Hi Friends,

Hope you are having a great day so far. I’m back from W Vieques and W Boston adventures and have NYC re-entry syndrome. Excited to connect with my friends, be at Strala NYC, but also feel like an astronaut that has a hard time adjusting to life back on planet Earth. I am so lucky to have all the opportunities and expansion of Strala out in the world, experience and share with people, and discover a lot about myself along the way. I always thought NYC was my final destination, and now I’m seeing my world evolve to it being one of many destinations. I love NYC, and I also love many other places.

The concentration of people setting out to achieve here is inspiring and intense. Since I’ve steadied in the structure of Strala, I crave connection with people, not to further my business or collaborate on projects so much anymore, but to connect on an emotional level of support and kindness. This attitude makes it easy to be anywhere, and also easy for my business to grow, and easy to see the delicate balance this awesome city holds for people. I love the daring attitude, the rebels, the freshness, and the raw creativity NYC contains. This city is a wonderful world of freedom and individuality. One that I enjoy roaming and discovering in.

A trap of creative energy and connection is one-size fits all approach. For whatever reason this has been highlighted in my world as a reminder for me in the last stretch that I’ve been back, (a whole 15 hours or so). The ambition and drive that produces advice and manifestos out of the minds of this city is fascinating. Evolution plays a part in what works and what dissolves and I’ve had the intuition to maintain the structure of offerings into a broad container which allows space for freedom and expansion. This is the concept of Strala, as a class, as a lifestyle, as an evolution.

We are bombarded with must do, must try, and this works for me so you have to do, type of advice, and I encourage us to continue to explore what works for us. Find space to breathe. Space to move, space to evolve.

We are bombarded with comments that our healthy lifestyle must be supplemented with this or that in order to achieve full health.

We are bombarded with you MUST Try this because it works for me.

I’m noticing this for a lesson for myself to not get wrapped up in other people’s Must Try, and also as a reminder of the broadness and open container of what I am creating in the world. Make Your Own Rules Diet is about practicing the actions that help you feel better, so you desire to continue the actions that keep you radiant. It’s not a prescription of restriction, its’ an attitude of intuition.

Lasting positive change happens when there is space for an individual to feel comfortable, stable, and free to decide to change.

I encourage you to watch yourself when you advise others to Must do what works for you today.

I encourage you to follow how you feel. Linger where it feels nice to linger. Be honest with yourself. Allow yourself to evolve.

Enjoy the ride. 

xo, Tara

About Strala Yoga Training

Strala combines the movement and healing wisdom of tai chi with the form vocabularies of yoga, tai chi, qigong, and Traditional Chinese and Japanese Medicine, to help people release stress, move easily through challenge, and live radiantly inspiring lives.

It begins with a mindset, that says our best way to get where we’re going is to feel good along the way. It also works miracles for whole health, helping us to find ease in our bodies and minds, and create the right conditions both for healing and optimal performance.

In our Strala Yoga Training Courses, you learn to shape your destiny on every level that counts, from your psychology, chemistry and neurology, to your chromosomes and even gene expression. The unique set of skills you develop – for connecting with yourself and others, unblocking your energy, healing what needs healing and accomplishing challenge with ease – uncovers your ability to create the life you want, and be an inspiring leader to the people around you.

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