by Tara Stiles | Jul 21, 2013 | Blog
Hey runners, some thoughts on how you can use yoga to your advantage. 1) Take your movability test. Find a kind of yoga that moves, rather than just holds poses. You can do Strala Online if that's tough to find. Take a class, and see how you feel. Can you move every inch of your body pretty easily? If yes, good, you're ready for the open road. Better yet, head for the hills. But if you find it's tough to get all your inches working happily together, then move along to part 2. 2) If moving in… 
by Tara Stiles | Jul 6, 2013 | Blog
Hey Yoga Teacher: Don't Adjust Me, Just Support Me! Adjustments are big talk around the yoga world. Teachers want to get me in the right position. They want to fix me! There are even trainings for yoga teachers on how to correct me out of where I am, into where someone else wants me to be!! Luckily, I'm a tough one to correct. Tara and I both have our history of walking into traditional environments where the rules are unbreakable, breaking them, and proving that it works better this way! But for most of us who are relatively new… 
by Tara Stiles | Jul 6, 2013 | Blog
Hi Friends, We all feel great when we have space for ourselves. Room to breathe, feel, think, and exist. When we lack that space we get cramped, boxed in, and form destructive habits to provide the temporary illusion of space. We can’t escape our need for space, but we can change how we create and sustain room for ourselves that enables a happy, healthy, life. You are a space maker. Every big inhale you take in creates space and room inside your body and mind. Each exhale you release, moves you right in. The deeper you breathe the more space… 
by Tara Stiles | Jul 6, 2013 | Blog
Experiment. You're the world's leading expert on you, and your laboratory is right there, all the time. You can ask experts all the questions in the world. You can read every book. Or (sometimes) worse, you can Google it! But . . . When it comes to your health and happiness - having a good time with your life - you'll never find nearly as a good a resource as you. You're it. You're the primary resource! Take your exercise as an example. See how you feel alternating a day of strength with a day of… by Tara Stiles | Jun 23, 2013 | Blog
The simple story is, Tara was doing what she does, I was doing what I do, and Strala happened. It's a bit because of who we are. It's a whole lot because of all of you around us, supporting us along the way. Tara wants people to have fun in their lives. She wants people to find their inspiration and inspire others. To live with expansive space around them and in them. This is how we all create a beautiful world. We can all create a beautiful world. We can all support each other to get there. …