Yoga shouldn’t feel like a test you can fail, yet that’s exactly how many people experience their first class. We sit down with Northeast PA yoga teacher Lisa Molandini, better known as Lisa Mo, to talk about what happens when you stop treating yoga like a performance and start treating it like something you do for yourself. If you’ve ever tried yoga once and walked away thinking “not for me,” this conversation opens a much kinder second door.

Lisa shares how she built a freelance yoga business without a brick-and-mortar studio by meeting people where they already are. Think pop-up yoga in art galleries, at wineries, on farms, and even in a flower-filled greenhouse where students practice among the blooms and leave with a planter. We dig into why non-traditional yoga spaces can make yoga for beginners feel safer, lighter, and more welcoming, especially for anyone who finds gyms or studios intimidating.

We also get practical about the business side: how she uses social media marketing on Facebook and Instagram, grows an email community, and relies on word of mouth across multiple locations. Lisa closes with a message she truly lives by: yoga is for everyone, including students who need adaptive and accessible yoga. She talks about working with neurodiverse students and continuing training to better serve wheelchair users and people with limited mobility.

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