If you’ve been wondering how yoga teachers can use AI in a way that actually feels useful, rather than just asking ChatGPT to write captions or emails, there are so many more possibilities than you might think.

I’ve been experimenting with AI quite a bit lately, and what’s been exciting me most is that I’ve started using it to actually build things for my business. Interactive tools that people can use, systems that help me keep track of what’s happening in my membership, and resources that I would have had no idea how to create myself a few years ago.

And I haven’t had to learn how to code to do it.

I still use ChatGPT for writing and brainstorming, of course, but I wanted to share some of the things I’ve been creating beyond that, because I think there are some really interesting possibilities here for yoga teachers, especially if you’re creating a mini course or a freebie.

How yoga teachers can use AI beyond writing content

One of the things I’ve been playing with recently is Claude, which is another AI tool, and I’ve been using it to create interactive tools for my website.

The first one I want to show you is my affirmations tool.

The idea was that instead of just giving someone a list of affirmations, I wanted to create something they could interact with, where they could get an affirmation and have a little moment with it. And I didn’t sit down and write code for this, because I wouldn’t know how to do that. I just described what I wanted to Claude and asked it to help me create it.

I also shared a link to my website so it could get a feeling for my style and my colors, because I wanted it to look like something that belonged in my business rather than some random tool that looked completely different from everything else.

And then I went back and forth with it, which is really how I’ve been using AI for this kind of thing. I’d look at what it created and think, okay, I like this, but I want that part to look different, or I want to change how this works, or could we add a little animation here? And then I’d ask it to make those changes.

So it wasn’t that I had this perfect idea and wrote one magical prompt and suddenly everything was finished. It was much more like working with someone and saying, “Okay, this is what I have in mind, can we try this?” and then seeing what happens.

And I think that’s actually one of the things that makes this so accessible, because you don’t have to know exactly how to build something before you start. You can have an idea, describe it, and then keep refining it as you go.

How I publish my AI tools on my website

Once I’m happy with a tool, I need to actually put it somewhere so people can use it.

For me, that’s been pretty straightforward because I use Showit for my website. Claude creates the HTML code for the tool, and I can copy that code, add a code field to a page on my Showit website, paste it in, and publish the page. And that’s basically it. The tool is now sitting on my website, and I can share the link with my audience.

So with the affirmations tool, for example, I created the tool with Claude, added it to a page on my website, and now I can send people to susannerieker.com/affirmations.

If you don’t have a website, you can still create and share an AI tool. The easiest option is to publish your Claude artifact and share the link.

If you’d prefer to give your tool its own webpage, you could also use Tiiny Host. You can save the HTML Claude creates as a file, upload it to Tiiny Host, and get a link you can share with your audience. You don’t need to set up a whole website or learn how to code.

So you can start experimenting with an idea and actually share what you create, even if you don’t have your own website yet.

Another tool I created is my progress tracker, which is connected to the Honey Flow method I teach inside the Blissful Biz Hive.

I wanted my members to have a way to see where they are in the process and keep track of what they’re working on. I could have created another spreadsheet or PDF, but I thought it would be much more enjoyable to use as an interactive tool.

I’ve also been working on turning my four-week content planner spreadsheet into an interactive freebie. The content and structure were already there, so I didn’t need to invent something completely new. I could take a resource I’d already created and explore a different way of delivering it.

I think that’s a useful place to start if you’re a yoga teacher. You might already have a practice calendar, a journaling worksheet, or a resource that goes with your mini course. Instead of asking, “What completely new thing should I create with AI?” you could ask, “Is there something I already have that would be more useful or engaging if people could interact with it?”

How yoga teachers can use AI to create interactive freebies

A milestone tracker for your mini course

If you’re creating a mini course, you could build a tracker that helps students see their progress as they move through the lessons. For example, if you have a seven-day yoga challenge, they could mark each practice as complete and see how far they’ve come.

It’s a small addition, but it could make the experience more engaging than simply giving someone a PDF with a list of lessons.

A weekly or monthly yoga practice planner

Maybe you teach yoga for stress and you want to create a weekly or monthly planner that helps your students plan their practice around their actual life, rather than giving them a schedule that looks lovely on paper but that they never really use.

You could make it specific to your teaching, so it actually supports the result you’re helping your students achieve.

A journaling prompts jar

This is one of my favorite ideas because it’s so easy to imagine how it could work. Someone clicks a button and receives a journaling prompt, and they can come back whenever they want another one.

If journaling is part of your teaching, you could create a little tool around a particular theme, such as self-compassion or gratitude, or use it as a resource that goes with your mini course.

A meditation picker

You could create a tool that helps someone choose a meditation based on how much time they have or what they’re looking for that day.

If you already have recorded meditations, the tool could help people find the right one, which means you’re making better use of content you’ve already created rather than having to record something new.

A quiz that helps people find the right offer

A quiz could help someone figure out which of your classes or programs might be the best fit for them.

That’s where I think AI gets really interesting, because you can start with something you already know your audience needs and then experiment with how to deliver it.

How yoga teachers can use AI behind the scenes in their business

Not everything I’ve been using AI for is as fun as creating an affirmations tool, but some of the behind-the-scenes work has been just as useful.

Recently, I used AI to help me build an Airtable base to track my members, including when they joined, what they’ve spent, and notes about what they’re working on. I also set up a weekly automation so the information updates without me having to remember to do it manually.

I’ve also updated a tracking spreadsheet so it’s aligned with the Honey Flow method I teach, and used AI to help me write detailed instructions for how to use it.

These are the kinds of things that can easily sit on your to-do list for months because you know you’d like a better system, but you don’t quite know how to build it. AI can help you work through that, whether you want to reorganize a spreadsheet, create a more useful way to track something, or figure out how to automate a task you keep doing manually.

You still need to check that everything works the way you want it to, especially when you’re dealing with important business information, but you don’t necessarily have to figure out every technical step on your own.

How yoga teachers can use AI for class planning and research

Of course, you don’t have to build interactive tools to get value from AI. There are plenty of ways to use it in your teaching as well.

You could ask ChatGPT or Claude to help you brainstorm a class sequence around a particular theme, organize your ideas for a workshop, or research something you want to understand better. I also think voice-to-text can be really useful if you find it easier to talk through your ideas than sit down and write them.

For example, you could speak your thoughts about a class into an AI app and then ask it to organize them into a lesson plan that you can review and refine.

When it comes to anatomy, prenatal yoga, or anything where safety matters, I would always check the information and use your own teaching knowledge rather than treating AI as an authority. But as a way to organize your ideas or give you a starting point for research, it can be useful.

And I think that’s an important distinction, because I’m not suggesting that AI should replace your experience as a yoga teacher. Your students are coming to you because of your knowledge and the way you teach, and AI can help you turn that into resources or experiences that support them.

You don’t need to become an AI expert

The biggest shift for me in thinking about how yoga teachers can use AI is realizing that you don’t need to become an AI expert or try every new tool that appears. You can start with something you already want to create for your students or improve in your business, and then use AI to help you bring that idea to life.

A few years ago, if I’d had an idea for an interactive tool, I probably would have thought, okay, that sounds nice, but I don’t know how to code, so that’s not really something I can do.

And now I can sit down with Claude and say, “I have this idea, could you help me create it?” and then see what happens.

Sometimes it works really well, and sometimes I have to go back and forth quite a bit, and sometimes I realize that what I thought would be a great idea actually isn’t that useful once I see it.

But I think that’s part of the fun of it, because you can experiment without having to make this huge investment every time you have an idea.

And I don’t think you need to spend your time trying every new AI tool that comes out. I’d much rather start with something you actually want to create in your business and then figure out how AI could help you do it.

Maybe that’s a freebie you’ve been thinking about for ages, a resource that would make your mini course more engaging, or a spreadsheet you wish worked differently. You can start there.

Create your first AI freebie with me

If you’d like to see how this works, I’m hosting a free workshop on September 15th where I’ll show you how to create your first AI freebie.

We’ll build a manifestation card together using Claude, so you can see how to go from an idea to an interactive tool and start experimenting with what you could create for your own yoga business.

You don’t need to know how to code, and you don’t need to have a finished idea before you join.

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