Finding your hours

How to find the time to host classes without shutting down your business or burning yourself out.

The biggest scheduling question isn't how often to run classes. It's when.

Most shop owners who want to host already have a full week. Finding the window means looking at your week differently: slow periods become opportunities, your day off becomes a studio, workers who want more hours become your most flexible asset.

Most of the time is already there. The work is recognizing it and deciding what to do with it.

This section covers the three decisions every shop owner faces when they start scheduling classes: where to find the hours, whether to close during class or run alongside retail, and whether to bring your team into hosting.

In this section

Finding your window

How to spot the hours in your week that are already half-empty and turn them into class time.
Open or closed during class

The tradeoffs of running classes while your shop is open to walk-ins versus closing for a dedicated session.
Your team as hosts

How workers who want more hours can take on classes, and what makes someone ready to host.