Another unusual new trend, from (where else?) Los Angeles...

Ideas as Per Dien's post...

Works very Nicely...

For All Kinds of Good Reasons...

Especially...

[Specializing] in {YOGA} related business Ideas, Concepts, Investments, Low Hanging Fruit, Locally & World-wide...

Quick "Analyzation"...

GOOGLE [BOT] SAYS! ...

The nearly 24000 yoga and pilates studios in the U.S. grossed $7 Billion ... One in 10 Americans practice yoga, according to the Yoga Business Academy. ... There are many good ideas. yoga karma is also yoga and it appear ...
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223131

NEED MORE IDEAS on Similiar (type) Mindset, THINKING & BRAINSTORMING...

Seriously Worth Considering & Executing...
Need a Business Idea? Tap Into Lifestyle Trends in the Evolving Luxury Market
http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/223897

Phil

[Glenn]

Thanks Dien,

I actually have a Realtor Client Who uses Yoga
to get scared Foreclosed Home owners to Talk to her.

PICTURE THIS...

You Open the door.

You see a Middle Aged Woman doing YOGA on your porch.

DOES the Home owner PULL A Gun? (It's happened to my clients)

Yell.

Scream?

Threaten?

NOPE. They ask, "What are you doing?"

And Vicki explains how Yoga Relaxes her and takes away stress.

Heh
Heh

She talks them out of Their BAD MOOD into a Positive Frame of Mind.

ONLY then does she tell them how she can s ell their house
and leave them a profit - using a Special deal with their bank.

Thanks,
Glenn

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Glenn

Thanks Dien,

I actually have a Realtor Client Who uses Yoga
to get scared Foreclosed Home owners to Talk to her.

PICTURE THIS...

You Open the door.

You see a Middle Aged Woman doing YOGA on your porch.

DOES the Home owner PULL A Gun? (It's happened to my clients)

Yell.

Scream?

Threaten?

NOPE. They ask, "What are you doing?"

And Vicki explains how Yoga Relaxes her and takes away stress.

Heh
Heh

She talks them out of Their BAD MOOD into a Positive Frame of Mind.

ONLY then does she tell them how she can s ell their house
and leave them a profit - using a Special deal with their bank.

Hi Glenn,

I love it - that's a great story!

Doing yoga I'm sure is very non-threatening...

It's probably so unusual, too, that it "jolts" people into being curious about what she's going to say!

Best wishes,

Dien

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Phil

Seriously Worth Considering & Executing...
Need a Business Idea? Tap Into Lifestyle Trends in the Evolving Luxury Market
http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/223897

Thanks Phil...

That last link (on the evolving luxury market) reminds me of something I read once (sorry I don't have the source)...

I read that during downturns, people don't give up luxuries. Instead, they just buy more affordable, less expensive luxuries...

So, the "luxury" market never disappears. Instead of the luxury of a very expensive dinner, they still might eat out, just at a lower-priced restaurant, or simply buy a cheaper "luxury" item, like bars of chocolate, to indulge in...

Another broad thing I've noticed (which evolves over decades) is the "Americanization" (or "Westernization") of overseas practices.

For example, karaoke-yoga I would say is quite different from yoga as it has been practiced for thousands of years in India. Yoga has already been known in the US for many decades, and karaoke-yoga is another step in the "Americanization" of something which originated overseas. (It is interesting that both karaoke and yoga originated from different parts of Asia, but it took an American to put the two ideas together!)

Another one could be the "eastern" martial arts. Ultimate Fighting (the UFC) could be said to be the result of the "Americanization" of various eastern martial arts, like jiu jitsu, karate, muay thai boxing, and so on...

The question then arises... Are there other "overseas" popular practices, which could be "imported" and "Westernized" in a profitable way?

Best wishes,

Dien

Ultimate fighting flower arranging!

Cheers.

-- TW

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by -TW

Ultimate fighting flower arranging!

Gee... I can visualize it now...

I can really see it taking off!

It could be incorporated into the training...

Just as in the Karate Kid, the master taught... wax on, wax off...

The Ultimate Fighting training could be... petals left, petals right...

Hmm...

(UFC, please don't sue me!)

- Dien