by Tara Stiles | Sep 5, 2013 | Blog
Sometimes hard work creates amazing things. It's inspired, and inspires everyone it touches. I'm writing on an iMac, iPhone on the table texting with Tara. Out my window is a really pretty Apple store. Their hard work seems to be working! But sometimes hard work is just hard. It doesn't go anywhere. Wheels spin. Barriers are fixed in unbreakable stone. So what's the difference? How do we know when our hard work is the right kind? I like to tell yoga stories. It's not that we all have to do yoga every day to get anywhere. It's… by Tara Stiles | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog
Strala people get around. You might see them in your yoga class. They're the movers, the explorers, the creative ones. If the teacher says there's just one way to do things, they're probably doing it a different way, and doing it easily. They're living without gurus or rules. They're getting into their own bodies. They're making their own yoga. We love people like this! Tara and I are really lucky we get to be around so many of them. It's inspiring. We also love when they bring us yoga stories from the road. They hear a lot of things… by Tara Stiles | Sep 1, 2013 | Blog
A few simple tips on getting into a moving rather than posing system of yoga, and on getting into you. 1) Strala moves slowly with your breath. If you try to push yourself into poses, in line with traditional yoga, it might seem fast to you. If you move easily into your own body, not fast at all. It just feels good, because you feel good. 2) Strala is a moving rather than posing system. You move slowly & easily everything you have, in every direction you can. You won't get stuck in poses, or anywhere… by Tara Stiles | Sep 1, 2013 | Blog
Are you waiting for it to be over? Or waiting for it to begin? Don't wait. Get into it. Right where you are, wherever you are, you can get into everything there is. This works in yoga. Sure we've all seen it. Low lunge, time to check the toe nails! Down dog, when does the interesting stuff begin? Well, it's right here. Anywhere you are, in any pose, you can feel into everything you have. Just relax, explore, and feel in every direction, from right where you are. It doesn't begin when you get to the next… by Tara Stiles | Aug 30, 2013 | Blog
"Hoping for a future where people stop trying to do yoga poses & start reconnecting with their whole selves." Tara recently shared this on Facebook. It makes sense to a lot of people, this idea of getting into all of you - not just a few poses - by feeling. No worry about other people's rules, no rigid ideas about "correct" ways to do things. Just using your yoga to practice what you want in your life. Although, Tara's writing did confuse a few people. Stop doing poses? You're telling us to stop doing yoga?? How come you do…