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This podcast seeks to help you create better, more profitable, life changing experiences all over the world.
Hosted by Hargobind, builder of Casa Om and Casa Om Potomac retreat centers.
When the Market Stops Responding: Reposition Your Retreat
What do you do when an offer that used to work stops selling?
In this episode, Hargobind shares why he canceled Casa Om’s traditional New Year’s yoga retreat, refunded the guests who had already registered, and replaced it with a family retreat for parents and kids.
Within a day, 18 people expressed interest.
The lesson is not simply to work harder or market louder. Sometimes the real opportunity is to reposition an experience you already know how to deliver around a problem people genuinely want solved.
Hargobind explores the importance of putting skin in the game, creating offers that naturally mobilize people, and recognizing when selling feels difficult because the marketplace is asking for something different.
For retreat leaders, yoga teachers, and entrepreneurs, this episode is a reminder that a fresh position can reinspire both your customers and you.
31 Jul 2026
Maybe everyone is bored of your retreat - and not bored of you
Are your retreats struggling because of your marketing—or because your offer has become too ordinary? In this episode, Hargobind shares a powerful lesson from hosting a nearly empty July 4th retreat followed just weeks later by a sold-out family yoga camp. He explains why the market isn't always rejecting you—it may simply be asking for a more unique product. Learn how to recognize when it's time to reinvent your retreats, stand out from the competition, and create experiences people can't find anywhere else. If your retreat business has stalled, this episode will challenge you to evolve instead of giving up
27 Jul 2026
Can every fitness studio run a retreat?
Why are yoga retreats everywhere while CrossFit, Pilates, martial arts, and other fitness communities rarely offer them? In this episode, Harg challenges the common assumptions and argues that the answer has little to do with yoga itself.
Drawing on Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, pilgrimage traditions, and years of hosting more than 400 retreats, Harg explains why leaving home, taking meaningful risks, and gathering in new environments are universal human experiences—not uniquely yogic ones. He explores how every boutique fitness business is already in the gathering business, why retreats create deeper transformation than weekly classes alone, and how they can become one of the most powerful ways to serve your community while growing a sustainable business.
Whether you teach yoga, own a gym, coach CrossFit, lead martial arts, or build any kind of community, this episode will change the way you think about retreats, personal growth, and the future of experiential fitness.
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