FAQ: Practicing & Training with Strala

What is Strala Yoga

Strala Yoga combines the movement wisdom of tai chi with the forms of yoga, tai chi, qigong, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, as a way to help people release stress, heal, and move more easily through all kinds of challenge. Read more here.

If you’d like to learn more, you can read about our approach, science and benefits here.

 

Practicing Strala Yoga

Q: Where can I practice Strala Yoga

A: You can practice online with us at StralaHome anytime. You can also find a Guide near you with our Guide locator, or practice at a Strala Partner Studio.

Training with Strala

Q: When and where are Strala trainings? 

A: You can find our online and in person training schedule and lots of other great information here.

Q: Are there any pre-requirements for training with Strala?

A: Strala is practice for accomplishing great challenges with inspiring ease, while dropping the push, stress and struggle from your yoga.  It’s also practice for being the best in the world at being you, while dropping the push, stress and struggle from your life.  Whether you’re leading yoga, leading at work, or leading your life, Strala gives you practice time for being capable in your body and life.

All our trainings have  people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. The diversity matches well with real life, and makes great ground for training.

b) Unstructured Time. Throughout each week, this time includes taking classes, reading, writing, and group work (practice leading).

Tara has a very hands-on practical approach to training, and to reaching people with yoga. Our training emphasizes practice with actual “doing” in addition to just talking. We offer the tools to help along the way.

Much of this can be done on your own time, both here at Strala, as well as wherever you like with other people in your program.

For some people with limited time during the week, they begin the work in advance of training start, and continue working with each other and moving through the reading after our weekend sessions end. And some people finish things more quickly.

It’s your training. You get to move at your own pace, and dive into topics that interest you. We’re here to support that.

Q: What’s the difference between your longer Ready-to-Lead Training and the Intensive Trainings?

A: Both trainings focus on applied rather than theoretical yoga: not much time on academic study of mythology, ancient texts or languages – and substantial focus on hands-on direct work with leading, touch, health, and healing. Both trainings cover the same general topics.

The main difference is we have a good deal more time in the longer training to cover these topics in depth, and gain competence (and confidence) through practice and feedback with the group. Either way, you’ll have a great time getting into your own yoga, and get ready to lead and inspire a whole lot of people.

Q: How does Strala Give Back?

A: Community support is important to us. Our wellbeing is interconnected. We are not well until all of us are well. Strala supports the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, bringing yoga and mindfulness into over 60,000 schools. Strala also supports Teachers, Educators, Families and Children through the BOKS program. Strala supports GARDP and raises funds to fight drug-resistant infections in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Social wellbeing is the foundation of our approach as well as a focus of our initiatives. We continually support individuals and groups behind the scenes in a less public way as well and are committed to maximizing our impact for humanity wherever and whenever we are able. We are proud our community of Guides and friends share the practice of service as well. We have a practice of looking to each other for support, encouragement and guidance on how best to use our energy to improve our world.

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Thank you for practicing with us. We hope to see you soon,

lots of love,

Tara & Mike