Small independent yoga studiosNew
Owner-led yoga studios — membership lifecycle discipline, named-instructor continuity, class-format hygiene, and injury-cadence reporting.
Membership lifecycle · named-instructor continuity · class-format hygiene · injury cadence
What gets pre-loaded
preferenceimportance 8/10 Membership lifecycle — named-member 14-day silent-attendance threshold + named-instructor outreach
Yoga studio retention turns on the lifecycle of named regulars who attend 2-4× per week. A regular who hasn't attended in 14 days is either rolling off (the start of churn) or dealing with something the studio could help with. Named-member attendance tracking surfaces the 14-day silent-regular threshold and triggers a named-instructor outreach (text or email — the named instructor whose class the member most often attended, not the studio's generic email blast). 30 days of silence triggers a same-week named-owner conversation. Surface a watch item on any 14-day silent regular without a logged outreach within 7 days of the threshold.
preferenceimportance 8/10 Named-instructor continuity — primary plus backup for every weekly slot + 4-week paired-shadow on substitutions
Members come for the named instructor, not the brand. Every weekly slot carries a named primary instructor + a named backup who has paired-shadowed at least 2 of the named-primary's classes this season. A planned mid-season instructor change (illness, departure) gets a 4-week paired-shadow handoff so members see the new instructor alongside the named primary before solo. Sub-policy: a one-off substitution by a named-already-shadowed instructor is fine; a one-off substitution by an unfamiliar named instructor without prior shadow is the textbook setup for a member's first 'this isn't the studio I joined' beat. Surface a watch item on any instructor change without a paired-shadow plan.
lessonimportance 7/10 Class-format hygiene — every class carries published heat + intensity + pace + experience floor
Yoga is a category where the words 'beginner' and 'flow' carry wildly different meanings across studios. Every class on the schedule publishes its named heat (heated 95-105°F vs warm 80-85°F vs unheated), intensity (gentle / moderate / vigorous), pace (slow-flow / steady / power), and experience floor (open-to-all / 6-month minimum / advanced). Ambiguous class descriptions are the textbook setup for first-time members ending up in the wrong class — the worst possible first session. Walk-ins get a named-front-desk verbal verification of fit on first-class signup. Surface a watch item on any class slot whose published format drifts more than 30% from the named-instructor's actual delivery (member feedback signal).
lessonimportance 7/10 Injury-incident cadence — same-day named report + 30-day named-instructor follow-up on every reported injury
Yoga injuries are usually small but the cadence of them carries information — a string of wrist-sprain reports on the same instructor's vinyasa class is a teaching-cue review trigger before a bigger injury lands. Every reported injury gets a same-day named-incident report (named member + named instructor + named pose at moment of injury + factual sequence) and a 30-day named-instructor follow-up to check on healing + adapt the modification offered for the rest of the season. A pattern of 3+ similar injuries on the same instructor's class in 90 days triggers a teaching-cue review with the named-owner + named-instructor pair. Surface a watch item on any injury without a 30-day follow-up or any 3-in-90-days pattern without a logged review.
Sample signal seeded on day 1
Sample 14-day silent-regular member signal
A named-member 4×/week regular who consistently attended the named-instructor Tuesday + Thursday 6am vinyasa classes hasn't checked in for 16 days. No vacation note on the account, no email from the member, no logged outreach. Worth flagging and surfacing a watch item: the right move is a same-week named-instructor outreach (a short personal text from the named-instructor whose class the member most often attended — not the studio's generic 'we miss you' campaign) checking in on whether the gap is a vacation, an injury, or something the studio could adapt to. The 14-day window is the load-bearing membership-lifecycle threshold — past 30 days the silent-regular is structurally rolling off and a named-owner conversation has to happen, but at 14 days a named-instructor text is often enough to bring them back.
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