Brett Larkin and becoming a Yoga Icon on YouTube

<p class="">Every entrepreneur has that ‘<em>aha</em>’ moment. </p> <p class="">And for Brett Larkin, one of YouTube’s finest yoga teachers, it came on the drive back home from a YouTube creator conference in San Bruno, California. </p> <p class="">Working in the video game and tech industry for years, Brett had always been a staunch believer in the power of the online space. </p> <p class="">In fact, one of the most impactful yoga classes she’d <em>ever</em> taken was a virtual  one she streamed from a tiny hotel room in India in 2012. </p> <p class="">And though her first YouTube upload might’ve been an accident, her channel grew through <em>other</em> viewers who were already realizing the power and benefits of working out virtually in 2015. </p> <p class="">Soon enough, YouTube took notice and invited her over for a Creator Conference in their HQ in San Bruno. </p> <p class=""><em>That’s</em> when Brett’s eyes were opened to just how profitable YouTube could be. </p> <p class="">She met people with millions of subscribers, who were doing YouTube full time, and were earning six-figures working out of their garages. </p> <p class="">And most importantly, she met Jared Polin. </p> <p class="">Jared is a popular YouTuber who makes videos on cameras and DSLRs. On hearing that Brett was looking to improve her channel’s video and photo quality, he offered her his DVD DSLR masterclass box set.</p> <p class="">He then shared that he didn’t want to look at YouTube as his <em>only</em> source of income. </p> <p class=""><em>In fact, he made it a point to view YouTube as a lead generation tool for other endeavours. </em></p> <p class="">Endeavours like the DVD box set that was making him thousands of dollars <em>away</em> from the platform. </p> <p class="">That changed Brett’s world, and on her drive home from the conference, an entire business model formed in her head with her YouTube channel in the lead-generating centre. </p> <p class="">Today, along with her channel, Brett runs some of the best online teach