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50 Best Yoga Business ideas You Can Start Today

Do you want to start a Yoga studio but you want to go niche and be unique? If YES, here are 50 best Yoga related business ideas & opportunities.

There are various uses of yoga, some of which are to help increase focus when one desires to achieve a particular objective. Another is that yoga is used to have more control over the mind and body. It has also been said that yoga helps with certain health challenges, making it one of the reasons why it has gained such popularity.

There are tons of yoga related businesses in the States that one can literally make a good living from. More and more people are learning how this can be used to improve their lives and are getting into the practice of it. Below are a list of yoga related businesses one can start; some can be done part time or full time, it all depends on the preference of the individuals involved.

Best Yoga Business ideas

1. CREATING YOGA MUSIC

A greater majority of yoga classes go with the accompanying music, so a musician who is passionate about the culture can start creating yoga music. This is a great way to earn a living. Music in itself is a facilitator of meditation, when the right kinds of sounds are blended with the right frequencies.

Yoga is done to achieve inner peace, and there are music that help with achieving just that. Creating yoga music is one of the many ways to set up a business around the culture.

2. BECOMING A DJ FOR YOGA FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

This is beyond creating the music now; this is being able to catalogue various music with similar sounds and tones that would effectively provide a great ambiance for yoga related activities or events. Every song played here should be carefully selected to promote the ideologies of what the culture portrays. It takes a Disk Jockey who understands the culture to effectively make this a successful business.

3. BRAND AMBASSADOR

Every business requires a face to sell its various products or services. If you have the right kind of appearance or popularity, or maybe you just have a great way with people, becoming a brand ambassador for yoga related products, services or events can go a long way in ensuring a lovely profession for you.

As an ambassador, you get to travel from place to place to help create awareness for yoga related events and festivals; you get to become the face people see when they think of yoga related issues or ideas.

4. MOBILE YOGA CLASSES

A lot of people may want to start practicing yoga but they do not know how to balance the classes with their ever-busy schedules.

So, a yoga instructor can set up a service where he or she takes the yoga classes to the candidate. This could be at their homes, schools or even at the workplaces. The idea is that instead of going to the yoga studio for classes, one can simply wait for the instructor to come and meet him or her.

5. YOGA FESTIVALS

Gatherings that bring together yoga enthusiasts are beginning to gain more popularity in the US. If you have a unique skill in rallying people, then you can organize yoga festivals across the country or any other place where the culture is gaining popularity. These festivals will definitely bring in a great number of people and quite a lot of money can be made.

6. SELL YOGA APPARELS

You can set up a store that sells clothing specially designed for yoga practices. Because of the unique nature of the exercise, these clothing are not just designed for sports, but for the stretches and exercises practiced in yoga. A lot of people want to start practicing yoga and they would need the appropriate clothes to go.

Another thing one can do is to manufacture these clothing. Someone can also specialize in getting these clothes across to the various places that need them, the retailers and other collectors of the items.

7. YOGA ACCESSORIES STORE

Yoga exercises cannot be done effectively without some important accessories like yoga mats, yoga straps, blocks, sand bags and so on. One can establish a retail shop that sells most of all these items to yoga enthusiasts. Running a shop that is dedicated to selling yoga items can be a great way to establish one’s self in a particular niche within the yoga community.

Everything needs a specialist, and to specialize in making yoga accessories available is one of the ways to further encourage the practice of this ancient culture.

8. SUPPLIER OF YOGA ACCESSORIES TO RETAILERS

There are shops scattered around the United States dealing in selling yoga related items. One could set up a business that focuses in supplying these shops with these yoga items. One can establish a relationship with the manufacturers to be one of the suppliers of their products.

9. MANUFACTURER OF UNIQUE YOGA ACCESSORIES

If one has an insight in the various specialized yoga accessories that can change the way yoga is practiced, then the person can go into actually manufacturing these items for sale to the general yoga community. These unique accessories could be variations of already existing accessories, and they could also be totally new items that the yoga community has never seen before.

10. SUPPLIER OF SPECIAL YOGA ACCESSORIES

There are unique yoga accessories that already exist, for example, environmental friendly yoga mats and so on. One could specialize in supplying these unique yoga accessories to the various retailers that need them.

11. YOGA LITERATURE WRITER

If one has an in-depth knowledge of the topic, one could write a literature that would help yoga enthusiasts understand the culture a lot more. One could write various books that cover a variety of topics ranging from simply explanatory books, to novels or even books on mantras and meditation or other topics that center around the topic of yoga.

There are a lot of people looking for more information about the practice. Yoga being an ancient culture of the Indians, some original literature have been passed down from yogis to their disciples; a modern representation of these materials would not be a bad idea.

12. RESEARCHER ON YOGA

Many recommend yoga for certain conditions and researchers from various fields have looked into the various health benefits of yoga. If one has training in physiology or even psychology or any other related field, they could do an in-depth research on the effects of yoga on the general wellness of the entire human person.

Since it has been suggested that yoga can be used to cure certain sickness, ailments or diseases, it would be a very great thing for the community for these things to get proven. But for such proofs to be discovered, people need to do an in-depth study on the physiological and psycological effects of yoga and how it affects the general well-being of its practitioners.

13. YOGA BLOGGER

When yoga enthusiasts want to know more about the culture, they usually go online to search for information on the topic. One could begin to write online about everything there is to know about the subject. As a yoga blogger, you get to help beginners find their foot in the lifestyle.

You could help promote various yoga studios, products, items and so on. In your bid to make the intricate details of the culture available for all, you could go around the various yoga studios, events and festivals, providing documentation for these, cataloging them on your website for yoga enthusiasts to see what is going on within the community.

14. THERAPY BY YOGA

There are therapists that specialize in the use of yoga exercises as the major basis of helping their clients. Most will tell patients recovering from injuries that left them physically unable to do regular things to enroll in yoga classes as a way of changing their situations.

More and more people are seeing the advantages of using yoga to help remedy various physical and psychological injuries. It also goes well for anxiety, depression or other mental illnesses, since the practice encourages the attainment of inner peace.

15. DIGITAL YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Technology has brought us to a place where we can interact effectively without really being in the location. We have mobile devices that can enable us do quite a number of things, making our lives more convenient for certain activities.

A person can simply become a digital yoga instructor, compiling yoga class videos and making them available on the internet for many to access and sign up if they need yoga instructors but cannot go physically to the yoga studio.

It will definitely be on the person’s personal website with lots of other variations on social media cites across the digital space. The person could also develop a mobile application that will further allow members become more personal with the program.

16. YOGA INSTRUCTOR

As a yoga instructor you must have gone through the necessary training and of course you should already be a yoga enthusiast. If you do not have the funding to rent a studio dedicated to the training of yoga, you could hire a place temporarily to train your members.

One could either be a part-time yoga instructor or a full-time yoga instructor, either way, it is an interesting business to start. One could specialize in developing special yoga postures, poses or stretches that one can present as one’s own personal creation.

  1. YOGA STUDIO OWNER

One may not really know how to coordinate yoga practices but may own a studio fully dedicated to yoga practice. The owner may naturally be a yoga enthusiast, one who has been interested in the culture and is passionate about seeing people practice the art.

Or the yoga studio owner may simply recognize the opportunity and decide to invest in it, either way there is good money to be made with a yoga studio.

  1. YOGA GYM OWNER

There are certain light weights and other items that can be used to enhance the effects of the various yoga stretches. A yoga gym has a full range of items or weights that can be used for yoga practices. They are not normal weights for body building and such; they are specifically designed to enhance the effects of yoga exercises. Once again, the owner does not necessarily have to be the instructor; he simply has to invest in the facility.

  1. YOGA GYM INSTRUCTOR

This is a yoga instructor who specializes in the use of weights to enhance yoga practices. In as much as this type of instructor may be able to instruct on the usual yoga stretches, he basically focuses his classes on the use of weights, props and other items as his major approach to yoga practices.

  1. YOGA GYM EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER

Every yoga gym requires the supply of the various weights, props and items used in yoga practices. One could simply focus on making this equipment available for gyms and other retail shops that choose to specialize in yoga gym equipment, props and items.

  1. CHILDREN YOGA SPECIALIST

Most people may want to get their children involved with the practice of yoga even from a young age. It takes a specialized course to effectively bring children into the various practices of yoga without subjecting them to injury. Children take to these things differently and it would be very profitable for one to specialize in yoga classes for children.

  1. YOGA FOOD RESTAURANT

There are certain types of food that will help a person practicing yoga to become more open to the stretches. Even some meals will help the effects of the practices especially if one is engaging in yoga for health purposes. Wellness is all encompassing, just like being healthy is a combination of eating healthy and exercising.

Certain types of food have be known to accompany the culture, so one can open a restaurant that specializes in such meals.

  1. YOGA DRINKS MERCHANT

Just like there are foods, there are varieties of drinks specially produced for the betterment of people practicing yoga. These drinks are produced from certain fruits, herbs and leaves with various components that enhance the positive effects of the practice. One could specialize in producing these drinks and packaging them for patrons.

  1. YOGA FOOD CATERING

When yoga enthusiasts gather for festivals or events, it would be even more appropriate that the refreshment be yoga friendly. These specialized meals and drinks can be made available for these events by those who specialize in making them.

  1. YOGA EVENT ORGANIZER

Festivals, seminars and various other meetings are events that can be put together to bring various yoga enthusiasts together for more enlightenment, networking and to further improve their passion for the culture. One could specialize in putting these events together not just for the states alone but for other countries as well, bringing together people in the yoga community and furthering the reach of the culture.

  1. YOGA BOOTCAMP ORGANISER

This is different from a simple yoga event, this is a time when various yoga enthusiasts can come together for a period of two to three weeks, with the purpose of practicing new and innovative patterns of the general yoga practice. After such an event, many who choose to participate can come back with more zeal and passion for the culture. One could focus on organizing such events for the many people who desire it within and outside the yoga community.

  1. YOGA RETREAT FACILITY OWNER

A boot camp can be held at a dedicated retreat facility that will feature serene environments to further encourage meditation. One could invest in owning such a place, and specially designing it to be a perfect get away for yoga enthusiasts who just want a place of peace and tranquility to practice yoga till they achieve their desired state of inner peace.

  1. YOGA RETREAT FACILITY MANAGER

Every facility requires proper a management to maintain it and make sure that all the things needed to keep such a facility running effectively are in place. They equally make sure that the entire facility is clean at all times and that security is top notch, because those who come to a retreat like this expect to be safe from thieves and other dangerous characters.

  1. YOGA MAT CLEANER MANUFACTURER

The yoga mat is a must for those who want to start practicing the exercise. This mat will get dirty from time to time, so it is only normal to have the type of cleaner that can effectively clean it. There are certain chemicals or products that can do this, but one could develop one’s own specialized formula and make it available to all the wholesale and retail stores that deal in yoga related items.

  1. YOGA MAT CLEANER DISTRIBUTOR

After all these yoga mat cleaners are manufactured, they would need someone to ensure that they get to the retail shops. The yoga mat cleaner distributor makes sure that the yoga mat cleaner gets to the people it is supposed to get to.

  1. YOGA CONSULTING

Someone who wants to start practicing yoga or start a yoga business may need some type of advice. Such advice can come from a yoga specialist. This person could consult for individuals who are thinking of starting the practice, companies who want to start yoga for their employees, aspiring yoga instructors that want to go into the business and so on.

  1. YOGA SHOES AND SOCKS MANUFACTURER

Believe it or not, there are shoes and socks specially put together to help facilitate the various yoga exercises. One who is very knowledgeable in the art can develop special shoes that will make it easier for enthusiasts to perform the exercises.

  1. YOGA SHOES AND SOCKS SUPPLIER

Even if you are not the one manufacturing these shoes and socks, you can specialize in distributing them to the various retailers or even wholesale companies that will need them. As a supplier, you must have a good relationship with the manufacturers and retailers as well, acting as the middleman for both.

34. SECURITY FOR YOGA GYMS/STUDIOS

One could also provide proper security for yoga gyms and studios, making sure there’s cctv ready to capture any funny business or other threats that may come to the yoga gym as people come to do their classes.

  1. YOGA CANDLES MANUFACTURER

When meditations or even stretches are taking place, sometimes to enhance the atmosphere with positive energy, some instructors will light certain candles with soothing fragrances, these candles are specifically manufactured for the yoga practice. One could invest in manufacturing these candles for those who want to use them for their yoga practice.

  1. YOGA CANDLE SUPPLIER

After such items are manufactured, they would need to be distributed to people who need them. One can specialize in the mass distribution of yoga candles.

  1. YOGA MANTRA/MEDITATION SPECIALIST

There are multiple practices in yoga, one of which is the recitation of mantras, one could simply specialize in the development of mantras that will effect certain changes in the lives of the participants. As a yoga mantra specialist, you are able to help those who need extra help by giving them appropriate insight into the benefits of mantras.

  1. YOGA MASSAGE THERAPIST

There are certain massage techniques that accompany the practice, these massage techniques help achieve different things in the life of the yoga participant. These massages can help loosen certain muscles that can help bring more flexibility to the body.

  1. YOGA MASSAGE OILS DISTRIBUTOR

Just like the candles, there are oils that can help in soothing the muscles during massages, these oils are specially designed to have soothing agents and fragrances that can help in making the candidate more relaxed and loosened ready for the stretches and exercises. One could either manufacture or distribute yoga massage oils.

  1. RECRUITMENT AGENCY FOR YOGA STUDIOS

One could establish an agency that supplies personnel needed in a yoga studio or yoga related businesses. These agencies usually focus on recruiting mostly yoga enthusiasts, so as to maintain a general atmosphere of community within the yoga business environment.

  1. YOGA EVENT PROMOTER

With the increase in yoga related events, there are those who ensure that such events receive the much-needed publicity.

These events require the attendance of large numbers of people. In order to make this possible, the organizers of such events would have to work with promoters that specialize in getting the awareness of such events to as many yoga enthusiasts as possible.

  1. YOGA FESTIVAL PROMOTER

One could create a business around the promotion of various yoga festivals across the world. Festivals are known to last for days, so this particular type of promoter does not just specialize in having people come for one day, he or she continues to promote as long as the festival is on.

  1. YOGA BUSINESS DEVELOPER

Every business needs the wise input of developers, why not find the ones that specialize in building the yoga business?

  1. YOGA STUDIO MANAGER

Every yoga studio would require management in order to run effectively. Providing management for a great number of yoga studios can be a great way to make money in the yoga community.

  1. YOGA GYM MANAGEMENT

Yoga gyms also need proper management, someone to make sure that the variety of yoga related weights, props and other items would not be carted away or damaged by users. One can build a business around this.

  1. YOGA STUDIO/GYM ADMINISTRATOR

Every establishment needs proper administration, there are multiple courses, classes and clients for the yoga studio. Without proper administration, everything will become disorganized and this can make many clients to pull out their memberships.

47. MAGAZINES FOR YOGA RELATED TOPICS

One could establish either one or a number of magazines that showcases the culture and keeps people more informed on what is going on in the yoga community.

In conclusion,

There are so much more yoga related businesses out there, some of which were not even mentioned on the list. If you are a yoga enthusiast and want to build some type of business around it, then written above are some very interesting options for you. Not only yoga enthusiasts can startup businesses around the culture, smart entrepreneurs can also key into it.

Yoga is a culture of a certain sect of people, it was not business inclined, and was not originally designed for profit making, but when one comes to the realization that something like this can help many achieve a better state of wellness, then the thought comes to mind on how it can be made of service to people.

Making a service available to people is not a small feat. It takes finances to rent studios, develop marketing strategies, employ staff and so on. So making it a business is the only way to generate some type of revenue to make the practice available to people.

However, in no way should one enter into such business especially as an instructor without proper training. Yoga can be very dangerous for a person who does not know what they are doing.

It is also very interesting that there are yoga related businesses that may not directly relate to teaching yoga to a class full of students. So whether a person is an instructor or not, they can find themselves in the community one way or another when it comes to setting up a business around the practices of yoga.