Virtual Audio Attendances moving from Alpha to Beta

Last month we announced our newest feature, Virtual Audio Attendances. The reaction from our customers, and students at Maile’s studio, has been phenomenal. I’m excited to tell you today that we’ve formally moved Virtual Audio Attendances out of Alpha and into Beta and it’ll be available to everyone by default in mid-January.

What this means is that we’ve seen a number of studios using the feature in production, things are working as expected, and we’re ready to roll this out to our entire customer base. Hooray!

Quick Reminder: When we released this feature in November, we hadn’t yet tied everything to the credits system. Now we have, and you can now have us lock down the ability to listen to the audio files to only your students with unlimited credits, if you’d like. When we release this new feature to everyone, you’ll have the ability to control this on your Studio Settings page but as of now the audio files are still open to everyone.

If you’d like to make your audio files available to only your students with unlimited credits, shoot us a quick email, and we’ll update things for you. And if you’re a current customer of Tula Software and you want to check out this feature but you haven’t yet had us turn it on for you, please get in touch with support as well and we’ll turn things on for you!

Thanks to all our customers who helped us test out the first version of Virtual Audio Attendances. We’re excited about the future of this feature, and the way in which it empowers our customers to compete with some of the more recent marketplace platforms that have popped up recently.

As we like to say, there are a lot of software companies out there trying to take your students away from you. At Tula Software, we’re working hard every day to make sure your software is serving you, not the other way around.

Indu Arora at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference

This post is a part of a series introducing the presenters of our 2019 yoga conference, (March 22-24, 2019) sharing more about them, our own perspective and intentions for their involvement, and how their unique offerings contribute to the larger conference experience.

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Professional Bio

Indu Arora, Ayurveda and Yoga Therapist considers herself a student for lifetime. She has been sharing about Yoga philosophy, Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda since 1999. She is inspired by and taught under  Kriya Yoga, Himalayan Yoga, Kashmir Shivaism and Sivananda Yoga lineages. She has studied both Yoga and Ayurveda in a traditional Guru paramapara setting.

Her teaching style is rooted in empowering and inspiring students to awaken the inner Guru. Her core philosophy is,  ‘Nothing has the greatest power to heal, but Self!”

Authored: Mudra: The Sacred Secret Yoga - Ancient Heritage, Tomorrow’s Vision (known as The little Red Book on Yoga) 

The first time I met Indu was ever briefly at the 2015 Minneapolis Yoga Conference. Indu was leading a discussion, with a book signing following, for her book Mudra: The Sacred Secret. Tula was there as a sponsor for the first time and I was getting my first introduction to the world of yoga conferences.

As time has gone on, I’ve had the opportunity to work with Indu across numerous conferences, and she’s been a willing collaborator for a variety of ideas, most recently at the opening ceremony of the conference last year, and this year designing the entire yoga therapy track.

I feel a genuine connection with Indu built on a mutual respect for one another, and not just an acceptance, but an embracement, of the different views we hold, and the different places from which we come.

At the 2019 conference Indu has designed the entire Yoga Therapy track, and is herself leading a 4 hour intensive on Friday, along with two individual 2-hour workshops. We are thrilled with the deep level of involvement Indu has at the conference and are thrilled we once again have the opportunity to work together.

You can learn even more about the workshops Indu will be teaching at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference, along with dozens of other presenters bringing hundreds of workshop hours, at https://tulasoftware.com/myc2019. Join us at The Most Comprehensive Yoga Conference in the Nation, March 22-24, 2019.

Kristi Taylor at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference

This post is a part of a series introducing the presenters of our 2019 yoga conference, (March 22-24, 2019) sharing more about them, our own perspective and intentions for their involvement, and how their unique offerings contribute to the larger conference experience.

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Professional Bio

Kristi Taylor is an International Presenter, Co-Founder & Co-Owner Global Body Health, Thai Massage Therapist, Speaker, Certified AcroYoga and Certified Baptiste Power Yoga Instructor. An exceptional teacher who actively transforms fear into joy through her exquisite instruction, her extraordinary ability to empower others and transform lives by creating trust, connection and community where we learn together, play together and see where once there was fear, there now is possibility...and joy...

"In my work with Kristi there have been things in both Yoga and AcroYoga that I feared doing, because they seemed so difficult. Kristi always, simply, said, "You can do it. You will do it." I knew she really believed that but I still didn't. Until, with her help, my thought changed from I can't do that to I can't believe I'm doing this!" - Michael McGlone

Few people bring a level of support and enthusiasm to working with our company the way Kristi does, and I consider her a generous and important collaborator and co-creator.

Kristi is always willing to experiment with workshop ideas, collaborate with other presenters, and is constantly mindful about how her offerings fit in with the larger conference experience. She has an extraordinary depth to her teaching while also being approachable, kind, fun and enthusiastic.

At the 2019 conference Kristi is partnering with Faith Hunter to create a custom 4.5 hour Saturday intensive, is teaching an additional two hour workshop, and is also going to lead us in the closing ceremony, the final event of the conference.

Kristi is a dynamic personality who brings her whole self to her work and cares deeply about the students in her class, and the experience they have in her workshops.

Come see Kristi and dozens of other world class presenters at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference!

You can learn even more about the workshops Kristi will be teaching at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference, along with dozens of other presenters bringing hundreds of workshop hours, at https://tulasoftware.com/myc2019. Join us at The Most Comprehensive Yoga Conference in the Nation, March 22-24, 2019.

Faith Hunter at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference

This post is a part of a series introducing the presenters of our 2019 yoga conference, (March 22-24, 2019) sharing more about them, our own perspective and intentions for their involvement, and how their unique offerings contribute to the larger conference experience.

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I am a (very!) big fan of Faith Hunter’s and we’re fortunate and grateful she’s chosen to work with us as much as she has. Faith has taught at the conference every year since we began producing it and also presented at the MYC in 2015, the first year Tula was a sponsor.

She owns a yoga studio in Washington, D.C., travels internationally teaching workshops around the world, has a large social media presence and has even taught yoga on the White House lawn. As an entrepreneur I admire what she’s cultivated and I appreciate how easy and professional she is to work with.

At the 2019 conference Faith will be leading the opening ceremony which she’s titled “We are love”. On Saturday, she’s collaborating with Kristi Taylor to co-present a special 4.5 hour Saturday morning intensive. The idea behind it is that within the conference, they’ll carve out some specific space for a group of people to connect a little more deeply than the two hour workshops allow. We haven’t done intensives on Saturday before, and I’m excited to see how this turns out. This is another great thing about working with Faith: her openness and willingness to collaborate, experiment, and see what happens. Very lastly, Faith will be teaching a two hour workshop on Sunday all about Awakening your Chakras.

As you can see Faith is once again a big part of the conference offering, and we’re thrilled about everything she’s going to bring. We hope to see you there!

Professional Bio

Faith Hunter ~ International yoga and meditation instructor, wellness philanthropist, movement motivator, healing guide, music head, and Spiritually Fly theorist.

Meet Faith Hunter, DC/NYC based Yoga instructor, global traveler, & Lifestylist, sprinkled with a dash of Louisiana charm. Faith began her life long love affair with yoga in the early 90s as a way to cope as her beloved brother Michael was dying from a complication related to AIDS. Through meditation and mindfulness Faith was able to release her fears and experience an awakening from within. From that day forward, she committed herself to sharing these practices with the world. Always eager to learn, explore, and share, Faith is an inspiring and generous mentor to yoga practitioners of all skill levels.

You can learn even more about the workshops Faith will be teaching at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference, along with dozens of other presenters bringing hundreds of workshop hours, at https://tulasoftware.com/myc2019. Join us at The Most Comprehensive Yoga Conference in the Nation, March 22-24, 2019.

Matthew Sanford at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference

This post is a part of a series introducing the presenters of our 2019 yoga conference, (March 22-24, 2019) sharing more about them, our own perspective and intentions for their involvement, and how their unique offerings contribute to the larger conference experience.

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Matthew Sanford is an expert in the process transformation through the healing power of yoga. Paralyzed from the chest down at age thirteen and beginning yoga at age twenty-five, Matthew knows firsthand the transformative effect that yoga can have on the mind-body relationship and how it can transform trauma, loss, disability. He is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, a sought-after public speaker. He is the author of the critically acclaimed WAKING: A MEMOIR OF TRAUMA AND TRANSCENDENCE (Rodale: 2006).

Matthew is a leader in the accessible yoga movement and has also emerged as a leading voice in the integrated health movement. He won the 2010 Pioneer of Integrative Medicine Award from the California Pacific Medical Center’s Institute of Health and Healing. Previous recipients include Dr. Deepok Chopra, Dr. Dean Ornish, and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

The most important design element for our yoga conference is that it is open and welcoming for everyone in the yoga community. It must be a conference that embraces everyone, has offerings for everyone, and importantly, helps professional yoga instructors teach in more inclusive ways. In every way Matthew helps make the conference better than it would be without his presence, and I’m deeply humbled to have the opportunity to work with him.

From my personal perspective on what I see, for as much as accessibility seems to be a part of the foundation of Matthew’s offerings, it also seems to only scratch the surface of what he brings in his teachings. Watch any number of the videos of him that you can easily find on google (my favorite is Jessa Walters, one of the original conference co-founders interviewing him) and you start to understand that he’s had very real discoveries and insights most people have not, and he shares these insights in a unique and amazing way. Really, you should take a few minutes to check out some of the linked videos above.

Matthew has previously presented at the Minneapolis Yoga Conference, although this is the first time he’s presented since our acquisition of it in 2016, and I’m simply thrilled that he’s returning this year.

You can learn more about the workshops Matthew will be teaching at the 2019 Tula Software Minneapolis Yoga Conference, along with dozens of other presenters bringing hundreds of workshop hours, at https://tulasoftware.com/myc2019. Join us at The Most Comprehensive Yoga Conference in the Nation, March 22-24, 2019.