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by Tara Stiles | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog, Move
We'll talk mostly running here, but the principles are the same for nearly every athletic endeavor. Want to run faster for longer, develop explosive power and agility, with fewer injuries and shorter recovery times? Follow this basic cross-training principle: Move easy, everything you've got, in every direction you can. The focus here is on becoming more easily movable. It's your best way to go from good to great on usable power, agility, and endurance. And this isn't achieved much by stretching, pushing, or struggling. Better mobility is achieved by practicing better mobility. This is a simple principle common to nearly… 
by Tara Stiles | Jan 13, 2018 | Blog, Be
There's a wonderful opportunity we all have as teachers. It could be yoga we're teaching, or tai chi, or anything at all. We have this opportunity to help each other find our own way. To discover some of the biggest things there are to learn - some of the most important knowledge there is - isn't the kind that comes from outside of us. It's the kind that comes from inside. So it's good to know this. It's also good to practice it. That's how we make it real. Take yoga as an example. There's always this moment that comes up… by Tara Stiles | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
You don't need to move beyond your comfort zone. That would be uncomfortable. For progress to happen, you just need to move your comfort zone. There was a time way back when I would hear this a lot in yoga classes. "Push beyond your edge!" I never understood this. As a mountaineer, I'm pretty aware of the edges of things. I know that people don't react well to moving beyond them. But in yoga, we'd all dutifully listen, because that's what we're here to do. Listen to the teacher. And the next day someone (often the teacher) would have…