?

Are you looking at your progress over time as you grow your yoga or your healing business?

Are you focusing on unrealistic goals and just hyper focusing on something that may not happen and the outcome there?

So I want you to track your growth over time and remind yourself that each step forward,

No matter how small it is,

Is a step in the right direction.

You have to have patience in this process if you want the freedom to travel and to live the lifestyle that you are craving and to support yourself with a thriving business.

It is possible.

I know that because that's what I'm doing and it's taken me quite some time to figure out the details and how to get there.

Okay the next thing I want you to do is just be authentic,

Which is so hard for so many of us and for me as well,

Especially,

You know,

Even in the video stuff.

Even now,

Four years into my business,

I'm still struggling with being authentic because we can get stuck in that perfectionist mind and we can be worried too much about what other people think or if we are good enough.

So I want you to do something.

I want you to reflect on what you enjoy in another teacher's class.

If you have a mentor,

If you have or someone who creates content that is doing something that you want to be doing,

That is living a lifestyle that you want to be living,

I want you to pay attention to what they are creating and what they are putting out.

And notice that there's something there that you are connected to because it is unique to them,

Right?

They are showing,

Chances are,

Whoever that person is for you,

Whoever that mentor or that teacher is that you look up to,

And I hope everybody has plenty of those,

They are doing something authentic and unique to them and that is probably what you're mostly drawn to,

Right?

And rather than kind of mimicking that,

I want you to then reflect on what makes you unique and how can you incorporate that into your offerings,

Into your social media content,

Into your emails.

This is what is actually going to set you apart from everyone else out there doing yoga and and healing offerings,

Right?

You need to be authentic.

And then the final tip I have for you today is just,

Here's what I've been learning over the last couple of years especially,

Do not take yourself or your healing practice so seriously,

Okay?

Because when you stop having fun,

You just start to hit a wall.

And with business growth,

Because it requires a lot of patience,

It requires a lot of grit and determination to keep going,

To keep showing up and if you are too hard on yourself in the process,

You're just going to burn out.

I've been there,

I've been there and then you're going to just be stuck in those lower vibrations,

That lower energy.

So you need to enter this knowing that we are all making mistakes and you are no exception.

You will make mistakes and what matters is that you learn from those mistakes,

You grow from those mistakes and you keep going,

Okay?

If you shift your attitude towards things like social media,

I know so many of us have an aversion to social media,

An aversion to self-promotion,

Hands up if you are not into self-promotion.

If you shift your energy to make it light and fun,

This is going to allow you space to live on your own terms and the opportunity to reach more people around the globe and then you're going to start to enjoy the process of growing your business.

When you are enjoying the process and you have everything in place and you've dealt with the mindset stuff,

The perfectionism,

That's when you're going to start to see the ease and the flow in your business.

So let me know if that resonates with you.

I want to just kind of finish off here by saying the more that you put yourself out there and gain the confidence to really believe that what you're offering has value,

Okay?

The more momentum you'll start to pick up with your biz growth and we are all about ease and flow here.

This is what I want for you.

I want that flow and that ease in your business growth.

So if you are so worried that what you do isn't good enough or that you're stopping yourself from even taking action and putting yourself out there,

I want you to remember that the world needs your healing offerings more than ever right now.

So you are doing a disservice to your potential clients and students if you are not putting yourself out there.

So what I want you to do is start taking imperfect action.

So drop a comment below if this resonated for you and I think I'll leave it at that for today.

I'll see you all next week.

Sending lots of love to you from Bali and I'll see you guys all soon.