We recently connected with Megan Schlobohm and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Megan thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Coming up with the idea is so exciting, but then comes the hard part – executing. Too often the media ignores the execution part and goes from idea to success, skipping over the nitty, gritty details of executing in the early days. We think that’s a disservice both to the entrepreneurs who built something amazing as well as the public who isn’t getting a realistic picture of what it takes to succeed. So, we’d really appreciate if you could open up about your execution story – how did you go from idea to execution?

The story of me becoming the owner of Anderson Yoga Center and all the things I do with the studio now starts with my own experience of beginning yoga. I was 18, had recently started college, and found myself stressed beyond words. I was experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression, and someone insisted I try yoga. I was changed from the very first yoga class I ever took; discovering a way to manage and reduce stress and help my body feel better; and I would find myself searching for yoga classes anywhere I was for the next 15 years. For many years I traveled as a charter yacht chef alongside my husband, and I had the opportunity to do yoga in a wide variety of studios and other settings, which would one day help in in understanding what makes a good yoga studio. My husband and I retired from the charter yacht industry and moved back to the southeast, where I again found myself taking yoga classes wherever there was one nearby. That led to me becoming a yoga teacher, completing the initial 200hr Teacher Training Certification, but I knew I didn’t just want to teach yoga. I wanted to create a place that reflected what yoga had done for me, where I could share that same sense of peace, calm, empowerment, and transformation with others. I knew I wanted to own a yoga studio so I could make that dream happen, and I ended up purchasing a yoga studio. There was a lot of work to be done, including rebranding and making the studio accessible to a wider clientele base, and with the help of my husband and some really great fellow yoga teachers, we brought the studio back to life. I knew that I also wanted to train yoga teachers, so I set out to earn the advanced certification I would need to open a registered yoga school and be the lead trainer for new yoga teachers, which took me about 2 years to complete. I then felt pulled to bring my love of travel to the yoga studio, and started leading international yoga retreats with the help of another yoga teacher. From the moment I decided I wanted to become a yoga teacher and own a studio, I knew where I wanted to eventually be, and I just started making steps in the direction I needed to head. It’s taken me around 5 years to see my original dream come to fruition, and a lot of pivoting and redirecting when what I was working on wasn’t turning out the way I wanted. I still have big dreams and am working on new things, but I know the process now – put your eyes on a goal, and start taking steps forward!

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

My name is Megan Schlobohm, and I’m the owner of Anderson Yoga Center! I am an ERY500 Yoga Instructor, and in addition to teaching yoga, I’m also the lead trainer of the studio’s 200hr Yoga Teacher Training Certification Program, and I lead local and international Yoga Retreats with another Yoga Teacher. I teach regular classes at my studio, as well as private sessions, special events, and other training opportunities for yoga teachers.

The yoga studio industry is VERY challenging to be successful in for a variety of reasons, and I’m definitely proud that I have made my studio not just survive but thrive! I’m honored every day by the teachers and students who frequent my business, and so proud of the transformational work so many people have done over the years. I’m just grateful to be a part of something that has changed so many lives!

We’d love to hear about how you met your business partner.

My husband has been my business partner since the beginning, and we met in the Bahamas while I was on vacation with my family! He was the charter yacht captain of the boat we would spend a week on together, and I knew right away that he was “my person.” We worked in the charter yacht industry together for 10 years, the last 5 of which were in the British Virgin Islands with our own catamaran. We found that we worked well together, and we invested in our own charter yacht so we could create charter yacht vacations with our own vision. When we moved back to the southeast, he helped me hit the ground running with my yoga studio, and has always been my biggest cheerleader!

We’d appreciate any insights you can share with us about selling a business.

My husband and I sold our charter catamaran in 2017 so we could move back to the states and be closer to family, and there was a lot of uncertainty and trepidation surrounding that decision. We knew it was time to move on, but of course had no idea what was on the other side. We didn’t know what we would do career-wise, but we trusted that we just needed to follow our instinct and sell our business. It didn’t take long, and we found ourselves back in the states even sooner than expected. There was uncertainty along the way, but we stayed the course, and I’m so glad we did! We finally got to see family again, and I especially found so much joy in becoming a yoga instructor and owning the yoga studio. My advice would be – trust your instincts, stay true to yourself, do not stay stuck for fear of what you don’t know, embrace the unknown, and get used to change!

Contact Info:

• Website: www.andersonyogacenter.com
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