by Mike Taylor | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
Is it a good idea to combine different forms - like tai chi and yoga - together in one class? This idea of fusion comes up quite a lot, and the answer might have something to do with purpose. What do we want to share with people? Why are we looking to mix things up? Strala follows a mindset, approach, and set of principles for moving well in your life. We practice this together now through a few different form vocabularies, including yoga, tai chi, traditional Chinese medicine, and also our regular human vocabulary - how we navigate through life… 
by Mike Taylor | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog
How to handle the what's and when's and how much's of food is a hugely important topic. And good answers here are as numerous as we are. Because the good answers come from you, from each one of us. Of course, there are also a whole lot of answers out there that aren't so good. It's why diets fail without fail. They don't come from you. They come from some other place, some other person. So this is a complex issue. Just like life. At the same time, as unique as we all are, there is a structure we can… 
by Mike Taylor | Jul 3, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move, Healing
Life might hurt sometimes, but it can just as easily heal. Your ability to heal, and to do everything, is all in how you do what you do. Let's talk about wrists to start. But leave them be for a moment, it's sometimes best not to attack challenges head-on. First, connect your body and breath together as the same thing. Let each inhale lift you a little out of where you are, and put a little extra strength through your whole body. And let each exhale soften you a bit, and make it a little easier to be where… 
by Mike Taylor | Jul 3, 2012 | Blog
Traditional Western medicine treats the disease not the person. Traditional shiatsu prescribes a fixed set of rules and procedures for each problem. Traditional yoga mandates specific defined poses to put people in. Who made these rules? As my wife Tara Stiles has mentioned, they're extremely limiting. Our traditional medicine is great for infections and broken bones. It's not working for most things that are bringing people pain and suffering today, like stress, obesity, and the worst of our associated diseases. Traditional shiatsu may work sometimes, but often that's by accident. Traditional yoga - fixing people into "correct" poses - is…