Have you been dreaming of starting a non profit yoga business but aren’t sure where to start?   In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Mona Flynn joins us to share important information on how to start a non profit (and some amazing tips), and candid stories from her experience with her own non profit organization.     Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com   Mona Flynn, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500, YACEP, TRE Advanced Provider, is the owner of Life Fit, Inc., a business dedicated to improving lifelong well-being, while building community.  Mona is founder and BOD Chair of The Yoga Connection, a 501c3 supporting immigrant and refugee women through yoga therapy group classes.   Topics: -Mona’s first yoga experience -What inspired her to start a non profit for refugees -How she started organizing the non profit -Mona discusses winning IAYT’s Seva award and what that did for the mission -How she secured free mentorship and business advice and what she learned from them about starting a non profit -Moving your non profit into a place where you can provide payment for staff members -Managing volunteers -Why you need to create a training that counts for continuing education -Why she added TRE to her tool box and the organization’s training -Giving up control of your non profit -Benefits of turning your offerings into a non profit -Challenges that Mona faces with running a non profit -Mona shares a beautiful story of the impact her non profit made on one of their participants -The struggle of getting people to participate in non profit and for profit yoga spaces -The biggest mistake people make when starting a non profit -How her non profit is empowering participants and inspiring them -Mona gives a brief description of what TRE is   Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey   Would you or someone you know make a great guest?   Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6   Connect with Mona: https://www.facebook.com/LifeFitInc IG  https://www.facebook.com/theyogaconnectiongreensboro   https://www.instagram.com/lifefityoga/ https://www.instagram.com/the.yoga.connection/   International Association of Yoga Therapists www.iayt.org TRE website www.traumaprevention.com   Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: [email protected]   Music:  The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.   www.renawren.com