We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Launora Jusufi. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Launora below.
Launora, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?
Breathe Yoga with Launora not only teaches regular yoga classes, I help each client ease out of current pain. Meeting the client where they presently are at in their lives, I create sequences tailored to their needs and wants. For example, a client has lower back pain but wants to stay active in their day-to-day lives so they “pain through it”. That’s not what Breathe Yoga with Launora and my fellow yoga therapist peers want you to do, it’s the complete opposite! We offer a “no pain no pain” policy. We help you create strength without enduring pain and allowing the clients body to learn how to get out of pain.
Launora, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
The gentle kind of yoga came into my life in 2018, and I haven’t looked back. Yoga saved my overall life. It helped me through my divorce of feeling unworthy and never enough. Life’s a journey and the most important life lesson I learned was to never leave myself to the side for anyone. I place me first above all and yoga taught me that it isn’t selfish but it’s necessary for my well being. Since yoga allowed me to feel safe to learn I then took the step to attain my certification and took another step to become a yoga therapist. I am in year 1 out of year 3. I currently provide group and 1-1 sessions either in person or virtual.
Can you tell us the story behind how you met your business partner?
I recently moved to PA about six months ago. I began networking around spring and by the end of summer I met my current business partner Ryan Drury owner and co founder Made of Muscle Training of the Lehigh Valley! We would talk at networking events and it took us a few tries to finally meet and we both did our sessions with each other to showcase what we offer. We first began to refer our current clients and new prospects to each other and then up to now we have a bundle deal where anyone who signs up with me the clients received $100 off any Made of Muscle Training package and anyone who signs with training the client receives a free session with me. It’s a win win deal!
What else should we know about how you took your side hustle and scaled it up into what it is today?
I used to live in IL since 2023 and I had my studio then, I worked in the pharmacy world a few years and I taught classes in between times and weekends and noticed that I couldn’t handle it all and that my income from yoga was almost equivalent to the pharmacy working 8-4. So I took the plunge and left pharmacy and focused daily with yoga and I’m so grateful that I did!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://justbreatheyogaste.wixsite.com/inhaleexhaleyoga?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaqEa2-4OFvEkRotszbvu6qxIdUTodSB9OTWTEa2u6B4d4Q9nTxJ5aucOs_aem_byQwxE8DFGGkEs13rmDc0Q
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breatheyogawithlaunora/profilecard/?igsh=dmNicHp2ZG8xZTgw
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554264563915&mibextid=LQQJ4d
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/launora-j-01a270238?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@yogawithlaunora?si=CRmf5HjOtH79WIjT
