Over the past few years, Solntse Hot Yoga has built a loyal community in the small town of Wading River, New York. Owner Ina Visich fell in love with yoga many years ago and wanted others to feel the same way. When she opened the studio back in 2016, some people in the town hadn\u2019t even heard of yoga so she needed to convince them to try it.<\/p>\n
Once the studio closed, Ina wasn\u2019t going to take yoga away from them now that the town discovered the amazing benefits of yoga. Ina wanted things to stay as normal as possible, and that included keeping yoga as part of her community\u2019s routine.<\/p>\n
Ina loves her business management software, WellnessLiving, but she was hesitant at first to get her classes set up with our Zoom integration<\/a> because her community was used to doing things a certain way and she didn\u2019t want to confuse them. Although, Ina knew she had to adapt for her business to survive. <\/span><\/span>Luckily, Ina took advantage of our virtual tools and she couldn\u2019t be more thrilled:<\/p>\n Read on to learn more about Solntse Hot Yoga and their experience going virtual by setting up our Zoom integration.<\/p>\n Since they opened in 2016, Solntse Hot Yoga has been incredibly successful with a lot of growth. They had a full schedule of classes, from hot yoga, vinyasa yoga, barre classes, meditations, and even various workshops and retreats, but then the studio shut down and Solntse Hot Yoga had to pivot to an online approach. Ina started livestreaming her classes on a private Facebook group and Zoom about a week before the pandemic closures began!<\/p>\n Ina went all out when it came to delivering the best online classes to her community<\/a>, by using extra equipment like a ring light, a tripod, and an external microphone system.<\/p>\n Even though her business was fully online, Solntse continued to book classes and collect payments with the help of their trusted all-in-one WellnessLiving platform and their Achieve Client App<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ina had been rigorously sending emails with Zoom links every day so her community could join their classes. The problem was that unauthorized clients would join her Zoom sessions without paying and she would need to take time to remove them from the call.<\/p>\n When we told Ina about our Zoom integration, she was hesitant at first. After all, her community didn\u2019t like change. Our very knowledgeable customer support staff trained Ina, and took her through the integration, step by step. Once Ina learned more about the benefits of the Zoom integration, all her hesitancy went away. In just a few easy steps, the Zoom integration made Ina\u2019s life much easier.<\/p>\n No more sending emails full of Zoom links every week\u2014clients can just join their classes right from the software, the Achieve Client App, or the Client Web App.<\/p>\n Besides integrating with Zoom, there have been many other WellnessLiving features that have made going virtual and getting through the pandemic easier than ever. Here are some of the other ways WellnessLiving has helped Solntse Hot Yoga:<\/p>\n Solntse Hot Yoga community has been super supportive\u2014so much so that they\u2019ve retained about 98% of its members! Ina\u2019s main goal was to minimize any stress for her clients and keep everything as normal as possible for them, even though the studio pivoted to a virtual model. Taking a virtual class was simple for clients\u2014all they need is their yoga mat!<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been very beneficial for the students to be able to see all their favorite yoga teachers in class,\u201d says Ina. \u201cSome clients have even showed up every day.\u201d<\/p>\n Since many of her clients had been homeschooling their children, they really appreciated that Solntse Hot Yoga stuck with their routine and the schedule remained very similar, too!<\/p>\n Situated right on the water, Solntse Hot Yoga offered socially-distanced beach yoga classes during the summer. Then in September, they reopened their yoga studio, but still had virtual classes on the schedule.<\/p>\n While integrating with Zoom was daunting at first, Ina and Solntse Hot Yoga were glad they did it. Business couldn\u2019t be better for Solntse Hot Yoga and WellnessLiving is the main reason why!<\/p>\n From integrating with Zoom<\/a>, collecting credit card payments, and making it easy for clients to book<\/a>, Ina knows that getting through this pandemic would not have been possible without WellnessLiving\u2019s all-in-one platform! How can WellnessLiving help your business reopen and go virtual? Book a free, no-commitment demo<\/a> today to learn more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nearly every studio is going online with Zoom but, do you have a seamless way to bring online classes to your yoga students? It\u2019s no surprise that yoga studios everywhere had to change and pivot due to COVID-19. Solntse Hot Yoga got ahead of the pandemic lockdowns and shifted to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":861,"featured_media":15786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[465],"tags":[2275,628,15034,2277,609,2276],"class_list":["post-15781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","tag-branding","tag-business-management","tag-case-studies","tag-expert-advice","tag-marketing","tag-software"],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cI love WellnessLiving\u2019s Zoom integration,\u201d says Ina. \u201cIt\u2019s less stress and work for me. I\u2019m happy with it, all my teachers are happy, and most importantly, it makes my job so much easier as a business owner!\u201d<\/h3>\n
Solntse Hot Yoga\u2019s experience going virtual with Zoom<\/h2>\n
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Why did you integrate with Zoom?<\/h2>\n
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\u201cNow I don\u2019t have to worry,\u201d says Ina. \u201cI can easily track payments and attendance, and clients don\u2019t get access to class unless they register. It\u2019s that simple!\u201d<\/h3>\n
Solntse Hot Yoga was so excited for the Zoom integration, they even shared the news on social media:<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nHow else has WellnessLiving helped you through the pandemic?<\/h2>\n
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\u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier with the software!\u201d says Ina. \u201cIt\u2019s very easy to use for me, my customers, and my teachers!\u201d<\/h3>\n
How has your community responded since the pandemic began?<\/h2>\n
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Reopening and going online with the right software!<\/h2>\n