by Tara Stiles | Sep 23, 2013 | Blog
Tara just got a note from a girl in Australia. She was told by some modeling agency she needed to be 2cm taller. I'm annoyed. I responded. The most important and useful thing is that you be really happy with what you've got. Everything you ever do will be from right where you are - not from some place other people say you should be - so that's the most important thing. Be happy, and be interested, in right where you are. If someone tells you that you should be something different in order to get something, tell… by Tara Stiles | Sep 18, 2013 | Blog
Staying sensitive in the middle of all this life is a challenge. It's also an answer, to pretty much everything there is. When people enter a rigid and rules-driven environment - whether that's in a yoga studio, at work, or wherever - the usual response isn't to get sensitive. It's to turn off feeling - because this doesn't feel good. Then we enter follow-the-leader mode, because that's what we think we're supposed to do. Except that it doesn't work. Sensitivity works. Following how you feel works. It's good for everyone to find and follow what actually works for them.… 
by Tara Stiles | Sep 17, 2013 | Blog
I've been reflecting a lot lately on working toward what I'd like to see in the world and the best ways to go about that. I've come up with a lot of ideas, some probably useful, some just random, but a few takeaways I'd love to share with you and hear your thoughts so we can all grow in the direction of our desires and values. I get presented with a lot of opportunity. We all do, in many forms. Projects and collaborations coming from the outside in, and our own visions from the inside out. We all gravitate naturally… by Tara Stiles | Sep 14, 2013 | Blog
You can use yoga to make yourself less movable, or you can use it to make you more movable. Sometimes less movable is a good thing. Hurtling down a 50-degree angle snow slope toward a rather large drop, you want less movability. Right now! Ice axes can help. But usually you lose. Movability is part of nature. If you're alive, you're movable. If you fight with nature, generally something breaks. Maybe in you, maybe in your life. Usually people don't want to be stuck. We want to be movable in our lives. But it's not always the choice… by Tara Stiles | Sep 11, 2013 | Blog
Following your passion sounds nice, but that's a pretty unmarked path. How do you get past the doubt and anxiety? Make your own yoga. It's like breathing clean air and eating good food. Do these things every day. Yoga helps you feel - past the chatter, past the anxiety - right into the heart of you. Once you're connected to feeling, you notice when things feel good, and when they don't. You like feeling good, so you can't help but keep picking the things that make you feel good. You become your own best care-giver! You also…